AltWeeklies Wire
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
Smithfield Foods' Extreme Makeovernew
The world's largest hog slaughterhouse tears a page from the Wal-Mart PR playbook with its recent TV ads touting the perks of working there: Health benefits, dental insurance and college scholarships.
INDY Week |
Lisa Sorg |
05-31-2007 |
Business & Labor
Tags: business & labor
Will Portland's City Workers Get Screwed?new
Workers will be considered "at will" and can be fired by city commissioners for no reason -- what's unclear, though, is how many bureau employees will be affected by the change, and whose jobs might be at risk when it goes into effect in January.
The Portland Mercury |
Scott Moore |
05-24-2007 |
Business & Labor
Tags: business & labor
More Hot Water for Progress Energynew
Just weeks after federal investigators confirmed that armed guards were encouraged to cheat on qualifying tests at Progress Energy's Shearon Harris nuclear power plant, a congressman requests a probe into long-standing fire safety concerns.
INDY Week |
Sue Sturgis |
05-24-2007 |
Business & Labor
Tags: business & labor
OxyContin Maker Pleads Guiltynew
Purdue Pharma vindicates Fishtown man whose son fatally OD'd.
Philadelphia City Paper |
Jeff Deeney |
05-22-2007 |
Business & Labor
Tags: business & labor
Raising a Stink Over Hogsnew
Plans for a Cargill-backed confined hog operation have some neighbors squealing.
Illinois Times |
Dusty Rhodes |
05-22-2007 |
Business & Labor
Tags: business & labor
Texas Nurses Get Organizednew
Rose Ann DeMoro, a veteran labor organizer who sparked a nascent movement of nurse activists in California, has turned her attention to Texas.
The Texas Observer |
Kathleen Sharp |
05-21-2007 |
Business & Labor
Tags: business & labor
Civic Development Group Takes Till It Hurtsnew
The Tennessee Fraternal Order of Police uses this suspect telemarketing firm to separate Hispanics from their money.
Nashville Scene |
P.J. Tobia |
05-18-2007 |
Business & Labor
Tags: business & labor
'The Unions Are Killing Us'new
The St. Louis Convention & Visitors Commission says it is being held hostage by outdated and byzantine union work rules that jack up convention prices in the city.
Riverfront Times |
Kristen Hinman |
05-18-2007 |
Business & Labor
Tags: business & labor
'No Bar in My Backyard!'new
Neighbors fight neighborhood bar.
The Portland Mercury |
Amy J. Ruiz |
05-17-2007 |
Business & Labor
Tags: business & labor
Hecho en Miaminew
These cigars look, smell and smoke like Cubans -- so why not sell 'em that way?
Miami New Times |
Isaiah Thompson |
05-14-2007 |
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
Franchise Owners Burned by Quiznosnew
The Denver-based chain is currently embroiled in a spate of lawsuits filed by the very same people it licenses to serve customers the tastiest, toastiest Classic Italians.
Westword |
Jessica Centers |
05-07-2007 |
Business & Labor
Tags: business & labor
Portland's Chop Shop: Immigrant Food Processorsnew
In a town that cares about food and human rights, we find a hidden world of illegal immigrants.
Willamette Week |
Beth Slovic |
05-02-2007 |
Business & Labor
Tags: business & labor
Natives of Oil-polluted Ecuador Call Out Chevronnew
They allege in a 14-year-old lawsuit that substandard storage and handling of oil and its toxic byproducts have poisoned an area three times the size of Manhattan.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Amanda Witherell |
05-02-2007 |
Business & Labor
Tags: business & labor
