Hons 101: Americans' Role in the World

Here's a debate on the topic of spreading democracy in the Middle East.

Mngt 341: Human Resource Management

A British firm with operations in the U.S. has banned decals on hardhats, including those of the U.S. flag.

Mngt 408: Collective Bargaining and Industrial Relations

GM and the UAW have reached a tentative agreement; reports suggest it may reshape the U.S. auto industry. Analysis is provided by Cal-Berkeley's Harley Shaiken and Case Western's Susan Helper. Here are the views of some retirees. Strikes such as this are much less common today than in the past.

Mngt 408: Collective Bargaining and Industrial Relations

The UAW's strike against GM which began yesterday appears to have the objective of securing job security commitments in exchange for concessions on retiree health care and other labor costs. The strike is not expected to be of long duration, although it's not necessarily easy to project the length of a strike. Here's analysis of the strike's impact from an industry analyst and a professor.

Mngt 408: Collective Bargaining and Industrial Relations

The UAW has set a strike deadline of 11 a.m. EST (10 a.m. CST) today in its bargaining with GM...

Mngt 408: Collective Bargaining and Industrial Relations

See this item from NPR re: the stakes in the UAW-GM bargaining.

Hons 101: Beyond Feelings

Here's an NPR story re: the integration of Little Rock (AR) Central High School in 1957; here's another. Political analyst Juan Williams observes that the Little Rock Nine show why integration matters.

Hons 101: Americans' Role in the World

Former USI English professor John Gottcent has recently suggested in his column "Retiring Thoughts" that the U.S. may be more inclined to military interventions elsewhere given that we've not had a war on the U.S. mainland in 150 years. What do you think?

Hons 101: Beyond Feelings

Here's a link to the NPR coverage of the 'Jena Six,' six African-American teenagers initially charged with attempted murder in the beating of a white classmate in Jena, Louisiana. The disparate treatment between the white and black students involved has caused outrage and brought national media attention to the small town.

Mngt 408: Collective Bargaining and Industrial Relations

The UAW has, for the time being, ended discussion with GM of creating a trust fund to manage retiree health-care obligations (Wall Street Journal, subscription required).

Mngt 341: Human Resource Management

In India, members of the Hindu Dalit caste (the former "untouchables") who convert to Christianity or Islam lose their affirmative action privileges (Wall Street Journal, subscription required).

Hons 101: Americans' Role in the World

Related to Approach Four, using military power to secure the peace, see the Washington Post's PostGlobal debate blog which today is dealing with the following question (with particular focus on Pakistan): Is a strong military the path to a strong and democratic state, or is it an obstacle?

Hons 101: Americans' Role in the World

Americans' attitudes toward the Iraq war are mostly unchanged in the wake of last week's testimony by Gen. David Petraeus and Ambassador to Iraq Ryan Crocker, according to a new poll.

Hons 101: Beyond Feelings

As part of our discussion re: "Who Are You?" we considered the application involving parental notification re: minors prescribed birth control. In that discussion we touched on sex education. Here's an item of note from the NPR News Blog related to that topic -- a woman who removed a sex ed book from a public library in Maine because she contended it was pornographic (the various comments on this blog item are of particular interest).

Mngt 408: Collective Bargaining and Industrial Relations

Today's Evansville Courier & Press reports that PPG is selling its glass operations, including its plant in Vanderburgh County. Note that workers at this plant recently voted in favor of union representation.

Hons 101: Americans' Role in the World

See this Washington Post article re: the linkage of 9/11 to Iraq.