Vice President Delivers Detailed, Sentimental Speech at Union’s 2012 Legislative-Political Conference
Janelle Hartman —
February 3, 2012— TNG-CWA
Speaking to CWA's Legislative-Political Conference on Feb. 2, Vice President Joe Biden mingled personal memories with political goals and achievements as he discussed the future of America's middle class, and why unions are a fundamental part of the American Dream. To watch, click here.
According to Alabama state Sen. Shadrack McGill (R), the Bible says that increasing teacher salaries would only lead to less-qualified teachers. At a prayer breakfast, McGill said that doubling teachers’ salaries — starting pay for Alabama teachers begins at $36,144 — would not help education. In fact, he said that keeping teacher pay low is a “Biblical principle.“
Government documents reveal that the FDA secretly monitored the Gmail accounts of six scientists and doctors after they warned Congress that the agency was approving medical devices that they believed posed unacceptable risks to patients. Information gathered through the surveillance contributed to the harassment or dismissal of all six workers, a federal lawsuit alleges.
Last year at this time, the people of Egypt were using Twitter and other social media to communicate as they successfully sought to overthrow the government. Now the company has set up a system to enable it to censor (or “reactively withhold,” as Twitter puts it) certain tweets in certain countries.
