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...workers say they have given up cost-of-living allowances, overtime after eight hours in place of wage increases, a holiday, some break time, the jobs bank and education benefits. Entry-level wages have been cut in half, which has translated to even lower production-labor costs. "We will not stand for further concessions negotiated by our representatives," proclaimed a resolution that was turned in for consideration at the UAW convention in June by workers from the Ford assembly plant in Chicago. "I've never seen people so frustrated," says a veteran UAW official in Detroit. "These are hard jobs...
From the moment President Barack Obama took office, he has emphasized the importance of dealing with climate change. He's said that the right way to do it is to pass congressional legislation that would cap greenhouse-gas emissions. But eight months after the House of Representatives passed a cap-and-trade bill, similar legislation remains mired in the Senate, its chances of passage dimming by the day. With midterm elections not far off - threatening serious losses in Democratic seats in Congress - it's reasonable to wonder whether the carbon-capping bill will ever become...
...down CO2 regulation will kill American jobs by strangling power plants and other industry. Senator Lisa Murkowski, a Republican from Alaska, introduced a bill late last year that would explicitly prevent the EPA from regulating carbon, and she already has 40 co-sponsors. Many Democrats also have their doubts - eight Democratic Senators from coal-heavy states sent a letter on Sunday, Feb. 21, to EPA administrator Lisa Jackson listing "serious economic and energy security concerns" with greenhouse-gas regulation...
While Sammonds said that there were ten downspouts stolen from Lowell House, HUPD Spokesman Steven G. Catalano said that only eight were reported missing...
...show in Ithaca, proving why six of its grapplers are ranked in the top 20 nationally. Troy Nickerson, Mike Grey, Justin Kerber, Mack Lewnes, and Cam Simaz all won by fall against their Crimson counterparts, securing Cornell’s (8-4-1, 4-0) 31st Ancient Eight crown, the squad’s eighth straight. Even though the Big Red claimed its 43rd-consecutive league dual match, by the end of the day, the hosts were not the only ones boasting a streak...