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  • Should public sector workers have the right to unionize?

    02/22/2011 12:27:41 AM PST · by HMS Surprise · 26 replies
    The CourierPress ^ | 2/22/11 | Eric Bradner
    INDIANAPOLIS — Over the howls of hundreds who are gathering at the Statehouse to protest, Republican state lawmakers are pushing forward this week with several measures that reduce the influence of organized labor. Funding for unions could suffer a blow under the most controversial of those bills — one that would allow workers at all Indiana businesses to choose not to pay union membership dues. Proponents call it "right to work," and a House committee endorsed it Monday.
  • As BP Prepares To Evacuate Staff From A Burning Libya, Commodities Are Exploding

    02/21/2011 10:26:25 AM PST · by Zakeet · 47 replies
    Zero Hedge ^ | February 21, 2011 | Tyler Durden
    Is this one of those "who could have possibly seen it coming" moments? As events in Libya overnight spiralled out of control, with dozens if not hundreds killed, the parliament buildng in Tripoli on fire, and output at one of the country's oil fields reported to have been stopped by a workers' strike, BP has said it will soon begin evacuating some of its personnel from the 9th largest producer of oil. And just to complete the total chaos, Iran warships are now going to pass the Suez on Tuesday instead of today, to the full glory of a fully...