The International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) used the California Environmental Quality Act(CEQA) to out maneuver Japanese light rail manufacturer Kinkisharyo to secure a card-check provision to organize employees. Kinkisharyo won a $900 million dollar contract from the Metropolitan Transportation
The Catholic Church in Northern Ireland is pulling the plug on a long-standing relationship with the Family Care Society, a Catholic adoption agency, after a judge ruled that all adoption services must be willing to place children with same-sex couples
With the dust from the November election now settling, Republicans managed to pick up a handful of legislative seats, but head into the coming session almost hopelessly outnumbered by their Democrat colleagues. This year finds a large number of newly
Today marks 70 years since the day the Greek Communist Party first attempted to seize control of Greece by force. Though they were defeated, Marxism has remained a prominent force in Greece – and is primarily responsible for the economic
The plaintiffs in a lawsuit that represents a landmark effort to reestablish the right of individual teachers and other public employees to decide for themselves whether to join and pay dues to a union are one step closer to having
An American businessman has claimed the French are “communists”, after he was unable to buy a bankrupt tyre plant because he could not to persuade the Trade Unions to accept job cuts. Maurice Taylor, chief executive of Titan International, had
(Reuters) – Scores of teachers and civil servants were stranded at a remote Kenyan airstrip on Thursday, demanding evacuation and protection five days after Islamist gunmen killed 28 non-Muslim bus passengers in the surrounding border region near Somalia. Somalia’s al
MOSCOW (AP) — Dr. Semyon Galperin spent a decade in medical research in Russia and as much time in the United States, working at top hospitals and research companies. Despite his expertise, Galperin was recently given a stark ultimatum from
LONDON (Reuters) – Britain said it would award a contract to run trains between London and Scotland to a Stagecoach and Virgin partnership, returning the East Coast line to private control after five years in state hands. Britain’s Department for
In a long-awaited decision, Pope Francis has tapped a conservative African cardinal, Robert Sarah of Guinea, as head of the Vatican’s liturgical office. This is the second nomination of a conservative African to an influential position in less than a
Check out these arses. Not just any old arses, either, but proper, educated Cambridge University arses. On a miserable, cold day in which I have been laid low with man flu, these pert buttocks have restored my faith in the
Thousands of British nurses, midwives and hospital cleaners went on a four-hour strike Monday calling for a pay rise, weeks after walking out for the first time in 32 years. Eleven health worker trade unions took part, calling on the
Now that President Barack Obama has shown he does not need to work with Congress to achieve the changes he wants, a liberal organization is calling on Obama to go further. Monday, the Campaign for America’s Future — a self-described
After deciding to scrap nuclear power, Germany is pondering saying goodbye to coal, its biggest energy source but also its top polluter and main threat to ambitious climate goals. Chancellor Angela Merkel’s government is split on the issue, which pits
In stark contradiction to last weeks claims by President Barack Obama that MIT professor Jonathan Gruber was just “some adviser,” back in January 2010 it was breaking news on MSNBC that MIT economist Jonathan Gruber was the paid point man
Statements by the dean of the National Cathedral as it hosted Muslim prayers on the 100th anniversary of the last Caliph’s call for Jihad against nonbelievers have led to a closer look at the ideology of the Episcopal Church in
Political observers in California–notably Dan Morain of the Sacramento Bee–remain outraged over the tactics used by Mike Gipson, 47, to win California Assembly District 64 over Prophet Walker, 26. In one mailer, Gipson depicted Walker as a violent criminal in a
In the wake of the confusing meeting in October, the American bishops are taking no chances with next year’s conclusion to the two-part marriage summit. They have sent a strong message, electing a solidly conservative team of bishops to represent
Advocates for higher taxes in California have plans for 2016 that include a wide variety of ways to siphon funds from California voters. Tax hikers are preparing prospective initiatives that would include making Proposition 30 taxes permanent, instituting a property
In its crusade against high-interest lenders, the Church of England is now focusing on primary schoolchildren, saying that kids as young as four should attend “savings clubs” to teach them how to handle money responsibly and avoid debt. The plan drafted
Italy’s chronic political instability could soon be consigned to history after a deal between Prime Minister Matteo Renzi and Silvio Berlusconi was hailed on Thursday as a breakthrough for radical electoral reform. Under an accord between the youthful centre-left premier
Republican Catharine Baker won the tightly-contested Bay Area race for California’s 16th Assembly seat against Democratic challenger Tim Sbranti last week, the first time a Republican has won a Bay Area Assembly seat since 2006. According to the San Francisco
With all the ballots from last week’s election nearly counted, California’s politicians can return to Sacramento, secure that the state’s massive spending can continue. And with that spending comes thousands of job openings in state government. The capital city’s local
Monday after the airing of her appearance on Fox News Channel’s “Fox and Friends,” former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice had a more extensive interview for Fox News Radio’s “Kilmeade & Friends” and discussed race relations in America more in
Getting elected is tough, but for the new Republican majority in Congress, working with President Obama could prove downright daunting. After the drubbing Democrats took in the mid-term elections, the president oddly pronounced if the GOP has some ideas to
