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When you get sick, should you risk losing your job? Milwaukee: Yes, Seattle: No
Job may get sick, tooThe problem with representative democracy in America is that, too often, it's home sick in bed. Example:
About 70 percent of City of Milwaukee voters decided in 2008 via binding referendum to create an ordinance mandating sick pay for virtually all workers in the city, and not just the well-compensated ones. The Metropolitan Milwaukee Chamber of Commerce (MMAC) fought a losing battle against the measure in court until, finally, the Republican-controlled Wisconsin legislature enacted a statewide law tailored to un-do the Milwaukee ordinance.
That's right. When more than two-thirds of Milwaukee voters not only wanted something but took formal action at the ballot to enact a law making it happen, elites both public and private fought them on the basis that it would be bad for business. Now there's your definition of sickly, right there.
VIDEO : New AFL-CIO President Rich Trumka
OhioDaily's interview with AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka from Friday, September 18th at the Great Lakes Science Center in Cleveland, Ohio. Trumka is standing at the foot of a wind turbine built by union workers.
Trumka, Shuler, Holt Baker Hit the Road for Jobs, Fair Economy
(Editor's Note) We've promoted this from the Forums Section. We'll have video from this event on OhioDaily Monday morning.)
The AFL-CIO's new leadership team isn't wasting a second. Hours after the close of the AFL-CIO 26th Constitutional Convention, they're riding the momentum of this week's high-energy union gathering with a listening tour across the country.
And they're starting in Ohio, the center of recent political battles and heart of the tough questions the nation faces about our economic future.
Today, AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka, Secretary-Treasurer Liz Shuler and Executive Vice President Arlene Holt Baker held an energetic rally in Cleveland before fanning out across the state to hear from workers and fire up the union movement for the battles ahead.
College Students: The lost generation of workers?
We all know the economy have been on a bit of a rough patch to say the least, and as a result of that students across every college campus in the Nation are facing similar worries. Tuition costs are rising, healthcare costs are rising, and really about every other cost out there is rising too. Students have had to increase their work loads and do everything they can to have some extra cash.
Something bad happened in the past 10 years to young workers in this country: Since 1999, more of them now have lower-paying jobs, if they can get a job at all; health care is a rare luxury and retirement security is something for their parents, not them. In fact, many—younger than 35—still live at home with their parents because they can’t afford to be on their own.
The idea of moving out when your 18 and graduated high school and can start your own life is turning into stay with mom and dad as long as possible until I graduate college and maybe get a decent job.
AFL-CIO to Specter: Let's Make a Deal! (via Keystone Politics)
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