Below is a letter from the President of SEIU Local 509. Local 509 represents over 11,000 human service workers in MA. About 2/3 of the members are state workers, and 1/3 work at non profit human service providers that contract with the … [Read more...]
Is saving jobs easier than creating jobs? Would South Korea’s approach work here? WITH POLL
Shinchang Electrics co. offered union leaders a proposal that would reduce wages at the auto-parts company by 20% in exchange for no layoffs among its 810 workers this year. Eight days later the union agreed. The prevailing cultural … [Read more...]
Can McCaskill show us the way in Massachusetts
Go, Claire McCaskill: Cap the pay of Wall Street's 'idiots' Claire McCaskillBy Yael T. Abouhalkah, Kansas City Star Editorial Page columnist Go, Claire, go. Missouri Sen. Claire McCaskill today got national attention for ripping into Wall … [Read more...]