I've been hearing more workers -- including former Enron workers -- say they now wish they'd had a union. |
It may be that he's so inundated with things that he needs someone who can structure, control and manage it. |
Maryland's working families have sent a clear message to local governments across the country and corporate America by demanding health care fairness -- and winning. |
McDonald's cannot afford to alienate millions and millions of working people in this country. But believe me that is the road we are headed down. |
Over the last several years, we've been able to find positions for all our graduates. Anyone who wanted a position got one, more or less. |
Politics is politics. We will expect a spirited campaign. I've had pretty solid majorities in this district. |
That [videotape] was a small snippet of what actually transpired that day. |
The 37.5-hour week is more of a minimum baseline these days. There is an expectation by many employers that you will give 5 to 10 percent above that to get the job done and to get ahead. |
The AFL-CIO needs a strong and united Teamsters union, and it needs the involvement of Jim Hoffa. I look forward to sitting down with him at his first opportunity. |
The bottom line is that our health care system is broken, but it didn't just split open. Big companies like Wal-Mart are pulling it apart and profiting at taxpayers' expense. |
The budget also proposes bringing the total annual state spending on education to nearly $17 billion, or 72 percent higher than when (Pataki) took office. As a result, today New Yorkers spend more than $12,000 per pupil to support public education - virtually the highest amount in the nation. |
The Bush administration staunchly opposed legislation which would preserve overtime pay for all workers. |
The facts are clear. More funding goes to health care than any other part of the state's budget, and it is sad that the special interests would either ask taxpayers to pay higher taxes or that they would ask our education system or transportation system to receive less. |
There is such a thing as offensive momentum. Goals you do get tend to come in bunches because you have a rhythm. |
There's a mean spirit behind some of these initiatives that are going on, and ergonomics is a classic example. This has never been done with occupational safety and health. |