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...were pushed in the name of greater efficiency at an assembly plant in Kansas City, Mo. The problems were resolved, according to a Ford spokeswoman. But union members say the tension remains. Ford workers also protested plans to give merit-pay increases (which go against the collective-bargaining ethos). Instead, Ford agreed that workers would receive a share of the company's 2009 profits. The payments average $250 per employee for each of Ford's 41,000 workers. A year ago, the union might have been willing to discuss dropping the profit-sharing to protect jobs, but this time...
...might question the motivation, validity and relevance of [this attempt] in an era of increasingly complex cultures and conflicts. Indeed, once outside the confines of the customs line at an airport, the perception of a dichotomy between American and non-American or even un-American validates assumptions that it instead ought to challenge...
Garlin is slated to perform a guest monologue at the IGP’s show. The event will include an awards ceremony, where instead of receiving a medal or trophy, Garlin will be awarded his own red-and-yellow necktie, an IGP hallmark...
...response to these concerns, the UC report proposed several “approximately budget neutral suggestions” such as serving hot eggs, installing omelet makers, and serving hot breakfast on a weekday instead of Saturdays...
...psychological catastrophe that will come with high unemployment. However, the necessity of such spending proposals does not allow us to ignore our deficit. Our excessive borrowing is a serious, long-term problem and should be dealt with by focusing on the skyrocketing costs of Medicare and Social Security instead of curbing domestic outlays that are necessary for economic recovery. But any fiscal reforms will be useless if they are implemented in a country that is permanently weakened by the loss of an entire generation destroyed by the specter of unemployment. In the short term, the government must spend aggressively...