Word: labors
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Jiang's visit to the United States is likely to bring controversy wherever he goes, as both human-rights activists and organized labor have opposed increasing economic ties to China, which will be a major focus of the trip. Jiang's expected to meet with leaders of corporations from Boeing...
...juggernaut economy deserves the credit ? and what it giveth, it can surely taketh away. He urged John Kasich and the rest of the committee to start stockpiling budget surpluses, because dark clouds are always gathering. "The law of supply and demand has not been repealed," Greenspan read. "If labor demand continues to outpace sustainable increases in supply, the question is surely when, not whether, labor costs will escalate more rapidly." Translation: inflation still lurks in the heart of the boom. And the Fed is watching...
Another provision, popular with Republicans, would require labor unions to inform their members that they can receive refunds for the porportion of their dues used to make campaign contributions...
Republicans will most likely try to introduce an amendment banning all labor union contributions to political campaigns, which raises the ire of Democrats, who benefited from millions of labor dollars...
...least two of the schemes used to raise money for Carey allegedly involved other top labor leaders. In one case, as Teamsters rank and file voted last October in a two-month process monitored by the Federal Government, the Carey campaign urgently needed a cash infusion for a final direct-mail push. Carey aides approached Trumka, asking the AFL-CIO "to help Ron." They were told the federation was short of cash. They suggested funneling $150,000 of Teamster money through the federation--and into Carey coffers. Trumka agreed, according to federal investigators. On Nov. 1, a Teamster check went...