The news media has devoted significantly more attention to the Democrat since Hillary Clinton suspended her campaign and left a two-person contest for the presidency between Obama and Republican John McCain, according to research conducted by the Project for Excellence in Journalism.
News executives say there are reasons for the disparity, such as the continuing story [...]
Archive for July 29th, 2008
Is Media Biased Toward Obama?
Posted in Media, News, Politics, tagged Bias, Campaigns, McCain, Media Coverage, Obama on 29 July, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Union Backed Health Care Reform Plan
Posted in News, Politics, tagged Health Care, Reform on 29 July, 2008 | 3 Comments »
Kip Sullivan wrote about this plan in Labor Notes.
If Barack Obama wins the fall election, he will be under more pressure to establish universal health insurance than any president in U.S. history. This will be due not only to public disgust with the current health care system, but to the hard work of organizations dedicated [...]
The Coming Deficit
Posted in Government, News, tagged Budget Deficit, Economic Crisis, Entitlements, Pres. Bush, White House on 29 July, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The White House predicted yesterday that President Bush would leave a record $482 billion deficit to his successor, a sobering turnabout in the nation’s fiscal condition from 2001, when Bush took office after three consecutive years of budget surpluses.
The worst may be yet to come. The deficit announced by Jim Nussle, the White House budget [...]
Longshoremen Reach A Deal
Posted in Labor, News, tagged Contracts, Longshoremen, Negotiations, Slowdown, Unions, Workers on 29 July, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
As was reported in the WSJ,
West Coast port operators reached a tentative deal with dockworkers on a new contract, thereby averting the risk of any further work disruptions at 29 ports in California, Oregon and Washington.
The two sides reached the agreement after what they labeled “a marathon weekend bargaining session.” The deal comes more than [...]
Automakers May Get Loans
Posted in Labor, News, tagged Auto Industry, Bailout, Economic Crisis, Loans on 29 July, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Backers of a program that would lend up to $25 billion to automakers and auto parts suppliers said today they had garnered 71 U.S. House members to support their search for $3.75 billion in funding over the next couple of months.
The program, known as the Advanced Technology Vehicles Manufacturing Incentive Program, was meant to help [...]
Today In Labor History
Posted in History, Labor, tagged Historical Events, Strikes, Unions, Workers on 29 July, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
29 July
A preliminary delegation from Mother Jones’ March of the Mill Children from Philadelphia to Pres. Theodore Roosevelt’s summer home in Oyster Bay, Long Island, publicizing the harsh conditions of child labor, arrives today. They are not allowed through the gates – 1903
Following a five-year table grape boycott, Delano-area growers file into the United Farm [...]
The Sweet Smell Of Toxins
Posted in Environment, News, Science, Society, tagged Fragrances, Illness, Toxins on 29 July, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Fragranced laundry products and air fresheners emit dozens of different chemicals, including some regulated as toxic or hazardous under federal law, according to a new study.
Yet none of the potentially toxic chemicals is listed on the product labels, according to researcher Anne C. Steinemann, PhD, a professor of civil and environmental engineering and public affairs [...]
McCain On Taxes–Part2
Posted in News, Politics, tagged Campaign, McCain on 29 July, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The AP is reporting that Republican presidential candidate John McCain drew a sharp rebuke Monday from conservatives after he signaled an openness to a higher payroll tax for Social Security, contrary to previous vows not to raise taxes of any kind.
Speaking with reporters on his campaign bus on July 9, he cited a need to [...]
