Working Life

A reader sent along a link to a reprint from HR Magazine, a pro-management newsletter. The article looks at the state of labor. I didn’t find most of the analysis very interesting or new particularly the section about the AFL-CIO versus Change To Win, and the management quotes were pretty standard fare. This little snippet, […]

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A reader sent along a link to a reprint from HR Magazine, a pro-management newsletter. The article looks at the state of labor. I didn’t find most of the analysis very interesting or new particularly the section about the AFL-CIO versus Change To Win, and the management quotes were pretty standard fare. This little snippet, […]

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Jack London wrote a famous essay about scabs–those would be the low-lifes who break a strike. Which is what I thought about when I found out yesterday that two people linked closely to the labor movement had crossed the pickets lines of the Writers Guild of America. Follow this story and you will be, hopefully, […]

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Jack London wrote a famous essay about scabs–those would be the low-lifes who break a strike. Which is what I thought about when I found out yesterday that two people linked closely to the labor movement had crossed the pickets lines of the Writers Guild of America. Follow this story and you will be, hopefully, […]

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    Back in October, I wrote about the Beast of Bentonville’s propensity to figure out all sorts of dodges around paying taxes. Don’t you love it–Wal-Mart talks about being part of the community but only believes that its obligations to a community involve how that community can fatten its bottom line, which also means trying […]

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    Back in October, I wrote about the Beast of Bentonville’s propensity to figure out all sorts of dodges around paying taxes. Don’t you love it–Wal-Mart talks about being part of the community but only believes that its obligations to a community involve how that community can fatten its bottom line, which also means trying […]

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    In the past few days, there has been mounting discussion in the political class about some sort of "stimulus package" that should be conjured up in Congress to try to bolster the economy. Today, for example, The Wall Street Journal has this: Amid concern about the economy, House and Senate Democrats are preparing legislation […]

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    In the past few days, there has been mounting discussion in the political class about some sort of "stimulus package" that should be conjured up in Congress to try to bolster the economy. Today, for example, The Wall Street Journal has this: Amid concern about the economy, House and Senate Democrats are preparing legislation […]

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   Over the past few months, I, and others, have pointed out that John Edwards is clearly the strongest advocate for organized labor. Up here in New Hampshire, where I’ve been for the past couple of days, I think that has become more clear. That became clear yesterday.   All the Democratic candidates, if asked, […]

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   Over the past few months, I, and others, have pointed out that John Edwards is clearly the strongest advocate for organized labor. Up here in New Hampshire, where I’ve been for the past couple of days, I think that has become more clear. That became clear yesterday.   All the Democratic candidates, if asked, […]

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