Wow
By Jesse Singal - Jan 29th, 2009 at 10:52 amThis is extremely depressing:
A Consumerist reader and property manager in Virginia posted a notice for a part-time evening receptionist, and in response to the…
Posts Tagged ‘labor’
All 1930s Comparisons, All the Time
By Jake Blumgart - Jan 26th, 2009 at 5:25 pmWhile reading Irving Howe’s Socialism and America over the weekend I couldn’t help but notice similarities between our collective reaction to the present economic crisis…
Wal-Mart: A Review
By L. Russell Allen - Jan 26th, 2009 at 4:33 pmI take pride in the little things. No, I have never taken a ride in the bed of a pick-up truck. No, I haven’t chewed…
Obama the Centrist?
By Jake Blumgart - Jan 23rd, 2009 at 4:25 pmVictor Navasky has some interesting thoughts on the “centrist” label the punditry favor in regards to President Obama’s place on the ideological spectrum.
It strikes…
It’s Time to Pass EFCA
By Jake Blumgart - Jan 21st, 2009 at 1:09 pmObama has been getting a lot of rhetorical mileage out of the concept of post-partisan politics, and he has been making a number of appeasing…
Did Unions Save the Day in New York Yesterday?
By Jesse Singal - Jan 16th, 2009 at 2:22 pmFireDogLake’s emptywheel notes that just about everyone involved in the positive outcome of yesterday’s plane crash belonged to a union.
The pilot
is a former…
Don’t Let Sour Grapes Ruin Baseball
By L. Russell Allen - Jan 15th, 2009 at 5:28 pmTwo weeks ago, I pointed out that supporting a salary cap in Major League Baseball is an inherently unprogressive attitude. Pro-labor applies to wealthy athletes…
Pro Athletes Aren’t Overpaid
By L. Russell Allen - Dec 31st, 2008 at 12:31 pmJust before Christmas, the New York Yankees announced they had signed superstar first baseman Mark Teixiera to a $180 million contract. This was on the…
Yes They Did
By Jesse Singal - Dec 11th, 2008 at 11:43 amAccording to The New York Times, the good guys won in the Republic Windows and Doors factory standoff:
The occupation of a window-manufacturing plant here…
This is What Democracy Looks Like
By Austin Thompson - Dec 8th, 2008 at 2:49 pmIn the face of massive job cuts–over 500,000 were lost in the month of November alone–a group of factory workers at a Republic Windows and…
Is the Path to Gender Pay Equity Through Unionization?
By Kay Steiger - Dec 3rd, 2008 at 12:51 pmA study (PDF) released this week by the Center for Economic and Policy Research shows that women joining unions has a big impact on increasing…
Bush Is Determined to Screw the Middle Class Forever
By Nick Sifuentes - Dec 2nd, 2008 at 5:03 pmIs anyone surprised that the Bush administration has undertaken a systematic, long-range approach to dismantling worker protections at every stage possible? Yesterday, the White House…
Ford: Squeezing the Middle Class
By Kay Steiger - Dec 2nd, 2008 at 4:24 pmFord proposed a new plan to Congress today with various components, which included Ford CEO Alan Mulally volunteering to accept a salary of $1 for…
How much more evil? None more evil.
By Jamelle Bouie - Dec 1st, 2008 at 12:05 pmWith less than two months left in office, President Bush is trying to cram in as much as possible, which–apparently–includes safeguarding the right of businesses…
Reason Number 842 to Hate Wal-Mart
By L. Russell Allen - Nov 10th, 2008 at 11:30 amA lot of progressives don’t like Wal-Mart because they crush local business. Or because they offer laughably bad benefits. Or because of their record of…
