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Payroll Changes
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December 9, 2010
As you have been informed, Alcatel-Lucent is subcontracting its Payroll Department to ADP in April.
Obstruction Watch: Senate Kills Public Safety Bargaining Bill
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December 9, 2010
Fifty-five Senators voted to have a full discussion and debate on a bill to give public safety officers collective bargaining rights.
But under the current Senate rules, a majority just isn?t enough. That majority vote couldn?t overcome the 40 Republicans and three Democrats who killed the bill by not allowing it to be debated by the full Senate. All Republicans plus Democrats Mark Warner (Va.), Kay Hagan (N.C.) and Michael Bennet (Colo.) voted against full discussion of the bill.
Obstruction Watch Cont'd: Senate Republicans Block Debate on Health Care Bill for Ground Zero Worker
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December 9, 2010
Months ago, the House of Representatives voted to cover medical treatment and monitoring for workers exposed to toxins at Ground Zero, where workers, including hundreds of CWAers, were on the job following the 9-11 terrorist attacks.
"There is a War Going on in this Country"
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December 9, 2010
On the floor of the U.S. Senate, Senator Bernie Sanders (I-Vermont) stood up for working and middle class families against the corporate and personal greed that is making the income gap between the top 1 percent and everyone else even bigger.