Published 12 Dec, 2011 This week may be the last that Congress is in session before the holidays, but only if they finish the important work before them. The House of Representatives is slated to vote on an unemployment insurance bill that slashes benefits, coupled with a provision to keep the Keystone XL Pipeline project…
Published 19 Dec, 2011 House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) in a news conference proclaimed his party’s intentions of voting down a measure passed last week by the Senate. The Senate voted in a bipartisan fashion (89-10) to extend payroll tax cuts and some unemployment benefits, yet the House is once again holding the American middle…
Who’s Fixing Your Plane? Do You Know? Published 13 Jun, 2011 In the airline industry, we like to fix our problems on the ground. Tow trucks can’t help at 30,000 feet. Mechanics and other ground workers employed at U.S. airlines take great pride in making the U.S. air transportation system the safest and most reliable…
Published 11 Jul, 2011 A question for GOP governors: How’s that “bash-the-workers” thing working out for you? Not so well, according to public opinion polls. Republican governors leading the charge to cut health care, gut pensions, and cancel bargaining rights for public employees have seen their approval ratings tank. Rick Scott, who cut $8 billion…