Mar
2012 22
2012 22
U.S. Treasury Plans to Collect 28% Less in Corporate Taxes Than Originally Thought
The Center for Tax Justice notes that the Treasury Department’s monthly statement shows the U.S. will collect $96 billion less in corporate taxes than originally thought: The latest monthly statement by the Treasury Department contains a startling revelation: the amount that Treasury expects to collect in corporate taxes in 2012 has been...
Mar
2012 16
2012 16
Co. Daniels Claims Benefited from “Right-to-Work” Denies the Law Had Anything to Do With Expansion
File under “we’re not shocked.” It turns out the Indiana company being touted as having benefited from the state’s implementation of a “Right-to-Work” law denies that the law had anything to do with their recent expansion: MBC Group President Eric Holloway said Thursday that he always planned to expand his...
Mar
2012 6
2012 6
RIGGED-AMAROLE: Did Romney Help Marriot International Scheme Its Way Out of Taxes?
There may be no better day of the year to drum up some old fashion scandal-mongering than today, Super Tuesday, as Mitt Romney will “compete” against Rick Santorum and Newt Ginigrich in 10 different states for the votes of the GOP faithful. Something to keep an eye on, then, is this article from The Inquisitr ...
Mar
2012 2
2012 2
GE Now Averaging 2.3% Tax Rate Over the Last Ten Years Despite Taxpayer-Funded Bailout
It is not exactly news that General Electric (GE) is breaking laws and avoiding taxes while taking billions of dollars from the federal government. But, since GE’s CEO Jeffrey Immelt became President Obama’s “job czar,” the focus on this rehashed story has become ever-more personal for onlookers who can’t stomach...
Mar
2012 2
2012 2
Romney Endorsement Finally Lands the Anti-Union Associated Builders & Contractors on the Labor Media’s Radar
The labor media is finally taking notice of just how anti-union the Associated Builders & Contractors (ABC) are thanks to Mitt Romney’s now-public allegiance to the big business lobby. The ABC has endorsed Romney in the GOP primary. The ABC’s well-funded and constant attack on construction unions is old news in Building Trades...
Feb
2012 28
2012 28
Romney’s Interest in Repealing Davis-Bacon Is “Little More Than Fantasy”
As Presidential hopefuls Mitt Romney and Rick Santorum continue their primary battle in the days leading up to Super Tuesday, they are pulling no punches in painting each other as unelectable. Santorum is trying to make Romney out to be a moderate and Romney is trying to make Santorum out to be pro-union, which somehow ...
Feb
2012 21
2012 21
WOW, JUST WOW: Indiana Republican Attacks the Girl Scouts As “Radicalized” and “Homosexual”
Indiana Rep. Robert Morris is fighting for the American people. He’s making clear distinctions between what’s right and wrong — good and evil if you will — and topping his list of evil is the ever-imposing Girl Scouts of America. It isn’t enough for the Indiana Republican to make workers’ lives miserable, he...
Feb
2012 21
2012 21
Obama Orders Backroom Meeting With Wall Street Leaders to Assure Them He Won’t Take Them to Task
President Obama’s decision to embrace the SuperPAC culture brought him loads of negative press, not the least of which came this morning when Russ Feingold called it “a dumb approach.” To make matters worse, Obama followed his flip-flop by sending his Campaign Manager, Jim Messina, to assure Wall Street leaders that the President...
Feb
2012 20
2012 20
Romney’s One-Night Stand With Massachusetts Police Unions
The GOP Presidential candidates are hard at work on the campaign trail attempting to out-anti-worker each other. Mitt Romney has asked voters repeatedly not to vilify him for taking extreme advantage of capitalism (i.e. placing profit over people) while Rick Santorum continues to drivel and backstep about a National Right-to-Work law: Of course,...
Feb
2012 15
2012 15
WI Republican Introduces Legislation to Thwart Transparency, Silence Opponents of Corruption
In what has been described as “a dagger to the heart of Wisconsin’s campaign finance disclosure laws”, Senator Glenn Grothman has introduced a bill that would make it more difficult to track donations from businesses and industry in state elections. At a time when many in Wisconsin are calling for increased transparency, Grothman...
Feb
2012 13
2012 13
VIDEO: New Hampshire GOPer Asleep at “Right-to-Work” Hearing
Not figuratively asleep, as in he’s “in the clouds.” Literally asleep. From a reader with International Union of Painters and Allied Trades (IUPAT) District Council 35: Rep. Shawn Jasper (R), a member of New Hampshire House Speaker William O’Brien’s leadership team, had to be woken up by a fellow Representative during...
Feb
2012 10
2012 10
Death of Worker Results from Wal-Mart Hiring Unlicensed Electricians
OLD NEWS: Questions are swirling around the labor practices of Wal-Mart. NEW NEWS: A $5 million dollar lawsuit against the company seeks to both help the families of workers who have died on Wal-Mart affiliated job sites and expose the illegal practices Wal-Mart uses to ensure they get their labor at the cheapest possible rate. ...
