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Notes From the Underground Economynew

Are companies at the Port of Long Beach cheating truckers out of their rightful wages?

OC Weekly | Joseph Lapin | 01-11-2013 | Business & Labor

Can the Colectivo Tonantzin and the ACLU Beat One City's Anti-Day-Laborer Ordinance?new

The Colectivo has concentrated on fighting for the rights of day laborers in a county that has seen cities pass increasingly stringent ordinances against them. And few are more adamant about running jornaleros out of town than Orange, the Colectivo's new target.

OC Weekly | Gustavo Arellano | 10-06-2009 | Business & Labor

Tags: Colectivo Tonantzin, Immigration, ACLU, California, labor, day laborers

Sister Knows Bestnew

If the nuns in charge of the St. Joseph Health System are so pro-labor, why are some of their employees determined to unionize?

OC Weekly | Daffodil J. Altan | 12-04-2007 | Business & Labor

Tags: business & labor

A Union-Busting Habitnew

The sisters who run St. Joseph Health System are often pro-labor -- but apparently not at their hospitals.

OC Weekly | Daffodil J. Altan | 08-21-2007 | Business & Labor

Tags: business & labor

Portable Pole Mogul Turns Brass Into Goldnew

Keith Scheinberg says demand for dance poles is skyrocketing, especially for the kind you can take apart, throw into a rifle-sized suitcase and set up at home.

OC Weekly | Daffodil J. Altan | 07-10-2007 | Business & Labor

Tags: business & labor