CAMBRIDGE, Mass.–(ENEWSPF)–December 9, 2011. One of the most pressing issues in world affairs today is state building: how countries can construct stable, inclusive governments in which a variety of religious and ethnic groups coexist. Now a unique field experiment involving Muslim and Catholic students in Bosnia-Herzegovina suggests one avenue for[Read More…]
Opinion
SEIU Still Proudly Endorses President Obama In 2012
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–December 8, 2011. The Service Employees International Union (SEIU) released the following statement about a fake press release purporting that SEIU had pulled the endorsement of President Obama made by SEIU members on November 16: “We stand by our endorsement of President Obama as part of a broader ’99[Read More…]
Statement by AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka On Obstruction of Richard Cordray To Head the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–December 8, 2011. Undermining the new era of Wall Street accountability is exactly what Senate Republicans intended by today’s filibuster of the nomination of Richard Cordray to head the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. The vote had nothing to do with his outstanding qualifications, but with the very idea of[Read More…]
Wisconsin Medical Marijuana Opponents Are Heartless Idiots
OREGON–(ENEWSPF)–December 5, 2011. People like Rep. Scott Krug (R-Wisconsin Rapids) need to do basic research before they talk to the media about medical marijuana policy in Wisconsin. Avoidance tactics and anti-medical marijuana catch phrases might work for people in Wisconsin that aren’t educated on the topic of medical marijuana. However,[Read More…]
Conflict or Understanding? It’s Our Choice
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…]
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…]
