Working Life

    This was no surprise, actually. It had been brewing for some time and a few days ago I was told it would become more public: Teachers Union President Randi Weingarten acknowledged for the first time Tuesday that she’s contemplating a new job – president of the national teachers union. Weingarten’s possible ascent to the […]

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    This was no surprise, actually. It had been brewing for some time and a few days ago I was told it would become more public: Teachers Union President Randi Weingarten acknowledged for the first time Tuesday that she’s contemplating a new job – president of the national teachers union. Weingarten’s possible ascent to the […]

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    You may recall that we sponsored a forum last Fall to look at the growth of the unregulated economy. At the forum, the New York State Commissioner of Labor, Patricia Smith talked about her department’s efforts to enforce basic wage and hour laws. Well, Smith–one of Eliot Spitzer’s really great appointments–has not just been […]

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    You may recall that we sponsored a forum last Fall to look at the growth of the unregulated economy. At the forum, the New York State Commissioner of Labor, Patricia Smith talked about her department’s efforts to enforce basic wage and hour laws. Well, Smith–one of Eliot Spitzer’s really great appointments–has not just been […]

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    As most of you know by now, the Writers Guild of America officially announced that it has reached a deal with Big Media to bring an end to its strike. That happened over the weekend (and yours truly has tried to stick to a no-weekend blogging rule for sanity sake) so I thought I’d […]

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    As most of you know by now, the Writers Guild of America officially announced that it has reached a deal with Big Media to bring an end to its strike. That happened over the weekend (and yours truly has tried to stick to a no-weekend blogging rule for sanity sake) so I thought I’d […]

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    Before yours truly goes out to the picket lines for the Writers Guild of America (Time Warner Center Noon-2 p.m. for those of you in NYC…and, who knows, maybe this will be one of the last picket lines of the strike if the deal being discussed among the members this weekend passes muster), I […]

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    Before yours truly goes out to the picket lines for the Writers Guild of America (Time Warner Center Noon-2 p.m. for those of you in NYC…and, who knows, maybe this will be one of the last picket lines of the strike if the deal being discussed among the members this weekend passes muster), I […]

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    They’ve poisoned the State Department, the Labor Department, the EPA…you’d think that the Bushies would be exhausted by now–it isn’t easy to dismantle a government either by defunding it or making a mockery of its original intent. But, you have to eat least tip your hat to those folks–they just don’t get tired. So, […]

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    They’ve poisoned the State Department, the Labor Department, the EPA…you’d think that the Bushies would be exhausted by now–it isn’t easy to dismantle a government either by defunding it or making a mockery of its original intent. But, you have to eat least tip your hat to those folks–they just don’t get tired. So, […]

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