Nor civil unions.

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Mitt Doesn’t Support Gay Marriage

Also bars civil unions for gay and straight couples.

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N.C. Passes Same-Sex-Marriage Ban

Residents of North Carolina are voting on a proposed constitutional ban on gay unions that would make it the 29th US state to limit gay marriage rights.

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US state votes on gay union ban

Unions and parents accuse councils of undermining standards in nurseries by employing fewer teachers and more nursery nurses.

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Nursery teachers fall highlighted

US Airways Group said it has made deals with three unions at American Airlines, contingent on a possible merger of the two airlines.

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US Airways Strikes Deal With AMR’s Unions

One of the biggest teaching unions votes to join other public sector workers to challenge any government attempts to introduce regional pay.

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Teachers back regional pay battle

The two biggest teachers’ unions, the NUT and NASUWT, vote for strikes which could hit schools across the UK this summer and autumn.

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Teaching unions back more strikes

As a young labor organizer in Los Angeles, Antonio Villaraigosa worked for the city’s teachers, honing his political skills in the fight for a good contract. The union loved him back, supporting the Democrat’s election to the State Assembly, City Council and, finally, the mayor’s office he occupies today. Read full article > >

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Democratic mayors challenge teachers unions in urban political shift

Spanish unions are holding a general strike to protest against changes in labour law which the new government hopes will help cut unemployment

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VIDEO: Spanish strikers vent fury at ‘reforms’

A general strike is under way in Spain as unions oppose reforms the government says are essential to boost the economy.

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VIDEO: General strike under way in Spain

Unions representing public sector workers are appealing against a legal decision about how pensions are protected against inflation.

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Pension inflation move challenged

The romantic drama “The Vow” looks like the kind of annual Valentine’s Day staple that arrives just as calls start flooding flower shops and chocolate bonbon displays invade your local CVS. Not only do stars Channing Tatum and Rachel McAdams know their way around tearful breakups and torrential reunions (Two words: “ The Notebook ”), but the plot follows the familiar path of true love against all odds. Read full article > >

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Going Out Guide movie review: ‘The Vow’

Who says government can’t get anything right? It was just two years ago that the Supreme Court, in a landmark decision, scraped away decades of barnacled case law obscuring our beloved Constitution and unequivocally established the right of corporations, unions and wealthy individuals to spend as much money as they want to influence the outcome of elections. Read full article > >

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Forget super PACs. A modest proposal for legalizing bribery

“Be careful what you wish for,” goes the saying. More than a few Republicans are undoubtedly discovering the truth in it. Evil Knievel discovered this in 1974, when he tried to jump across the Snake River Canyon, making him the most famous motorcyclist ever. But back to the Republicans who, like Knievel, made elaborate plans for their daring feat. First, they demanded “conservative” judges who would cut back on government regulations allowing “free” citizens to do what they want. So, President Ronald Reagan and George H. Bush, and then W. nominated five “conservative” Supreme Court judges – Scalia, Kennedy, Thomas, Alito and Roberts. Culminating in the ultimate Republican and Neo-Con cout d’etat that equated corporations with people, those judges came together in their Citizens United decision, which opened the floodgates for unlimited, often anonymous cash into the political process by way of super PAC contributions. Then, by weakening or shutting down unions with fervor since 2010 in states including Wisconsin and Florida, Indiana and Ohio, Republican governors and legislators also sought to neutralize their Democratic counterweights. And by restricting voters in over a dozen states via laws mandating photo IDs, shortening early voting, and by threatening, in the name of fighting voter fraud, civic organizations such as the League of Women Voters with fines of $5,000 for registrars who got their paperwork wrong, Republicans sought to further narrow the voting pool. With this three-pronged strategy finally in place, and with the biggest Daddy Warbucks businessman soon to head the Republican ticket, what could go wrong? But this is where the story takes a sad, sad turn. Their plan was that the new money flooding into the political system was supposed to be aimed at Democrats. Instead, it has been spent to attack loyal Republicans. Republicans loaded their guns for Democratic bear – then shot themselves. How could this happen? One of the gazillionaires who was supposed to help fund the coming Republican tsunami decided he did not like a fellow gazillionaire, and instead funded an insurgency to the tune of $10 million in South Carolina and Florida. Even those $10 million, however, were no match for the front-running gazillionaire, who outspent his insurgent rival by 10 to 1 in Iowa. In South Carolina, that same gazillionaire outspent the insurgent by a mere 2 to 1 – and lost. So in Florida, the gazillionaire went all out, spending $15 million for a 4 to 1 advantage, burying his competitor.

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The Coming Republican Civil War

A £963,000 bonus in shares awarded to Royal Bank of Scotland boss Stephen Hester is strongly criticised by politicians and unions.

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Outrage at RBS boss’s bonus deal