AM 1450 KMMS - Bozeman's News Talk Leader » Organized Labor http://kmmsam.com Sun, 19 May 2013 04:43:17 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 Montana State of the State http://kmmsam.com/montana-state-of-the-state/ http://kmmsam.com/montana-state-of-the-state/#comments Thu, 31 Jan 2013 13:00:33 +0000 Tom Egelhoff http://kmmsam.com/?p=116616 When I first proposed repealing this job killing business equipment tax a democratic representative wanted to know how I proposed to replace it? Why does that income have to be replaced?

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]]> http://kmmsam.com/montana-state-of-the-state/feed/ 0 Facebook Tom's Opinion: The Myth of Corporate Greed http://kmmsam.com/toms-opinion-the-myth-of-corporate-greed/ http://kmmsam.com/toms-opinion-the-myth-of-corporate-greed/#comments Mon, 28 Jan 2013 13:00:42 +0000 Tom Egelhoff http://kmmsam.com/?p=115169 If there is one truism I’ve found in my 40 plus years of studying businesses, and how they work, it’s this. No business can succeed for long unless it helps someone.

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]]> http://kmmsam.com/toms-opinion-the-myth-of-corporate-greed/feed/ 0 The Myth of Corporate Greed (Flickr Photo by Michael Coghlan) Michigan Becomes 24th Right to Work State http://kmmsam.com/michigan-becomes-24th-right-to-work-state/ http://kmmsam.com/michigan-becomes-24th-right-to-work-state/#comments Wed, 12 Dec 2012 13:00:19 +0000 Tom Egelhoff http://kmmsam.com/?p=104323 Yesterday, Michigan Governor Rick Snyder (R) signed two “right-to-work” bills into law that will have far reaching effects in one of America’s most unionized states.

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]]> http://kmmsam.com/michigan-becomes-24th-right-to-work-state/feed/ 0 Not everyone is a fan of Right-to-Work legislation. (Photo by Bill Pugliano/Getty Images) Is It Time for Montana to Be a Right-to-Work State? http://kmmsam.com/is-it-time-for-montana-to-be-a-right-to-work-state/ http://kmmsam.com/is-it-time-for-montana-to-be-a-right-to-work-state/#comments Fri, 02 Nov 2012 12:00:30 +0000 Tom Egelhoff http://kmmsam.com/?p=95700 Right to work prohibits agreements between labor unions and employers making union membership or payment of dues or fees a condition of employment, either before or after hiring.

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]]> http://kmmsam.com/is-it-time-for-montana-to-be-a-right-to-work-state/feed/ 0 The pilots want to draw attention to the lack of progress on negotiations of the pilots' joint collective bargaining agreement ahead of the one-year anniversary of the corporate merger close date of United and Continental airlines. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)