Last year, the United States ranked 17th, just behind the United Kingdom and just ahead of Canada, with a score of .7412. This year, amid a whole lot of talk about women’s rights and gender equality, the U.S. is ranked 22nd with a score of .7373 (its lowest since 2009). [Huffington Post] ICELAND, FINLAND, Norway, [...]
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Top Story: Mitt Romney’s Talking Points to Business Owners and Political Pressure on Employees
In the post-Citizens United era, “there is not much political protection for at-will employees in the private sector workplace,” explains University of Marquette Law Professor Paul Secunda, a pro-union labor lawyer. “It is conceivable, under the current legal regime, that an employer like Koch could actually get away with forcing his employees, on pains of [...]
Team Obama is Cheap
TEAM ROMNEY is not cheap, if you compare what he is paying his campaign staff. The line reads: “the president appears to be getting a much bigger bang for his buck.” That’s true. If you think underpaying campaign workers is laudable, which I don’t. From the Los Angeles Times: According to an analysis by the [...]
Top Story: Democrats Prepare to Celebrate in Anti Union North Carolina
Visit NBCNews.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy “Labor has no place to go.” – Chris Hayes WHAT WOULD Democrats be without labor? Where would they be? What would the American middle class look like without unions? Before we met, my own husband was in a situation for many years in [...]
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