AltWeeklies Wire
Starbucks Baristas Union Drive Comes at Key Timenew
The effort to organize Minnesota latte-slingers could hurt the ailing chain.
City Pages (Twin Cities) |
Matt Snyders |
07-24-2008 |
Business & Labor
Your Friendly Neighborhood War Profiteernew
Across Minnesota, from the Twin Cities to the smallest rural towns, are often-scrappy companies with a handful of employees who work contracts from the low thousands to the low millions. Some estimate the number of companies doing defense-related business in the state at numbers as high as 2,000.
City Pages (Twin Cities) |
Jeff Severns Guntzel |
07-02-2008 |
Business & Labor
Is Dakota Premium Foods Plant In 'Open-Warfare Mode' Against Labor?new
Organizers say beef-processing plant is using recent immigration raids to bust union.
City Pages (Twin Cities) |
Paul Demko |
01-16-2008 |
Business & Labor
Tags: business & labor
Super Lawyers Unmaskednew
The small Minneapolis start-up has become a certified nationwide blockbuster -- can it survive success?
City Pages (Twin Cities) |
Jonathan Kaminsky |
05-31-2007 |
Business & Labor
Tags: business & labor
Former Quest CEO Joe Nacchio Was Convictednew
But that's small consolation to Minnesotans like Dick Caldwell, who lost $100,000 of his retirement savings because of the stock fraud.
City Pages (Twin Cities) |
G.R. Anderson Jr. |
05-09-2007 |
Business & Labor
Tags: business & labor
Dirty Worknew
After a union victory in Houston, Minneapolis janitors are gearing up for new labor negotiations.
City Pages (Twin Cities) |
Paul Demko |
12-08-2006 |
Business & Labor
Tags: business & labor
A Hunk of Burning Lovenew
Minneapolis Fire Chief Bonnie Bleskachek had a way with the ladies -- as firefighter Kristina Lemon claims she learned the hard way.
City Pages (Twin Cities) |
Paul Demko |
05-31-2006 |
Business & Labor
Tags: business & labor
Tough Lucknew
LaRee Huff has been a flight attendant for nearly 35 years. Her battle with lupus doesn't compare with her battle to receive workers' compensation from Northwest Airlines.
City Pages (Twin Cities) |
Britt Robson |
08-10-2005 |
Business & Labor
Tags: business & labor
Down in Flamesnew
While Northwest CEO Doug Steenland appears before the Senate Finance Commitee requesting a "freeze" on employee pensions, Northwest brass stand to retire in style, with executives receiving six-figure-a-year pension benefits.
City Pages (Twin Cities) |
Beth Hawkins |
07-13-2005 |
Business & Labor
Tags: business & labor
Shenzhen Surprisenew
General Mills got a crash course in global spin when an obscure newspaper in the southern Chinese city of Shenzhen announced that Häagen-Dazs had been busted for running an ice-cream sweatshop in a three-bedroom apartment.
City Pages (Twin Cities) |
Adam Minter |
07-07-2005 |
Business & Labor
Tags: business & labor
When Pigs Flynew
Remember those aircraft maintenance jobs Northwest Airlines promised Minnesota over a decade ago? They never materialized -- and much of that work is now outsourced to seldom-inspected overseas firms.
City Pages (Twin Cities) |
Beth Hawkins |
04-21-2005 |
Business & Labor
Tags: business & labor
The Pizza Man Always Rings Twicenew
Six veterans of the pie-delivery trade tell true tales of debauchery, rage and revenge.
City Pages (Twin Cities) |
Mike Mosedale |
02-24-2005 |
Business & Labor
Tags: business & labor
