Coffee Break

The AFL-CIO asked U.S. regulators Thursday to determine
whether Wal-Mart has broken the law by trying to influence
its workers’ votes.

The Wall Street Journal reported that Wal-Mart has been
trying to convince its employees to vote against the
presumptive Democratic presidential nominee, Barack Obama.
Obama supports the Employee Free Choice Act, which would
allow unions to form without secret-ballot votes, while
Republican John McCain opposes it.

The AFL-CIO and other union and anti-Wal-Mart groups filed
a complaint with the Federal Election Commission, The Hill
reported.

“Wal-Mart has shown exactly why our nation needs the Employee
Free Choice Act,” said AFL-CIO President John Sweeney. “We
must outlaw the kind of behavior for which Wal-Mart is famous
and give workers a free and fair choice on whether to form
a union.”

David Tovar, a company spokesman, said that Wal-Mart has no
been telling its workers how to vote.

What are your thoughts on Wal-Mart influencing its workers
votes?

See you at the water cooler,
Jeanie

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            Judge rejects flushing tenant’s appeal
A British judge has rejected a Tremadog, Wales, woman’s
attempt to overturn a decision that demoted her from being
a secure tenant due to “household noises.”  Judge John
Behrens of the High Court in London ruled — despite the
insistence of Mwynwen Jones, 57, that the sounds she made at
her home that generated complaints from neighbors were merely
“household noises” — that they qualified as a nuisance if
they bothered neighbors at late hours, The Daily Telegraph
reported.  “Whilst flushing a toilet may not be a nuisance,
plainly it may be so if it is done repeatedly and at
anti-social hours,” Behrens said.  The Gwynedd County Council
decided last year, after noise complaints from Jones’s
neighbors, to revoke her secure tenant status, a move that
leaves open the possibility of eviction without the need to
give further cause.  Behrens said the 15-day window for Jones
to appeal the council’s decision had already passed.  A
council representative said it plans to evict Jones in the
near future.
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          Report: Britons multitask in front of TV
A report by a British research organization suggests Britons
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spend about 218 minutes watching TV each day, three quarters
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            Samaritan’s car stolen as she helps man
A Manchester, England, doctor said her car was stolen after
she stopped at the side of the road to help an elderly man
who had been struck by a bus.  The 25-year-old doctor, who
asked not to be named, said she stopped to help a 74-year-old
who had been hit by a bus in rush hour traffic and was in
such a hurry that she left her keys in her car, The Daily
Mail reported.  A few minutes after she stopped, a thief
jumped into the unlocked vehicle and drove off.  However,
the doctor said she would not let the incident deter her from
helping others in the future.  “I am very disappointed at
what has happened, but I would do the same again,” she said.
Greater Manchester Police Superintendent Ian Palmer said
he reacted with “horror” when he heard of how the car was
stolen.  “The vehicle was taken in a despicable way,” he
said. “This lady’s actions were heroic. Her stopping to
offer assistance demonstrates the best of qualities of human
nature.”
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