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With the Hollywood strike continuing, NBC has laid off non-writing staff for its two late night talk shows, the Tonight Show with Jay Leno and Late Night with Conan O’Brien. O’Brien and Leno said they will continue paying those workers until at least the end of the week. David Letterman has said that he will continue paying the salaries for staff members on his CBS show and that of Craig Ferguson’s Late, Late Show.

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With the Hollywood strike continuing NBC has laid off non-writing staff for its two late night talk shows – the Tonight Show with Jay Leno and Late Night with Conan O’Brien. O’Brien said he will continue paying those workers until at least the end of the week. David Letterman has said that he will continue paying the salaries for staff member on his CBS show and that of Craig Ferguson’s Late, Late Show.

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Lede: A unique labor education institution gets a new president today, and as Doug Cunningham reports, he wants to play a fundamental role in rebuilding the labor movement.

By Doug Cunningham

As the new president of the National Labor College, veteran labor academic and activist Bill Scheuerman wants to help labor leaders and workers understand what’s happening in the culture and political ideology that’s hurting the U.S. labor movement.

[Scheuerman]: “And how do we, as organized labor, respond to it in an intelligent and credible way so that we can begin to make changes; move away from this crazy neo-conservative ideology based on the marketplace, which is a sham, and allow workers to take more control of their lives and to put the real issues out in front of the public. We want to play a role in shaping public policy.”

Lede: A unique labor education institution gets a new president today, and as Doug Cunningham reports, he wants to play a fundamental role in rebuilding the labor movement.

By Doug Cunningham

As the new president of the National Labor College, veteran labor academic and activist Bill Scheuerman wants to help labor leaders and workers understand what’s happening in the culture and political ideology that’s hurting the U.S. labor movement.

[Scheuerman]: “And how do we, as organized labor, respond to it in an intelligent and credible way so that we can begin to make changes – move away from this crazy neo-conservative ideology based on the marketplace, which is a sham – and allow workers to take more control of their lives and to put the real issues out in front of the public. We want to play a role in shaping public policy.

Like apple pie and motherhood, everybody lately—from regular folks to big corporations—is professing their love for the environment in this age of global warming, ozone holes, shrinking ice caps and climate crisis.

But who really is making an effort to reduce our environmental footprints—and who is merely talking the talk? According to a new report from the United Steelworkers (USW), DuPont is just moving its lips when the global chemical giant claims it’s fighting for a cleaner world.

The union charges DuPont with “Greenwashing,” or disseminating disinformation to pump up its environmental image. Says USW President Leo W. Gerard:

DuPont is skillful in giving the public the impression it truly is concerned and engaging in activities to create a ‘better, safer, healthier planet,’ but when its profit motive collides with the environment, profit usually wins out.