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'Landstory' name opens new chapter for firm
July 24, 2010
Scott OlsonMoniker reflects ownership change years earlier, better description of company's focus.
MoreFormer Huntington National Bank exec alleges age discrimination
November 28, 2009
Peter SchnitzlerMichael Lewis, 53, filed a complaint with the Indianapolis office of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity
Commission Aug. 13 and sued Huntington Oct. 15 in Marion Superior Court.
MoreIndiana State Bar Association names new president
November 14, 2009
IBJ StaffBingham McHale partner Roderick Morgan has been named president of the association. He is the first black lawyer to lead the
ISBA.
MoreHigh-ranking WellPoint exec stepping down
August 11, 2009
J.K. WallWellPoint Inc.'s internal audit and chief compliance officer - and highest-ranking black executive - will leave the company
later this month, according to a companywide e-mail sent out yesterday.
MoreMinority suppliers diversifying into life sciences
July 6, 2009
Scott OlsonThe Indiana Minority Supplier Development Council has made life sciences companies its latest target—part of an even
larger effort to attract minorities to the burgeoning life sciences industry under
way on a national scale.
MoreEight former employees who say firings were racially motivated agree to $2.75M settlement from Lottery
May 18, 2009
Peter SchnitzlerThe Hoosier Lottery has agreed to pay $2.75 million to settle a lawsuit filed by eight black former employees who claim racial
discrimination motivated their firing four years ago.
MoreIndy Gen-X group to tout city to out-of-town recruits
April 20, 2009
Kathleen McLaughlinIndyHub, the city's young professionals network, will launch a new Web site, circlingthecity.com, to pique the interest of
out-of-towners who are being recruited by local companies.
MoreIndiana Farm Bureau Insurance offers flexible work schedule, lactation room for nursing mothers
April 13, 2009
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MoreMinority, women contracts rise for Convention Center project
March 30, 2009
Anthony SchoettleThe hiring of minority- and women-owned
businesses to work on the $275 million Indiana Convention Center expansion is far ahead of state requirements and has surpassed
rates that were registered for the $715 million Lucas Oil Stadium project.
MoreGirl Scouts taught lifelong lessons
March 2, 2009
Rebecca BaerSome of Indiana's most high-profile women have something in common beyond their gender and community status: They were Girl
Scouts.
MoreCelebrate contemporary heroes, too
February 23, 2009
Mickey MaurerWhen it comes time to celebrate African-American History month, wouldn't we be better served with profiles of young, living
role models we can talk to—heroes who can talk to us? Let me submit for your consideration Mercy Obeime.
MoreSome female small-biz owners anticipate boost from changes by new administration
February 9, 2009
Della PachecoSome local women business owners are encouraged by the election of President Barack Obama and his appointment of a new chief
at the Small Business Administration who is thought to be especially interested in the needs of women-owned businesses.
MoreSiegel's NASCAR future in doubt after merger
November 24, 2008
Anthony SchoettleChip Ganassi's NASCAR team is teaming with Dale Earnhardt Inc. where Max Siegel has served as president of global operations
since early 2007, and the former Baker & Daniels attorney may be among many laid off in the merger.
MoreBloomington wins recognition for being gay-friendly
November 17, 2008
A national newsmagazine for the gay and lesbian community has named Bloomington as its top U.S. small-town vacation destination.
MoreIce Miller's Lacy says Obama's election will help businesses be more unified
November 10, 2008
Ice Miller LLP partner Lacy Johnson, who helped organize Ill. Democratic Sen. Barack Obama's presidential campaign here, said
the election represents an opportunity for businesses to move beyond labels.
MoreChange begins with everyone, not just Obama
November 10, 2008
Bruce HetrickSen. Barack Obama's election and call for change and hope, as well as Ind. Gov. Mitch Daniels' re-election after
dramatic changes, shows that Americans can become successful again.
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These quaint,obsessed musings by the stalkers are certainly entertaining, but I'm trying to figure out what, if anything, all the yelping below has to do with Zak Brown.
It's evident that Moffett was pushing the right buttons and corporate America is now trying to squash him. He just wanted to withdraw the free pilot services provided to the company by the pilots to try and put some pressure on a company that has not been interested in negotiating a contract in over 5 years. The company does not provide a contract because not having one has saved them a bundle of money. Shame on any Republic pilots not standing behind their union leader just because things are getting tough, can you not see such strategic moves by the company as putting the last union president in a corporate position and into THEIR pocket. Do you really believe the last union president is so appalled at the attempts by Moffett, do you not remember his oppositions to the company? We stood behind him. It has been proven over and over again for thousands of years without fail, a man cannot serve two masters. Anyone that believes people vote contrary to their paycheck and livelihood deserve to be taken advantage of, the recent statements by the former union president are laughable as he denounces the current union president from his new corporate position. Have you ever seen a drafted sports player score points for his previous team, it cannot be done, he is not on the pilots side anymore, he gets his money a different way now than you and I do, and he should not be allowed to remain on the seniority list. A drafted player brings strength, credibility, tactical knowledge, and a strategic advantage to his NEW team, he would not be drafted or paid were it otherwise. We are all forced to choose only one side to play for and support, not doing so has many references in life such as insider trading and shaving points, all illegal for good reason. This basic fact is why corporate moguls, scientist, and engineers all sign non-discloser agreements and non-compete clauses, as protection in case they are lured into switching sides as our former union president has done. No NFL coach ever drafted a player so that both teams could benefit and better understand each other, they are recruited to win the game against that former team, period. Likewise the company does not recruit the former union president by accident or mutual understanding, its strategy. Don't confuse playing the game with good sportsman-like conduct in support of common business and prosperity goals, with the requirement to only play for one side. Good men we all love and favor fall subject to this manipulation, often without their knowledge, and it is not a betrayal of their friendship to oppose them when they switch sides. If we did not love and trust them, they would not have been chosen and lured to the other side in the first place. The deception by the drafted player is not made at a conscious level, it's just human nature and it's all about money and power which corrupts our ability to be objective and loyal to two masters. This is why our court system created the defense attorney, and why our military created counter intelligence. Its strategy and its propaganda, and it works, and that's why the "powers to be" manipulate the chess pieces by sometimes changing their colors. Some players know they are being manipulated when their color is changed, but it brings them more money and power so they do not care. The rest have good intentions but do not even realize they are being manipulated. This tactic is also known by another name, Divide and Conquer. In battle sending an imperfect message with an imperfect team is obviously not ideal, but it's still being sent by YOUR team, your union leader, a leader that has common goals and common rewards with you, they are the best, because we have elected them to do a job for us. If you are not backing Moffett but believing the spin by those that have recently switched sides, you are taking food out of your own mouth. Showing unity and backing an imperfect situation still results in taking just as much ground, it's about unity and bargaining power. It's not necessary to wait around for that perfect attack because it will never come, the company will spin and attempt to destroy anyone that gets in their way. Ultimately it's not about any specific attack anyway, ASAP or whatever it makes no difference, it is and always has been only about power. If this company cared about safety it would not build pairings with 8 hour overnights, come on, are you that naive? Besides, do you really think Hoffa cares, no, he got a call from corporate America and was squeezed into denouncing Moffett. If he didn't they would spin the safety card against him and the Teamsters National with implication for truckers, future contracts, insurance rates etc...saying something like the Teamsters use safety as a bargaining chip, blah blah blah... Do you really think any pilot is going to do something unsafe for the contract, absolutely not, the only ones threatening safety here is the company with reduced rest, fatigue, and poverty. Do you not find it odd that Hoffa and the Teamsters are opposing a Teamster president publicly? Would the Teamsters National not normally support and work with one of their own? Why did they not sit down and help him strategize, correct any mistakes, and charge ahead? Would the Teamsters National not normally support and leverage a contract for all those pilots that have been paying Teamster dues, isn't that why we have all been paying Teamster dues in the first place? I sure haven't been paying dues so that the Teamsters National could come along and write this kind of an article undercutting our union leader and our unity. Whose side is the Teamsters National really on, it's obviously not the Republic pilots side.
No matter what Moffatt does the company is going to spin it like he is the terrorist and brainwash people like you into believing it, wake up, back your players that are trying to change things for you and your livelihood. Where has Hoffa been for the last 6 years, except collecting our dues. Seriously, do you really think an FO going for upgrade, signed off by a checkairman ready for the upgrade, who then fails, is not even capable of returning as a First Officer.
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