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It took nine years, a lawsuit and some 400,000 injured workers before the Bush administration had its arm twisted hard enough to issue a rule requiring employers to pay for personal protective gear for workers in dangerous jobs.

Its name conjures up images of marching bands but, in fact, the Drum Major Institute is a non-partisan group that's fighting for America's middle class. And they've recently unveiled a website to further the cause.

Open enrollment for Alcatel-Lucent retirees will begin shortly. While things are not perfect I am proud of the fact that the Union members of the Joint Retiree Healthcare Committee were able to actually lower the premiums for the post 65 retirees and hold steady the premiums for the pre-65 retirees instead of increasing them the ½ percent the contract calls for.