Once upon a time, if you got a job that lasted a long time, you’d be a permanent worker, maybe after a short probationary period. Not so much anymore with the plague forcing people to take “temp” jobs—the kind of job that is increasing in the past few years, outpacing full-time permanent work, and also […]
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Episode 147: Temp Work Is All The Rage; Coal Miners & The Green New Deal
Posted on 11 September 2019.
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Cover-Up At Sago?
Posted on 11 May 2007.
   Two different explanations are now being offered for the explosion at the Sago Mine in Central Virginia last year, which killed 12 miners. The United Mine Workers are skeptical of the official inquiry–and I think rightly so. Here’s what Cecil Roberts, the union’s president, says: “The report by the Mine Safety and Health Administration […]
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