Working Life

    I’ve always been peeved at the way the press and the elites have revered Alan Greenspan–even as he screwed average people time after time. But, I guess that’s the definition of being an elite–you don’t really care about the damage done to regular people. This would be a good time to go back and […]

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    I’ve always been peeved at the way the press and the elites have revered Alan Greenspan–even as he screwed average people time after time. But, I guess that’s the definition of being an elite–you don’t really care about the damage done to regular people. This would be a good time to go back and […]

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    Recently, I wrote about the atrocious conditions at facilities in Jordan that churn out product for Victoria’s Secret. On Friday, I got an alert from my friends at the National Labor Committee about a strike that has broken out among workers who work in factories turning out goods for Wal-Mart, Gloria Vanderbilt and GAP […]

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    Recently, I wrote about the atrocious conditions at facilities in Jordan that churn out product for Victoria’s Secret. On Friday, I got an alert from my friends at the National Labor Committee about a strike that has broken out among workers who work in factories turning out goods for Wal-Mart, Gloria Vanderbilt and GAP […]

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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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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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