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House GOP Votes To End Overtime Pay With ‘Working Families Flexibility Act’
The GOP-led U.S. House voted to allow employers to replace overtime pay, as currently required by the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), with compensatory time off, or comp time. This sounds great until the bill, inappropriately titled “The Working Families Flexibility Act,” is actually looked at. Despite its claim of increased flexibility, it will make it […]
No seniority? No water fountains? More on the contract
I’ve read the Philadelphia School District’s full list of demands from teachers, and it’s a doozy. (That’s on top of details reported last night and in this morning’s Inquirer.) Some bullet points: First, the financials – as already reported, pay cuts 13 percent for those who make $55,000 and above, with lesser cuts for those who earn less. […]
Fukushima radiation affects West Coast new child births
More than two years after the incident at Fukushima, people are still facing the danger of a radiation apocalypse. It is not only the Western Seaboard of North America that is facing frequent threats regularly but the entire Northern Hemisphere which is gradually being threatened. Senator Wyden had already warned the entire nation of the […]
Mary's Silence 