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Future of Nation’s Health Care May Take Its Cue From Massachusetts
While President-elect Barack Obama has been vague about the details of his health plan, the next administration's health care designs reflect what has been put in place in Massachusetts since then-Gov. Mitt Romney signed a universal health care law in 2006.
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Workforce Issues Get Task Force Rather Than White House Czar
President - elect Barack Obama has run circles around his predecessors when it comes to appointing his Cabinet with dispatch. All of his nominees are in place …
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Pay Legislation Bolts Out of House Gate but Faces Muddy Senate Track
… and it is guaranteed that the bills will easily pass again. Additional momentum comes from the fact that President - elect Barack Obama touted pay equity in his campaign as he sought to increase female support for Democrats and widen the gender …
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Unionization Bill Victory May Depend on Making Economic Case
… organized labor, it's an extended time frame. Part of the slowdown could be attributed to the fact that President - elect Barack Obama has not pushed the bill to the top of his agenda. Obama was a co-sponsor of the measure when he was in …
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The Change We Need (in Our Safety Net)
President - elect Barack Obama and other political leaders have talked about taking swift action to get the economy back on course and aid struggling Americans …
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Union Hands Out Leaflets at McDonald’s Restaurants
… stop its lobbying activity against the bill.â The bill, currently pending in Congress and supported by President - elect Barack Obama , would eliminate secret ballots in union organizing votes and allow unions to organize a workplace by obtaining …
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Milwaukee Voters Approve Law Requiring Paid Sick Leave
… It was not immediately clear whether opponents of the Milwaukee law planned to mount a legal challenge. President - elect Barack Obama voiced support for paid sick leave when he said at the Democratic National Convention in August that the …
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Worker Protest May Be Emulated at Other Firms
… financial crisis, the Republic sit-in became a cause celebre, with extensive national media coverage and even President - elect Barack Obama showing support. After six days, workers got what they demanded. Bank of America, which had cut off Republicâ …
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Pay Discrimination Hits Fast Track House Vote Set Friday
… overturned because it â is costing women across the country millions and millions and millions of dollars.â President - elect Barack Obama often highlighted the Ledbetter bill during his campaign to increase his support among women. Pelosi calls …
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Lawmakers Eye COBRA Premium Subsidy
… pretty much agreed to,â said Sen. Max Baucus, D-Montana, who chairs the Senate Finance Committee. President - elect Barack Obama also appears to back the idea. In a speech Thursday, January 8, at George Mason University in Fairfax …
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Obama's Challenge: Transform Labor-Management Relations
President - elect Barack Obama did not stop campaigning on Monday, November 3. After he cast a vote for himself in his Chicago precinct on Election Day, he …
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In Great Depression, Greater Unemployment Benefits
… generated about $1.19 for every dollar spent. Reductions in tax rates produced just 59 cents per dollar. President - elect Barack Obama appears poised to launch big public works projects akin to the New Deal spending �that Franklin Delano …
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Opponents of FMLA Changes Seek Redress
… administration is making the most of its waning weeks by issuing regulations that will take effect just before President - elect Barack Obama is sworn in. Among the highest in profile are changes to a major employee leave law that has not been modified …
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New York Comptroller Raises Job-Loss Estimate
… leaves many without a safety net, Parrott said. Thompson hopes that the public works package proposed by President - elect Barack Obama will soften the blow to the city. He singled out Penn Station as a project that could employ thousands of …
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Mumbai Named Second Most Dangerous Outsourcing Location
… Warsaw (Poland) and Toronto (Canada). The terror attacks in Mumbai, along with the prospect that President - elect Barack Obama could follow through with policies that could penalize outsourcers with tax disincentives, have many U …
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Baucus Launches Debate on Health Care Overhaul
… help cover the uninsured. With the economy headed into a recessionâ or already there by some estimatesâ President - elect Barack Obama and Congress will have plenty of issues competing for the top of the agenda. Baucus urged Obama and his colleagues …
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Social Security Reform Wait Till Next Year, or the Next ..
Within the next few years, President - elect Barack Obama is likely to fulfill his pledge to try to revamp Social Security , despite the political pitfalls involved, financial experts …
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Obama Said to Name Latina Congresswoman as Labor Secretary
President - elect Barack Obama is poised to name Rep. Hilda Solis, D-California, as the next secretary of labor on Friday, December 19, according to published …
