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Massey CEO: "It's (Always) The Government's Fault"

May 20, 2011

By Donald Cohen. Posted on May 20, 2011.

The New York Times Editorial, The Truth About Upper Big Branch, starts this way:

“An inquiry by the state of West Virginia into the Upper Big Branch Mine explosion that killed 29 workers has found the mine’s owner, Massey Energy, “profoundly reckless” in elevating its drive to produce profits above worker safety.”

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Chamber of Commerce, Wrong Again

May 19, 2011

By Donald Cohen. Published in the Los Angeles Times. May 19, 2011.

Every year since 2003, the California Chamber of Commerce publishes its hit list of proposed legislation it labels “job killers.”  The list includes legislation to protect consumers, workers and the environment from irresponsible business practices, or raise revenues to fund public services, or support middle and working class families.   

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The Truth in Lending Act, 1968: Don't Confuse People With Information

May 18, 2011

By Donald Cohen. Posted on May 18, 2011.

 

Herblock Cartoon about Truth in Lending Act

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A Brief History of Corporate Whining

May 18, 2011

By Donald Cohen. Posted on May 18, 2011.

labor cartoon

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Family Leave: mother and child

California’s Paid Family Leave Law Is Working, New Study Finds

May 18, 2011

By Mike Hall. Posted on the AFL-CIO's blog. January 12, 2011.

 California’s paid family leave law “has been remarkably successful” and received high marks from both employers and workers, according to a new study released yesterday by researchers from UCLA/City University of New York (CUNY) and the Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR).

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CASE STUDY: Koch Front Groups Attack RGGI – the Northeast Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative

April 13, 2011

Posted on Greenpeace.org. April 13, 2011. 

BRIEF: Koch front groups campaigned against the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI), a market-based cap-and-trade program established in 2007 by ten U.S. Northeast and Mid-Atlantic states to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from power plants.

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