National Labor Relations Board

  • Dutch Pension Plan Blacklists Walmart

    By Marlene Y. Satter, AdvisorOne  |  January 6, 2012

    The largest pension fund in the Netherlands, Algemeen Burgerlijk Pensioenfonds, with more than $300 billion in assets, has washed its hands of Walmart, divesting itself of shares in its longtime investment and citing the company's poor labor practices and anti-union position as its reasons.

  • Does Anyone Have a Real Economic Plan?

    By Nicole Gelinas  |  July 26, 2011

    Going into next year’s election, President Obama is in a heap of trouble over the economy. Some evidence: in June, only 29 percent of the people who participated in a Wall Street Journal / NBC News poll thought the country was “headed in the right direction.”

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