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An Unhappy Anniversary for Labornew

Twenty-five years ago this month, Reagan struck the blow that sent the American labor movement tumbling into a decline it's still struggling to reverse.
San Francisco Bay Guardian  |  Dick Meister  |  08-23-2006  |  Business & Labor

An Unbelievable Truthnew

Environmental leader Adam Werbach goes to work for Wal-Mart -- is the megacorporation going green or just greenwashing its problems?
San Francisco Bay Guardian  |  Amanda Witherell  |  08-16-2006  |  Business & Labor

Saluting Small Businessnew

We trace part of the history of small business -- in Rock Rapids, Iowa and San Francisco, 1902 to 2006.
San Francisco Bay Guardian  |  Bruce B. Brugmann  |  05-03-2006  |  Business & Labor

A Strong Small-Business Agendanew

Cities function best with diverse economies dominated by locally owned businesses, with money circulating within the community.
San Francisco Bay Guardian  |  Tim Redmond  |  05-03-2006  |  Business & Labor

The Small Business Awardsnew

The Bay Guardian's second annual Small Business Awards salutes local businesses.
San Francisco Bay Guardian  |  Deborah Giattina  |  05-03-2006  |  Business & Labor

How Construction Giant Bechtel Manipulates the Pressnew

Bechtel, the company that's won lucrative contracts for reconstruction in Iraq, has a long list of P.R. disasters, like the Big Dig in Boston, that might have sunk another company. But a sophisticated press strategy keeps Bechtel out of trouble.
San Francisco Bay Guardian  |  A. C. Thompson  |  08-07-2004  |  Business & Labor

Welfare-to-Work Employees Cheated out of Minimum Wagenew

Faced with a requirement to pay San Francisco's new minimum wage of $8.50 an hour to its welfare-to-work program participants, the cash-strapped city opted to make seven of the required 31 hours pay-free, but still mandatory.
San Francisco Bay Guardian  |  Sitara Nieves  |  06-16-2004  |  Business & Labor

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