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“Cash balance plans are not age-neutral." – Federal District Judge Shira A. Scheindlin
Lawsuit Info
To Join the Pension Suit: 1-800-849-5291
"If ignorance ever goes over forty dollars a barrel,
I want drilling rights to George Bush's head." – Jim Hightower
Send Karl Rove to Jail
POW, Former Classmate Exposes the Real McCain
"He barely managed to graduate, standing 5th from the bottom of...800"
News Links: Republican Congressman Caught in Corruption Scandal
"All of these are federal crimes"
McCain: Senator, Grow Up!
"Senator - you declared victory in Iraq, five years and nearly three months ago"
Voting Machines Can Never Be Trusted, Says GOP Computer Security Expert
"How our elections have been stolen and how they are going to be stolen again"
Duke Energy Settles Retaliation Lawsuit
"Duke Energy is still facing an antitrust lawsuit in U.S. District Court"
The Candidate We Still Don't Know
" 'McCain...forgets things he's said only hours or days before and is frequently just confused.' "
Sen. Bernie Sanders Can Fix Our Economic Crisis
"3 million have lost their pension"
Assault on the Middle Class
"Union members make almost 30 percent more than their nonunion counterparts"
DOL Targets Pension Plan Valuations
"Could result in a lawsuit against the plan"
Obama Strikes Back: 'It's Like These Guys Take Pride in Being Ignorant'
"More like this, please"
The War on the Working Class Marches on
"The old reverse Robin Hood -- watch out for your pension fund"
MOX Fuel Test Fails at Catawba Reactor
"Duke Energy informed the Nuclear Regulatory Commission that the test was halted"
Open Forum, Number Two - July 2008
"How many times has Duke Energy told you the whole truth – about anything?"
House Committee Holds Rove in Contempt!
"The campaign to Send Karl Rove to Jail just won a major victory this morning"
July Open Forum
"Duke runs hot and cold on retaining a knowledgeable staff"
How Wall Street Wrecked Your Retirement
"You can't call it a broken system because it was a bad one from the start"
Labor Dept. Enforcement Drops, Workers Cheated
" 'Simply put, this is theft. This is illegal,' said chairman George Miller"
Impeachment and Sending Karl Rove to Jail
"Liliana Segura Talks"
June Open Forum
"We have got to improve credibility with the employees"
House Speaker Pelosi Deems Bush ‘A Total Failure’
"God bless him, bless his heart, president of the United States, a total failure"
Impeachment Against Bush
"The case for war was based on fraud"
Bush claims Executive Privilege on CIA Leak
"If the vice president did nothing wrong, what is there to hide?"
Barack, Anyone to the Left of Mussolini is a Socialist
"You can't appease these people, so why try?"
Dear Senator Obama
"The difference is trust. Before you had it, now you don't"
Obama Supporters Cry Foul
"This is the first time I’ve ever seen him lie to us"
McCain Thinks the Recession is All in Our Heads
"McCain said most of the nation’s economic problems are “psychological”"
Woman Arrested at McCain Event for "McCain=Bush" Sign
"A 61-year-old librarian was ejected from an ostensibly public McCain campaign event"
Wall-E for President
"Drifting away from the leadership he promised and into the focus-group-tested calculation"
Employers use federal law to deny benefits
"The law has been used by employers as a shield against suits"
Memo to Obama: Moving to the Middle is for Losers
"The Obama campaign is making a very serious mistake"
Drowning in Pretend Patriotism
"Take that American flag off your lapel and replace it with...the Exxon or Chevron logo"
Olbermann Scolds Bush for Congratulating Himself for Sen. Webb's Bill
"Bush made a terrible mistake today"
The Onion: Bush Tours America to Survey Damage Caused by Presidency
"Bush will seek to comfort victims of his presidency"
Fred Fowler to Retire from Spectra
"Paul Anderson and Fred Fowler left Duke Energy with the Spectra spinoff"
Duke Energy Sued Over ‘Sham Deals’
"The payments...$22 million a year, are the focus of a federal antitrust lawsuit"
John McCain - Lost in Space
"Why do the controllers want this guy? Because he will be easy to manage."
A Fitting Tribute to George W. Bush
"An appropriate honor for a truly unique president"
West Siders Fight Duke Energy Tree Chopping
"If I could, I wouldn't even use their energy anymore, I'm so mad"
Duke Energy's Cliffside Plant will mean another 40 years of Coal Dependence
"We won't stand idle while...Halliburtion, Duke, and Enron rape our world for profit"
Burning Mad and burning Up
"The most infuriating part of the ordeal was the supervisors' cavalier responses"
Bush, Cheney, and Rice sink to lowest ratings ever
"Bush’s latest ratings are 24 percent positive and fully 75 percent negative"
'100 years to recover from Bush'
"It would be a 'novelty' to have an 'intelligent' person in the White House"
Super-Rich Acting Like 'Just Folks'
"It has become a cliché to say that we live in a new Gilded Age."
McCain Should Know Better
"This is a war you, and the President you support...conned this nation into"
Why Won't the Press Call Bush a Liar?
"This president is a liar. A shameless bold-face liar"
Dan Rather Slams Corporate News
"We used to have a better...term for 'message discipline.' We called it "stonewalling"
Once Again, Bush Sells Out the Middle Class
"Airbus was awarded a contract that will cost American taxpayers jobs and money"
America's Democratic Collapse
"The nation is on the verge of becoming a full-blown corporate state"
Young Hillary Clinton
"Never before seen footage of a Young Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama"
Obama Would Overturn Unconstitutional Executive Orders
"Obama promises his first act will be overturning the abuses of the Bush Administration"
USA Military Officers Challenge Official Account of September 11
"There is no way that a pilot would give up an airplane to hijackers"
Internet Attacked as Tool of Terror
- “Loser” Lieberman Rides Again -
A Land Where CEOs Have Stopped Smiling
"You are being paid as if you are superhuman...but you are not"
The Untapped Power of Shareholder Democracy
"Anyone owning at least $2,000 of company stock may file a shareholder resolution"
Workers Can Sue Firms Over Retaliation
"The US Supreme Court embraced an expansive view of certain civil rights laws"
McCain's Disregard for the Public on Iraq
"To lash out at Obama for being right is demonstrably ridiculous"
'Tis But Hillary's Flesh Wound
"A must-see Monty Python mash-up"
Bush’s Former Press Secretary Comes Clean
"Bush relied on 'propaganda' to sell the war"
Hillary’s Last Shot at VP
"Hillary is George W. Bush in a pantsuit"
Bush said he would bring down gasoline prices through sheer force of personality
"I would work with our friends in OPEC to convince them to open up the spigot"
The Prosecution of George W. Bush for Murder
"Impeachment alone would be a joke for what Bush did"
America's Top Executives Can't Lose
"CEOs can't lose, mainly because they take the bulk of their pay in stock"
Hillary, the Dead Parrot
"Is she the Dead Parrot? Or is she the Black Knight?"
Republicans are Busy Dying
"Most party leaders in Washington are stupid"
GOP Rep. Says Bush Is 'Absolutely Radioactive'
"Any Republicans close to the him will suffer"
Of War and Golf"Terrorism inside Iraq is your creation, Mr. Bush!"
GOP Stunned By Loss in Mississippi
"The loss has already shaken establishment Republicans in Washington"
Duke Energy 2008 Meeting of Shareholders
"Dozens of protesters were outside the shareholder meeting"
Monitor your pension closely
"Cash-balance conversions"
Autism Risk Linked To Distance From Power Plants
"A statistically significant association between autism risk and distance from the mercury source"
The Myths and Harsh Effects of Bush's Economic Class War
"The recession of 2001 never ended"
Disapproval of Bush Breaks Record
"The disapproval sets a new high for any president since Franklin Roosevelt"
Condi Must Go!
"This is your baby. Go do it."
Relentless Effort to Legalize Cash Balance Plans
"These lawsuits represent the employees' only hopes for restoring...losses caused by the unlawful wearaway"
Bush's public approval reaches new low
"Only 27 percent are happy with his job on the economy"
Duke Energy Pension Expert Report
"An expert report...was recently served on Duke Energy"
Duke Energy’s Record Breaking Lobbying Bill
"Duke has previously lobbied to legalize its cash balance plan"
Pension Payouts Are Shrinking
"New calculations will reduce lump-sum distributions"
Bill Clinton Has a Dream
"Bill Clinton napped through the service to honor Martin Luther King"
Duke Energy Deals Need Sunshine
"Setting up an unregulated subsidiary…to make payments to opponents of a rate increase"
Duke Energy Cash Balance Hearing
"An all day Duke Energy Cash Balance hearing was held"
IBM 401K (TDSP) Rollover
"IBM will knowingly steal from their employees...retirees."
Duke Energy Retirees Take an Insurance Hit
"What if all the ratepayers used Duke’s methods in paying their obligations?"
Attempted Rate Hike Leads to Pension Questions!
"It may even go down in history as the world’s worst rate increase attempt!"
Huge Age Discrimination Award
"Dillon was granted a huge age discrimination award by a Reno jury"
Protect Shareholder Rights
"It’s as if the foxes had been picking other foxes to guard the henhouse."
Bush on Global Warming
"Video of a kid doing a funny scene"
A Chip Off the Old Blockhead?
"Do you recall N. C. Sen. David Hoyle’s quest to reduce workers compensation benefits?"
The Electric Deregulation Nightmare
"I'm just working to pay a light bill"
Western District of North Carolina Sheriffs Bribed
"Potential to corrupt the criminal justice system in the Western District of North Carolina"
Duke Energy Cash Balance Lawsuit Action
"On July 12, a motion for partial summary judgment was filed on behalf of employees"
2007 Employee Opinion Survey
"There is a new spin on the 2007 Employee Opinion Survey:"
To Beat the Devil
"I guess I'll die explaining how the things that they complain about, Are things they could be changin'"
Video: A Question of Corruption
"Drug companies had a deep hand in steering the Medicare prescription drug bill"
Penetrating News For Pension Plunderers
"In three of those cases, the cash balance plans were found to be illegal."
The Bush library: who needs it?
"I guess we should be pleased that the Kennedy assassination happened in Dallas!"
Strange Bedfellows
"The prosecutor was romantically involved and owned a home with the company’s lobbyist"
Peace, Justice and a Clean Energy Revolution
"What coal, nuclear and...ethanol all have in common...powerful corporations control them"
Duke Works Both Sides of Climate Issue
"Duke is trying to suit up for both teams"
Supreme Court Declines to Hear IBM Pension Case
"The Court also chose not to hear Saville v. IBM, 06-407, a retaliation case"
Duke Energy Employees Win Round One!
"Next to be decided will be the motion for class certification."
Obscene Executive Pay Under Fire
"He negotiated a $210 million retirement package on his way out!"
Video: Gerald Ford Blasted Bush and Cheney
Video: Bush Illegally Silences Critic of Iran Policy
Video: Is bush an idiot?
Citigroup Cash Balance Plan is Age Discriminatory
"Cash balance plans are not age-neutral."
Ex-Enron Execs Off to the Big House
"All time jerk Jeffery Skilling will begin his 24-year sentence next month"
Ex-Energy Traders Settle with CFTC
"Michael Whalen is a former Cinergy, which is now Duke Energy, trader."
Nurses Beat Pension Freeze
"UMass Memorial Medical Center employees rejected a pension freeze and a 401 (k)"
$1.6 Billion for Duke Energy Asbestosis Claims
"There is just no money to pay asbestosis claims, now run along and play in traffic"
New Duke Pension Lawsuit Files Added
"Opposition to Defendants’ Motion for Transfer"
First Duke Energy Pension Hearing
"Duke Energy’s motion for a change of venue"
Late 2006 Duke Energy Waiver
"Duke Energy is once again allowing some employees to volunteer to be laid off"
White House must face Duke Energy again
"The harmful agenda shared by the administration and Duke"
Ruth Shaw Will Not Leave Broke
"Ruth Shaw will get $25,000 a month for three years for consulting for two years."
Advertising Terrorism
"Yours is the least competent government, in time of crisis, in this country's history!"
Keith Olbermann Goes On the Attack Against Bush "I will be damned if you can get away with calling me the equivalent of a Nazi appeaser"
SavetheInternet.com
"Congress is pushing a law that would abandon the Internet's First Amendment"
Aide Says White House Mocked Evangelicals
"Christian leaders…described as ridiculous, out of control, and just plain goofy"
Video: WNCNN - Episode 1 - NC Rep. Charles Taylor
"If you leave, you can't come back"
Feds Probe Trip That Kolbe Made With Pages
"He was ‘creeped out by it’…there was a lot of ‘fawning, petting and touching’ "
Duke Energy Wants Customers to Take All the Risk
"I'm very concerned they're trying to shift all the risk to the rate payers"
Animation: GOP 2.0
"Instant Messaging To Victory"
Duke Energy Exec Benefits From Options Timing
"I guess this is God trying to make up for half of what I lost at BHP"
CBS Poll: GOP Put Politics Over Safety
"Republican leaders put their own political interests ahead of the safety of congressional pages"
A Special Comment About Lying
"You want to preserve a political party's power. And...you'll sell this country out, to do it."
Cleaning House?
"Our investigation looks at the collision of political and ethical decision-making in Washington"
- Rep. Boehner is lying again (his mouth is open) -
Resign, Mr. Speaker
"Boehner…said he was informed of the e-mail messages earlier this year"
The Abominable IBM Pension Ruling
"This cheating…of older workers was accomplished by…cash balance pension plans"
Duke Energy Tinkers with Cash Balance Plan
"The miniscule changes are hardly worth calling an enhancement"
IBM Age-Bias Lawsuit Reinstated
"This will allow tens of thousands of employees potentially to sue...for age discrimination"
Challenging the Culture of Obedience "We have many more enemies bent on our destruction than before our invasion of Iraq"
PricewaterhouseCoopers, Audit Thyself!
"If the pension plan were to be disqualified, the results would be potentially nuclear"
Greasing the Legislative Wheels
"Duke Energy...made about $59,000 in political contributions to NC legislators"
Four Duke Energy Contractors Injured
"The employees were cleaning coal ash out of a boiler"
Northwest Offers Dumpster Diving Tips
"They want us to sell our cars, our houses, go to food banks"
Workers Suffer, Yet Many Refuse to Vote
"Sometimes a company's obligation for a single executive's pension approaches $100
million"
Retirement Security Needs Defined Benefit Pensions
"Teresa Ghilarducci, Professor of Economics, University of Notre Dame"
Rep. Bernie Sanders Fights for Pensions
"Single-party rule must come to an end"
Cash Balance Plans Equal Smaller Pensions
"Most workers…get lower…benefits when…employers switch…to cash-balance plans"
The Pension Piñata
"Boehner, fought hard for basically lifting the ban, and won"
Effort to Retroactively Legalize Cash Pensions
"Boehner-tried mightily but failed to retroactively legalize cash-balance conversions"
The Bad Pension Bill
"It even permits sleight-of-hand accounting"
Duke Energy Ordered to Surrender Trading Tapes
"The defendants have been so resistant to producing these tapes"
2006 Employee Opinion Survey
"Employees fully understand that their deferred compensation was sacrificed"
The Art of Greasing the Palm
"Mr. Lowery taught him the right way to do it: hand over the envelope in the hallway "
PENSION BILL A HUGE MISSED OPPORTUNITY
"It also contains harmful provisions that allow plans to break pension promises"
Senate Passes Flawed Pension Bill
"Allows Cuts In Vested Benefits, Undermines Pension Plans"
Duke Energy’s Coal Mining Disaster
"Finally, a Duke Power employee shot miner Lawrence Jones in the face"
HOUSE LEADERSHIP INVOKES “MARTIAL LAW”
"It represents a further step in reducing the degree of transparency and democracy"
Video: Rep. George Miller Blasts Congress on Pensions
"We called those people criminals. Here we call them legislators"
Elizabeth Dole Flounders
"If the corporate lobbyists want it, Dole and Burr try to deliver it"
NC Sen. David Hoyle Can’t Abide Ethics Reform
"We can't vote for this kind of stuff"
Duke Energy Market Manipulation Lawsuit
"The fallout continues from...trying to become another Enron."
Goodbye and Good Riddance to Lotus Notes
" 'Saving storage space' does have a better ring to it than 'destroying potential evidence.' "
Boehner Blows Amnesty Prediction
"The very next day, Boehner declared that the bill was all but dead"
EEOC Pension Assistance Appreciated
"Duke Energy employees can now seek pension justice without taking any financial risk."
SC Justices Unanimously Order Pension Refunds
"Any legal fees will not come out of the pension refunds"
$23 Million Settlement in Pension Suit
"The corporations were charged in 2004 with issuing false and misleading statements."
Video: CNN Airs Bush Speech Too Early!
- Watch as Bush Explains the Intricacies of Immigration -
Chairmen, CEO’s and Vampires
"Two corporations in a row have wanted Paul Anderson back."
IBEW International Organizer
"It makes me sick as to how the Duke Energy employees are getting shafted"
Rep. Sanders on Cash Balance Pension Plans
"Why not convert your own pensions into cash balance schemes?"
House Approves Miller’s Cash Balance Motion
"Pensions are not a gift from employers. Workers earn their pensions"
Elizabeth Dole and Richard Burr Against Pensions
"I am so angry with Elizabeth Dole I can't see straight"
Xerox Loses Pension Appeal
"Xerox owes the employees between $35 million and $50 million."
Fleet Cash Balance Class Action Green Light
"Evidently, executives do not like to have their pensions taken away either."
Crooked Energy CEO Gets 18 Years
"If they are not raiding the pension fund, they are cooking the books"
Duke Energy Squeezes ALL Cinergy Employees
"Duke Energy is trying to cripple the Cinergy unions from day one."
Duke Energy Wants to Outsource Cinergy Jobs
"The laid off employees were the replacement vendors!"
Cinergy Union Workers Ready to Strike
"The North Carolina Utilities Commission should block the merger"
North Carolina Utilities Commission
"Telephone Number: (919) 733-7300"
What Really Happened to Your Pension
"Why has no corporation ever started a cash balance plan from scratch?"
$1.13 Million Bonus for Fred Fowler
"Securities and Exchange Commission form 8-K"
Positive Layoff Echoes
"Only a fool would choose the cash balance plan."
Another Hollow Duke Energy Program
"Paul Anderson is a pension plunder perpetrator perpetuator"
Three Labor Unions at Cinergy
"Cinergy employees have said that they are blessed with three labor unions"
Suit Claims Duke Energy Pension Changes Hurt Employees
"The lawsuit...resembles a landmark discrimination and pension suit against IBM"
Duke Workers Claim Unfairness in Changes to Pension
"$258,000 under the old plan…under the new plan…$129,000"
Duke Energy Pension Suit Seeks Class-Action Status
"Duke Energy committed age discrimination and violated pension laws"
Duke Sued Over Pension Plan
"Duke's cash-balance plan harmed older workers in violation of federal laws"
Duke Energy Age Discrimination Lawsuit
"I can assure you, it ain't a trivial lawsuit."
Pension Lawsuit Filed Against Duke Energy!
"Duke Energy executives tried to pretend that there were no complaints about the...conversion"
Ruth Shaw Scratches Back of Wachovia Executive
"She heads the compensation committee of the Wachovia board"
John Boehner is Death to Pensions
"John Boehner parrot’s the exact words of corporate pension lobbyists."
The Empty Promise of Deregulation
"The public has no interest in playing bait-and-switch games to try to save a few pennies"
Shock Treatment Recommended for Duke Power Executives
"The executives at Duke Power should be hijacked by pirates and given shock treatments"
180 Million Reasons to Promote a Merger
"Duke will keep 84 percent of the total savings"
‘Whooshing’ Judge Thompson Wins Delay
"Who is better qualified to exploit every possible legal maneuver than an ex-judge?"
It’s Official – Workers Lose with Cash Balance Plans
"Cash balance age discrimination charges against Duke Energy are still open"
What Happened at the HR2830 Mark Up?
"There were no protections for early retirees."
Whistleblower Awarded $1.5 Million
"An interesting point is that Tom Sun was never fired or suspended from his job."
The Power Poles Versus The Trees
"I think that I shall never see A power pole lovely as a tree."
Strike at Northern Tool & Equipment
"This company has been nonunion for a long time, and they treat these people like dogs"
Cinergy Employees Will Keep Benefits
"Cinergy employees will keep their benefits, at least for a while"
$314 Million Pension Settlement
"The IBM cash balance conversion discriminated against older workers."
Mr. Smith Goes to Raleigh
"S984 is...so bad that it cannot be salvaged."
Money for Nothing
"How nice it is to have big brothers in high places"
Paul Anderson’s Tax Proposal
"Why do executives...begrudge employees the pensions...they have already earned?"
Duke Energy’s $1.6 Billion for Asbestos Claims
"Even the insurance, called 'finite risk,' has proven to be controversial."
Gaming Executive Compensation
"Will he truly be happy if people say 'Duke is not as scandalous as it used to be'?"
IRS Faults Bank of America’s Pension Plan
"The Bank of America pension plan may have violated the IRS anti-cutback rule"
Frankenstein's Monster Haunts Duke
"The US Supreme Court hinted that it might revive a price-fixing lawsuit"
Elaine Chao’s Pension Spin
"She started off with true statements to lure in the gullible and uniformed."
New Link: The-Catbird-Seat.net
- The Great Nest Egg Robberies -
New Cash Balance Plan Lawsuit
"PNC reduced my benefit to a lump-sum just slightly in excess of $12,000. I feel cheated."
Verify New Medical Coverage
"Cheaper does not necessarily mean better."
Woman Freezes to Death After Power Cut
"Elizabeth Verdin, 89, froze to death after Duke Power cut off her electricity"
Broken Pension Promise Lawsuit
"Employees need to retain an attorney the very day they start work."
Employee Wins CIGNA Pension Case
"The law doesn't allow companies to cut benefits retroactively."
Another Pension Class Action Settlement
"A cash balance plan is like being in the middle of the ocean - in a rubber raft"
The Rise and Fall of Rick Priory
"Well, Priory was wrong"
Bank Robbery 101
"For many employees, a cash balance conversion effectively terminates their pension"
Another Pension Settlement by IBM
"A vote for a corporate lapdog is a vote for no pension."
Congress Hears of Duke’s Pension
"Cash balance plans are age discriminatory"
Video: The Protected bin Ladens
"The bin Laden Family Had US Guardians"
Georgia-Pacific Settles Pension Lawsuit
"Additional pension benefits of $67 million dollars will be paid."
All Hands - 2003
"Ms. Shaw stated that executives feel the Duke criticism personally."
NBR Cash Balance Interview
"But employees at...AT&T and Duke Energy, are still fighting to save their...pensions."
Intimidation by FERC Alleged
"[T]hey were instructed not to discuss their allegations...faced federal prison if they did"
Padewer Gets Award Before the Ax
"Mr. Padewer was always talking about his ´Rules For The Road.´ "
Suing for Breach of Implied Contract
"[E]mployment-at-will relationships have fallen into disfavor"
NRC Employees Worried About Safety
"[W]orkers expressed concern about the nuclear industry influencing regulations."
Report Cites Enronlike Trades
"Companies...showing possible Death Star activity included Duke Energy and Williams Cos."
Too Much Pension Irony!
"If the plans were not illegal to start with, why would they need to be legalized now?"
She Did Not Want to Eat Cat Food
"She calculated that I.B.M.´s pension changes would cost her $400,000."
Cash Balance Can be Beaten
"Winston retired…with…$400,000, compared with the $181,00…cash balance"
Duke Hit with New Lawsuit
"These defendants conspired with the other defendants…reporting false information"
The Energy Trading Death Spiral
"We´re in a death spiral for energy trading"
Duke Power Understated Profits
"Coley approved a move…reclassified expenses would not reduce bonus programs"
Duke Energy Shooting, Brawl Update
"Fighting broke out only after an out-of-state worker...pulled a gun"
Regrowing a Spine
"American workers should be fighting mad right about now."
From Millions to 11 Cents Per Hour
"Former convicts say many illusions are broken the first day."
Cash Balance Plans Still Under Investigation
"IG estimated that workers are being underpaid between $85 million and $199 million annually"
NRC Acknowledges Nuclear Plant Attack Threat
"The NRC also is...taking into account for the first time a possible suicide attack by a large aircraft"
´We Are Not All Crooks´
Duke Energy, Dynegy, and Reliant Resources Admit to Round -Trip Trading
Controversy After Nuclear Shutdown
"State officials say the casks may be vulnerable to terrorist attack."
Quietly Florida Admits 2000 Election Fraud
"Many voters said their votes didn´t count or they were turned away from poll"
Duke´s Deadly, Dirty Air
"Study ties utilities to future dirty air deaths."
NRC, Duke Have Doubts About MOX
"This is a process and a plan with a lot of questions that need to be answered."
Workers Bring Contamination to Duke!
Hot particles from Ohio found in SC, VA, TX, a home, a hotel, and a Duke plant!
Nuclear Code Red
Casualties from a worst-case scenario would dwarf those of the WTC.
Harvey Padewer at Secret Energy Meetings
Harvey Padewer had a one-on-one meeting with the energy secretary.
Nuclear Payola
The industry is hoping the trips to caverns and casinos will help secure Congress´ approval.
Crashing Planes and Meltdowns
"The NRC has admitted that even a crash at the auxiliary electrical or cooling
facilities could trigger a core meltdown." - U.S. Rep. Edward J. Markey
Power Plants and Lung Cancer
AT&T Pension Lawsuit
Worthless Ethics Policies
Duke´s Non-Benefits
A Corporate Fear of Too Much Truth
Duke Denial
Mr. Priory´s $100 Million Freudian Slip
The Enron Lobbying Matrix
Rats On a Sinking Ship
Bush, Duke, and Enron
Rick Priory´s ´Fun Ride´
Legalized Bribery
A Scandal So Good That It Hurts
Duk-ron?
EEOC Can Ignore Arbitration Deals
"We Will Hit All U.S. Nuclear Targets"
Asbestos Deaths Have Not Peaked
CEO Gets Jail Time Over Pension Funds
Employee´s Right to Have a Witness
When a Workplace Dispute Goes Very Public
Firms Wary of Challenging Asbestos Claims
May You Live in Interesting Times
Mad As Hell
Lake Sites Went Cheap to Crescent Execs
Onan Gives it Up; Employees Win
Court Strikes Down Xerox´s Cash Balance
Duke Energy Will Not Retaliate
Cash Balance Whipsaw Victories
See No Evil, Hear No Evil
Downsizing Unhealthy for Remaining Employees
Utility Employees Win Over Drug Test
Editorial (Nuclear) War
Court Issues Pension Restraining Order
I Am Not a Crook
The $3,880 Megawatt-Hour
Yahoo Posters Can Stay Anonymous
Your Boss Could Be Analyzing Your Blood
Three Overtime Lawsuits Against Duke Energy
Power Executives Score Big Bonuses
Duke Energy´s Ethics Examined – Again
Duke Energy May Face Criminal Charges
No cap put on harassment pay
Duke Energy Confirms Price Gouging
Company Owned ´Shrinks´
Letter From Duke Energy´s MOX Fuel Project Manager
Power Lines, Soot, and Cancer
GAO Writes Harkin on ´Misleading´ Sentence in Cash Balance Plan Ergs
Medicare (Tell It Like It Is, Brother!)
Power Companies Capitalizing on Information to "Manipulate the World..."
More For Senior Management, Less For Employees
Duke Energy Feels Your Pain?
Duke Energy and Piedmont Natural Gas
Draconian Predictions From William M. Mercer
U. S. Justice Department Sues Duke Energy
Ease fears of those who are left (Duke)
Election Hearing Too Hot To Handle?
Court Considers if Employer Can Force Pledge Not to Sue
Feathering Corporate Nests (Duke Energy)
Duke Energy: Brainwashing at an Early Age
Employees confer with Labor Department on pensions
New cancer link to power lines
Charlotte, N.C., Nuclear Plants´ (Catawba, McGuire) Design Causes Concern
Duke Energy Investigated for Price Gouging
Everyone Wants a Piece of the Action
Pension Rules Tacked Quietly on Trade Bill Portend Vast Changes (1995)
Pension Cutbacks in GATT Legislation Scare Pre-Retirees and Bewilder Experts (1994)
GATT Law to Squeeze U.S. Pensions (1994)
Veteran politicians enjoy sweet retirement package
Duke Energy Settles Labor Department Claims of Discrimination (1999)
Feathering the Nest Egg
The American Bar Association and Cash Balance Plans
Good Riddance! - September "Directions"
The Phantom of the Pension Fund
Stop corporate schemes to undermine pension benefits
Why ERIC is Screaming
Commonwealth Edison, IBEW, and Pensions
Benefits Were Protected by ERISA
Our Mortal Enemy: ERIC
CASH BALANCE PENSION PLANS
Wal-Mart Fires Employee For Helping Blind Customers
Greed of the Fatcats
The Pension Plan for Congress
Pension Revolt Catches Fire
Lottery Benefits - Holidays - Team Nuclear
Pension War of 1999
Setting the Rest of the World Straight
Paying the Price for Greed and Arrogance
Management vs. Shareholders
US Treasury Proposes To Ban "Wear Away" in Pension Conversions
Contracts Improve Pensions (IBEW versus Cash Balance Plans)
US Treasury Wants to Yank Tax-Exempt Status of Some Pensions
U. S. Companies Pad Profits From Pension Funds
Now You Can Pay To Suck Up!
Companies Find Host Of Subtle Ways to Pare Retirement Payouts
"Mr. Smith Goes to Washington"
Eating Their Words!
"We wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places."
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