Working Life

In lamenting the devastation of the war, the media typically focuses on the 3,216 American soldiers who have been killed in the war. And, yes, I can’t stand reading the lists of the dead because you just see the lives of 20-year-old kids gone, poof… But, let’s remember that over half a million–500,000 AND UP, […]

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The other day I had an update about Wal-Mart’s attempt to get into banking. Well, lo and behold, The Beast is running for cover–this is from yesterday’s New York Times: Few efforts illustrate the breadth of Wal-Mart’s ambitions — and the fears that they at times generate — as much as a nearly decade-long drive […]

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Oh, you know, I thought I’d have a nice quiet morning, work out at the gym, read a bit…and, then, I had to look at The New York Times’ editorial page, and it was all downhill from there, forcing me to fire up the computer to post this… The Times continues its rant in support […]

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I’ve not been drinking the Obama kool-aid. And here are two reasons why. First, it was the well-publicized unwillingness to state clearly that there is nothing immoral about homosexuality. Like the junior senator from New York, Obama subsequently issued a second statement saying he did not think homosexuality was immoral. But, you have to wonder, […]

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It’s interesting to look at the tone of two different reports today on new information about the push by the Beast of Bentonville t get into the banking industry (hey, maybe The Beast can buy up all those subprime mortgages that are starting to tank the real estate market). The Wall Street Journal opens up […]

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I’m shocked, shocked, that the Republican mayor of New York would stoop to union-busting–particularly after so many of the city’s unions supported him for re-election (there is a healthy dose of sarcasm there): Day-Care Group: City Union-Busting By MEREDITH KOLODNER THE CHIEFMarch 16, 2007 The city’s day-care union and several elected officials charged last week […]

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Sort of an interesting article in today’s Wall Street Journal about the alliances developing among various players opposed to the obscene CEO pay packages. These activists sometimes form loose networks to share strategies and lobby for each others’ causes. A few are uncomfortable with the “activist” label. John A. Hill, chairman of the board of […]

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I was sputtering last night (do you ever yell at your television?) and I still am this morning about the “60 Minutes” piece last night about the death and injuries to American mine workers. Not once in the entire program did correspondent Bob Simon utter the word “union”–not once–in explaining why unusually high numbers of […]

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You may have heard in the last few days that the AFL-CIO issued a statement at the executive council meeting threatening to demand that the Democratic Party move its 2008 nominating convention from Denver because of the veto cast last month by DEMOCRATIC Governor Bill Ritter that torpedoed legislation that would have made union organizing […]

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Here’s an interesting development. The California Nurses Association, and its national arm, the National Nurses Organizing Committee, joined the AFL-CIO on Thursday. CNA represents 75,000 nurses throughout the country. It isn’t so much the affiliation that I find interesting–it’s one of the reasons given: the Federation’s endorsement of single-payer health care as the solution to […]

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