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With an unemployment rate of 10.2 percent any news of job creation in Missouri is good news. The most recent job creation news comes in the hue of blue as IBM announced this week that it would be establishing a new technology center in Columbia, Missouri which will create 800 jobs that will pay on average $55,000 per year. The jobs will start in November when the company hires 100 employees, but as operations ramp up the facility should employ upwards of 800.

With an unemployment rate of 10.2 percent any news of job creation in Missouri is good news. The most recent job creation news comes in the hue of blue as IBM announced this week that it would be establishing a new technology center in Columbia, Missouri which will create 800 jobs that will pay on average $55,000 per year. The jobs will start in November when the company hires 100 employees, but as operations ramp up the facility should employ upwards of 800.

By Doug Cunningham

Is union-busting a mortal sin? Yes, according to Catholic Scholars For Worker Justice. Joseph Fahey, a professor of religious studies at Manhattan College in New York City says union busting, breaking labor agreements and trying to rollback wages and benefits are “a grave violation of Catholic social doctrine on labor unions. The scholars say this violation constitutes material grounds for mortal sin because is stands in grave violation of both the letter and spirit of Catholic social doctrine.

By Doug Cunningham

Is union-busting a mortal sin? Yes, according to Catholic Scholars For Worker Justice. Joseph Fahey, a professor of religious studies at Manhattan College in New York City says union busting, breaking labor agreements and trying to rollback wages and benefits are “a grave violation of Catholic social doctrine on labor unions. The scholars say this violation constitutes material grounds for mortal sin because is stands in grave violation of both the letter and spirit of Catholic social doctrine.

By Doug Cunningham

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Main Streeters continued to keep pressure on Wall Street this week by marching on lobbyists in Washington, DC. Jesse Russell reports:

Thousands marched on K Street in Washington DC Monday to shut it down and bring attention to the role lobbyists have played in slowing financial reform. Mary Beth Cinker is a nurse in DC and she explained why she believes the relationship between lobbyists, the banks, and Congress needs to come to an end:

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Main Streeters continued to keep pressure on Wall Street this week by marching on lobbyists in Washington, DC. Jesse Russell reports:

Thousands marched on K Street in Washington DC Monday to shut it down and bring attention to the role lobbyists have played in slowing financial reform. Mary Beth Cinker is a nurse in DC and she explained why she believes the relationship between lobbyists, the banks, and Congress needs to come to an end:

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