One of the great tactics used by companies to rip off workers–and there are many–is to pretend like the Big Dog at the top (say, McDonald’s) doesn’t actually directly employ workers who labor down in the distributed workplaces that clearly have a relationship–through franchises, in particular, in the fast food industry–with the Big Dog. It’s […]
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Unions And Workers Get Big Hug From NLRB–& Why It Matters Who Is POTUS
Posted on 27 August 2015.
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Republicans Using “Baseball Bat” To Attack Workers Rights
Posted on 30 August 2011.
Apparently, in the alternate universe Republicans inhabit, socialism is on the march and the attack against the "free market" is unrelenting. Where? At the National Labor Relations Board, of course. The truth is–shocking, I know–quite different, and it speaks volumes about the playing field for workers in the real world. The NLRB has […]
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Grey World. Sucks. Especially For Workers
Posted on 10 August 2011.
This is a post simply suggesting we ponder what it means to live in a conflicted, grey world. Yeah, I hate that. It would be nice if everything was clear cut. But, it isn’t. Especially for people who are trying to survive in a corrupt economic system. On the one hand, I am […]
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“Big Labor” or Wall Street: Who Hurt The American Economy?
Posted on 24 June 2011.
The answer to this question would appear to be obvious. But, it needs constant reinforcing–as you will see from the debate (if you can call it that) last night between yours truly and Larry Kudlow and a stooge from the right wing. It’s almost laughable and entertaining–if the consequences weren’t so dire. The subject […]
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