Working Life

    The Dow is still down–"only" 90 points as of now, which, in this crazy world, is considered good–but I still am skeptical that The Fed rate cut yesterday will do much to avoid a worsening economy. Note: I use the word "worsening" because for most people the economy has been pretty bad for them […]

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    Not surprisingly, the Directors Guild of America has struck a tentative deal with Big Media. The DGA has always been perceived as more producer-friendly in the business because many of the heavy-weight directors are producers themselves and some are mini-empires. Of course, the spin that is being put out is that this is a […]

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    Not surprisingly, the Directors Guild of America has struck a tentative deal with Big Media. The DGA has always been perceived as more producer-friendly in the business because many of the heavy-weight directors are producers themselves and some are mini-empires. Of course, the spin that is being put out is that this is a […]

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    When I first posted last week on the crossing of the Writers Guild of America’s picket lines by two labor-related academics, most of the focus was on Ron "Strikebreaker" Seeber–perhaps mainly because Strikebreaker Seeber’s actions elicited a howl of protest from some of his colleagues. A bit more unnoticed were the actions by Richard […]

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    When I first posted last week on the crossing of the Writers Guild of America’s picket lines by two labor-related academics, most of the focus was on Ron "Strikebreaker" Seeber–perhaps mainly because Strikebreaker Seeber’s actions elicited a howl of protest from some of his colleagues. A bit more unnoticed were the actions by Richard […]

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    Why would Cornell University School of Industrial & Labor Relations continue to let a strikebreaker hold a top administrative job? That’s what appears to be happening. As far as I know, as of this morning, Assistant Provost Ron "Strikebreaker" Seeber still has his job. Strikebreaker Seeber, as we discussed the other day, let his […]

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    Why would Cornell University School of Industrial & Labor Relations continue to let a strikebreaker hold a top administrative job? That’s what appears to be happening. As far as I know, as of this morning, Assistant Provost Ron "Strikebreaker" Seeber still has his job. Strikebreaker Seeber, as we discussed the other day, let his […]

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Jack London wrote a famous essay about scabs–those would be the low-lifes who break a strike. Which is what I thought about when I found out yesterday that two people linked closely to the labor movement had crossed the pickets lines of the Writers Guild of America. Follow this story and you will be, hopefully, […]

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Jack London wrote a famous essay about scabs–those would be the low-lifes who break a strike. Which is what I thought about when I found out yesterday that two people linked closely to the labor movement had crossed the pickets lines of the Writers Guild of America. Follow this story and you will be, hopefully, […]

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    You’ve probably read already that a deal was struck between David Letterman and the Writers Guild of America so Letterman’s writers will be back at work on Wednesday. Letterman was able to cut a deal because he owns his production company and the rights to the show. The Writers Guild explains the deal in […]

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