Working Life

This came across my desk and is worth noting: a group of janitors is fasting literally on the freeway on-ramp of a strip mall in an all-white, wealthy suburb outside of Boston. It’s a five-day, water-only fast to protest alleged sexual misconduct and other charges at Burlington, Mass.-based Gutierrez Co. Here’s what the union sent […]

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Friends, I’m going to take a short break–just a few days–to catch up on some sleep and just turn the brain off. So, going to be off-line until Wednesday morning. See you then…But, keep discussing any issue you want right here as an open thread: What’s on your mind?: THE ECONOMY? WAGES? UNION STUFF? THE […]

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It’s not an avalanche but nice job on the part of CWA–the union negotiated the return of about 2,000 jobs that AT&T had outsourced: AT&T is bringing back 2,000 outsourced jobs Sanford Nowlin Express-News Business Writer In a move hailed as a union victory, San Antonio-based AT&T Inc. has agreed to return 2,000 outsourced jobs, […]

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The combination of two stories today in The New York Times reinforces what has been clear: the occupation continues to descend into more chaos. My first thought in reading the articles was: If only The Times hadn’t acted, as much of the MSM did, as a cheerleader for the war, would we be in this […]

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The trade deficit grew last quarter. Again. Not good. From The Wall Street Journal. The U.S. reported that the deficit in its current account, the broadest measure of trade, widened further in the second quarter — underscoring concerns about economic imbalances voiced by global finance ministers this past weekend. Finance officials have long warned that […]

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The figure are pretty well-known by now: 48 million Americans don’t have health care and millions more pay outrageous prices for inadequate care. This is all about greed and profit–take those two factors away and, presto, you get national health care. The Wall Street Journal today exposes one aspect of the blood-suckers who are ripping […]

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Worth reading today in the Metro section of The New York Times (one can reasonably say “buried in the Metro section) is an update on the federal lawsuit by six anonymous day laborers who are arguing that they are being harrassed by the Village of Mamaroneck, NY: The case accuses village officials of harassing the […]

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CAFTA 15 Rep. William “I store $90,000 in my freezer” Jefferson is back in the news. The New York Times has a piece today that expands on Dollar Bill’s relationship with iGate. Here’s a bit from the story: Soon after meeting Mr. Jackson in late 2000, Mr. Jefferson prodded the Pentagon to test one of […]

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My favorite “George” in government is Rep. George Miller from California. He’s been all over the Wal-Mart issue, among other things, and a tiger on workers’ rights. So, he’s put out a new report on the economy, which summarizes neatly many of the items I’ve brought up here: â–ºFamilies are earning less. Since 2001, median […]

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Over a long period of time, I’ve argued that we need to challenge Democrats who are in the pocket of corporate America and stop simply supporting Democrats simply because they are incumbents. So, I’m heartened by today’s article in The New York Times that seems to indicate, at least towards the end, that some folks […]

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