It included poverty, civil rights, children's and women's groups across the income spectrum, labor unions, faith leaders, educators, community and citizen organizations.
A "more balanced board," it says, "will be able to tap into the wealth of available talent in the labor market, provide a broader spectrum of ideas, better reflect a company's customer base and improve corporate governance".
VIDEO: Fire at Bangladesh garment factory kills at least 112: apne.ws/10UG40Z -CC — The Associated Press (@AP) November 26 , 2012Fire safety has emerged as an ever more pressing labor issue since the notorious Spectrum fire killed 64 workers in 2005, and a blaze at That's It Sportswear in December 2010 left 29 dead.
The White House forum on health reform on March 5th, which boasted a diverse range of viewpoints, including representatives of the Business Roundtable, the health insurance industry, the drug lobby, as well as a broad spectrum of business, labor and Congressional leaders, left advocates of Medicare-for-All banging on the door.
Employers across the spectrum are aggressively cutting labor costs even for jobs that cannot be offshored.
Use the higher end of the spectrum when calculating time and labor costs.
Much of Thursday's owners' meeting was spent hashing out supplemental revenue sharing among owners, another difficult issue Goodell had to shepherd through to make the labor deal palatable to owners across the revenue spectrum.
The proposition is pretty sane and simple, from a workers' standpoint: The sex trade, like many other "legal" jobs, falls on a wide spectrum of exploitation within a capitalist labor system.
He brought together a number of unusual allies -- including former Republican officials and elected leaders, business representatives, mayors, law enforcement leaders, labor leaders, faith leaders from across the political spectrum and civil rights leaders -- and asked for their assistance.
It is not his concern alone; similar fears are shared by organized labor and others on the left of the political spectrum.
