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A Bipartisan Bad Idea: Cut Pay for Computer Professionals

DPE NewsLine, May 2012

>>40 Million Jobs: Intellectual property Matters

>>DPE and Allies Fend Off Cut in Information Technology Overtime Pay

Gaming the System 2012: Guest Worker Visa Programs and Professional and Technical Workers in the U.S.

>>The STEM Workforce: An Occupational Overview

>>Nursing: A Profile of the Profession

Featured Stories

  • May 2012 – In This Issue

    • 40 Million Jobs: Intellectual Property Matters
    • DPE and Allies Fend Off Cut in Information Technology Overtime Pay
    • DPE Joins Strategy Session on Immigrant Workers
    • Kim Roberts Hedgpeth Steps Down from SAG-AFTRA and DPE
    • DPE Latest: Health Care, Nursing, And Organizing
    • Advocacy for the Arts
    • DPE Signs On
    • DPE In the News

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President’s Report, June 1, 2010 – May 31, 2011

Since the last meeting of the DPE General Board, the DPE Executive Committee elected a new Chair, a new First Vice President, and two new General Vice Presidents. At the urging of its affiliated unions, DPE took a lead role in highlighting the ways that intellectual property affects jobs, incomes, and benefits for U.S. workers.

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Breaking News

  • House Vote Sets Up Battle on Domestic Violence Bill

    May 17, 2012

    WASHINGTON — After a fierce fight, full of gender politics, the House passed a Republican bill on Wednesday to combat violence against women, over objections from President Obama and other Democrats, who said it would reduce protections for many battered women, including lesbians, American Indians and illegal immigrants. Read more…

  • Subsidies Aid Rebirth in U.S. Manufacturing

    May 11, 2012

    ROME, N.Y. — Walking through his high-ceilinged factory here, explaining the production of sheets of copper, M. Brian O’Shaughnessy comes across as a staunch advocate of manufacturing in America. But he invariably adds: “There is nothing made in the United States that has to be made here — that can’t be shipped in from some other country.” Read more…

  • Actors union backs musicians in strike against Fresno opera

    May 9, 2012

    There is a new development in the ongoing strike by local musicians against Fresno Grand Opera.

    National leadership for the Actors’ Equity Association, the union for professional actors, voted Monday to support the musicians union and instructed its members not to perform in “Show Boat,” which opens Friday. Read more…

  • Village People Singer Wins a Legal Battle in Fight to Reclaim Song Rights

    In a court ruling with significant implications for the music industry, a California judge has dismissed a suit by two song publishing companies aimed at preventing Victor Willis, former lead singer of the 1970s disco group the Village People, from exercising his right to reclaim ownership of “YMCA” and other hit songs he wrote. Read more…

  • Jobs Few, College Grads Flock to Unpaid Internships

    May 7, 2012

    Confronting the worst job market in decades, many college graduates who expected to land paid jobs are turning to unpaid internships to try to get a foot in an employer’s door. Read more…