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Could a Union Be Coming to a Cubicle Near You?

On The Job

My Dad was 10 months from retirement when the refinery closed, and had a frail knee and back after being injured on the job. One of those changes currently afoot is the proposed Employee Free Choice Act , now in a House committee, which would change the NLRB system regarding how workers vote on unions, Atkins says.

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Will This Tough Job Market Change Generation Y?

On The Job

Though the job market now is bad, it's been bad for years now. And due to outsourcing, Boomers not retiring, and Gen Yers being told (by older generations mind you) to get degrees in their "passion" or that "any degree" is a path to success.you end up with a lot of overworked, underpaid 20somethings.

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