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Barack Obama

Micro Unions: NLRB heading towards minority representation

February 16, 2011

How many union contracts are too many? When the employees at a company are represented by a union, one of the objectives that management usually pursues is to get a satisfactory collective bargaining agreement in place that covers most of the employees under one agreement.  This is important for a number of reason, not the [...]

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Don’t piss off Diane Feinstein, use Facebook more!

February 4, 2011

Dianne Feinstein is pissed at the CIA for not using Facebook The Central Intelligence Agency is being crticized by the U.S. Senate for not spending enough time on Facebook.   I know, right?  That sounds crazy and counter-intuitive, but it is true.   Senator Dianne Feinstein criticized intelligence analysts at the CIA for failing to use Facebook and [...]

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A sharp decline in union membership

January 21, 2011

Unions lose more than 600,000 members Despite all their efforts to promote their cause, and to sell their value proposition of building a strong middle class economy, union membership has reached its lowest level in my lifetime   According to an AP news report, the Bureau of Labor Statistics is reporting one of the worst declines [...]

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My Voice of HR Advice for SHRM: Go Forth and Lead

November 15, 2010

Image by CyberAndy via Flickr 2011 Guidance for SHRM from the Human Race Horses In 2011, I don’t want SHRM to change a thing that it has already planned.  Keep up the plans for global domination expansion.  Maintain the drive for the goal line on certification.  Keep stumbling around trying to figure out how to [...]

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The Zombie Employee Free Choice Act is back!

August 8, 2010

Never waste a good piece of legislation! From Drop Box Just when you thought it was safe to think about other issues, and move forward to being scared by some new threatening piece of legislation looming on the horizon, the Employee Free Choice Act is back.   Much like the zombies made famous by George Romero, [...]

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A crazy idea for replacing Lon O’Neil at SHRM

July 27, 2010

Image via Wikipedia Why not hold a general election? Putting aside the delightfully lurid idea of putting Punk Rock HR star Laurie Ruettimann in charge of SHRM, I kind of like the idea of selecting the head of our professional association via a general election by the membership.  I know that isn’t the way it [...]

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Starting my first job in Human Resources

January 20, 2010

Image via Wikipedia Time flies when you are having fun Today is the anniversary of the beginning of my HR career.  It marks the beginning of the 25th year that I have been doing work in this crazy confusing field. It is also the calendar day anniversary of  the first official Martin Luther King Jr. [...]

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6 job recommendations that didn’t make it to the Obama jobs summit

December 4, 2009

Image by Getty Images via Daylife President Obama needs our help! President Obama stated at the outset of his Jobs Summit that he is open to any all ideas about how to create jobs for the United States soon. Here are 5 irreverent suggestions for creating job opportunities that I doubt were submitted at the conference yesterday, [...]

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Looking Forward to 2010: Life during Wartime

December 1, 2009

Image via Wikipedia Smartbrief on Workforce Mary Ellen Slayter at Smartbrief was kind enough to include me in a group of bloggers from the Smartbrief on Workforce Advsory Board that she asked to detail our predictions about workforce issues going into 2010.    I can describe my take in two words: Image via Wikipedia Why talking [...]

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Barack Obama talks too much

September 8, 2009

Image by jmtimages [at your service] via Flickr President to speak on importance of education President Obama is going to give a “controversial” speech to the student population of the United States tomorrow.  According to some, it is self aggrandizing.  According to others, it is part of Obama’s personal mission to spread and encourage socialism [...]

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