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Collective Bargaining is Not a Spectator Sport
BY SAMUEL KLEIN Nobody likes a lockout. Not the fans, not the players, not the owners, and not the countless workers and members of the media who rely on professional athletic events taking place as scheduled. So why are there so many lockouts, and why do they last so long? The numbers stack up quickly.…
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A Strike Will Not Help the People of Syria
BY SONYA SCHOENBERGER Over the past week, media outlets have been glutted with experts delivering cogent, informed, and completely divergent policy advice about the benefits and risks of a US strike on Syria. There seems to be a significant risk that the US is on the verge of entering into yet another long, messy war…
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Striking: Padding a Salary or Righting a Wrong?
When the Chicago teachers’ strike came to a close, 25,000 teachers returned to teach 350,000 students after eight days off of school. The ramifications of the strike went beyond simply a reduced number of instructional days for students. Working parents had to scramble to arrange a place for their children to go during school hours.…
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France in Gridlock
As long queues form in front of gas stations all across France and increasing numbers of protesters amass, President Nicolas Sarkozy remains staunchly defendant of raising France’s retirement age from 60 to 62. Citing the faltering the economy, Sarkozy has stated that the change is necessary to cut the expenditures going to French pensioners. As…
