Friday, March 28, 2014
Thursday, March 27, 2014
Show Me the Money!
CHICAGO — A regional director of the National Labor Relations Board ruled Wednesday that a group of Northwestern football players were employees of the university and have the right to form a union and bargain collectively.
For decades, the major college sports have functioned on the bedrock principle of the student-athlete, with players receiving scholarships to pay for their education in exchange for their hours of practicing and competing for their university. But Peter Ohr, the regional N.L.R.B. director, tore down that familiar construct in a 24-page decision.
How much money are we talking about? Who has it?
Do you Agree or disagree with the decision? Why?
Write an 'Amicus Curiae' brief in response to the court.
Monday, March 10, 2014
Thursday, March 6, 2014
Save the Tigers!
Police aren’t quite sure yet how Greenpeace activists made it past security at the Procter & Gamble towers Tuesday afternoon, rappelled down the building and strung out 60-foot banners in protest, but they are sure of one thing: The protest drew some attention.
“It was quite an extensive operation they had; all the rappelling gear, banners, these jack braces to prevent anyone inside from opening the windows,” said Cincinnati police Capt. Paul Broxterman.
The environmental activist group is accusing P&G of enabling destruction of rainforests in Indonesia by working with an irresponsible palm oil supplier.
Palm oil is a common ingredient in detergents, shampoos and cosmetics. Greenpeace is specifically objecting to P&G buying supplies from BW Plantation Group and unnamed traders it claims have contributed to the deaths of orangutans and threaten tigers that live in the rainforest.
What do you think? Is P&G mass murdering orangutans and wiping out the race of sumatran tigers?!
Are these protesters exercising their constitutional freedoms or are they eco-terrorists?
What can/ should you do if anything?
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