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- "United
pilots union 'stunned' by wage cut request." ...
"United Airlines' pilots union said on Monday it was "stunned" by a new
wage cut proposal the world's second-largest carrier put forth less than
a week after filing for bankruptcy, signaling possible litigation ahead."
... "United, a unit of UAL Corp. (NYSE:UAL),
late last week presented its labor unions with requests for wage cuts that
were more than double what it was seeking before filing the biggest bankruptcy
case in aviation history." ... "Of United's 83,000 member work force, about
80 percent is unionized. Nearly half of the work force is represented by
the International Association of Machinists." -By
By Kathy Fieweger -Reuters
via -Lycos -Finance
- 
Smallpox
News
- "Smallpox
vaccine costs raise questions." ... "Secretary of
Health and Human Services Tommy Thompson, in a press briefing Saturday,
said most states are expected to pay workers' compensation for lost work
time for medical or emergency personnel sickened by the vaccine. Modest
death benefits are also available. Unions, however, say those amounts are
likely to be inadequate." ... "Thompson also said that health care workers
and private citizens who seek the vaccine would need their own health insurance
to pay for any care needed to treat side effects." -By
Julie Appleby -USATODAY
- 
- "Chavez
threatens state of emergency." ... "President Hugo
Chavez of Venezuela has warned he may declare a state of emergency if disruption
caused by an national strike continues to escalate." ... "In a speech to
supporters in Caracas, Mr Chavez accused his opponents of trying to sabotage
the oil industry, which provides half the government's revenue." ... "Crude
oil production has dropped by up to a sixth of the total national output
since refinery workers and oil tanker crews joined other strikers, threatening
the economic backbone of the world's fifth biggest oil exporter." ... "Analysts
have warned that a shutdown for longer than two days could have a major
impact on US and world oil prices." -BBC/News
- "Appointee
bonus got quiet OK from White House in March:
2,100 are eligible for up to $15,000." ... "The Bush administration has
quietly approved a plan giving large cash bonuses to its political appointees,
a practice abandoned during the Clinton administration to prevent officials
from using taxpayer funds to reward loyal partisans." -By
Anne E. Kornblut -Boston/Globe
- "Appointees'
Bonuses Stir Anger: Critics Say Bush Plan Slights
Career Employees; Agencies Move Cautiously." ... "The Bush administration's
decision to revive cash bonuses for political appointees touched off a
fury of criticism yesterday from Democrats, unions and some policy experts
who said the move slighted ordinary federal employees and raised the specter
of cronyism." ... "The Clinton administration ended the practice of doling
out bonuses to most political appointees in 1994 after questionable payments
to some outgoing aides in the final days of the administration of President
George H.W. Bush, the president's father." ... "Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton
(D-N.Y.), the former first lady, called it "a decision that beggars the
imagination." She noted that Bush cited a "national emergency" and the
need to conserve money for the fight against terrorism last week when he
froze one part of a federal pay raise for 1.8 million civilian employees."
-By Christopher Lee and Mike Allen-WashingtonPost
- "Bush Reinstates Appointee Cash Bonuses -N.Y. Times." ... "The policy
shift means appointees could receive annual cash bonuses of up to $10,000
with the approval of Cabinet-level officials and agency chiefs, or more
than $25,000 with the approval of the White House, the newspaper said."
-Reuters via -ABCNEWS.com
- "Bush
Trims Federal Pay Hikes." ... "Federal workers will
get a smaller raise next month because President Bush is freezing part
of the increase, citing a national emergency because of the fight against
terrorism." ... "In a letter sent Friday to congressional leaders, Mr.
Bush announced he was using his authority to change workers' pay structure
in times of "national emergency or serious economic conditions" to limit
raises to 3.1 percent." ... "Most federal employees also were to receive
a second pay hike based on private-sector wages earned in metropolitan
areas. But Mr. Bush said that increase would be too expensive and "inappropriate"
at this time."
-CBSNews
- "Bankruptcy
'inevitable' for United: Mechanics reject pay
concessions; airline, union in last-minute talks." ... "Securing an agreement
with District 141-M, which represents 13,000 mechanics and other employees,
coupled with similar pacts with pilots, flight attendants, nonunionized
workers and others, is a key part of a projected $5.2 billion in wage concessions
that United hopes will allow it to avoid filing for Chapter 11." ... "Reducing
labor costs is considered to be a crucial part of United's application
for a $1.8 billion federal loan guarantee from the Air Transportation Stabilization
Board. The board's ruling is expected any day, perhaps as early as Monday,
the due date for United to repay $375 million in debt. UAL has up to 10
additional working days to repay the debt, which could push the payment
deadline back to Dec. 16 and give the company more room to maneuver." -David
Armstrong -SFGate.com
- 
- "Bush
hails military's private sector "outsourcing"." ...
"President Bush on Monday praised an Air Force base with a history of outsourcing
work to the private sector, something he wants to do with nearly half the
nation's federal civilian jobs." ... "Bush saluted saluted Offutt Air Force
Base in Nebraska, where he stopped during his zigzagging odyssey back to
Washington on Sept. 11, 2001." -By Scott Lindlaw
-AP via -Salon
- "Bush
to Allow Private Sector Bids." ... "Up to half of
the nation's 1.8 million federal civilian workers eventually could find
they have a new boss or, worse, no job." ... "The Bush administration is
taking steps to privatize federal jobs at an unprecedented level, and officials
proposed rules Thursday to make it easier for companies to compete with
the government for maintenance, construction, secretarial and other work."
... "Employee unions raised strong objections, contending the administration
was trying to help its business allies at the expense of workers' rights.
Bush officials said it was just a question of saving money."
-AP via -Guardian.co.uk
- "Spider-Man
creator sues Marvel: Stan Lee says he’s being
cheated out of movie profits." ... "The creative force behind Spider-Man,
the Incredible Hulk and the X-Men filed a $10 million lawsuit Tuesday,
charging his old comic book company is cheating him out of millions of
dollars in movie profits." ... "Marvel has reported millions of dollars
in earnings from the film but has told Lee the company has seen no “profits”
as defined by their contract." -Reuters
via -MSNBC
- Discussion - "Stan
Lee Sues Marvel Comics." -Slashdot
-West
Coast Port Lockout
- "Union
Blames Co.'s for Dock Trouble: Dockworkers'
Union Files Documents Blaming Shipping Companies for Slowdown." ... "Shipping
companies are mismanaging cargo at major Pacific ports so federal prosecutors
can blame longshoremen for a work slowdown, the dockworker's union contends."
... "The union made the allegation in documents filed Tuesday with the
Justice Department." -AP
via -ABCNEWS.com
-West
Coast Port Lockout
- "Union
points finger at shippers, Justice Department in filing."
... "The West Coast dockworkers union blames mismanagement by shipping
companies for slow movement of cargo, saying Pacific Maritime Association
members are trying to make longshoremen look bad." ... "In documents filed
yesterday with the Justice Department, the International Longshore and
Warehouse Union also said the department appears to blame longshoremen
for the backlog. The union says the department has not asked the maritime
association to respond to union charges that its mismanagement is keeping
ports clogged." -By Frank Vinluan -SeattleTimes.NWsource
-West
Coast Port Lockout
- "Longshore
union blames owners for port backlog: Letter
to feds refutes charges by management." ... "A combination of increased
traffic, a lack of skilled labor, equipment shortages and breakdowns and
other logistical problems that are the responsibility of employers explains
the decline in number of cargo containers processed, said the International
Longshore and Warehouse Union." ... "The union made its case in a letter
to the Department of Justice, which had requested a response to an allegation
of a slowdown made by the owners' group, the Pacific Maritime Association."
-By George Raine -SFGate.com
-West
Coast Port Lockout
- "Shippers:
W. Coast Dock Work Slows: West Coast Shipping
Lines Say Dock Work Rate Is Down About 25 Percent." ... "Officials with
the International Longshore and Warehouse Union said it was only a matter
of time before their employers accused them of slowing down work. The union
has said the docks are congested because of the 10-day lockout, which ended
Wednesday evening on orders from a federal judge in San Francisco." ...
""You've got a logistical nightmare out here caused by their lockout,"
said union spokesman Steve Stallone. "They've created all the problems
themselves and they're searching and searching for a way to say it's the
union's fault."" ... "He said that the union has asked the association
to train more workers than the current 10,500 members, but that it has
balked. Union members also said they will adhere to safety rules."
-AP via -ABCNEWS.com
-West
Coast Port Lockout
- "Bush
Gets The Goods Moving." ... "Judge Alsup will hold
a hearing in a week on whether to grant a full 80-day injunction. Such
an order would push the dispute past the Christmas buying season, past
the November elections--and, perhaps, past the start of the war, if it
comes." ... "The judge issued a temporary restraining order that expires
Oct. 16. On that day, he will hold a hearing to determine whether to impose
the 80-day cooling-off period as mandated by Taft-Hartley at that time.
Both sides expect the judge to do so." -By Dan Ackman-Forbes
-West
Coast Port Lockout
- "Bush
Invokes Taft-Hartley Act to Open West Coast Ports."
... "In seeking to suspend the shutdown for 80 days, Mr. Bush became the
first president to successfully invoke the Taft-Hartley Act emergency provisions
since President Richard M. Nixon sought to stop a longshoremen's strike
in 1971." ... "Mr. Bush said he was worried about the movement of military
supplies. The Pentagon often uses commercial shipping lines to send supplies
and equipment overseas, and those lines would undoubtedly fill that role
from the busy West Coast ports if fighting erupted in Iraq or elsewhere
in the Middle East." -By David E. Sanger with Steven
Greenhouse -NYTimes
via -AltaVista-News
-West
Coast Port Lockout
- "West
Coast Ports Set to Reopen After Court Intervenes in Labor Dispute."
... "Workers may need as long as two and a half months to clear the backlog
of goods caused by the 10-day lockout at 29 major Pacific ports." ... "The
most often-cited study estimated total harm to the economy from the labor
strife at between $1 billion and $2 billion a day. The study, prepared
for the shippers' association by Martin Associates of Lancaster, Pa., estimated
the cost of a 10-day stoppage at $19 billion."
-AP via -ABCNEWS.com
-West
Coast Port Lockout
- "Bush
Wins End to West Coast Lockout." ... "President Bush
won an 80-day halt to a management lockout of West Coast ports on Tuesday
as a federal judge granted a court order to reopen the docks and start
clearing a huge backlog of cargo from more than 200 ships now idled offshore."
... "In San Francisco, U.S. District Court Judge William Alsup said the
government had met the requirements for an injunction to reopen the ports
and issued a temporary restraining order with a fuller hearing set for
Oct. 16." -By Andrew Quinn -Reuters
via -ABCNEWS.com
-West
Coast Port Lockout
- "Stocks
Rise on Hopes That Port Dispute Will Be Resolved."
... "Investors took heart after Bush said he will seek a court order to
suspend a management lockout of workers at 29 U.S. West Coast ports. Citing
a need to protect the U.S. economy and jobs, Bush is invoking the 1947
Taft-Hartley labor act for the first time since 1978 despite administration
fears of an organized labor backlash."
-Reuters via -NYTimes
via -Moreover
-West
Coast Port Lockout
- "Bush
seeks to halt port lockout." ... "A cooling-off period
would keep the ports open during the crucial Christmas season, in which
retailers are relying on imported goods to stock their shelves." ... "The
trade-off for the Bush administration is that a court-ordered truce could
energize organized labor — traditionally a Democratic ally — just four
weeks before midterm elections. Democratic candidates rely on heavy turnout
from union workers, and some presidential advisers fear Bush's intervention
will drive angry labor voters to the polls." -By Leigh
Strope -AP
via -OregonLive.com/Oregonian
-West
Coast Port Lockout
- "Longshoremen
agree to return to work." ... "The longshoremen's
union at 29 West Coast ports agreed Tuesday to return to work under a 30-day
contract extension." ... "But almost simultaneously, President Bush announced
in Washington that he was asking Attorney General John Ashcroft to seek
an injunction under the Taft-Hartley Act."
-AP via -OregonLive.com/Oregonian
-West
Coast Port Lockout
- "Courts
Are Port Option for Bush Under Act." ... "The [1947]
Taft-Hartley Act, passed over the protests of the labor movement and the
veto of President Harry Truman, is a sweeping piece of legislation that
curtails some of the union rights workers had won in the 1935 National
Labor Relations Act." -Reuters
via -ABCNEWS.com
-West
Coast Port Lockout
- "Taft-Hartley
Act no quick-fix for port dispute." ... "If President
Bush decides to intervene in the labor dispute that has shut down West
Coast ports since Sunday, a resumption of work would be neither quick nor
assured." ... "Under the 1947 Taft-Hartley Act, Bush would have to appoint
a fact-finding panel and try to convince federal courts on the West Coast
that the dispute would "imperil the national health or safety." If the
courts agree, they can order the ports to reopen and keep running for up
to 80 days." -By Peter Szekely
-Reuters via -Forbes
-West
Coast Port Lockout
- "U.S.
Port Talks Break Down, Crisis Escalates." ... "The
lockout of ports handling $300 billion in trade has raised widespread fears
of new disruptions in the faltering U.S. economy." ... "With billions of
dollars worth of cargo stranded in ship holds and dock terminals, manufacturing
production lines are beginning to shut down, food shipments are rotting
and retailers are growing anxious that shop shelves will be bare just as
the U.S. holiday shopping season gets underway." -By
Kevin Krolicki-Reuters
via -ABCNEWS.com
-West
Coast Port Lockout
- "Bush
to Seek to Lift Port Lockout: Bush to Ask Federal
Court to Reopen West Coast Ports for 80 days, Labor Dept. Official Says."
... "Monday's move came hours after contract negotiations between workers
and management collapsed. Port operators and manufacturers' groups applauded
the move, but the longshoremen accused the administration of trying to
break the union. The workers have been locked out, without pay, by management."
-AP via -ABCNEWS.com
-West
Coast Port Lockout
- "Bush
to Intervene in Port Lockout." ... "President Bush
will take the first step toward ending a labor dispute between West Coast
port workers and shipping lines Monday by forming a board of inquiry to
make a quick assessment of the economic damage and determine whether the
two sides are negotiating in good faith." ... "Bush is forming the board
under the Taft-Hartley Act, hours after talks broke down between the union
and management Sunday night." -By Leigh Strope
-AP via -Seattle-PI.com.NWsource
-West
Coast Port Shutdown
- - "Port
Talks Break Off Indefinitely." ... "Labor talks broke
off between longshoremen and shipping lines after the union rejected the
latest contract proposal in a dispute that has shut down West Coast ports
and done billions of dollars in damage to the economy." ... "The Pacific
Maritime Association, which represents shipping companies and terminal
operators, has locked out 10,500 members of the longshoremen's union, claiming
the dockworkers had engaged in a slowdown late last month." -By
Simon Avery -AP
via -Seattle-PI.com.NWsource
- "Protesters
march on Paris." ... "Tens of thousands of French
workers marched through Paris during a day of protest against plans for
partial privatisation." -CNN
- "A
small town mirrors shift to 'flexible' factory era."
... "Can Greenville [Illinois] – and the United States – polish up its
factories and still thrive on manufacturing? Short term, the prospects
look iffy because the sector's expansion has slowed. Long term, the answer
looks more positive, experts say, with one twist: today's factories don't
create as many new jobs as they used to." ... "Call it the downside of
productivity. Today's factories churn out nearly three times as much real
value as they did in 1965 but actually employ slightly fewer people."
... ""The manufacturing sector in the long run is not a net job creator,"
says David Huether, chief economist for the National Association of Manufacturers
(NAM) in Washington, D.C." -By Laurent Belsie
-CSMonitor/buy
Labor_Day|
HISTORY: |
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"The History of Labor Day. Labor Day: How it Came About; What it Means." ... "Labor Day, the first Monday in September, is a creation of the labor movement and is dedicated to the social and economic achievements of American workers. It constitutes a yearly national tribute to the contributions workers have made to the strength, prosperity, and well-being of our country." ... "The first Labor Day holiday was celebrated on Tuesday, September 5, 1882, in New York City, in accordance with the plans of the [New York] Central Labor Union. The Central Labor Union held its second Labor Day holiday just a year later, on September 5, 1883." ... "In 1884 the first Monday in September was selected as the holiday, as originally proposed, and the Central Labor Union urged similar organizations in other cities to follow the example of New York and celebrate a "workingmen's holiday" on that date. The idea spread with the growth of labor organizations, and in 1885 Labor Day was celebrated in many industrial centers of the country." ... "The first governmental recognition came through municipal ordinances passed during 1885 and 1886. From them developed the movement to secure state legislation. The first state bill was introduced into the New York legislature, but the first to become law was passed by Oregon on February 21, 1887. During the year four more states — Colorado, Massachusetts, New Jersey, and New York — created the Labor Day holiday by legislative enactment. By the end of the decade Connecticut, Nebraska, and Pennsylvania had followed suit. By 1894, 23 other states had adopted the holiday in honor of workers, and on June 28 of that year, Congress passed an act making the first Monday in September of each year a legal holiday in the District of Columbia and the territories." ... -Read more at:"The History of Labor Day." -DOL.gov |
Labor_Day
- "Workers
Are Angry and Fearful This Labor Day." ... "With
longshoremen, janitors and Boeing employees threatening major strikes and
employees reeling from corporate scandals and rising unemployment, the
mood among American workers has turned anxious and even angry this Labor
Day." ... "For organized labor, all this anxiety and anger has produced
some good news: Americans have warmed up to the idea of joining unions.
The Hart poll found that 50 percent of nonunion workers said they would
vote to join a union if they could, the highest level in two decades, up
from 42 percent last year and up from 30 percent in the early 1980's. The
number who said they would vote against unionizing fell to 43 percent,
from 65 percent two decades ago." -By Steven Greenhouse
-NYTimes via
-AltaVista-News
Labor_Day
- "Labor
Day brings thanks for jobs." ... "The nation's unemployment
rate is hovering near a seven-year high, and new jobs are not being created
as the bleak economy teeters on the cusp of recovery and recession." ...
"The unemployment rate, now at 5.9 percent, dropped to a 30-year low of
3.9 percent in 2000 as the country enjoyed the longest stretch of prosperity
on record. Jobs were relatively easy to find, and many employers had to
compete for workers by boosting salaries and upgrading benefits." -By
Leigh Strope -AP
via -Miami/Herald
Labor_Day
- "Jobless
on Labor Day: The holiday honors American workers,
who might prefer something more substantial -- like a job." ... "The most
obvious problem facing the work force is stagnant job growth. Since March
2001, when a recession in the broader U.S. economy began, nearly 1.7 million
jobs have been lost, and more than 3.5 million people are drawing unemployment
benefits." -By Mark Gongloff
-CNN /fn
Labor_Day
- "Is
Labor Day just another day off?" ... "... with each
surge of industrialization, thousands of workers died. Each year 35,000
workers died from industrial accidents; the railroads alone counted for
6,000 fatalities a year during the 1890s, according to American People,
by Gary nash and Julie Jeffrey. Mine workers labored in temperatures more
than 120 degrees and often developed lung disease. Hunched over sewing
machines, women developed curved spines and digestive illnesses." ... "Such
was the case at the end of the 19th century. Faced with dangerous and unsanitary
environments, discontent and restless workers exploded into protests, strikes
and violence. On Sept. 5, 1882, thousands of union workers took an unpaid
day off and paraded through New York City carrying banners that read "Eight
Hours for Work, Eight Hours for Rest and Eight Hours for Recreation.""
-By Kelly DiNardo -USATODAY
Labor_Day
- "Organized
labor marks Labor Day with talk of strikes." ...
"Labor experts do see common concerns among workers in several of the recent
faceoffs, but they call the spate of recent walkout threats anomalies.
Most big unions, they say, have still all but forgotten how to strike."
... "In the early 1950s, when organized labor was at its peak, strikes
were frequent, and potent. There were a record 470 strikes involving more
than 1,000 workers in 1952." ... "These days, the records being set are
at the other end of the scale. Last year, there were just 29 strikes involving
more than 1,000 workers, the second lowest ever." -By
Adam Geller -AP
via -Boston/Globe
- "Japan's
old shy away from retiring." ... "Thanks to a low-fat
diet, reliable healthcare and high standards of living, the average Japanese
girl born last year will live for nearly 85 years, while boys will not
breathe their last until just over 78." ... "But with one of the lowest
birthrates in the world, politicians, demographers and civil servants warn
that the retirement age will have to be extended to save Japan's pension
and healthcare systems from collapsing under the weight of an ageing and
shrinking population." ... "Japan is home to the world's oldest woman,
Kamoto Hongo, 115 this year; the oldest man, 113-year-old Yukichi Chuganji;
and the community with the highest proportion of centenarians, the 33 per
100,000 people of Okinawa." -By Jonathan Watts -Guardian.co.uk
OPINION
- Operation_TIPS
- "Some
TIPS for John Ascroft: Mr. Attorney General,
forget your plan for a system to promote Americans spying on Americans.
It won't work -- and is un-American." ... "The American Teamsters Union
has already signed on. The U.S. Postal Service, which originally said its
800,000 workers would not participate, is also encouraging its workforce
to join." ... "Another important -- and still-unanswered -- question is
how will the data be stored, and who will have access to it. Will the TIPS
program create FBI files on thousands, even millions, of unsuspecting Americans?
And where will those files end up? The next time you're passed over for
a job or a loan, will you wonder if it's because the cable guy filed a
tip about your collection of Middle East travel books? "The U.S. government
has a history of abusing information," says [the ACLU's legislative counsel
Rachel] King. "These are not hysterical fears."" -By
Jane Black -BusinessWeek/Daily
OPINION
- "A
fool's paradise for CEOs." ... Regarding requiring
"that CEOs attest to the accuracy of corporate financial statements," Sun
Microsystems CEO Scott McNealy, reportedly said ""I haven't convinced myself
that it is in the best interest of our shareholders," McNealy told the
[New York] Times." ... "McNealy's attitude is the culmination of the last
decade's ascendant ethos for U.S. business: near worship and lavish compensation
for people who "make things happen" coupled with near contempt and minimal
rewards for people who "make things work."" -By Michael
Thomas -Salon
UPS
News - "UPS
Doesn't Deliver for Part-Timers: Its new six-year
deal with the Teamsters shows that, in a stumbling economy, employers again
have the upper hand." ... "UPS's heavy reliance on part-timers, who make
up 57% of its 230,000 Teamsters, had been a key flash point in talks over
a new labor pact." ... "Overall, the share of Teamsters on the payroll
full-time has inched up three percentage points since 1997, to 43%." ...
"The 1997 contract narrowed the [pay] differential by lifting the part-time
starting wage by 50¢ an hour, to $8.50, the first increase in 15 years."
... [The 2002 agreement increases the starting part-time hourly wage to
$9 per hour through 2008.] ... "Their starting pay will go to $9, with
the current average wage of $10.72 climbing about 9% a year through 2008.
However, the high turnover rate of part-timers means that their average
wage will still lag behind the full-timers' by the end of the contract."
-By Brian Grow -BusinessWeek.com/Daily
- "Chinese
Workers' Rights Stop at Courtroom Door." ... "Capitalist-style
economic policies introduced two decades ago have lifted millions of Chinese
out of poverty. But the Communist Party's reluctance to pursue political
reform with the same speed has left workers with few protections against
deteriorating and sometimes deadly job conditions. Without elections, they
cannot throw out local officials who allow businesses to ignore labor laws.
Without the right to organize, they risk arrest if they form independent
unions or go on strike." -By Philip P. Pan-WashingtonPost
WorldCom
News - "WorldCom
concedes accounting mispractices; 17,000 to lose jobs."
... "WorldCom, second to only AT&T in the long-distance market, grew
from a small long-distance company into a telecommunications force through
more than 60 acquisitions in the past 15 years. The growth was stopped
in 2000 when federal and European regulators blocked WorldCom's proposed
$129 billion merger with Sprint Corp., citing competition concerns." -By
John Porretto -AP
via -SacBee.com
UPS
News - "Teamsters
Rally For UPS Contract." ... "While Teamsters lead
negotiator Ken Hall said the two remain far apart, UPS spokesman Norman
Black said the company was pleased with the progress so far." ... "The
Teamsters want to see higher wages and pension contributions, as well as
an increase in the number of full-time workers. Currently, 59 percent of
UPS union members work part time." -By Tami Luhby
-Newsday.com
UPS
News - "Teamsters
rally for UPS contract to pay more, offer more jobs."
... "Both sides say they want to avoid a repeat of 1997, when a two-week
strike cost the company $750 million." -By Leigh Strope
-AP via -SFGate.com
UPS
News - "Teamsters
Say Progress Is Made on Key Contract Issue With UPS."
... "The Teamsters union and United Parcel Service Inc. (UPS) made progress
toward a new contract, with the two sides striking a deal on the sticky
issue of supervisors doing work which union members contend should be theirs."
-By
Rick Brooks -WSJ.com
via -SmartMoney.com
- "Jobs
built to last: Stability, purpose, and a bevy
of openings make Uncle Sam an employer of choice for many." ... "With 53
percent of federal employees qualifying for retirement within five years,
as many as 954,000 jobs could open up soon, 60 percent of them available
to all comers." ... "A desire to contribute to society motivates many government
workers. In a poll last summer by Hart-Teeter research, 1 in 5 ranked "help
people" as the best reason to work for the government. Only job security
and benefits ranked higher." ... "Not surprisingly, just 1 in 10 federal
workers put salary at the top of that list. "By and large, the government
tends to pay less," says Max Stier, CEO of the Partnership for Public Service,
a nonprofit group working to revitalize the federal civil service. Estimates
of the pay gap range from 20 percent to 30 percent. Such figures can be
misleading, though, as discrepancies vary widely by profession and location.
And some experts insist that when federal benefits are added, government
salaries are more competitive." -By Matthew Benjamin
-usnews.com
Enron
- "Enron
sued by ["current and former"] staff."
-BBC /News
Enron
News - "Georgia
Angling to Recoup Enron Loss in Worker Retirement Plan."
-By Jonathan Ringel -Law.com
Enron
News - "Enron
fall turns dreams to dust: Ex-employees tell
of highflying days, then helplessness." -By Flynn
McRoberts -ChicagoTribune
