AltWeeklies Wire
Drivers Seek Support for Clean Trucks Programnew
The program calls for the ports to replace or retrofit all trucks older than 1994 models, and would require trucking companies to make employees of all 16,000 drivers working in the Long Beach and Los Angeles ports.
Los Angeles CityBeat |
Daniel Harju |
08-17-2007 |
Business & Labor
Countdown to a Strikenew
Grocery workers across the country are prepared for the worst as negotiations grind toward the June 21 deadline.
Los Angeles CityBeat |
Mindy Farabee |
06-22-2007 |
Business & Labor
Tags: business & labor
Paying the Grocery Billnew
Negotiations continue over a two-tier pay system at Southern California's three biggest supermarket chains.
Los Angeles CityBeat |
Mindy Farabee |
03-23-2007 |
Business & Labor
Tags: business & labor
Will Dov Charney's Sex Drive Steer American Apparel Off Course?new
Can a company this sexually charged really hit the big time -- in America? A quarter of a billion bucks is riding on the gamble that it will.
Los Angeles CityBeat |
Andrew Gumbel |
03-23-2007 |
Business & Labor
Tags: business & labor
Wal-Mart to the Wallnew
The retail giant makes a PR push to save its image, but it's just too easy to harpoon.
Los Angeles CityBeat |
Mindy Farabee |
01-26-2007 |
Business & Labor
Tags: business & labor
Pressure Playnew
Workers fired in the LAX living wage fight are reinstated after the city, state legislators, and the union push back.
Los Angeles CityBeat |
Dean Kuipers |
12-22-2006 |
Business & Labor
Tags: business & labor
Starving for Justicenew
LAX hotel workers on hunger strike to protect living wage law are fired.
Los Angeles CityBeat |
Mindy Farabee |
12-15-2006 |
Business & Labor
Tags: business & labor
Studio Clean-Upnew
Janitors at L.A.'s major studios are pushing for a union.
Los Angeles CityBeat |
Jonathan Frochtzwajg |
10-20-2006 |
Business & Labor
Mark Cuban, P.I.new
The billionaire Dallas Mavericks owner spills the beans on his latest venture: digging up dirt on corporate America.
Los Angeles CityBeat |
Joe Piasecki |
10-13-2006 |
Business & Labor
Tags: business & labor
Very Dirty Laundrynew
A new report on L.A.’s nuked Rocketdyne site iis finally catching the attention of mainstream media.
Los Angeles CityBeat |
Michael Collins |
10-13-2006 |
Business & Labor
Tags: business & labor
Down on the Boulevardnew
Hilton suspends about 75 workers in what organizers say is anti-union action.
Los Angeles CityBeat |
Kendra Gilbert |
05-19-2006 |
Business & Labor
Tags: business & labor
The Criminals We Electnew
At the Enron trial, it becomes clear that government co-conspirators will never be prosecuted.
Los Angeles CityBeat |
Andrew Gumbel |
02-10-2006 |
Business & Labor
Tags: business & labor
