emilyml | Shared With: Everyone - Mar 28 2008 | labor
emilyml | Shared With: Everyone - Mar 25 2008 | health, insurance, labor
Quoted: Yet while politicians debate how best to cover the growing ranks of the uninsured, the federal government -- by outsourcing service jobs -- quietly is adding to those numbers. "As federal employees, we get great insurance," says Dr. Rogers, a physician who believes prompt treatment might have staved off Ms. Derricotte's disability. "People who work as contractors often don't enjoy those benefits."
emilyml | Shared With: Everyone - Nov 20 2007 | washington, seattle, labor
Under "most emailed" this morning on the PI.
Quoted: One such team, dubbed "enterprise" investigators, has permission to read the private e-mails of employees, follow them and collect video footage or photos of them. Investigators can also secretly watch employee computer screens in real time and reproduce every keystroke a worker makes, the Seattle P-I has learned.
emilyml | Shared With: Everyone - Nov 20 2007 | health, care, labor
emilyml | Shared With: Everyone - Oct 02 2007 | health, labor
emilyml | Shared With: Everyone - Sep 07 2007 | labor, technology
Nice. I hope they stick it out!
Quoted: "This is not a navigation system," Salazar said of the GPS technology. "It won’t help passengers or drivers get where they are going. It’s all about advertising." Backseat video monitors are currently designed to play commercials and movie trailers on a continuous loop.
emilyml | Shared With: Everyone - Sep 06 2007 | women, labor, news
emilyml | Shared With: Everyone - Jul 31 2007 | health, labor
Quoted: It’s not often that a union successfully blocks the impact of an anti-union National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) ruling. But our union, the Health Professionals and Allied Employees/AFT (HPAE), recently did just that through a combination of legal research, membership education and involvement, savvy public outreach, and coordinated bargaining among our local unions.
emilyml | Shared With: Everyone - Jul 24 2007 | washington, news, labor
emilyml | Shared With: Everyone - Jun 27 2007 | labor, seattle, international
No wonder pilots won't work overtime. I'd be pretty pissed if I got a 40% pay cut.
Quoted: "We tried to warn the airline" it needed more pilots this month, he said. "Pilots' careers and the future of their families are tied to the fate of this airline. We didn't give up 40 percent of our pay for this to fail. We are hopeful that Northwest will succeed."
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