Working Life

    This doesn’t need much comment:     http://www.youtube.com/v/ervaMPt4Ha0&autoplay=1

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    I don’t see how the UAW can avoid a strike at Delphi, without agreeing to massive concessions. As reported today in the Wall Street Journal, the UAW is about to lay down a last offer: The United Auto Workers union is preparing a last-ditch, take-it-or-leave-it offer to Delphi Corp. and its private-equity partners, according […]

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 Yesterday, Human Rights Watch published a pretty damning report on the big bad folks at The Beast–aka Wal-Mart. Not surprisingly, the Bentonville Bullies come off as, well, not just bullies but lawbreakers… “Wal-Mart workers have virtually no chance to organize because they’re up against unfair US labor laws and a giant company that will do […]

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How would you like to make about $200K to help alleviate poverty around the world? Turns out a lot of people like that deal–an astounding fact in today’s New York Times story that Paul Wolfowitz is using to justify his behavior in the on-going ethical controversy at The Bank. And this factoid underscores how poorly […]

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I’ve never liked government statistics that claim to measure the economy–particularly the Gross Domestic Product. GDP only tells you that stuff is being made–not who truly benefits from the growth in GDP. But, it is worth noting yesterday’s news, from The New York Times, that not only is economic growth slower but, more important, for […]

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This doesn’t surprise anymore, does it? Even though it is obscene beyond belief. After firing 3,400, Circuit City enriches CFO By Michael Rapoport, Dow Jones Newswires NEW YORK — Even as Circuit City Stores (CC) pushed 3,400 purportedly overpaid employees out the door, the company went out of its way to make the departure of […]

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     The real story bubbling within the auto industry is not the news that Toyota vaulted over General Motors in worldwide auto sales. Rather, it’s the growing ideological–not economic–drumbeat that is gathering targeting the livelihoods of tens of thousands of auto workers. And this is a direct attack against a decent standard of living for […]

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The inevitable ideological attacks against the UAW has begun. Just in time for the news that Toyota overtook General Motors in worldwide sales for the first time in history, the drumbeat has picked up in the pages of the business press: auto workers have to just buck it up and take the hit to save […]

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I don’t really find this story to be too credible. UAW Group, Tracinda Discuss Bids for Chrysler By GINA CHON and JOHN D. STOLL April 23, 2007 Representatives of billionaire investor Kirk Kerkorian’s Tracinda Corp., which has proposed a $4.5 billion acquisition of DaimlerChrysler AG’s Chrysler Group, met yesterday with United Auto Workers members who […]

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Catching up to this so you’all may know about this…busy weekend…From The Wall Street Journal yesterday: Democrats Move Ahead On Minimum-Wage Rise By DAVID ROGERSApril 21, 2007; Page A3 WASHINGTON — House and Senate Democrats reached agreement on a $4.8 billion package of business tax breaks that the party hopes will clear the way for […]

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