You pay your taxes so why doesn’t Exxon? With gas prices topping $4 a gallon, it’s no wonder Exxon is making record profits. But it seems that’s just not enough – they want tax breaks too. In 2009, Exxon Mobil made $19 billion in profits. But Exxon not only paid no federal income taxes for [...]
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Local 23 is a progressive, modern organization affiliated with the United Food and Commercial Workers International Union. Our home is in Canonsburg, PA and we represent over 13,000 members in the Western half of Pennsylvania, Northern West Virginia, Eastern Ohio and extreme Western New York. Local 23 is one of the largest local unions in [...]
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The NLRA Section 7 Rights. The rights of employees are set forth principally in Section 7 of the Act, which provides as follows: “Sec. 7. Employees shall have the right to self-organization, to form, join, or assist labor organizations, to bargain collectively through representatives of their own choosing, and to engage in other concerted activities [...]
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House Majority Leader Mike Turzai and numerous other legislators want to sell the state Wine & Spirit stores in an attempt ot fill the budget gap. They “claim” they can raise $2 billion by using outdated figures arrived through bad math and bad intentions. The stores bring in over $513 Million in annual revenue. Over [...]
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You pay your taxes so why doesn’t Exxon? With gas prices topping $4 a gallon, it’s no wonder Exxon is making record profits. But it seems that’s just not enough – they want tax breaks too. In 2009, Exxon Mobil made $19 billion in profits. But Exxon not only paid no federal income taxes for [...]
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