News on Jobs and Labor

BRITAIN BRITISH AIRWAYS STRIKE

2010-03-20T00:00:19Z

Unite union General Secretary, Tony Woodley, left, speaks to the media outside the Trade Union Congress headquarters after a meeting with British Airways about the upcoming strike by the cabin crew, London, Friday, March 19, 2010. A three-day strike by British Airways cabin crew is set to start at midnight Friday after last-di...

Union group pushes Kan. to dump drug plan manager

2010-03-19T16:00:36Z

<div id="subtitle">Union criticizes company managing drug plan for Kansas state workers; lawmakers plan hearings</div><div><p>A national union group is pushing Kansas to dump the company that manages the prescription plan for state employees, saying it has failed to offer the lowest possible prices on many drugs. A legislative committee chairman said Friday that the panel may hold hearings on those claims.</p><p>Wash...

Pay czar trims salaries at top of GM exec ranks

2010-03-19T15:45:40Z

<div><p>PHOENIX (Reuters) - The U.S. pay czar will slash the number of top General Motors Co executives who will receive base salaries of more than $500,000 this year.</p><p>Pay czar Kenneth Feinberg said...

DuPont CEO sees compensation more than double

2010-03-19T15:15:17Z

<div id="subtitle">Compensation for DuPont chair and CEO Kullman more than doubled in 2009</div><div><p>DuPont Co. chairman and chief executive officer Ellen Kullman received compensation valued at $8.3 million last year, more than double what she received a year earlier, according to an A...

BRITAIN BRITISH AIRWAYS

2010-03-19T12:18:10Z

Chief Executive Officer of British Airways, Willie Walsh, speaks to the media outside the Trade Union Congress headquarter after a meeting with the Unite union about the oncoming strike by the cabin crew, London, Friday, March 19, 2010. A three-day strike by British Airways cabin crew is set to start at midnight Friday after las...

Pay package for Travelers Cos. CEO rises 20 pct

2010-03-19T12:00:34Z

<div id="subtitle">Pay package for Travelers Cos. CEO rises 20 percent in 2009 to $20.1 million</div><div><p>Travelers Cos. gave its CEO a pay package worth $20.1 million last year, a 20 percent raise over his 2008 pay as the property and casualty insurer benefited from a conservative investment approach.</p><p>Over half China's southern province of Guangdong will raise its minimum wage by an average of more than 20 percent, amid worries that its factories cannot find enough workers to complete their orders.</p><p>The minimum wage in the country's largest export hub will be increased by 19.5-24.5 percent from May, said a statement posted Thursday on the Guangdong Labour an...

Making OSHA work

2010-03-19T02:17:23Z

<div id="subtitle">Bills in Congress would take important steps to help ensure worker safety</div><div><p> Over the past few years, Nevada has become a poster child of the problems with workplace safety oversight and regulation. During the construction boom on the Las Vegas Strip, for example, there were 12 deaths in an 18-month period, and NevadaÕs workplace safety r...

EMC CEO gets $9M pay package in 2009, down 23 pct

2010-03-18T18:45:15Z

<div id="subtitle">EMC CEO gets $9M pay package in 2009, down 23 percent from last year</div><div><p>The pay package last year for EMC Corp. CEO Joe Tucci was 23 percent lower than in 2008, a reflection of lower equity awards and cuts to the data-storage company's executive salaries.</p><p>The company's proxy filing late Thursday with the CEO Morris earned $7.1M in 2009, down 27 percent as he got no performance-based bonus</div><div><p>The top executive of American Electric Power received total compensation of $7.1 million in 2009, a 27 percent drop from the previous year, according to an PNC Financial CEO pay nearly doubles in 2009, mostly due to restricted stock</div><div><p>PNC Financial Services Group Inc. CEO James E. Rohr received compensation of $16.6 million in 2009, nearly double the total of 2008, but much of it was restricted stock to comply with government limits placed ...

AFL-CIO backs health care bill despite tax concern

2010-03-18T15:15:22Z

<div><p>The nation's largest labor federation agreed Thursday to endorse the Obama administration's health care overhaul bill, despite lingering concerns over a tax on high-cost insurance plans.</p><p>Union leaders on the AFL-CIO's executive council voted virtually unanimously to support the plan and said they would aggressively lobby undecided Democrats.</p><p&g...

Gannett CEO's pay rose 41 percent in 2009

2010-03-18T12:30:37Z

<div id="subtitle">Newspaper publisher Gannett increased its CEO pay to $4.4 million in 2009</div><div><p>An Associated Press analysis shows Gannett Co., the biggest newspaper publisher in the U.S., increased its CEO's pay package by nearly 41 percent last year.</p><p>G...

BA, union in last-ditch strike talks

2010-03-18T10:16:47Z

<div><p>British Airways and the country's biggest trade union were in last-ditch talks Thursday in a bid to avert a planned strike this weekend by BA cabin crew.</p><p>BA chief executive Willie Walsh and Unite joint-leader Tony Woodley met face to face with less than 48 hours to go before a pl...

Titus bill adds oversight to safety

2010-03-18T02:15:24Z

<div><p> Rep. Dina Titus introduced a bill Tuesday that would give the federal government more flexibility in its oversight of state workplace safety programs, including the agency charged with ensuring the safety of Nevada workers.</p><p>The reform legislation is potentially important because of NevadaÕs poor track record in keeping workers safe on the job — and follows House ...

Safety board to weigh requiring condoms in porn

2010-03-18T02:00:23Z

<div id="subtitle">Calif. worker safety board to mull mandating condoms for porn actors to curb spread of STDs</div><div><p>Condoms might be the only thing porn actors are required to wear if the state's workplace safety board approves a petition mandating their use.</p><p>In a hearing Thursday, the California Occupational New United Motor Manufacturing Inc. auto worker Juan Carrera, center background, listens as union leaders hold a news conference outside the United Auto Workers hall in Fremont, ...

Schlumberger CEO's pay falls 4.2 percent in 2009

2010-03-17T11:45:40Z

<div id="subtitle">Schlumberger CEO's pay falls 4.2 pct to $13.1M in 2009 as co. hit by sluggish oil demand</div><div><p>The chairman and CEO of Schlumberger Ltd., the world's biggest oilfield services company, saw his total compensation fall 4.2 percent in 2009 from a year earlier, according to an Associated Press analysis of a ENGLAND - MARCH 17: A British Airways Plane takes off from London City Airport on March 17, 2010 in London, England. Unite Union leaders are due to talk with with their American counterparts later as the threat of cabin crew st...

Finding a Job: Prepared Enough?

2010-03-17T10:47:40Z

If you are armed with the credentials and the right attitude, finding a job should be fairly easy. But then again, in the cutthroat job market ? we spell that as rigid competition in a setting where employment is scarce, things are rather easier said than done. A good resume will serve you well but you need a practical guide in plotting your route.<br><br>Yes, finding a job these days is difficult and by the looks of it a great dose of patience will take you there: a decent career...