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Boeing Workers Reject a Union in South Carolina
By NOAM SCHEIBER February 15, 2017
Saved From Holocaust: 'He Loved Me and He Wanted to Keep Me'
By COREY KILGANNON February 14, 2017
Andrew Puzder Withdraws From Consideration as Labor Secretary
By ALAN RAPPEPORT February 15, 2017
Democrats Set Sights on Blocking Trump's Labor Secretary Pick
By ALAN RAPPEPORT February 14, 2017
Quoctrung Bui @qdbui February 9, 2017
By RON WERTHEIMER February 7, 2017
The Great God Trump and the White Working Class
By Mike Davis
• Trump administration backs right-to-work laws
• House Republicans seeking national measure
• Right-to-work laws block unions from charging nonmembers fees as part of the collective bargaining unit
By Tyrone Richardson and Ben Penn
The Trump administration reaffirmed support for right-to-work laws, days after House Republicans reintroduced a bill that would prevent unions from requiring nonmembers to pay representation fees.
"The president believes in right to work. He wants to give workers and companies the flexibility to do what's in the best interest for job creators," White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer said during the Feb. 3 daily news conference. "Obviously the vice president has been a champion of this as well."
The National Right to Work Act (H.R. 785), introduced by Reps. Joe Wilson (S.C.) and Steve King (Iowa), would prohibit "union security" clauses in collective bargaining agreements, which require nonunion members who are covered by the agreements to pay representation fees. The bill, co-sponsored by Rep. Robert Pittenger (N.C.) and Jeff Duncan (S.C.), was referred to the Education and the Workforce Committee Feb. 1. Wilson is vice chairman of the committee.
Similar bills introduced in recent years didn't move, but supporters say GOP control of the White House and Congress could make this time different.
President Donald Trump expressed support for right-to-work laws on the campaign trail during his run for the White House.
Vice President Mike Pence is the former governor of Indiana, which is one of 27 states that has enacted right-to-work laws. That number could increase in coming months, as Missouri and New Hampshire lawmakers consider measures.
To contact the reporters on this story: Tyrone Richardson in Washington at firstname.lastname@example.com; Ben Penn in Washington at firstname.lastname@example.com
To contact the editors responsible for this story: Peggy Aulino at email@example.com; Terence Hyland at firstname.lastname@example.com; Christopher Opfer at firstname.lastname@example.com
For Andrew Puzder, Labor Nominee, Fighting for Owners' Interests Began Early
By RUSS BUETTNER and NOAM SCHEIBER February 3, 2017
Teamsters Strongly Oppose National Right-to-Work Legislation
February 1, 2017
Gov. Walker: White House interested in Wisconsin union law
By SCOTT BAUER, Associated Press/Feb 1, 2017
Wanted: Factory Workers, Degree Required
By JEFFREY J. SELINGO - January 30, 2017
Pilots Say the Alaska Air-Owned Regional Carrier is Breaking the Law With Irresponsible Policies That Have Grounded Flights, Warn of Pilot Strike
(SEATTLE) – Pilots at the SeaTac-based Horizon Air took legal action against their employer on Friday, claiming that executives at the airline broke the law by violating the terms of a labor contract.
Horizon's actions, the pilots say, are not only illegal, but also bad for business. In the face of a nationwide pilot shortage, Horizon is unable to hire and retain enough pilots to fly the company's fleet of airplanes—a growing problem that is systemically disrupting the travel plans of loyal customers, jeopardizing the economic vitality of dozens of communities across the Pacific Northwest and risking the financial success of Horizon's parent company, Alaska Air Group, Inc. (NYSE:ALK).
Horizon Air was forced to cancel 720 flights in December 2016 because there were not enough pilots to fly scheduled routes. Alaska Air instead flew many of the routes on larger planes, adding a significant additional expense for Alaska Air and putting a strain on its staff and regularly scheduled flights.
Horizon's ability to recruit and retain pilots is strained because pilots at Horizon make substantially less money than pilots at comparable airlines. From last summer through December, the pilots at Horizon had been negotiating with Horizon executives to alter compensation and resolve a severe staffing shortage.
Company executives broke faith with the negotiation process and began making unilateral changes to compensation – a drastic step that will not address the pilot shortage and violates the terms of the Railway Labor Act, a federal law which governs labor relations in the airline industry.
The pilots say they will make strike preparations if executives continue to put the financial stability of Horizon and Alaska at risk and violate the contract agreement. In a September 2016 survey of Horizon pilots, over 80 percent of respondents said they are ready to strike.
"Short-sighted maneuvers won't solve the staffing problem, and as our airline continues to ground flights, the real victims will be the passengers, customers and communities in the Pacific Northwest that rely on Horizon Air for their livelihood," said Capt. Jeff Cox, a longtime Horizon pilot and Executive Council Chairman of APA Teamsters Local 1224. "Many of us have worked at Horizon for decades, through thick and thin. We cannot stand idly by and watch executives destroy an operation that provides vital air services to communities throughout the Pacific Northwest."
Recently, in a desperate attempt to recruit more pilots, Horizon and Alaska executives started offering new Horizon Air pilot recruits signing bonuses – a move that pilots confirm will do nothing to curb the massive retention issues for experienced pilots.
"A one-time payment to new recruits does nothing to address the pilot retention issues at Horizon Air that are already jeopardizing service," continued Capt. Cox. "While they bring in millions in profits, Horizon and Alaska executives are trying to put a Band-Aid over gaping wounds and forcing our passengers to suffer. The only way we can continue serving our loyal customers in the months and years ahead is to offer industry-standard pay and benefits so we can recruit and retain skilled pilots. We also need a career path that allows Horizon pilots to grow in the nine-time J.D. Power award-winning Alaska family that we are so proud to be part of. The Horizon Air pilots remain ready and willing to negotiate with the company to resolve these long-term issues and are deeply disappointed that the company has not shown the same respect for the bargaining process."
Alaska Air Group, Inc. brought in $700 million profits in the first nine months of 2016 and recently acquired Virgin America for $2.6 billion. Its subsidiary, Horizon Air, employs approximately 675 pilots and connects passengers on the West Coast, flying routes between Alaska, California, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, Oregon, Utah, Washington and Alberta and British Columbia in Canada.
Among 16 regional airlines similar in size – including PSA Airlines, Republic Airways, Mesa Airlines and ExpressJet – pay rates for new hires at Horizon Air rank second to last.
"The pilot family at Teamsters Local 1224 stands united with the Horizon pilots. We will not stand by and allow Horizon Air and Alaska Air executives to ignore the provisions of the contract and willfully disregard negotiations with the pilot group by unilaterally changing the terms and conditions of employment," said Daniel C. Wells, president of the Airline Professionals Association Teamsters Local 1224.
The lawsuit was filed Friday in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington.
Founded in 1903, the International Brotherhood of Teamsters represents 1.4 million hardworking men and women throughout the United States, Canada and Puerto Rico. Visit www.teamster.org for more information. Follow us on Twitter @Teamsters and "like" us on Facebook at www.facebook.com/teamsters.
Mary Tyler Moore, Who Incarnated the Modern Woman on TV, Dies at 80
By VIRGINIA HEFFERNAN- January 25, 2017
OCTA effort to halt ridership decline is off to slow start
By JESSICA KWONG, STAFF WRITER- January 24, 2017 Updated 8:15 p.m.
Trump Administration Signals New Approach to Trade Policy
(WASHINGTON) – The following is a statement from Teamsters General President James P. Hoffa on President Donald Trump signing an executive order to formally withdraw the United States from the Trans Pacific Partnership. Withdrawal
"Today, President Trump made good on his campaign promise to withdraw the United States from the Trans-Pacific Partnership. With this decision, the president has taken the first step toward fixing 30 years of bad trade policies that have cost working Americans millions of good-paying jobs.
"The Teamsters Union has been on the frontline of the fight to stop destructive trade deals like the TPP, China PNTR, CAFTA and NAFTA for decades. Millions of working men and women saw their jobs leave the country as free trade policies undermined our manufacturing industry. We hope that President Trump's meeting with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto on Jan. 31 opens a real dialogue about fixing the flawed NAFTA.
"We take this development as a positive sign that President Trump will continue to fulfill his campaign promises in regard to trade policy reform and instruct the USTR to negotiate future agreements that protect American workers and industry."
White House Pushes 'Alternative Facts.' Here Are the Real Ones
By NICHOLAS FANDOS January 22, 2017
Carriers Ask to Test Hair
By Eric Miller, Staff Reporter
13.5 million Californians are covered by Medi-Cal. Here's how Trump's plan
could cost the state
Soumya Karlamangla - Contact Reporter
January 16, 2017 - 5:00 AM
Donald Trump Collected a Massive $168,000 Union Pension.
Will He Fight for Yours?
Andrew Joyce. Thursday, January 5, 2017
By NOAM SCHEIBERJAN. JAN. 12, 2017
Jim Rutenberg MEDIATOR JAN. 12, 2017
By NELSON D. SCHWARTZ and NICK WINGFIELD JAN. 12, 2017
M.T.A. Reaches Labor Deal With Transit Workers
By EMMA G. FITZSIMMONS JAN. 16, 2017
Health Law Repeal Could Cost 18 Million Their Insurance, Study Finds
By ROBERT PEAR JAN. 17, 2017
Why Workers Everywhere Should Be
Scared by Kentucky's Assault on Unions
By John Nichols Twitter
"A lot of working people voted for change in this election," argued Bill Finn, the director of the Kentucky State Building and Construction Trades Council, as Kentucky legislators were shredding labor rights in the Bluegrass State. "They didn't vote for this. They didn't vote for a pay cut."
Finn got that right. Kentucky Republicans launched the new year with a race to enact sweeping anti-labor legislation, and they weren't concerning themselves with the question of whether they had a mandate to assault labor unions and undermine wages and workplace protections. They are moving immediately, aggressively, and thoroughly to implement an across-the-board assault on workers and the unions that represent them.
And with just two weeks to go before Donald Trump is inaugurated as president, Kentucky Republicans were doing something else. They were providing a powerful reminder of the threat to working families that arises when Republicans gain "trifecta control" (taking charge of the executive branch and both legislative chambers) of the governing process. Until this year, Democrats controlled the Kentucky House of Representatives and were able to block anti-labor legislation that was advanced by Republican Governor Matt Bevin and his allies in the Republican-controlled state Senate—with strong backing from national anti-union groups financed by the Koch brothers and other billionaire donors. But in November Republicans won a majority in the Kentucky House. That gave them complete control of the process, and they made it their first priority to approve anti-labor measures.
Union busting moved onto a fast track in Kentucky, where Republican legislators refused to even consider the arguments of workers, community leaders, responsible business owners, and academics who explained that assaults of worker rights do little or nothing to promote economic development—and much to harm working families. Among those expressing thoughtful opposition to the anti-union measures that were approved by Kentucky legislators was Bishop John Stowe of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Lexington, who wrote in an open letter that "The weakening of unions by so-called 'right to work' laws, has been shown to reduce wages and benefits overall in the states where such laws have been enacted. This cannot be seen as contributing to the common good."
When Republicans take full control of the executive and legislative branches of government, workers are threatened.
Unfortunately, there was no stopping Kentucky's newly empowered Republicans. They were on a deliberate and determined mission that was not going to be delayed by economic, social, or moral arguments. "The chants of union workers were little deterrent to Gov. Matt Bevin and his GOP colleagues in the Kentucky House and Senate, who have made approving the bills their top priority of the 2017 General Assembly," the Lexington Herald-Leader reported Wednesday. "Shouts and banging could be heard from the hallway, but the meeting room itself was packed with supporters as the House Committee on Economic Development and Workforce Investment passed House Bill 1, which would allow workers to avoid paying union dues even if they work under a union-negotiated contract, and House Bill 3, which would repeal the prevailing wage law."
By the weekend, the anti-labor initiatives had been approved.
"Trump's true priority [is] assaulting the rights of working people and helping corporate CEOs line their pockets."
Kentucky is just one state. But this is not a one-state phenomenon. Kentucky Republicans followed a playbook written by Republican governors such as Wisconsin's Scott Walker. That playbook suggests that, upon grabbing the reins of power, Republicans should move immediately to undermine unions that might support Democrats and that argue for maintaining public services and public education. Former Indiana governor Mike Pence, the incoming vice president, is a Walker-allied anti-labor zealot. And he is already working closely with House Speaker Paul Ryan, a Walker ally from Wisconsin, and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, who praised the anti-labor push in his homestate of Kentucky, on the new administration's agenda. Trump has already sent a strong anti-labor signal with the nomination of corporate CEO Andrew Puzder, a harsh critic of proposals to raise the federal minimum wage, to serve as secretary of labor.
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No one should be fooled by this president-elect's attempts to portray himself as a friend of workers. Trump and Pence were elected on a militantly anti-labor Republican platform that is dismissive of the federal minimum wage, declaring (in a stance similar to the one Trump appears to have evolved toward) that decisions about base hourly wages "should be handled at the state and local level." That platform endorsed the anti-union "right-to-work" laws enacted by Republican governors such as Walker, and calls for taking the anti-union crusade national with a proposal "for a national law" along "right-to-work" lines. The 2016 GOP platform also attacked the use of the Fair Labor Standard Act to protect workers; ripped the use of Project Labor Agreements to raise wages and improve working conditions; and proposed to gut the 85-year-old Davis-Bacon Act, which guarantees "prevailing wage" pay for workers on federal projects.
There may still be a few Republicans who recognize the historic GOP position, as stated by President Abraham Lincoln, that "Labor is prior to and independent of capital. Capital is only the fruit of labor, and could never have existed if labor had not first existed. Labor is the superior of capital, and deserves much the higher consideration." But they are few and far between. And the evidence from Kentucky suggests that the combination of a Republican executive with Republican-controlled legislative chambers — which the United States will see on January 20 — must be recognized as a threat to workers.
Last July, after Trump selected Pence as his running mate, AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka said,
Everything Donald Trump says shows he is desperate to be working people's friend, but everything Donald Trump does proves he is our enemy. This decision proves that he does not stand with working families. Mike Pence might be the right choice for Donald Trump, but he's the wrong choice for America… Mike Pence once again proves Donald Trump's true priority of assaulting the rights of working people and helping corporate CEO's line their pockets.
Trumka was right to be wary. Workers should be preparing, with a sense of urgency, to push back as the Republicans who control the White House and the Congress bring their anti-union agenda to Washington.
By MARK LANDLER and JULIE BOSMANJAN. 11, 2017
By ROBERT PEARJAN. 9, 2017
By NELSON D. SCHWARTZJAN. 6, 2017
By NELSON D. SCHWARTZJAN. 5, 2017
Mike McPhate
Retired ironworkers could face pension cuts next month - wash post.
With Choice of Trade Negotiator, Trump Prepares to Confront Mexico and China
By BINYAMIN APPELBAUMJAN. 3, 2017
By JESSE McKINLEYJAN. 3, 2017
By ASHLEY SOUTHALLDEC. 29, 2016
The Quiet War on Medicaid
by Gene B. Sperling, The New York Times
December 25, 2016
Don't Let Trump Speak for Workers
by Richard Trumka, The New York Times
December 27, 2016
These three U.S. companies moved jobs to Mexico. Here's why
December 19, 2016
By ARIEL DORFMANDEC. 16, 2016
Brin-Jonathan Butler went to Cuba with boxing
gloves, a wad of cash and an empty notebook.
He returned with a critically acclaimed book.
Now he makes ends meet by teaching boxing.
By MICHAEL CORKERY and BEN PROTESSDEC. 10, 2016
By PATRICIA COHENDEC. 6, 2016
By BILL VLASICDEC. 8, 2016
By NOAM SCHEIBERDEC. 8, 2016
By NOAM SCHEIBER and STEPHANIE STROMDEC. 9, 2016
By MICHAEL D. SHEARDEC. 8, 2016
By Natalie Kitroeff
Dec. 4, 2016
Economic View
By N. GREGORY MANKIW DEC. 2, 2016
By NOAM SCHEIBERNOV. 29, 2016
Eyeing the Trump Vote, 'Fight for $15' Widens its Focus
by Noam Scheiber, November 29, 2016
The New York Times
A Californian will be the first woman of color elected to House leadership. The only question is which one
November 28, 2016
Red arrows show how much Donald J. Trump surpassed Mitt Romney in counties across the United States.
By ALAN BLINDERNOV. 22, 2016
By Matea Gold, Rosalind S. Helderman, Gregory S. Schneider and Frances Stead Sellers November 19
Posted By Ruth King on November 20th, 2016
Meet the Kushners: The Feuding Real Estate Dynasty That Links Donald Trump and Chris Christie
The New Jersey governor's shocking endorsement of the Republican frontrunner is better understood in the context of the soap opera that is the Kushner family affairs.
Monday, November 21, 2016.
In the End, White Working-Class Voters Won The Election For Donald Trump
November 11, 2016
Why Trump — or any other politician — can't do much to bring back manual labor jobs
November 15, 2016
Interview By Kathryn Alfisi
February 2013
By BERNIE SANDERSNOV. 11, 2016
Nov. 10, 2016
Updated Nov. 11, 2016 10:54 a.m.
By KATE ZERNIKENOV. 4, 2016
The governor pushed for sweeping action in 2011 to close a funding gap and ease the burden on taxpayers. Then lawmakers blocked his most ambitious ideas.
By Judy Lin
Reporting from Sacramento | Oct. 28, 2016
By JEREMY W. PETERS, RICHARD FAUSSET and MICHAEL WINESNOV. 1, 2016
By Neal Broverman
You wouldn't know it by the scant media coverage, but construction of the state's bullet train is in full swing around Fresno and the Central Valley. The California High-Speed Rail Authority will likely next build out the northern stretch—to Silicon Valley and San Francisco—but its narrowing in on how to get to Los Angeles and what that route will look like.
The board recently announced a redesign to the future stations, including the stop that will be built at our very own Union Station. Trains will be shorter than anticipated and platforms will be proportionately reduced, from 1,410 feet to 800 feet. The shorter trains—which will consist of about 10 train cars hitched together, instead of the previously proposed 20—will also mean shorter "refuge" tracks that are required for emergencies. With the refuge tracks will be cut by 600 feet, meaning the stations will be about 1,200 feet shorter than before.
The design change has both pluses and negatives. Financially, smaller stations mean cheaper stations and less real estate purchasing. A negative could be packed platforms should the train exceed ridership expectations when it opens in the next decade.
How this will affect Union Station is still unclear. While Metro has released plenty of information on their ambitious plans to redesign the rail hub and its surrounding parcels with a mix of developments, retail, and pedestrian-friendly amenities, the agency's been coy about the bullet train stop. Metro is likely waiting for more guidance from the CHSRA, but a video on the Union Station Master Plan shows the platform going in on the east end of the station, close to Metro's headquarters.
- a look at the future of LA Union Station https://youtu.be/-7Sj-QRvXOo
While the station area remains in limbo, preliminary CHSRA plans envision bullet trains entering L.A. via surface tracks, possibly the same tracks that the Metrolink commuter rail system uses; earlier plans had trains arriving on a raised viaduct. The trains will also likely cut right by Taylor Yard in Cypress Park, the site of long-awaited green space. A 2008 video shows trains traveling in a trench with the park above.
California HSR Taylor Yards Simulation - https://youtu.be/ggxb2HOBK0M
The Taylor Yard complications and the issue of how to enter Union Station are minor compared to getting the trains through the San Gabriel Mountains, where 24 miles of tunnels may need to be dug. Sounds like an impossible feat, but remember how we built a trans-continental railroad and a freeway system stretching through 50 states? This is nothing.
By PATRICK HEALY and ABBY GOODNOUGHOCT. 25, 2016
In City Built by Immigrants, Immigration is the Defining Political Issue
by Binyamin Appelbaum, New York Times
October 12, 2016
Bernie Sanders Gives Hillary Clinton a Pass Over Speech Excerpts
Former Democratic presidential hopeful had once pressed eventual nominee to release transcripts of her Wall Street remarks
By Laura Meckler October 8, 2016 3:10 p.m. ET
By Jack Healy October 10, 2016
Kamala Harris and Loretta Sanchez TradeJabs Over Who Will Work Harder in the Senate - oh, and Sanchez Dabs
by John Myers, The Los Angeles Times
October 5, 2016
Talkin' About Their Generation: What Desert Trip Says About the Classic Rock Mindset
by Mikael Wood, The Los Angeles Times
October 6, 2016
From '90210' to Union Fight Over Actor Age Bias
by Yvonne Villarreal, The Los Angeles Times
October 6, 2016
40 Years Ago, This Chilean Exile Warned Us About the Shock Doctrine.
Then He Was Assassinated
? Orlando Letelier's 1976 Nation essay is still essential reading
By Naomi Klein on September 21, 2016
Bernie Sanders: The 'Nation' Interview
? In an exclusive post-primary sit-down, Senator Sanders speaks on Our Revolution,
Donald Trump, and what he really thinks about Hillary Clinton
By Katrina Vanden Heuvel and John Nichols
September 20, 2016
NJ Transit Was Under Federal Scrutiny Earlier This Year
Agency found dozens of violations as it spent weeks investigating NJ Transit's operations and safety protocols
Sunday, October 2, 2016 7:05 p.m. ET
Hanjin Shipping collapse leaves up to 15,000 cargo containers piled up
By Rachel Uranga, Long Beach Press Telegram
September 30, 2016 8:15 PM PDT
Scottish cadets stranded at sea after Hanjin files for bankruptcy
Trainees anchored near Singapore indefinitely after company they were placed with declared insolvent
Thursday, September 22, 2016
Deutsche Bank's Clients Take Steps to Cut Exposure
Come hedge funds have withdrawn securities or cash, or dialed back their trading activities
September 30, 2016 12:00 p.m. ET
Costco Must Do More to Battle Amazon
Costco shares should continue to suffer under the weight of competition from Amazon.com and others
September 28, 2016 2:32 p.m. ET
By Peter S. Goodman September 28, 2016
Robots running things in Rotterdam
By John Churchill February 25, 2015
Hanjin Sale Is Possible, Court Says
Amazon's Newest Ambition: Competing Directly With UPS and FedEx
To constrain rising shipping costs, the online giant is building its own delivery operation, setting up a clash with its shipping partners
By Greg Bensinger and Laura Stevens - September 27, 2016 1:45 P.M. ET
Deutsche Bank Shares Drop on Fears of Capital Raising
Investors are concerned about a potentially hefty U.S. fine related to mortgage-securities probes
September 27, 2016
For bankrupt Hanjin, costs and containers pile up in U.S. ports
By Bloomberg News on September 26, 2016
Hyundai Merchant Marine Looks to Buy Hanjin Container Ships
HMM aims to secure Hanjin's slice of moving Korea's exports to Western markets
September 23, 2016 10:48 A.M. ET
Hanjin Shipping Shares Soar After Funding Offers
South Korea company offered $100 million from main creditor and largest shareholder
September 22, 2016 8:34 P.M. ET
As Hanjin Foundered, Its Former Chairwoman Abandoned Shares
Choi Eun-young investigated for possible insider trading after she sold all her stock in the company
September 22, 2016 12:50 A.M. ET
Court order comes as Hanjin unloads some goods at ports in California, Spain and other parts of the world
September 19, 2016 9:50 P.M. ET
Middle class incomes had their fastest growth on record last year
By Jim Tankersley September 13, 2016
By Matt Stevens September 4, 2016 9:20 P.M.
By Rachel Uranga September 4, 2016 8:22 P.M. PDT
By REUTERSSEPT. 15, 2016, 9:24 P.M. E.D.T.
By REUTERSSEPT. 14, 2016, 1:09 A.M. E.D.T.
Samsung seeks court order to remove goods from Hanjin vessels
September 8, 2016
The talk gets heated in Youngstown, Ohio, when residents discuss whether
a New York billionaire's ideas can revitalize a struggling Rust Belt town.
By RICHARD FAUSSETAUG. 26, 2016
By ALAN RAPPEPORT and YAMICHE ALCINDORAUG. 24, 2016
By MARY WILLIAMS WALSHAUG. 25, 2016
High-Speed Rail Invests in Safety Project
To Eliminate One of California's Most Dangerous Crossings
August 26, 2016
Berkeley sees a big drop in soda consumption after penny-per-ounce 'soda tax'
August 24, 2016
Gov. Jerry Brown hails sweeping climate legislation, plans to sign both measures into law
As John McCain fights for reelection, the Trump problem cuts two ways — both against him
August 24, 2016
Aug. 23, 2016, 7:32 p.m.
Anger over Trump no guarantee of Latino voter wave in California
August 23, 2016
Sansone, former head of St. Louis Teamsters, dies
y - Associated Press
Sunday, August 21, 2016
ST. LOUIS (AP) - A former longtime head of St. Louis' Teamsters union during the 1980s has died.
Robert "Bobby" Sansone's family tells the St. Louis Post-Dispatch (http://bit.ly/2bHfO66 ) that Sansone died Friday of respiratory failure. He was 78.
Sansone served for a dozen years as president of the Teamsters' Joint Council 13, which represented St. Louis' 35,000 members. He retired in 1998.
Sansone got a Teamsters union card at 16 to drive a dump truck at a St. Louis concrete plant.
Sansone lost a bid in 1991 for vice president of the 1.4-million-member International Brotherhood of Teamsters. Two years later, Sansone was banned from the organization for failing to look into an aide's alleged mob ties.
Sansone's funeral Mass will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday at St. Anselm Catholic Parish in Creve Coeur.
Obama Readies One Last Push for TransPacific Partnership
By JACKIE CALMES . AUG. 21, 2016
Uber Aims for an Edge in the Race for a Self-Driving Future
Why well-off black families end up living in poorer areas
than white families with similar or even lower incomes.
By JOHN ELIGON and ROBERT GEBELOFFAUG. 20, 2016
Donald J. Trump at a meeting on national security in New York on Wednesday, with Michael T. Flynn, left, and Keith Kellogg, retired American generals. Damon Winter/The New York Times
Trump Picks Media Firebrand to Run Campaign, Scuttling Gentler Tone
Good Thursday morning.
Donald J. Trump named as his new campaign chief on Wednesday a conservative media provocateur whose news organization regularly attacks the Republican Party establishment, savages Hillary Clinton and encourages Mr. Trump's most pugilistic instincts.
Mr. Trump's decision to make Stephen K. Bannon, chairman of the Breitbart News website, his campaign's chief executive was a defiant rejection of efforts by longtime Republican hands to wean him from the bombast and racially charged speech that helped propel him to the nomination but that now threaten his candidacy by alienating the moderate voters who typically decide the presidency.
It also formally completed a merger between the most strident elements of the conservative news media and Mr. Trump's campaign, which was incubated and fostered in their boisterous coverage of his rise.
Mr. Bannon was appointed a day after the recently ousted Fox News chairman, Roger Ailes, emerged in an advisory role with Mr. Trump. It was not lost on Republicans in Washington that two news executives whose outlets had fueled the anti-establishment rebellion that bedeviled congressional leaders and set the stage for Mr. Trump's nomination were now directly guiding the party's presidential message and strategy.
Mr. Bannon's most recent crusade was his failed attempt to oust the House speaker, Paul D. Ryan, in this month's primary, making his new role atop the Trump campaign particularly provocative toward Republican leaders in Washington.
Party veterans responded on Wednesday with a mix of anger about the damage they saw Mr. Trump doing to their party's reputation and with gallows humor about his apparent inability, or unwillingness, to run a credible presidential campaign in a year that once appeared promising.
For Mr. Trump, though, bringing in Mr. Bannon was the political equivalent of ordering comfort food. Only last week, Mr. Trump publicly expressed ambivalence about modifying his style. "I think I may do better the other way," he told Time magazine. "They would like to see it be a little bit different, a little more modified. I don't like to modify."
Brittany Bronson AUG. 17, 2016
By Dan Schnur
Jul 26, 2016 2:55 pm ET
By DAN FLORESAUG. 11, 2016
By MAGGIE HABERMAN and NICK CORASANITIAUG. 11, 2016
The Millions of Americans Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton Barely Mention: The Poor
August 11, 2016
By TARA SIEGEL BERNARDAUG. 9, 2016
Grocery contract yields small pay raises, as workers stave off higher retirement age
August 8, 2016
Think Amazon's Drone Delivery Idea Is a Gimmick? Think Again
Thomas L. Friedman AUG. 9, 2016
August 7, 2016 10:47 AM By Eliott Rodriguez
Progressive challenger Tim Canova announces windfall of donations and increased support since party ouster
By JOHN LELANDJULY 29, 2016
By NOAM SCHEIBERJULY 29, 2016
By RICHARD A. OPPEL Jr.JULY 29, 2016
McAuliffe fuels new distrust of
Clinton over her position on
July 8, 2016
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESSJULY 26, 2016, 10:12 A.M. E.D.T.
By JONATHAN MARTIN and ALAN RAPPEPORTJULY 24, 2016
By MICHAEL D. SHEAR and MATTHEW ROSENBERGJULY 22, 2016
By ROBERT H. FRANK JULY 22, 2016
By NICK CORASANITIJULY 22, 2016
By ALEXANDER BURNSJULY 21, 2016
By ANNIE CORREALJULY 15, 2016
James B. Comey, the F.B.I. director, explained his decision Tuesday not to recommend charges against Hillary Clinton.
By MICHAEL S. SCHMIDT and ERIC LICHTBLAU
WASHINGTON — Shortly after Hillary Clinton was interviewed on Saturday by agents at the F.B.I.'s headquarters, its director, James B. Comey, heard from his deputies that Mrs. Clinton had been truthful and forthcoming in the three-and-a-half-hour meeting.
Mr. Comey, who had been regularly briefed on the progress of the yearlong investigation into Mrs. Clinton's email account as secretary of state, had known for some time that his agents had not uncovered enough evidence to charge her or anyone else with a crime. Now, with the interview done, he told his deputies, according to F.B.I. officials, that he wanted to move forward with a plan he had been working on for months to explain the findings from such a politically contentious investigation to the public. And he did not wait to do it.
At 11 a.m. on Tuesday, Mr. Comey walked into a conference room on the first floor of the F.B.I.'s headquarters, where he stood behind a lectern for 15 minutes and laid out in clinical detail how Mrs. Clinton's use of the account was "extremely careless." But, he said, the bureau would recommend to the Justice Department that she not be charged with a crime because his investigators had found no clear evidence that Mrs. Clinton had intentionally broken the law.
The careful approach to publicly explaining his thinking fit a pattern for Mr. Comey, who, throughout his three decades as a law enforcement official, has refused to shy away from politically fraught issues. While he was immediately praised by some for his candor and transparency, it did not insulate him from criticism from both Republicans and Democrats, as well as some legal experts.
Republicans contended that Mr. Comey had rushed the decision to clear Mrs. Clinton before the bureau had time to digest what she had said in the interview, and that his decision came suspiciously close to Attorney General Loretta Lynch's impromptu meeting with former President Bill Clinton only a week before. They said Mr. Comey's own description of the F.B.I.'s findings on Tuesday was enough evidence to file criminal charges.
"This defies logic," said Representative Robert W. Goodlatte, the Virginia Republican who leads the House Judiciary Committee. Mr. Goodlatte said he had spoken with Mr. Comey immediately after his announcement to express his concerns. Later Tuesday, Mr. Goodlatte sent Mr. Comey a letter demanding answers to eight pointed questions about the handling of the investigation and the implication for future inquiries.
Robert Cattanach, a former Justice Department lawyer who now works in private practice in Chicago on cybersecurity and other issues, said it was puzzling for Mr. Comey not to seek criminal charges after laying out significant evidence of serious security breaches.
"This decision will not enhance the credibility of the F.B.I. or the director," he said, given the amount of evidence the agency uncovered about mishandled, classified information.
Mrs. Clinton's supporters and other Democrats contended that Mr. Comey had talked too much, saying it was not fair for him to have laid out the details in a case in which she will not be charged.
"He has essentially put himself in the place of judge," Matthew Miller, a former senior official in the Obama Justice Department who supports Mrs. Clinton, said in a telephone interview. He added, "He's clearing her, but he's smearing her at the same time, and the department's rules prevent that kind of thing from happening."
"What Director Comey did today was appalling," Mr. Miller said. He added that the F.B.I. should be laying out its investigative findings in court when prosecutors actually bring a case, not at a televised news conference where charges are not being sought.
But Thomas DiBiagio, a Washington lawyer who worked closely with Mr. Comey when both were federal prosecutors at the Justice Department in the Bush administration, said the unusual public nature of the announcement showed Mr. Comey's willingness to "take the hit" on a controversial decision.
"This was a no-win for him," Mr. DiBiagio said. "There's no way he was going to please everyone on this one. Had he decided to recommend charging her, he would have been heavily criticized and scrutinized, and in the decision today, he's clearly being heavily criticized and scrutinized, too. So he stood up there and said, 'I'm going to take the criticism.' That's what an F.B.I. director does."
Mr. Comey's announcement also served to take the spotlight off Ms. Lynch, who was widely criticized after she met Mr. Clinton on her plane in Arizona last week and after she said on Friday that she would defer to the F.B.I. and to prosecutors about whether to bring charges.
As deputy attorney general in the George W. Bush administration, Mr. Comey was at the center of a dramatic dispute with administration officials in 2004, when he refused to reauthorize a secret National Security Agency wiretapping program put into place after the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks.
Mr. Comey believed parts of the warrantless wiretapping program might have been illegal. That led to a showdown in a Washington hospital room, where Attorney General John Ashcroft was ill. Two of Mr. Bush's top aides, Andrew H. Card Jr. and Alberto R. Gonzales, were trying to pressure Mr. Ashcroft to sign the order.
Mr. Comey met with Mr. Bush the next day about the episode, and he and more than a dozen other officials threatened to resign over what they saw as a usurpation of power by White House officials.
Mr. Comey's testimony about the episode before a Senate committee three years later was the stuff of a Hollywood film, as he described racing to the hospital in an F.B.I. car with sirens blaring to try to get to the attorney general's room before Mr. Card and Mr. Gonzales.
In his congressional testimony, Mr. Comey described the events as "the most difficult of my professional career."
"I was angry," Mr. Comey told the committee. "I had just witnessed an effort to take advantage of a very sick man, who did not have the powers of the attorney general because they had been transferred to me. I thought he had conducted himself in a way that demonstrated a strength I had never seen before, but still I thought it was improper."
President Obama appointed Mr. Comey in 2013 to head the F.B.I., but Mr. Comey has not shied away from clashing with the administration. Last October, Mr. Comey gave a speech in which he said that additional scrutiny and criticism of police officers after several highly publicized episodes of police brutality might have led to an increase in violent crime in some cities because officers had become less aggressive.
"I've been told by a senior police leader who urged his force to remember that their political leadership has no tolerance for a viral video," Mr. Comey said in his speech, adding that many leaders and police officers to whom he had spoken said they were afraid to address the issue publicly.
The speech angered senior White House officials, who contended that Mr. Comey had no evidence to back up his claims and that he was undermining their efforts to overhaul the criminal justice system. Just days after the speech, Mr. Comey met with Mr. Obama in the Oval Office to discuss their views, but he has continued to voice his opinion on the topic — even as White House officials have maintained there is little evidence to support his views.
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Sustainable business practices, corporate transparency, authentic brand marketing, family-friendly and flexible employee policies—flip through the business pages of any paper or magazine, or conference panel discussions, and you'll find these are all de rigueur right now among progressive brands and companies looking for ways to connect with and retain both consumers and employees. They're also all things Patagonia founder Yvon Chouinard wrote extensively about more than a decade ago in his 2006 business memoir, Let My People Go Surfing.
The small iron works and climbing equipment shop Chouinard founded in 1957 has since expanded into a global brand, reaching more than $750 million in sales, and since current CEO Rose Marcario's arrival in 2008 as CFO, a compound annual growth rate of 14%, and profits have tripled. Perhaps confounding to some, the company has done this while maintaining a strict commitment to sustainablility in its products and supply chain—whether its using 100% organic cotton and creating neoprene-free surfing wetsuits, to a marketing campaign encouraging people to buy less of its products. Though the company's core philosophies remain the same, Chouinard has published a 10th anniversary update of his book to "share what we have done in the last decade and what we plan to do in the decade ahead to achieve our goals."
Chouinard is the founder and owner of Patagonia, and still very much involved in the company, but it's Marcario who is tasked with reconciling these core philosophies with the company's day-to-day business. She says one of the biggest challenges is scaling some of the company's goals, particularly in supply chain management and product development.
"The challenges with what we're doing, as a global, multichannel brand, are always in the supply chain and product design and development, and seeking out materials, processes, and infrastructure that does have less of an impact on the planet, whether that's around water, energy, toxicity, or waste," says Marcario. "What ends up being a major challenge is scaling and building out the infrastructure. I'm really proud of what we've done around e-fibers and recycled polyester, but I look at organic cotton and only 2% of the world's cotton is organic, and I wish we could move the needle more on that. It's what's destroying the pollinators, biodiversity, soil health, all these issues. So there are a lot of challenges with getting scale, and in the future we need to do a better job collaborating and helping get to scale for some of these innovations that we invest a lot of time in. But if we can get scale, then you really can change the world."
While many corporate leaders may see Chouinard's prescription for corporate responsibility as unrealistic, Marcario can relate. When she first joined the company as CFO in 2008, she too was skeptical of how much the company's brand image was part of its operations. "In that role you really get behind the scenes to see what's really going on," she says. "And I was skeptical, honestly, and what I found was that there was so much more going on than even I had heard as a consumer and someone aware of but outside the brand."
That Patagonia had its best year ever last year is perhaps the most significant counter argument to skeptics. "The fact we are a successful business, competing in our industry with much bigger and more capitalized players is really the proof that the values and mission of the company are a powerful and important tool, and a model for how business can and should be done in the 21st century, or we're not going to have a planet to live on, with clean air to breath, or clean water, or healthy soil," she says.
If it's not the moral compass that points other brands to think a bit harder about Chouinard's philosophies, perhaps consumer sentiment will prove more persuasive. Over the last decade, people around the world have become more aware of corporate sustainability and transparency issues, and using their wallets to show it. As Coca-Cola's environmental initiatives and Unilever's "Sustainable Living Plan" can attest, corporations have launched (and promoted) broader strategies to make their businesses better reflect this shift in attitudes. Nielsen's Global Corporate Sustainability Report said earlier this year that sales of consumer goods from brands with a demonstrated commitment to sustainability have grown more than 4% globally, while those without grew less than 1%. In Hong Kong, for example, 49% of respondents said they're willing to pay more for sustainable goods, up from 42% in 2014.
Marcario says that consumer demand is changing, as evidenced in food and organics, with large chain grocery stores stocking shelves with organic goods at levels much higher than just a decade ago. And that change has been boosted by young people and technology.
"I also think there is a generational shift going on, which is impacting and putting pressure on the entrenched status quo," says Marcario. "We're seeing younger people pushing for accountability and change, and that's been a really important aspect of influencing corporations that have been really slow to act up until this point. Or they've just been acting in a very limited way, like producing a line of three shirts from organic cotton, yet 98% of what they do is conventional. I think corporations are also being held more accountable partly due to the changes in technology, transparency, the speed of media, and these things are very positive for the environmental movement."
In his chapter on Patagonia's marketing philosophy, Chouinard says that Patagonia's image stems from its complete lack of an advertising formula. "Without a formula, the only way to sustain an image is to live up to it," he writes. "Our image is a direct reflection of who we are and what we believe."
Increasingly, the company has turned to branded content and, specifically, documentary films, to convey its message while bolstering that image. Traditionally, the brand had done its storytelling through essays and articles published in its catalog, but now with films like Damnation, Jumbo Wild, The Fisherman's Son, and most recently Unbroken Ground, available online and some even on Netflix, the potential for impact and reach is much greater.
According to Marcario, these films have helped its level of engagement jump by triple digits, and the brand plans to continue using film as a creative way to spread the philosophies outlined in Chouinard's book.
"The films are also kind of models and activist tools, because there has to be some counterpoint to the hundreds of millions of dollars of lobbying and advertising paid for by giant corporations that are poisoning the earth," says Marcario. "If we can do that in even a small way, we're reaching more people. We've had our catalogs, books like this, and now these films, and we'll use every arrow in our quiver to help fight the environmental crisis. I see tremendous energy and urgency in the company to double down on these things, and we have to operate on a guerrilla marketing way because we don't have the budgets big companies do. But the foundation is all in the book. The company history is the same, but the new version has been updated and it's a great read for anyone interested in creating a responsible company."


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Zales Jewelers has rolled out a fashion-forward feature on Zales.com, its e-commerce site. "Z Trends" will highlight a current jewelry or accessory trend each month and offer product groupings based on the items.
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The jewelry retailer, which earlier this month sold its Bailey Banks & Biddle brand to Finlay Fine Jewelry Corp. for $200 million, is offering exclusive online deals at Zales.com to purchase and customize a piece of jewelry for as low as $15.
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Google Checkout accounted for 8% of sales at jeweler Zales' web site during a Google-funded promotion last fall, but has since then settled down to 5%. Zales plans to offer another discount coupon as part of Google's back-to-school promotion.
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WeddingChannel.com has forged an exclusive agreement with jewelry retailer Zale Corp. The deal enables Zales to deepen and extend the relationship with its more than 700,000 annual bridal customers by offering them wedding planning services on WeddingChannel.com. Zales will promote WeddingChannel.com at all of its divisions, including Zales, Gordon's, Bailey Banks & Biddle and Peoples, its online sites-including www.zales.com-and in national...
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Trash is piling up in the streets of Paris two days before the Euro 2016 soccer tournament starts, with strikes by garbage collectors and blocked waste-management centers adding to labor-law protests disrupting French daily life.
Workers have blocked access to a waste incinerator on the edge of Paris operated by Suez Environnement SA, France's largest, while the city said strikes are affecting garbage collection from tourist areas including the Latin Quarter to residential neighborhoods including the upscale 16th arrondissement.
Garbage collection has experienced major disruption since Monday in one out of two arrondissements, according to a statement from Paris city authorities. In addition to blocking as many as three out of four Syctom waste-management sites, protesters have blocked garbage-truck garages, it said. Police intervened Wednesday to free access to two garages, according to he city.
"These blocking actions are not acceptable," the city authorities said. They have a purely local impact, which affects the daily lives of Parisians, while the demands are purely of a national order." The city called for talks to resume between the government and unions.
The Euro 2016 tournament kicks off on Friday at the Stade de France with the host country team facing Romania, and the month-long event is expected to draw 2.5 million fans. Though abating, strikes at oil refineries, power supplier Electricite de France SA and railway operator SNCF have dragged on even as the government has called on protesting workers to spare the competition, Europe's biggest sporting event.
"We all love football at CGT Services Publics and we'd prefer to quietly watch the matches, but for us it's more important to protect our labor rights," Damien Martinez, a spokesman for the CGT union representing garbage collectors, said in a phone interview.
At the Suez waste treatment center in Ivry, just east of the ring road circling Paris, operations have been blocked since May 30, said Patrice Fure, a spokesman for the site's operator Syctom. Strikes are expected to shut down the waste incinerator in the Paris suburb of Saint-Ouen operated by EDF unit Tiru on Thursday, site manager Carole Bedenchini said by phone. The center can process 630,000 tons of waste a year.
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