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...organizations. That's widely considered one reason why organized labor has endured decades of decline in overall membership and in clout. Thomas A. Kochan, co-director of the Institute for Work and Employment Research at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, is convinced the Steelworkers and Unite will make the merger work, he says, "but it will take time; it's uncharted territory." He points out that since t he USW already has a significant presence in Canada, as well as a small membership in the Caribbean, "it's got some experience in what it means to cross a border...
...will be better able to ensure that a company can't reject defined benefits in one country that it's already agreed to in the other. Other issues more suited to a global union include international trade, workers' rights in the developing world and transnational shifts in employment. The merger also gives labor more muscle for dealing with bodies like the World Trade Organization, the European Commission and the increasing number of global forums on issues like climate change, he adds. "It allows them to create a position as an international player who gets noticed...
...that serve at the very moment the campaign was trying to woo Clinton's donors, court her ardent supporters and win over the candidate herself? "Just stupid," said a top Clinton fundraiser this week. Clinton and Obama will go on their brief unity tour this week, but the merger deal will not close now until the convention, a source close to both Clintons reported this week...
...Louis This Bud's For Belgium Anheuser-Busch is exploring a merger with the maker of Corona to thwart a $46 billion takeover bid from Belgian rival InBev, maker of Stella Artois. Should InBev gain control of the iconic brewery, which accounts for nearly half of U.S. beer sales, it will have cornered a quarter of the world's beer market...
...nondescript title, vice president for policy, belies a wide array of accomplishments, from helping orchestrate the 1999 merger of Radcliffe and Harvard to pushing through the launch and expansion of the Harvard Financial Aid Initiative...