A Capital Idea

[Excerpt] The victory at Work Wear plants is a striking example of how unions\u27 financial power can make worker\u27s lives better. Unions can intervene and show power in bankruptcy courts, in corporate board rooms, and at the deal-making tables. Unions never have to be shut out of the forums where the futures of our companies are decided. We just have to know how to use the tools we already possess

Statius Silvae 4. 9: Libertas Decembris?

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Public Health Impacts of Climate Change

According to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), the leading scientific institution on climate change research, atmospheric concentration of carbon dioxide, the greenhouse gas most attributed to causing climate change, has increased by 31 percent since the 1750s. This increase is caused by human activities, primarily the burning of fossil fuels. As a result of increasing carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gas emissions, changes in the earth's climate have been observed. The IPCC has stated that the 1990s was the warmest decade on record, with 1998 being the warmest year since 1861, before which adequate data is lacking. It has been recorded that the global average temperature has increased by 0.6 degrees Celsius in the past century and has been accompanied by observed sea level rise. Severe weather events, like El Nino, have also become more frequent in the past decades as a result of the changing climate. Based on these past and current trends, scientists have forecasted likely future climate conditions. It has been predicted that, among other things, regional weather patterns will likely be altered,changes in global precipitation patterns will occur, an increase of severe weather events is probable, and a general shift of climate conditions to higher latitudes will result. These climatic changes, already being witnessed today, will have a significant impact on human existence. Even slight alterations in climate conditions have the potential to greatly alter society

Maintenance and Repairs of Cooperative Apartments: Rights and Remedies of Tenant-Shareholders

This comment examines the duties landlords have to maintain a habitable dwelling for tenants. It also recounts the various remedies tenants have when their landlord fails to meet its duties regarding habitability. The comment then goes on analyze whether or not these remedies are available to leaseholders of a cooperative apartment against the cooperative corporation that owns the apartment. In cases when those remedies are not available, this comment will recount what remedies are available

Freedom of Information versus National Sovereignty: The Need for a New Global Forum for the Resolution of Transborder Date Flow Problems

This Note argues that the issues raised by transborder data flow restrictions must be dealt with on a global scale, not on a national basis. Part I of this Note discusses the international legal principles underlying the concept of freedom of information and the legal difficulties presented by the imposition of transborder data flow restrictions. Part II analyzes the perception among developing nations that sovereign rights are threatened by an unrestricted flow of information and discusses the measures developing nations are implementing to control this perceived threat. Part III analyzes several approaches suggested for dealing with the problems of transborder data flow restrictions and argues that a new international forum must be created to constructively address the legitimate concerns of the developing nations. This Note concludes that since the effective demise of Unesco, progress must be made toward creating a viable international forum to address the multilateral concerns over transborder data flow restrictions