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Shift for labor unions under Skelos: Subtle, not sweeping
Spin CycleThe State Senate's lightning-quick election this week of Dean Skelos as majority leader prompted a standard wave of verbal salutes and fond greetings from prominent labor union officials. From the AFL-CIO to the Civil Service Employees Association, top...Tags: Parliament, Republican Party, Politics, Joseph Bruno, Education
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SAG: Strike or...?
The TV ZoneThe Screen Actors Guild contract is up, oh, just about twelve hours from now, and to many in Hollywood and beyond, that moment represents - or has represented - D Minute, when thousands of SAG-repped thesps storm the Studio's......Tags: Entertainment, Television, Hollywood (Los Angeles, California), Labor Disputes, Career and Workplace
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Newsday Exclusive: New path of a fallen pol
Spin CycleFormer Assemb. Brian McLaughlin's federal indictment in October 2006 covered 186 pages and described a web of corrupt acts including bribery, embezzlement, racketeering, mail fraud and money laundering. Four months ago, McLaughlin, 56, pleaded guilty to...Tags: Corporate Crime, Michael Vick, Punishment, Fire Island, Crimes
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Paterson: Call me Mr. Special Interest
Spin CyclePaterson's campaign finance disclosures come in late last night -- wonder why? -- and show that he went to a bevy of special interests to accumulate his $3 million total. The Times: "His contributors span the gamut of Albany???s......Tags: Charter Schools, New York, Political Fundraising, Education, Real Estate
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Suffolk exec parts with no cash to oust foe Ramos
Spin CycleSuffolk County Executive Steve Levy may be backing Assembly primary challenger Waldo Cabrera, but it is Suffolk Demcoratic chairman Richard Schaffer who is putting up money to help incumbent Assemb. Philip Ramos hold on to his seat. Schaffer has......Tags: Employees, Steve Levy, Career and Workplace
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Paterson: Another gift to the unions
Spin CycleGov. Paterson gives another gift to the public sector labor unions -- signing a bill that makes permanent a requirement of mandatory dues for people who don't want to join. Spokesman: "In the governor???s estimation, it was a fair......Tags: Government, Regional Authority, Politics, Executive Branch, Career and Workplace
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Nassau: County of Waste, USA
Spin CycleWe missed this NY Public Payroll Watch take on health benefits Nassau County, where government means giving away the store to public employee unions, and reform means giving it away a little more slowly. When will someone get the picture......Tags: Nassau County, Career and Workplace
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Foreign Automakers Set Up Shop in the Heartland
KickingTiresBy Patrick Olsen and Eamonn Brennan Cars.com In the past 19 years, foreign automakers with no less a profile than Toyota, Honda and Subaru have set up shop in middle America. Why do foreign automakers find Indiana so appealing? How......Tags: Politics, Plant Openings, Wages and Pensions, Heavy Engineering, Michigan
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Top of the Wednesday: Ten stories
Spin CycleGov. Paterson's big speech called for fiscal austerity, but both of the ideas he talked about -- home heating aid and a property tax cap -- could actually cost the state more money, capturing a key contradiction int he......Tags: Republican Party, Sports, Timothy M. Kaine, Washington Post Co., Career and Workplace
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Wal-Mart to workers: Dems will hurt us
The SwampThe Walmart store on the 4700 block of North Ave. (Chicago Tribune Photo by Charles Cherney) by Frank James One of the day's best stories is The Wall Street Journal's report that Wal-Mart is telling its managers and supervisors......Tags: Wages and Pensions, Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., Newspapers, Barack Obama, Employees
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As fiscal austerity looms, Skelos faces special pressure
Spin CycleAlready scrambling to salvage Republican control of the State Senate, Majority Leader Dean Skelos faces added political pressure - now that Gov. David A. Paterson has demanded immediate action to avert a fiscal crisis. Skelos, as the state power......Tags: Parliament, Eliot Spitzer, Republican Party, Politics, Joseph Bruno
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Organized labor strikes at FedEx CEO
The Swampby Jill Zuckman On the campaign trail, Sen. John McCain often extols the virtues of Fred Smith, the founder, chairman and chief executive officer of FedEx, the first overnight express delivery company. McCain has often said that if elected, he......Tags: FedEx Corporation, Employees, John McCain, Labor Legislation, Corporate Officers
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