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Workers charge Indiana unions not abiding by right to work law
Sean Higgins | 06/18/13 05:05 PM
Two Indianapolis residents have filed claims with the National Labor Relations Board, stating that despite Indiana’s right to work law, they are still having union dues deducted from their paychecks against their wishes. Right to work laws ban such practices. Indiana adopted one last year, but...
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Senate kills amendments to toughen border security and visa oversight in immigration reform bill
Susan Ferrechio | 06/18/13 04:50 PM
The Senate Tuesday defeated two amendments aimed at strengthening border security in the “Gang of Eight” immigration reform bill, including a provision that would have required a double-layer fence on the nation’s southern border. The back-to-back defeat of the two provisions was a blow...
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Kicking off new push on guns, Biden predicts opponents will face voters’ wrath
Susan Crabtree | 06/18/13 04:35 PM
Vice President Joe Biden, angrily denouncing opponents of gun control, predicted Tuesday that senators who helped block an expansion of background checks for gun sales two months ago would pay a political price for their votes. “I would say to my friends in the House and Senate, the country...
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Federal Reserve meeting begins amid uncertainty over monetary policy
Joseph Lawler | 06/18/13 04:00 PM
As the Federal Reserve begins a two-day meeting to determine monetary policy, there are signs cropping up that the markets are confused about what Chairman Ben Bernanke and company are saying – or unconvinced that they will follow through with their promises. For the past six months,...
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Congressman calls for defunding National Sheep Industry Improvement Center
Sean Higgins | 06/18/13 03:40 PM
No, I’m not trying to pull the wool over your eyes, the federal government really does fund a National Sheep Industry Improvement Center. It is part of the Agriculture Department. You can read a request for grant proposals here. Under the farm bill, the center gets $1 million dollars in...
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AFL-CIO: We oppose any hard triggers in the immigration bill
Sean Higgins | 06/18/13 02:40 PM
In a statement released today, AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka said that US working families had “no higher legislative priority” for Congress than passing immigration reform. That reform must not not include any “hard triggers” for allowing immigration, the nation’s top union leader...
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Telecom worker union: Immigration bill is bad for our workers, but we support it anyway
Sean Higgins | 06/18/13 02:30 PM
My column today focuses on the strange bedfellows and ironic situations created by the immigration reform bill. I highlight the case of the Communications Workers of America and its concerns regarding the bill’s increase in H1B visas. CWA, which is the largest telecom worker union in the world...
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NSA says snooping foiled bombing plots
Susan Ferrechio | 06/18/13 01:25 PM
The National Security Agency’s power to scrutinize the nation’s telephone records have helped to thwart more than 50 potential terrorist plots, including plans to bomb both the New York City subway system and the New York Stock Exchange, officials said Tuesday as they defended the...
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Chris Christie booed by students for backing Dallas Cowboys
Charlie Spiering | 06/18/13 01:20 PM
Governor Chris Christie elicited boos from students at an elementary school in New Jersey today, after he explained that he was a fan of the Dallas Cowboys – not the New York Jets or the New York Giants. Christie admitted that it probably wasn’t a very popular answer in New Jersey –...
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G-8 leaders agree to crack down on tax evasion
Susan Crabtree | 06/18/13 12:55 PM
World leaders at the Group of Eight summit in Northern Ireland signed off on an agreement aimed at cracking down on tax evasion as part of transatlantic trade negotiations. In still uncertain economic times, U.S. and European leaders want to force large corporations to pay more taxes and...
