AltWeeklies Wire
Pasadena Labor Talks Hit the Skidsnew
Roughly 250 of the city staff’s supervisors and middle managers returned to work with shortened schedules, under a furlough city officials imposed on members of the Pasadena Management Association following a breakdown in labor talks with the union’s representatives.
Pasadena Weekly |
Jake Armstrong |
02-08-2010 |
Business & Labor
GM's Bankruptcy Marks the End of an Era of Second-Best Arrogancenew
The truth is we all lose and, in a sense, it is the end of an era. But romanticizing GM's past, particularly the past several years, when we've watched it fall further and further behind Asian automakers in terms of affordability and technology isn’t healthy either.
Pasadena Weekly |
Jennifer Hadley |
06-16-2009 |
Business & Labor
Money, Arrogance and Stupidity = Disaster for American Auto Industrynew

Chapter 11 does not mandate that the Big 3 close their doors. It mandates that they restructure and cut costs, just like the airlines did. Yet the Big 3 continue to be bullheaded and refuse to consider this option.
Pasadena Weekly |
Jennifer Hadley |
12-08-2008 |
Business & Labor
Putting on the Ritznew
Minority workers push for union representation and claim discrimination against the hotel.
Pasadena Weekly |
Andre Coleman and Joe Piasecki |
08-20-2007 |
Business & Labor
Tags: business & labor
Hide and Seeknew
Self-imposed corporate transparency is still the best way to go in "private equity" deals.
Pasadena Weekly |
Peter Scheer |
07-02-2007 |
Business & Labor
Tags: business & labor