Commentary By Gary Kopycinski This is not a spite piece. Really. I will neither reveal the make, model or license plate of the person with whom I had this encounter, nor will I make any description of the man, beyond to say he is a man. You might call this[Read More…]
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Statement by Secretary of Labor Hilda L. Solis on November Employment Numbers
WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–December 2, 2011. Secretary of Labor Hilda L. Solis today issued the following statement on the November 2011 Employment Situation report released today: “Our nation’s unemployment rate experienced a significant drop to 8.6 percent in November, a full 1.2 percentage points lower than this time last year. Nonfarm payroll employment[Read More…]
SEIU: Jobs Report Good Step Forward, Republicans Must Stop Blocking Efforts to Put Millions Back to Work
WASHINGTON, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–December 2, 2011. Service Employees International Union (SEIU) International President Mary Kay Henry issued the following statement in response to the November jobs report released today by the Bureau of Labor Statistics that showed the first significant drop in the unemployment rate since March 2009: “Today’s jobs numbers are[Read More…]
USW Commends EPA for Reviewing Waste Definition, Boiler Rules
Pittsburgh, PA–(ENEWSPF)–December 2, 2011. Leaders of the United Steelworkers (USW) cited today’s notice of proposed changes to industrial boiler rules by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) as an important step in the agency’s responsibility for crafting rules that help preserve family-sustaining jobs and encourage investment in technologies to make America[Read More…]
Statement by AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka on November Employment
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–December 2, 2011. The news that the economy added 120,000 net new jobs in November confirms our steady, but too slow, economic recovery in a global context. While the drop in the unemployment rate is welcome news, 8.6 percent is still painfully high. The drop in the unemployment rate[Read More…]
SEIU: Inexplicable: House Passes Yet Another Anti-Worker Bill
WASHINGTON, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–December 1, 2011. Mary Kay Henry, President of the Service Employees International Union (SEIU), issued the following statement after House of Representatives passed the anti-worker “Workforce Democracy and Fairness Act”: “This is an absurd piece of legislation that illustrates just how tone deaf some Members of Congress are to[Read More…]
Should the Village of Park Forest Decriminalize Marijuana?
Commentary By Gary Kopycinski Should the Village of Park Forest decriminalize marijuana? One board member thinks so. eNews Park Forest posted a brief story today about the city of Evanston: The city of Evanston’s 2012 budget passed on Monday night, included an ordinance that decriminalizes possession of less than 10[Read More…]
Middle Class Recognizing the Arrogant Frenzy of Radical Measures By Republicans
Pittsburgh, PA–(ENEWSPF)–November 28, 2011. Leslie Marshall, from the The Leslie Marshall Show, talks with United Steelworkers (USW) President Leo W. Gerard about recent elections and the middle-class recognizing the radical ideas of Republicans and the Tea Party. “It’s really rather disgusting that you’ve got a lot of these Republican Governors[Read More…]
Happy New Year 1433 A.H. To Our Muslim Friends
A blessed Happy New Year to our Muslim readers as they celebrate the beginning of the year 1433 A.H. (After Hijra). May the new year bring peace, Insha’Allah!
Shall We Deregulate The Toaster Industry?
Commentary By Gary Kopycinski Shall we deregulate the toaster industry? Seriously, wouldn’t the toaster industry be far better off if we just let toaster manufacturing companies make toasters without having to pay the extra costs associated with government-mandated "safety" laws and guidelines? Can’t we just trust the toaster industry to[Read More…]
