McCain Delays Vote on Labor Board Nominee       October 21, 2009
News: The Arizona senator asserts that Craig Becker, currently the associate general counsel for the AFL-CIO and the Service Employees International Union, would try to circumvent labor law through NLRB rulings.
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United Auto Workers' Voluntary Employee Beneficiar ...       October 20, 2009
News: The new VEBA will not officially open for business until January 1, but the association--with more than $37 billion in assets--has a chief investment officer and is looking for managing directors to oversee equity, fixed income and risk man
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Ex-Ford Engineer Charged With Stealing Trade ...       October 16, 2009
News: A former Ford Motor Co. engineer has been charged with stealing trade secrets from the automaker after accepting a job in China in 2006.
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Experts at a Detroit Health Care Summit Say ...       October 16, 2009
News: Kelly Services CEO Carl Camden, speaking at a health care summit in suburban Detroit, pronounces employer-based heath care coverage 'doomed.'
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Source Says Ford-UAW Deal Would Cut Labor Costs for ...       October 13, 2009
... UAW agreed to factory work rule changes and reductions of skilled-trades classifications to reduce Ford's labor costs.
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Executive Bonuses at Bankrupt Auto Parts Supplier ...       October 9, 2009
News: A plan to pay 12 board-elected officers up to $8.1 million if Visteon hit earnings targets or emerged from bankruptcy violated a law prohibiting insiders from receiving bonuses to keep them at bankrupt companies.
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Canadian Auto Workers Ratifies New 3-Year ...       September 21, 2009
News: Canadian Auto Workers members today ratified by a wide margin a new contract agreement with CAMI, the joint venture between General Motors Co. and Suzuki Motor Corp.
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Bring Back Classical Management       September 10, 2009
Feature: Commentary: Classical management, all but dead in most organizations, is a leadership function that seeks to optimize benefits for the worker, investor and consumer to fair and consistent levels. Today, in the midst of a widespread reces...
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Business Groups Turn to Capitol Hill to Amend E ...       September 8, 2009
News: Starting Tuesday, September 9, new federal contracts of $100,000 or more will come with a requirement that companies sign up for a government-run electronic employment verification system that has generated vociferous criticism from many em
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