Letter airs harassment claims against HP's ex-CEO
SAN FRANCISCO — Former Hewlett-Packard CEO Mark Hurd’s efforts to impress an HP event hostess included showing her his checking-account balance holding over $1 million, according to a letter detailing...
View ArticleSexual harassment case against trucking company backfires on EEOC
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa — They were learning to become truck drivers but wound up in a nightmare. In detailed accounts to a federal agency, dozens of female employees of one of the nation’s largest trucking...
View ArticleUnions show muscle, spent millions in state races
WASHINGTON — When Maggie Hassan won the New Hampshire governor’s race, it wasn’t just a victory for her fellow Democrats.Unions spent millions backing Hassan with television ads and an extensive...
View ArticleOther Views: Worker liberation in Michigan
Worker liberation in Michigan The economic policy drift in Washington is antigrowth, but here and there in the states are glimmers of hope and change. The best news of late is in Michigan, which passed...
View ArticleAmid Newtown tragedy, scam artists creep in
NEWTOWN, Conn. — The family of Noah Pozner was mourning the 6-year-old, killed in the Newtown school massacre, when outrage compounded their sorrow.read more
View ArticleInvestors in $7B swindle could soon get payout
Investors in $7B swindle could soon get payoutHOUSTON (AP) — Investors in a $7 billion Ponzi scheme orchestrated by former Texas tycoon R. Allen Stanford could in the next few months finally begin...
View ArticleAuthorities: $600M scheme incubated in N.C. town
LEXINGTON, N.C. — In the hardware store on South Main Street, the owner pulled Caron Myers aside to tell her about the best thing to happen in years to this once-thriving furniture and textile town.Did...
View ArticleEx-Enron CEO gets 10 years cut from sentence
HOUSTON (AP) — One of the country’s most notorious financial scandals came to a protracted legal conclusion Friday as ex-Enron Corp. CEO Jeffrey Skilling — already in prison for his role in the...
View ArticleEx-Enron CEO Skilling gets 10 years cut from sentence
HOUSTON — Ex-Enron Corp. CEO Jeffrey Skilling — seen by many as exemplifying the worst in corporate fraud and greed in America — could be released from prison in about four years after a federal judge...
View ArticleSupreme Court: Public union can't make nonmembers pay fees
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court dealt a blow to public sector unions Monday, ruling that thousands of home health care workers in Illinois cannot be required to pay fees that help cover the union's...
View ArticleObama's visit comes amid tight governor's race
MADISON, Wis. — The last time President Barack Obama celebrated workers’ rights at a Wisconsin Labor Day event, there was barely a hint of the turmoil that would embroil the state later when public...
View ArticleUnions make push to recruit protected immigrants
CHICAGO — Unions across the U.S. are reaching out to immigrants affected by President Barack Obama’s recent executive action, hoping to expand their dwindling ranks by recruiting millions of workers...
View ArticleAuthorities go after crooked car deals in national crackdown
WASHINGTON — A nationwide crackdown on auto dealers has turned up widespread evidence of false ads, deceptive loans and fake odometer readings, the government said Thursday.The investigation led by the...
View ArticleJustices take up dispute over union fees
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court will consider limiting the power of government employee unions to collect fees from non-members in a case that labor officials say could threaten membership and...
View ArticleDear Abby: Scammers are on dating sites hoping to lure trusting marks
Scammers are on dating sites hoping to lure trusting marksDear Abby: I was recently the target of a romance scam on a popular singles website. After being a divorcee for 15 years, I decided to try...
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