Working Life

So, another failed CEO takes a fall over excessive pay. It was pretty amusing to watch the press frenzy over his crash and burn because of his refusal to even take a modest cut in his pay package. Robert the Hog, who took home $64 million over six years and was in line to pocket […]

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I’ve always thought that there is no issue in our society that labor should not be involved in. Global warming? Obviously. The war? Think of the economic damage, not to mention the number of working class people who are spilling their blood in Iraq. I’d be interested in hearing if you think there is a […]

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I took part in one of the many vigils that took place around the country to mark the awful arrival of the number 3,000–actually, it’s now 3,004 American men and women who have been killed in the illegal and immoral war in Iraq. Along with Cindy Sheehan and others, I read a portion of the […]

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The people in Bentonville, Arkansas always have enough time on their hands to figure out how to make their workers even more miserable. Today’s Wall Street Journal has a front-page article that reports on the Beast’s plan to use computers to figure out when to schedule workers, even if that means workers can never count […]

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You have to laugh every day at least once, a deep belly laugh, just to keep sane. So, yesterday, the Associated Press had a story reporting on a sighting of a UFO by United Airlines employees at O’Hare airport. Apparently, the disc hovered over the airport before shooting back up into the clouds. But, my […]

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Since I never indulge in New Year’s resolutions, I thought, instead, it would be worth drawing up an economic to-do list for the Democratic leaders. It would be a guidepost for the Congressional leadership, or for presidential-wannabes so that we, the voters, can find out what they stand for besides simply audacity and hope. The […]

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As we ring in the New Year, Saddam Hussein may have been rushed to the gallows but 3,000 U.S. men and women are dead (and more than 20,000 wounded in hostile action injuries) because of this immoral war–not to mention hundreds of thousands of Iraqi dead. From Reuters: The number of U.S. military deaths in […]

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One of the most common themes we are now asked to accept, as part of the hagiography surrounding the death of Gerald Ford, is that Ford ended our “long national nightmare” by pardoning Richard Nixon over his crimes in “Watergate” and that such an act remains a positive part of his legacy. In the debate […]

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See, i just can’t tear myself away from keeping you’all informed…I read this article several times yesterday and managed to keep from posting, so i could keep a promise to myself to finish a pile of other work…but…I digress. Yesterday’s Wall Street Journal had an amazing article, co-written by Mark Maremont, who I worked with […]

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I’m taking a short blogging break until Jan 2nd. Though I reserve the right to be so inspired, compelled or enraged by something that I’ll break my vow. Feel free to “chat” about anything you want. See you in a week.

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