And then there is the decline of the private sector union movement that, in 1970, saw membership peak at 17 million Americans holding union cards.
As Billshrink pointed out last week, the PEW Trusts recently found that 91% of bank cards and 57% of credit union cards charge such fees.
Both provinces have deep social-democratic traditions, and labour laws that allow a workplace to be certified as unionised without a vote, as long as a majority of employees sign union cards.
The mayor will also propose raising of the age of retirement for city workers to 67, require city workers to pay a larger share of their healthcare benefits, and will announce that a significant number of layoffs for union workers are in the cards if Los Angeles is to bring its finances under control.
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One proposal would slash the time for an organizing vote, requiring that it be held within five or 10 days after 30% of workers had signed cards asking for a union.
Lecturers at 290 colleges across England and Wales went on strike for a day in May and further action is on the cards if the ballot goes the way the union's leadership has recommended.
Coastal Federal Credit Union and Randolph Brooks Federal Credit Union are essentially paying members cash back to use their debit cards.
The measure, misleadingly named the Employee Free Choice Act, would let a union win automatic recognition simply by cajoling a majority of employees to sign cards.
He said that there were no discussions with the union beforehand, and he was given no indication that closure was on the cards.
In addition to standing up to deadbeat customers, Young championed Union Pacific's Fuel Masters Program, an employee-driven initiative that rewards the most efficient engineers with debit cards they can use to fill up their own vehicles.
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