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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Coal Miners Recoup?
Posted on 12 August 2013.
Some of the worst bastards in the free market are coal company operators. I remember, back in the 1980s, the support lots of us gave to the strikers at the Pittston Coal Company and the guys running that operations were scum, too. So, here’s a little news from the mines.
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