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Saturday Links

Jul 13, 2013

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I skipped Saturday Links last week due to the holiday weekend. I'm catching up this week. 1. Faith in the Free Market "… Selke, now 36, is part of a vanguard of young Christians who believe that God uses not only the church and formal ministry but every sphere of society, including business and free…
Unions and Catholic Social Teaching

Feb 25, 2011

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mwkruse

in Business, Public Policy, Theology

Acton PowerBlog: Unions and Catholic Social Teaching … Baird articulates that unions are fully endorsed by Catholic social teaching and are justified on the grounds of freedom of association. … … However, while the right to unionization is supported by freedom of association, there are parameters under Catholic social teaching that unions should follow. Baird…
Collective Bargaining is a Power not a Right

Feb 24, 2011

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mwkruse

in Business, Economics, Politics, Public Policy

Econolog: Collective Bargaining is a Power not a Right … Almost everyone on both sides of the debate uses the term "collective bargaining rights" to mean the right of a union to bargain with an employer who must, by law, bargain in good faith. It also includes the right of a union to negotiate even…
To Protest Hiring of Nonunion Help, Union Hires Nonunion Pickets

Jul 21, 2010

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mwkruse

in Business, Politics

Wall Street Journal: To Protest Hiring of Nonunion Help, Union Hires Nonunion Pickets Jobless Recruits Get Minimum Wage 'To March Around and Sound Off.' WASHINGTON—Billy Raye, a 51-year-old unemployed bike courier, is looking for work. Fortunately for him, the Mid-Atlantic Regional Council of Carpenters is seeking paid demonstrators to march and chant in its current…
Strike Off (Union Decline)

Feb 10, 2010

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mwkruse

in Business, Economic News, Trends: Economic, Trends: Social

Economist: Strike off The days of union power are long gone in America. STRIKES and employer-initiated lockouts in America last year were at their lowest since records began, according to new figures published by the Bureau of Labour Statistics. Only five work stoppages involved 1,000 or more workers last year. The number of working days…
Crime targets affected by drop in goods prices

Feb 10, 2010

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mwkruse

in Crime, Globalization, Sociology, Trends: Economic, Trends: Social

BBC: Crime targets affected by drop in goods prices Criminals are looking for different items to steal because globalisation has brought prices of some household goods down, new research suggests. Researchers at the University of Leicester say criminals are moving from traditional household burglaries to personal muggings. Criminology lecturer James Treadwell said that a DVD…
Labor Day’s significance gets overlooked

Sep 3, 2007

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mwkruse

in Economics, Trends: Economic

Kansas City Star: Labor Day's significance gets overlooked Months before September, Kansas City labor unions each year put out the call for entries in the annual Labor Day parade. Union members always respond. Floats, front loaders and Fords travel for a few blocks in front of family and fellow union members. Today’s local festivities culminate…

Tag: unions

Saturday Links

Unions and Catholic Social Teaching

Collective Bargaining is a Power not a Right

To Protest Hiring of Nonunion Help, Union Hires Nonunion Pickets

Strike Off (Union Decline)

Crime targets affected by drop in goods prices

Labor Day’s significance gets overlooked