The major Hollywood studios have told the Screen Actors Guild that if the union does not accept its final contract offer by Aug. 15 any proposed wage increases would not be retroactive, a person with knowledge of unreleased details of the offer said Wednesday.The producers threw down that gauntlet in their final offer, which they [...]
Archive for July 10th, 2008
SAG UpDate #2
Posted in Labor, News, tagged Actors, Negotiations, Producers, SAG, Workers on 10 July, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Convention Battle For McCain?
Posted in News, Politics, tagged Conservatives, McCain, Platform, Republicans on 10 July, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Conservative activists are preparing to do battle with allies of Sen. John McCain in advance of September’s Republican National Convention, hoping to prevent his views on global warming, immigration, stem cell research and campaign finance from becoming enshrined in the party’s official declaration of principles.
McCain has not yet signaled the changes he plans to make [...]
Today In Labor History
Posted in History, Labor, tagged Historical Events, Strikes, Unions, Workers on 10 July, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
10 July
Mary McLeod Bethune, educator and civil rights activist, born – 1875
Today in Labor History is a bit lean, at much could be found that happened on this day….sorry.
Is Obama Turning Right?
Posted in News, Politics, tagged Centrists, Flip-Flop, Obama, Progressives on 10 July, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The sharp and relentless push to the right by the Senator Barack Obama has evoked a flood of worried responses from some of those who had promoted illusions in Democratic Party’s presumptive presidential nominee during the protracted primary season.
A series of high-profile statements by Obama, apparently calculated to disassociate himself from what is vaguely referred [...]
US Exports To Iran
Posted in Foreign policy, International Situations, News, tagged Exports, Iran, Sanctions, World Trade on 10 July, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Key lawmakers, including Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama, criticized the Bush administration Wednesday for increased exports to Iran despite tough talk about its nuclear ambitions and meddling in Iraq.
The Associated Press reported Tuesday that the value of U.S. exports to Iran has grown significantly during President Bush’s years in office — from about $8 million [...]
Blackwater Could Lose Immunity
Posted in Foreign policy, News, tagged Blackwater, Iraq, Security Firms, SOFA on 10 July, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The Iraqi armed services are likely to target widely-hated American security contractors when they lose their immunity to Iraqi law under a new agreement between the US and the Iraq.
The main American concession, during prolonged and rancorous negotiations over a Status of Forces Agreement (Sofa) that would determine the future military relationship between the [...]
Obama And FISA
Posted in News, Politics, tagged Congress, FISA, Intelligence, Obama, War On Terror, Wiretapping on 10 July, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The Senate gave final approval on Wednesday to a major expansion of the government’s surveillance powers, handing President Bush one more victory in a series of hard-fought clashes with Democrats over national security issues.
The vote came two and a half years after public disclosure of the wiretapping program set off a fierce national debate over [...]
A Change In The Electoral College?
Posted in News, Politics, tagged Democracy, Electoral College, Voters on 10 July, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The Massachusetts House of Representatives gave preliminary approval today to a bill that could someday rid the state of the Electoral College system and put presidential elections more directly in the hands of voters.
If the measure is approved by the Legislature and signed by the governor, the state would become the fifth state to join [...]
