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Private Equity Lobby Won’t Take Side on Employee Free Choice Act

By | 01.28.09 | 12:17 pm

The premiere lobby group representing the private equity industry has surprised many observers by staying neutral in the epic battle between business and labor over the Employee Free Choice Act, a bill that would dramatically alter the rules for forming a union.

Unions support the bill because it would More…

Report: Solis Tapped to Head Labor

By | 12.18.08 | 3:27 pm

Are we making up for our DOT pick?

President-elect Barack Obama has chosen Rep. Hilda Solis to head the Dept. of Labor, according to reports. The California Democrat has a long record supporting workers in general and unions in particular. Before she arrived in Washington, for example, she led More…