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Why Doesn't US Airways Have its Vindicated Employees' Back?new
The three flight attendants who reported a pilot reluctant to de-ice an aircraft's wings were hit with a defamation lawsuit in 2006. Although the lawsuit was dismissed, it looks unlikely that their employer will assist them with their legal bills.
Phoenix New Times |
Sarah Fenske |
03-17-2009 |
Business & Labor
Tags: US Airways, whistleblowing
Flight Attendants Are Paying the Price for Speaking Upnew
Never mind that three flight attendants may well have saved America West Flight 851. The whistleblowers are on their own.
Phoenix New Times |
Sarah Fenske |
02-03-2009 |
Business & Labor
Warring US Airways & America West Pilots Have the Merged Company in a Tailspinnew

Three years ago, US Airways merged with America West, but what was quickly made official on paper has proved much more complicated in reality. Pre-merger, the companies had little geographic overlap -- more importantly, they also had markedly different cultures.
Phoenix New Times |
Sarah Fenske |
09-09-2008 |
Business & Labor
Real Estate 'Guru' Mark Bosworth is in Crash Modenew
Anybody reading a recent Better Business Bureau report can sum up Mark Bosworth pretty quickly: a big shot with baggage. The report lists him as the CEO of Mark Bosworth and Associates LLC. It states he also does business as Property Masters of America, Home America Property Management, GoRenter.com, and other LLCs. And it lists 52 complaints against him and his companies in the past three years.
Phoenix New Times |
Ray Stern |
05-21-2008 |
Business & Labor
Hungry For Respect's Dirty Tricksnew
In its war for new members, a labor union is using dirty tricks to turn Hispanics against a grocery chain.
Phoenix New Times |
Ray Stern |
01-29-2008 |
Business & Labor
Tags: business & labor
Don't Fall Victim to Identity-theft Protection Scamnew

Dozens of firms offering anti-identity-theft services have built a multimillion-dollar industry in the past few years -- consumer advocates say they're a rip-off.
Phoenix New Times |
Ray Stern |
07-24-2007 |
Business & Labor
Tags: business & labor
The Real Rip-Off Reportnew
Ed Magedson calls himself an advocate -- his enemies call him an extortionist.
Phoenix New Times |
Sarah Fenske |
02-05-2007 |
Business & Labor
Tags: business & labor
Ambulance Chasersnew
Winning ambulance contracts? Pat Cantelme is learning that it's all about who you know. (Unless it's about the dirt they've got on you.)
Phoenix New Times |
Sarah Fenske |
11-01-2005 |
Business & Labor
Snake-Oil Salesman Sprays His Way to Successnew
After the FDA complained, one of Joe Deihl's companies stopped marketing the KI-Spray it claimed would protect consumers' health in case of nuclear disaster. But he still peddles vitamin sprays of disputed value, in spite of the nearly 70 lawsuits that have been filed against him and his companies.
Phoenix New Times |
Robert Nelson |
09-21-2004 |
Business & Labor
Tags: business & labor