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Labor Update: April the Cruelest Month for Workplace Disasters

Posted on April 26, 2010 by bfiatracykurowski

Labor Update:  April the Cruelest Month for Workplace Disasters by Tracy Kurowski T.S. Eliot famously said that April is the cruelest month. However, this April the cruelty is not caused by lilacs breeding out of dead land but by workplace … Continue reading →

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Labor Update: AFL-CIO 2010 Executive Pay Watch

Posted on April 19, 2010 by bfiatracykurowski

Labor Update:  AFL-CIO 2010 Executive Pay Watch by Tracy Kurowski Last Tuesday, the AFL-CIO launched its 2010 Executive Pay Watch, an on-line catalogue of CEO pay for the previous year.   The purpose of the annual report is to focus attention … Continue reading →

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Labor Update: Massey Mine, Methane, and Maximizing Profits

Posted on April 12, 2010 by bfiatracykurowski

Labor Update: Massey Mine, Methane, and Maximizing Profits by Tracy Kurowski No one questions whether mining is a dirty and dangerous business. The history of coal mining is filled with stories of deadly explosions, poison gases, and black lung disease … Continue reading →

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Labor Update: Trade With China Cost Iowa 20,900 Jobs

Posted on March 29, 2010 by bfiatracykurowski

Labor Update:  Trade With China Cost Iowa 20,900 Jobs Americanmanufacturing.org The Economic Policy Institute just released a new study that reveals the number of jobs lost due to our trade deficit with China. China joined the World Treaty Organization in … Continue reading →

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Labor Update: Book Review: The Value of Nothing

Posted on March 22, 2010 by bfiatracykurowski

Labor Update: Book Review: The Value of Nothing Book Review: The Value of Nothing: How to Reshape Market Society and Redefine Democracy by Raj Patel by Tracy KurowskiSo many explanations about the cause of our economic crisis focus on the … Continue reading →

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Labor Update: What's in the Health Care Bill for Iowa Workers?

Posted on March 15, 2010 by bfiatracykurowski

Labor Update: What's in the Health Care Bill for Iowa Workers? by Tracy Kurowski By this time next week, we could finally have a health care bill on President Obama’s desk. I stress the word “could” because if we’ve learned … Continue reading →

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Immigrant Rights and American Values: Postville, Iowa Revisited

Posted on March 8, 2010 by bfiatracykurowski

Immigrant Rights and American Values: Postville, Iowa Revisited by Tracy Kurowski[A week of discussion on the Postville raids begins tonight.  See schedule below.] Are we as a Nation willing to accept mass raids, arrests and the detainment of human beings … Continue reading →

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Is Iowa A Corporate Welfare State?

Posted on March 1, 2010 by bfiatracykurowski

Is Iowa A Corporate Welfare State? by Tracy Kurowski“…the State of Iowa ’s Economic Development Board celebrated their plan to extend $6.5 million in forgivable loans so Whirlpool could expand its Amana, Iowa plant, creating sixty jobs. Link  By my … Continue reading →

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Labor Update: Iowa Should Pass Reasonable Reimbursement Legislation

Posted on February 22, 2010 by bfiatracykurowski

Labor Update: Iowa Should Pass Reasonable Reimbursement Legislation by Tracy Kurowski “Last Wednesday when the Iowa House held a hearing….people spoke in favor of the legislation by a margin of two to one.“ A few years back, I was a … Continue reading →

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Labor Update: Time for President Obama to Make Recess Appointments

Posted on February 8, 2010 by bfiatracykurowski

Labor Update: Time for President Obama to Make Recess Appointments by Tracy Kurowski “I hope that we can get more cooperation here. I have been someone…. who has tried hard not to have the president do recess appointments. But what … Continue reading →

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