Working Life

It’s the old tale of companies putting profit before people…and in this case, the people saw some justice. The workers at the Tropicana Casino in Atlantic City had a victory this week when the NJ commission that oversees casino licenses denied the owners a new license. From USA Today: Immediately after taking control from Aztar […]

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It’s the old tale of companies putting profit before people…and in this case, the people saw some justice. The workers at the Tropicana Casino in Atlantic City had a victory this week when the NJ commission that oversees casino licenses denied the owners a new license. From USA Today: Immediately after taking control from Aztar […]

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This week an appeals court ruled that a lawsuit charging Wal-Mart with paying women less than men, and granting them less promotions, could remain a class-action suit. NY Times/Reuters has this on details: The plaintiffs estimated they could win billions of dollars in lost pay and damages and that as many as two million women […]

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This week an appeals court ruled that a lawsuit charging Wal-Mart with paying women less than men, and granting them less promotions, could remain a class-action suit. NY Times/Reuters has this on details: The plaintiffs estimated they could win billions of dollars in lost pay and damages and that as many as two million women […]

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    This was amusing–even reading it from Bali–so I thought I’d post it. I’m going to do a long take on labor and climate change–it just may be after I get back this weekend (it’s hard to get time to do thinking and writing here). So, in the meantime…a Zagat-style take on the studios written […]

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    This was amusing–even reading it from Bali–so I thought I’d post it. I’m going to do a long take on labor and climate change–it just may be after I get back this weekend (it’s hard to get time to do thinking and writing here). So, in the meantime…a Zagat-style take on the studios written […]

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New York City’s office-building workers, organized by SEIU 32BJ, are in the midst of contract negotiations with the city’s commercial building owners and managers. The workers are fighting for a much needed pay increase – a pay increase that the industry can well afford. Despite their complaints, the real estate industry – commercial and residential […]

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New York City’s office-building workers, organized by SEIU 32BJ, are in the midst of contract negotiations with the city’s commercial building owners and managers. The workers are fighting for a much needed pay increase – a pay increase that the industry can well afford. Despite their complaints, the real estate industry – commercial and residential […]

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   The thing that struck me most this morning (that would be Monday morning here for those of you reading this Sunday night) as I was riding in a cab to a meeting in Bali at the UN climate change meeting was this front-page headline in The Jakarta Post: "Climate Change A New Focus For […]

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   The thing that struck me most this morning (that would be Monday morning here for those of you reading this Sunday night) as I was riding in a cab to a meeting in Bali at the UN climate change meeting was this front-page headline in The Jakarta Post: "Climate Change A New Focus For […]

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