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Financial Regulation Overhaul Focuses on Government, Not Industry
WASHINGTON (PAI)— The financial sector overhaul legislation that Congress is sending to Democratic President Barack Obama for his signature is good, but it focuses too much on overhauling government regulation of the financiers and not enough on overhauling the industry itself -- or its practices that plunged the U.S. into the Great Recession -- a panel of analysts said.
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Machinists, Allies Argue for Industrial Strategy Bill
WASHINGTON (PAI)— Saying the best way to start on the road to restoring high-paying jobs to the U.S. economy is to have an industrial strategy, the Machinists and several allies argued July 14 for legislation ordering the executive branch to create one.
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Unions Start Big Political Push
WASHINGTON (PAI)— Traditionally, people don’t start paying attention to politics until Labor Day, but that isn’t stopping unions from starting their big political push now.
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Lawmakers Use Mine Safety Proposal to Strengthen OSHA
WASHINGTON (PAI)— The Democratic majority on the House Education and Labor Committee is using the latest legislative proposal on mine safety -- triggered by flaws exposed by the Massey Coal Co. explosion in West Virginia -- to strengthen overall job safety and health law, too.
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