Economy Tag

Private Sector Employees Increasingly Rejecting Union Orgnizing

Posted by Mike LaChance on June 18, 2024 6 Comments

"the portion of the private-sector workforce represented by a union has dramatically declined from a peak of around 35 percent in 1954 to a mere six percent in 2023"...

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Second U.S. Human Case of Bird Flu Linked to Dairy Cows From Michigan

Posted by Leslie Eastman on May 27, 2024 27 Comments

As with the Texas case, the Michigan patient got a bad case of pink eye. However, 6.5 million chickens in the state were slaughter and an egg producer just had a massive layoff....

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Blackstone CEO Stephen Schwarzman Announces Support for Trump, Citing Antisemitism and Country’s Need for Change in Direction

Posted by Mike LaChance on May 25, 2024 61 Comments

"For these reasons, I am planning to vote for change and support Donald Trump for President. In addition, I will be supporting Republican Senate candidates and other Republicans up and down the ticket."...

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Uber, Lyft Cave to Minnesota Legislature on Minimum Wage Standards

Posted by Mary Chastain on May 21, 2024 28 Comments

After a year long fight, the companies agreed to a $1.28 per mile and 31 cents per minute minimum wage....

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The Bureau of Labor Statistics Denies Removing Coffee from Consumer Price Index Review

Posted by Leslie Eastman on May 17, 2024 39 Comments

Food prices, including coffee, are still much higher after 2021...

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California Democrats Push Union-Backed Anti-Self-Checkout Bill Under Guise of Fighting Crime, Racism

Posted by Stacey Matthews on May 17, 2024 62 Comments

“We know that what makes our community safe is not more jail time and penalties. What makes our community safe is real enforcement, having real workers that are on the floor."...

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Farm States Resisting Biden Administration’s Bird Flu Response

Posted by Leslie Eastman on May 10, 2024 15 Comments

Politico asserts "trust gap" is a red state vs blue state issue, seeming to forget about the destructive pandemic policies foisted on the nation by "experts"....

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Napa Valley’s Famous Wineries Revolt Against Eco-Activist Bureaucrats

Posted by Leslie Eastman on May 01, 2024 31 Comments

Meanwhile, there is a secretive FBI probe targeting Napa Valley vineyard owners, while eco- extremist taunts vintner with property burning....

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Wells College Closing at the End of Semester

Posted by Mary Chastain on May 01, 2024 24 Comments

It closes in one week....

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San Francisco’s Recovery From Covid Response Jeopardizes Its S&P Credit Rating

Posted by Leslie Eastman on April 26, 2024 21 Comments

Meanwhile, San Francisco threw a party for the opening of its new $1.7 million public restroom...

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California Fast Food Prices Soar As Minimum Wage Hike Takes Toll on Businesses, Workers, and Customers

Posted by Stacey Matthews on April 20, 2024 53 Comments

"Since it took effect, job losses, reduced working hours, restaurant closures and higher prices for California’s inflation-weary consumers have been ongoing."...

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Anti-Israel Activists Planning Multi-City ‘Blockade’ on April 15th With Aim of ‘Causing the Most Economic Impact’

Posted by Mike LaChance on April 12, 2024 61 Comments

"There is a sense in the streets in this recent and unprecedented movement for Palestine that escalation has become necessary: there is a need to shift from symbolic actions to those that cause pain to the economy."...

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Cowdemic: Cattle Infected with ‘Super Bird Flu’ Now Detected in 6 States

Posted by Leslie Eastman on April 04, 2024 31 Comments

The Texas Animal Health Commission reports it has received lab confirmation of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) in three cats....

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Texas Man Catches ‘Super Bird Flu’ After Contact With Infected Cattle

Posted by Leslie Eastman on April 02, 2024 29 Comments

The Food and Drug Administration is assuring everyone that it has stockpiles of vaccine for highly pathogenic avian influenza A [i.e., A(HPAI)]....

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Reparations Efforts in San Francisco Clash With Financial Reality and a Lack of Spare Cash

Posted by Mike LaChance on March 31, 2024 66 Comments

"the budget set aside for a government Office of Reparations, which the Reparations Advisory Committee advised be created, was gutted in Mayor London Breed’s $75 million 'midyear budget cuts'"...

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Biden EPA Issues Rules That Will Push Heavy-Duty Vehicles Toward Electric

Posted by Mary Chastain on March 29, 2024 50 Comments

These people genuinely live on Fantasy Island. ...

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More California Restaurants Slashing Jobs, Halt Hiring Ahead of Minimum Wage Hike

Posted by Mary Chastain on March 26, 2024 51 Comments

“It pains me to think about shutting down stores or laying people off."...

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State Farm Cuts 72,000 California Home and Apartment Insurance Policies

Posted by Leslie Eastman on March 25, 2024 52 Comments

Bidenomics and California's regulatory overreach is to blame....

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