Pray for the dead, and fight like hell for the living. "Mother" Mary Harris Jones
This page contains links only from 2004 or earlier.
The "Big Business" Administration
- FDA Told Its Analyst to Censor Data on Antidepressants
Shankar Vedantam, Washington Post, 24 September 2004
- White House Undermined Chemical Tests, Report Says
Elizabeth Becker, New York Times, 2 April 2004
- Business Versus Biznes
Paul Krugman, New York Times, 12 February 2002
- Insurer Shield in Terror Costs Dies in Senate
Stephen Labaton with Joseph B. Treaster, New York Times, 21 December 2001
- Bush aide accused of pressuring trade group to cancel pro-affirmative action speaker
Adam Clymer, New York Times, 21 August 2001
- Business Leaders Visit Bush at White House
Stephen Labaton, New York Times, 21 June 2001
- Coal industry tries to avoid paying black-lung benefits
Associated Press (in the New York Times — requires registration to view), 6 June 2001
- Leaving Small Businesses Behind
Fred P. Hochberg, New York Times, 2 June 2001
- Senate Switch Alters Outlook for Businesses
Stephen Labaton, New York Times, 25 May 2001
- Health Care Industry Braces for Change in Senate
Milt Freudenheim, New York Times, 25 May 2001
- Bush there for business, tech execs told
Dan Richman, Seattle Post-Intelligencer, 12 May 2001
- Is the Business of America Business?
Bruce J. Schulman, New York Times, 13 May 2001
Executive Orders
Regulatory Agencies
- Corporate lobbyist now the one making the tax rules
Sydney P. Freedberg, St. Petersburg Times, 17 March 2002
- The Urge to Converge
William Safire, New York Times, 7 March 2002
- Bush Pushes for Corporate Monitoring
David Stout, New York Times, 7 March 2002
- Official Says S.E.C. Is Strained, With Duties Exceeding Budget
Richard A. Oppel Jr., New York Times, 6 March 2002
- Media Mergers: Who Should Rule?
Jeffrey Benner, Wired News, 1 February 2002
- Bush overturns rule banning law-breaking business from federal contracts
Kent Hoover, Sacramento Business Journal, 11 January 2002 issue
- In a New World, a Puzzling Directive From the S.E.C.
Gretchen Morgenson, New York Times, 28 January 2002
- Why would the FTC cede oversight of high-profile media mergers to Ashcroft's Justice Dept.?
Catherine Yang and Tom Lowry, Business Week, 22 January 2002
- Plan to Split Up Antitrust Oversight Stalls
Philip Shenon, New York Times , 19 January 2002
- Groups Seek Congressional Investigation of Effort by OMB, Industry Groups to Weaken Regulations
press release from EarthJustice, in CommonDreams, 7 December 2001
- Collapse of Enron May Reshape the Battlefield of Deregulation
Joseph Kahn and Jeff Gerth, New York Times, 4 December 2001
- U.S. May Ease Regulation of Nursing Home Industry
Robert Pear, New York Times, 7 September 2001
- Farm Workers Unions Say Labor Department Is Ignoring Wage Requirements
Steven Greenhouse, New York Times, 27 June 2001
- Bush's FTC chair another business lackey
Stephen Labaton, New York Times, 12 June 2001
- Bush Is Putting Team in Place for a Full-Bore Assault on Regulation
Stephen Labaton, New York Times, 23 May 2001
Ergonomic Work Rules
Workers' Rights
- Productivity Paradox: We're not working smarter, just harder
Stephen S. Roach, New York Times, 30 November 2003
- Steelworker running for Congress: Bush ignored industry needs
CNN, 9 March 2002
- Supreme Court Eliminates a Barrier to Job Discrimination Plaintiffs
Linda Greenhouse, New York Times, 27 February 2002
- Bush Budget to Seek Job Training Cut
Robert Pear, New York Times, 31 January 2002
- President Bush fires entire labor-management relations panel
Kellie Lunney, GovExec, 10 January 2002
- Justices Narrow Breadth of Law on Disabilities
Linda Greenhouse, New York Times , 9 January 2002
- 16 GOP Senators want to deprive poultry workers of back-pay compensation
Steven Greenhouse, New York Times, 21 June 2001
Labor Unions
- Labor Secretary's Talk Angers Union Leaders
Steven Greenhouse, New York Times, 27 February 2003
- Unions Hope to Regain Attention of Lawmakers
Steven Greenhouse, New York Times, 27 February 2002
- Bush, Citing Security, Bans Some Unions at Justice Dept.
Steven Greenhouse, New York Times, 16 January 2002
- Holes Seen in Job Estimates for Alaska Drilling
Steven Greenhouse, New York Times, 2 September 2001
- Why union rank and file resists Bush's overtures
Dante Chinni, Christian Science Monitor, 27 August 2001
- Miners' Union Sees Opportunity in Bush Policy
Steven Greenhouse, New York Times, 25 June 2001
- White House and Unions Look for Common Ground
Steven Greenhouse, New York Times, 3 June 2001
- Bush Hopes to Win Backing of Unions for Energy Plan
Steven Greenhouse, New York Times, 14 May 2001
- Hearing Bush Energy Plan, Union Leaders Offer Praise
Steven Greenhouse, New York Times, 15 May 2001
- Unions See Bush Moves as Payback for Backing Gore
Steven Greenhouse, New York Times, 25 March 2001
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