Tuesday, September 7, 2010

Links 09/07/10

Rising to the Occasion (opinion) New York Times ...President Obama finally began to vigorously push the kind of high-profile, rebuild-America infrastructure campaign that is absolutely essential...

Businesses and unions planning to meet on possible $3 trillion pension disaster The Hill ...Labor groups will be invited to the U.S. Chamber of Commerce to talk about an alarming shortfall in state employee pension plans...

Local Memphis companies may offer hope in a tough job market The Commercial Appeal Sharp Manufacturing in southeast Memphis ... produced its 2millionth solar panel in June....

Issues confronting many workers swirl through Phila.'s Labor Day picnic Philadelphia Inquirer ...That's how it was this Labor Day in Philadelphia: one group desperately trying to keep good jobs at a time when nearly one in 10 Americans is unemployed, another group trying to overcome obstacles to become unionized...

Unions Can Be a Good Thing -- Or Not Wall Street Journal ...Here are four reasons labor unions can be good for investing -- and one why they aren't...