From the CCH WorkWeek newsletter: Wal-Mart announced last week that it would close its Tire and Lube Express store in Gatineau, Quebec, months after the store’s six employees formed a union and secured a court-imposed bargaining agreement under Canadian labor law. Wal-Mart said the closure was a result of the […]
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10
Oct
2008
Candidates on Labor Issues–Part I
Now that the nominating conventions are over and the general election campaign is in full swing, let’s look at the candidates’ positions on labor issues. Today, we’ll look at Barack Obama, and tomorrow we’ll examine John McCain. Here’s what Senator Obama had to say about Labor Day: Here’s Sen. Obama’s […]
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10
Oct
2008
The candidates on labor issues–Part II
From the prior Worklaw Blog location: I looked all over for a video of Sen. McCain or Gov. Palin addressing labor issues, but I could not find any. Here’s what the McCain website has to say about workplace issues: (from http://www.johnmccain.com/Images/Issues/JobsforAmerica/briefing.pdf) John McCain will overhaul unemployment insurance and make it […]
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