Written on July 31, 2010 by admin
Filed Under: Labor Law
Should labor organize a million man/woman march on Washington,DC during the Spring of 2009? Yes, it should!
What is the labor I am referring to? Well, consider the unions that are left in the country such as the automotive unions, the Teamsters, the United Mine Workers, etc now consider the 2 million plus individuals who have lost jobs during 2008. Next, consider those that will lose jobs during the first quarter of 2009, let’s say may another 500,000 to 750,000 individuals. Next throw in the families of all the unemployed. Yes, I would say that a million man/woman March on Washington, D.C. is possible and needed!
It is needed to show those entrenched Washington politicians who are in the pockets of the corporations who they really work for and who they really should fear. Yes, I said fear!
You see during the 1800s corporations were not as powerful as they are today. Don’t get me wrong there were plenty of battles between labor and private detectives, law enforcement and the military but corporations had a limited life span, they were chartered for a set number of years and for a particular purpose. In Santa Clara v. Southern Pacific Railroad where the Supreme Court Reporter inserted that coporations had 14th amendment rights. Here is where everything started to change and the corporations became more powerful. The 14th amendment passed after the Civil War gave freed slaves equal protection under the law and due process of laws.Now it was applied to corporations. Corporations had the right to challenge regulatory laws, they had the right to challenge any attempt to limit their “lifespan”. So what does that mean? Take a look around at these corporations, some global in nature, that have grown so big they are considered by politicians as “to big to fail”. Another issue is that the board of directors of a corporation owes a duty to the shareholders to make as much money as possible. This is why we are in the present situation.
Greed, it is all about greed and power. These corporations want to suck every nickel they can out of the American consumer. The credit card companies really do not wish for the American consumer to get out of debt. Think about it, if everyone in America suddenly cut uo their credit cards and refused to use them ever again. Do you think the credit card companies, which are publicly traded, might have a problem? Do you think they care about you or your families? They don’t! If there were civil unrest these mega millionaires would be on a flight out of the country and to Switzerland.
But back to the March, do you think it would send a message to the politicians and their corporate masters. Time is running short to take back the country. It is time to place people before profits. It is time to make sure that no one in America is homeless. It is time to make sure that no one in America goes to bed hungry. It is time to make sure that everyone has health insurance just like the members of Congress. Again, people should come before profits!
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Copyright, All rights reserved by Timothy Foster, 2008.
Mr. Foster holds a B.A. in Political Science, a B.A. in Legal Studies and a J.D. in Law. Mr. Foster is a member of The Florida Bar and practices primarily in the areas of criminal defense with a special emphasis on defending D.U.I.s and in the area of Family Law. He maybe reached at 561-616-8700 7 days a week. Feel free to visit his blog at http://floridaduidefense.blogspot.com or his website at www.duilawyerofpalmbeach.com or www.expungemyfloridaarrest.com.
Written on July 17, 2010 by admin
Filed Under: Labor Law
Why should you make a Foray into the Law Profession?
It must be the time for you to choose the right career for yourself. You may be thinking and looking for all the career options that are available for you. You must have set some criteria for the professions according to which you will be looking for a career for yourself. If you are looking for a job that is exciting, challenging, that can provide you with good finance and give you personal satisfaction then the legal profession can be a good option for you. The legal profession will fill all your requirements and you will be able to land on a good career. Entering the legal profession will allow you to choose from different areas of law and in different work environments.
Various Legal Career Options
The experienced lawyer A. Harrison Barnes who has created his own legal job recruiting firm named Legal Authority.com, suggests you that legal profession is a very good option because you have different option open to choose from. Legal profession is not limited to lawyers or judges only. There are many other areas where you can pursue a legal career like paralegals, legal secretaries, jury consultant, e-discovery professional, trial consultant, court reporter, legal nurse consultant, compliance specialist, litigation support professional, and mediator. These legal areas will also provide you with decent salaries.
Various Legal Practice Areas
Even if you choose to become a lawyer, A. Harrison Barnes asks you to choose a particular area of law where you can continue your legal career such as corporate law, bankruptcy law, real property law, business law, criminal law, consumer law, tax law, worker’s compensation law, social security law, labor law, insurance law, probate law, family law and many other areas to choose from. The choice is completely yours. You can even get to know about the area of law that you are thinking about while working as an intern during the summer internships for law students that are provided by the college.
Finance
According to A. Harrison Barnes legal profession is one of the biggest money making industry today. Rising salaries and healthy revenues is the result of the double digit growth that is seen in the past few years. This means that studying law will bring you the ability to earn huge salary. But the salary you receive depends on many factors which includes the field of law you are working in, the practice area you are in, your experience, the law school you have studied from, the degree you have and the location you are working in. The main thing is that high job compensation asks for more skill and education that is required to perform the law job.
The lawyers and the judges are the ones who are highly paid in the legal profession say A. Harrison Barnes. It is so because of the high education that they receive during their law school days. Apart from lawyers and judges, the people who are working in the high ranking management position like the legal firm administrators and the litigation support directors. The legal software consultants, e-discovery specialists and trial consultants are also the ones who earn huge salaries by providing the legal industry with consulting services. The largest legal firms start their salary range from $150,000 to $180,000. The partners at these law firms earn an average salary of $1.2 million.
Other experienced legal professionals earn salary that ranges between $30,000 and $ 100,000 per year. The legal secretaries, magistrates, mediators, contract administrators, paralegals, court reporters, litigation support professionals, legal nurse consultant, law clerks and other courtroom personnel fall under this pay scale category. These non-lawyers are very successful to gain good financial rewards in the profession of law says A. Harrison Barnes.
The people who fall under the lowest pay scale category are the fresher who have just joined the legal positions and people who are in the legal position that require minimum skill and training. They are the file clerks, court messengers, document coders along with fresh legal assistants, litigation support personnel, law clerks and legal secretaries. They will earn more and more salary once they start gaining experience in their legal professions. So you can choose from any of the legal profession that meets your financial requirements.
Apart from the above mentioned points about the benefit of having a legal career there are many other things that can attract you to have a legal career. The legal industry has seen a consistent growth in the recent years. And the growth is continuously increasing with the passing time. Thus you have the assurance of job after you are out of your law school.
Legal profession is A. Highly reputable career field, and it is regarded as an elite and highly paid profession, says lawyer A. Harrison Barnes.
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