by Girish Anand | Mar 12, 2009 | Federal Labor Law
The business-feared, loved-by-unions Employee Free Choice Act (EFCA) was introduced in both the House and the Senate on Tuesday. Passage by the House seems a done deal, but in the Senate success hinges on getting 60 votes to choke off a filibuster. With 58 (and...
by Girish Anand | Mar 12, 2009 | Health Care Reform
To be frank, I share neither the euphoria nor the enthusiasm that seem to surround the rush to “reform” health care. Of course, the optimistic aura surrounding Obama’s push for reform is largely media induced, leaving us little hope that we’ll...
by Girish Anand | Mar 11, 2009 | Federal Labor Law
Ford, which is in the best shape of all three American automakers and has not gotten (nor will it seek) government bailout funds, has wrung a deal out of the United Automobile Workers (UAW) to cut costs in health care and in overtime and unemployment pay. Or is the...
by Girish Anand | Mar 11, 2009 | Federal Labor Law
Can’t blame ’em. Business owners in China’s manufacturing belt, their businesses up in smoke in the worldwide recession, are fleeing the country and leaving their workers high and dry–and yuan-less–rather than cope with China’s...
by Girish Anand | Mar 10, 2009 | Personnel Concepts, Random Musings
Well, not quite, but Personnel Concepts–the labor law poster pioneers–has added a white papers section to its home page, and one of the featured papers looks at labor law changes coming under Barack Obama. Prominent among the anticipated pieces of...