AltWeeklies Wire
Chevron Launches 'News' Websitenew
Fed up with negative news stories about its Richmond refinery, the oil giant has created a website that it says will focus on "community news."
East Bay Express |
Sukey Lewis |
02-20-2014 |
Business & Labor
Why Yuengling Wants Pennsylvania to be a 'Right to Work' Statenew
The owner of the Yuengling Brewing Company recently noted changing Pennsylvania's labor laws will bring jobs into the state. Evidence suggests he's mostly wrong.
Philadelphia Weekly |
Randy LoBasso |
08-28-2013 |
Business & Labor
Tags: Yuengling
$600 a Month and a Free Bednew
The minimum-wage life of a semi-pro baseball player.
Cleveland Scene |
Sam Allard |
08-26-2013 |
Business & Labor
Slave to the Payday Lendernew
Although some states are tightening restrictions on quick-loan businesses, Mississippi's lawmakers have had a large hand in helping the industry expand.
Jackson Free Press |
R.L. Nave |
08-16-2013 |
Business & Labor
Dow Chemical Tries to Avoid Hot Water in Worker’s Deathnew
Brian Johns suffered chemical burns over 65 percent of his body in a Deer Park plant explosion. A representative of his company, a subsidiary of Dow Chemical, tried to tell doctors Johns had just encountered some really hot water.
Houston Press |
Dianna Wray |
06-12-2013 |
Business & Labor
Wrung Drynew
How can a private water utility charge four times the going rate and get away with it?
North Bay Bohemian |
Rachel Dovey |
05-29-2013 |
Business & Labor
Final Credits for Burlington's Last Local Video Storenew
Waterfront Video outlasted Blockbuster to become Burlington's last video store. But in the end, changing trends couldn't be ignored.
Seven Days |
Margot Harrison |
05-02-2013 |
Business & Labor
Donald Trump Talks D.C. Hotels, Washington Post, Hairnew
Donald Trump has big plans for the Old Post Office building in Washington D.C. Huge.
Washington City Paper |
Will Sommer |
04-10-2013 |
Business & Labor
Tags: Donald Trump
Turnabout's Fair Paynew
Lilly Ledbetter says her bill is just the beginning.
Colorado Springs Independent |
Kirsten Akens |
04-03-2013 |
Business & Labor
Who Would Jesus Fire?new
The religious exemption that allows Catholic hospitals to discriminate against employees.
The Stranger |
Cienna Madrid |
04-02-2013 |
Business & Labor
Tags: discrimination
San Diego, Haven for Pyramid Schemesnew
San Diego is a haven for multilevel marketing scams, which are often pyramid schemes.
San Diego Reader |
Don Bauder |
02-06-2013 |
Business & Labor
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
Tags: truck drivers, Port of Long Beach
Office Clerks Outsourcing Strike Ends Years of Fruitless Bargainingnew
After an eight-day strike by the Office Clerical Unit of ILWU idled most of the Los Angeles and Long Beach port complex, the terminals are now bustling again, and the workers and the union seemingly couldn't be happier with the outcome.
Random Lengths News |
Paul Rosenberg |
12-14-2012 |
Business & Labor
Bob King's Failed Promise and Labor's Perilnew
Bob King seems likely to be remembered as the worst leader the United Auto Workers has ever had.
Metro Times |
Jack Lessenberry |
12-12-2012 |
Business & Labor
Coupon Buggednew
A Seattle-based company is offering discounts on New Orleans businesses -- but shouldn't someone tell the businesses?
Gambit |
Alex Woodward |
12-10-2012 |
Business & Labor
