Posted on 06 May 2011. Tags: CEOs, Corporate Profits, ExxonMobil, Fortune 500, Greed, Middle Class, Poverty, Temporary Workers, Unions, Wages, Wal-Mart
It’s a great time in America–if you are the CEO of a Fortune 500 company. Not so much if you are a regular American. The profit gains of the Fortune 500 registered the third largest gain in history in 2010. By contrast, the people continue to struggle. Even the editors of Fortune recognize the […]
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Posted on 21 December 2010. Tags: Corporations, Jobs, Temporary Workers
Let’s face it. Companies don’t care about you anymore: Despite a surge this year in short-term hiring, many American businesses are still skittish about making those jobs permanent, raising concerns among workers and some labor experts that temporary employees will become a larger, more entrenched part of the work force. This is bad news […]
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Posted on 22 December 2009. Tags: Depression, Jobs, Temporary Workers
Last week, I pointed out that the Senate health care bill was bad for many reasons including the provision that would actually encourages companies to hire people for less money. Seems like that was what people thought would fit right into the current trend sweeping the country: The hiring of temporary workers has surged, […]
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