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Conn. Woman Fights Termination: Top 5 Facebook Firings
By Steven Hoffer - AOL News(Nov. 10) -- Go ahead, trash your boss on Facebook. A Connecticut woman who was fired from her job as an EMT last year for criticizing her boss on the social network may set a precedent for bashing your superiors on Facebook in a "first-of-its-kind legal case," according to The Associated Press. The National Labor Relations Board says Dawnmarie Souza's negative comments and Facebook correspondences with fellow employees over grievances with their superiors fall under laws of protected speech, making Souza's termination from the American Medical Response of Connecticut Inc. unjustified. "It's ...
Opinion: Unions Adrift in a Sea of Woes
By not in system - AOL News(Sept. 6) -- On Labor Day, union leaders must ask themselves if the unions' future could possibly be darker. Of course, union leaders will make their usual speeches about fighting the good fight for working families, but I predict there will be fear and uncertainty in their voices. For they know that America's unions are adrift in a sea of woes, which has become so apparent to me, a professor of labor relations who has taught collective bargaining courses at Clark University for more than 20 years. Unemployment blues: Unions are feeling the full brunt of massive unemployment. Union jobs are ...
GOP Filibuster Stops Obama Nominee, With Ben Nelson and Blanche Lincoln's Help
By Patricia Murphy - Politics DailyCraig Becker, President Obama's nominee to the National Labor Relations Board, was stopped by a Republican filibuster Tuesday more than 10 months after Obama chose him for the post. The Senate voted 52 to 33 to move Becker's nomination forward, but that fell well short of the 60 votes required to overcome a GOP filibuster. Fifteen senators did not vote because of snow storms wreaking havoc on Washington's airports. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid's choice to take a vote on Becker's nomination Tuesday, knowing it would fail, raised speculation that President Obama will use a recess ...
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