• Union calls two-day strike over Royal Mail demands • Modernisation needed to survive, says Mandelson The majority of households and businesses will be without post for two days next week after Royal Mail and unions failed to reach a last-minute deal aimed at averting strike action. The Communication Workers Union announced today that there…
Media Matters for America (blog) What do food stamps buy?Macon Telegraph (blog)The debate in Congress about cutting the food stamp program has sparked predictable clashes between those who want to help the poor and those who want to cut government spending. But strangely missing from the arguments is a shocking fact: The public …Stuart Varney Ramps…
Alton Daily News Go-hungry policy: The federal cuts to food stamps will hurt Pa.Pittsburgh Post GazetteThat cut is bad enough, but some members of Congress seek even more devastating reductions in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, commonly known as food stamps. As social policy, slashing SNAP is cruel. As economic policy, it's dumb and …Food stamp…
Royal Mail said it has conditionally appointed Equiniti to set up £300m employee share scheme, as postal service moves step closer towards privatisation Royal Mail came a step closer to privatisation on Thursday when it appointed a firm to set up a £300m employee share scheme. As part of the sell-off 10% of shares in…
The True Experts on PovertyBillMoyers.comWe are able to get by thanks to SNAP (food stamps) but we are not eating well.” Gaines-Turner argues against proposals to cut SNAP and offers data and her own every day experiences to make her case: “The reality is that SNAP keeps us from starving.and more » More: continued here
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AutoSpies.com Is This Really Ayrton Senna's NSX On An eBay Auction?JalopnikHey, speaking of cars famously associated with Ayrton Senna and used Acura NSXs, a true gem just popped up on eBay— if it's the real deal, anyway. A seller in Portugal is offering what he claims is a Honda NSX owned by Senna himself. Could…
Lake Bell: 'When I Was Younger, I Collected Accents Like Stamps'PARADEA: “When I was younger, I collected accents like stamps,” says Bell, 34, who wrote, directed, and stars in this comedy about voice-overs and the movie-trailer business. “I didn't need to do research because I've wanted to be in the industry since I set …and…
Off the Record: PayPal, eBay auction off terrible experienceMercury-RegisterNever again. Never, ever. You couldn't make me do it again if you paid me, held a gun to my head or tied me up and tickled my knees. I will never again do business with eBay or PayPal. Ever. The business I tried to do with…
KSTP.com Widow Questions Safety at Brooklyn Center Post Office Where Husband Was …KSTP.comIt's been almost two months since long-time postal worker, Leo Brandt, was killed while at work. He was hit by a mail truck in the parking lot of the Brooklyn Center Post Office. His widow wonders if his death was as preventable as…