Working Life

   At the end of the day, when the madness of our election process is over, each of us is likely, no matter who we individually supported, to be disappointed. But, as I’ve pointed out since the 2006 elections, there is much to be optimistic about when it comes to the issue of trade—-at least […]

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   At the end of the day, when the madness of our election process is over, each of us is likely, no matter who we individually supported, to be disappointed. But, as I’ve pointed out since the 2006 elections, there is much to be optimistic about when it comes to the issue of trade—-at least […]

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    I’ve often pointed out that the question of immigration–and the way the debate is often framed–ignores the fact that immigrants are economic refugees, forced to come to the U.S., in large part, as a result of economic policies that our government imposes on the world–for example, so-called "free trade" agreements that end up undoing […]

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    I’ve often pointed out that the question of immigration–and the way the debate is often framed–ignores the fact that immigrants are economic refugees, forced to come to the U.S., in large part, as a result of economic policies that our government imposes on the world–for example, so-called "free trade" agreements that end up undoing […]

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    If it’s possible to say that there is good news from the sweatshop front, here it comes, from our friends at the National Labor Committee: Fifty-eight workers fired for organizing a union at the Star SA factory in Honduras’s El Porvenir free trade zone (owned by the U.S. Anvil t-shirt company) have been reinstated […]

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    If it’s possible to say that there is good news from the sweatshop front, here it comes, from our friends at the National Labor Committee: Fifty-eight workers fired for organizing a union at the Star SA factory in Honduras’s El Porvenir free trade zone (owned by the U.S. Anvil t-shirt company) have been reinstated […]

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    For all of the political junkies amongst us, it’s going to be interesting to see what polls show at the end of the week. For a few days, there will be one huge (I refuse to use the newly concocted "ginormous" which seems to me to be a lazy new word conjured up by […]

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    For all of the political junkies amongst us, it’s going to be interesting to see what polls show at the end of the week. For a few days, there will be one huge (I refuse to use the newly concocted "ginormous" which seems to me to be a lazy new word conjured up by […]

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    This past week, I pondered how immigration was going to end up conjuring up the Willie Hortons of the 2008 election. If you had any doubt about the power of fear on immigration, check out what happened in the union representation vote at Fresh Direct in NYC. Two weeks before the vote, the company […]

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    This past week, I pondered how immigration was going to end up conjuring up the Willie Hortons of the 2008 election. If you had any doubt about the power of fear on immigration, check out what happened in the union representation vote at Fresh Direct in NYC. Two weeks before the vote, the company […]

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