AltWeeklies Wire
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
While You Pay More for Health Care, Insurers Get Richnew
Nationally, the average corporate CEO earned $14.78 million in total compensation in 2006. That same year, the average New Haven resident paid $11,000 in health care premiums.
New Haven Advocate |
Betsy Yagla |
12-04-2007 |
Business & Labor
Tags: business & labor
Seattle Barista's Suit Against Starbucks Heading to Courtnew
The coffee giant's leases may violate antitrust laws.
Seattle Weekly |
Rick Anderson |
12-03-2007 |
Business & Labor
Tags: Starbucks, business & labor
The Importance of Buying Localnew
The owners of Beans & Barley, the natural foods grocer and café on Milwaukee's East Side, expected to take a hit last year when the national chain Whole Foods opened a super-sized store just a few blocks away, but they were still surprised by the number of customers they lost.
Shepherd Express |
Evan Rytlewski |
11-30-2007 |
Business & Labor
Tags: business & labor
I Needed a Job. Hyphire Solutions Was Hiring. That Didn't Work Out So Well.new
Googling the company yielded a weird mix of job ads, vague corporate websites, and pages that implicated Hyphire as a scam connected to the multilevel marketing giant known as DS-Max. I could've taken their word for it. But I figured ... why not find out for myself?
The Portland Mercury |
Christine McCurdy |
11-29-2007 |
Business & Labor
Tags: business & labor
Prison Can be a Walk in the Parknew
Picking up wet leaves in the cold for 5 cents an hour is an opportunity to "develop appropriate work habits," according to the Oregon Department of Corrections and Portland Parks and Recreation. It's also an opportunity for Portland Parks to save $387 a day by hiring state prisoners to do work that city union officials say should be done by its full-time employees.
Willamette Week |
Corey Pein |
11-28-2007 |
Business & Labor
Tags: business & labor
FairPoint Deal Specifics Get Weirdernew
A FairPoint exec says it's "misleading" to say that the company wouldn't give workers raises for seven years. But the company expects 4 percent of all workers -- including new hires -- to leave after the first year, leaving plenty of cash to pay for raises.
Portland Phoenix |
Jeff Inglis |
11-21-2007 |
Business & Labor
Tags: business & labor
No Raises For Seven Yearsnew
That's just one way FairPoint plans to pay for its buyout of Verizon's Northern New England operations. (Another way? Assuming gasoline prices will stay constant through 2015.)
Portland Phoenix |
Jeff Inglis |
11-15-2007 |
Business & Labor
Tags: business & labor
10 Worst Jobs in Clevelandnew
We're taking you beyond the mundane torture of everyday life to find those jobs that literally pull the very soul from your chest, throw it on the ground, and beat it with some ball bearings wrapped in a sock.
Cleveland Scene |
Gus Garcia-Roberts |
11-09-2007 |
Business & Labor
Tags: business & labor
Como Se Dice Spy?new
The CIA targets Spanish-speaking recruits.
Santa Fe Reporter |
David Alire Garcia |
11-08-2007 |
Business & Labor
Tags: business & labor
Attorney at Blahnew
The temp life without a JD: menial labor, asshole bosses, $10 an hour. The temp life with a JD: menial labor, asshole bosses, $35 an hour.
Washington City Paper |
Arin Greenwood |
11-08-2007 |
Business & Labor
Tags: business & labor
Warning: Guarding Nuclear Plants May Cause Drowsinessnew
In a society where millions swallow Ambien to get a decent night's sleep, an unusually large number of security guards at nuclear power plants appear to have no trouble at all.
New York Press |
Becca Turner |
11-08-2007 |
Business & Labor
Tags: business & labor
The Incredible Shrinking Auto Industrynew
The vote on the Chrysler contract indicates union members are getting weary of concession after concession.
Metro Times |
Jack Lessenberry |
11-06-2007 |
Business & Labor
Tags: business & labor
Sorry, Your Job's Been Outsourced!new
Thousands of manufacturing jobs have moved to countries that skimp on wages and regulations -- now the service sector is also at risk.
Isthmus |
Roger Bybee |
11-06-2007 |
Business & Labor
Tags: business & labor
Smithfield Foods Sues Unionnew
The $6 million civil racketeering suit alleges the United Food & Commercial Workers International Union has engaged in "extortionate and unlawful conduct" in its attempts to organize Smithfield's hog slaughter plant.
INDY Week |
Lisa Sorg |
10-25-2007 |
Business & Labor
Tags: business & labor
