AltWeeklies Wire
Portland Public Schools Emulates Wal-Martnew
For one month of nearly full-time work as a cafeteria worker, Erin Fox earned $379 -- the equivalent of roughly $5 an hour.
Willamette Week |
Beth Slovic |
10-31-2007 |
Business & Labor
Tags: business & labor
Smithfield Foods Sues Unionnew
The $6 million civil racketeering suit alleges the United Food & Commercial Workers International Union has engaged in "extortionate and unlawful conduct" in its attempts to organize Smithfield's hog slaughter plant.
INDY Week |
Lisa Sorg |
10-25-2007 |
Business & Labor
Tags: business & labor
Richard Thalheimer's Run With Sharper Image is Overnew
Dumped as head of the San Francisco-based retailer last September, and banished from its board at year's end, Thalheimer's remaining connection to the company he founded 30 years ago was severed in May.
SF Weekly |
Ron Russell |
10-24-2007 |
Business & Labor
Airlines Demand Corporate Welfarenew
After losing in court, big corporations are pushing San Francisco policy makers to exempt them from paying hotel taxes.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
David G. Crockett and Steven T. Jones |
10-24-2007 |
Business & Labor
Tags: business & labor
What's the Real Story Behind Increased Air Travel Delays?new
The feds blame the weather for flight delays and cancellations, but real authorities -- air traffic controllers -- have another, scarier explanation.
The Pitch |
Nadia Pflaum |
10-23-2007 |
Business & Labor
Fair Trade: Hipster Label or Way of Life?new
For a group of Peruvian women who have lived through years of terrorism and now face a stumbling economy that is once again inciting violence, our willingness to understand and embrace fair trade can mean the difference between their struggle and success.
LEO Weekly |
Jennifer Oladipo |
10-22-2007 |
Business & Labor
Trucking Buffalonew
Truck traffic on the Peace Bridge is up as a result of NAFTA and it is expected to increase in decades to come, making the border ever less friendly to people, and more friendly to raw materials and manufactured goods.
Artvoice |
Bruce Jackson |
10-19-2007 |
Business & Labor
A New Kind of Wage Slavenew
Corporations are getting rich using federal prisoners as captive labor pools.
Fort Worth Weekly |
Betty Brink |
10-18-2007 |
Business & Labor
Tags: business & labor
J.E. Dunn Says 'Gimme, Gimme, Gimme'new
When it comes to paychecks, Kansas City's largest construction company acts like a child.
The Pitch |
David Martin |
10-16-2007 |
Business & Labor
Tags: business & labor
Denver's Bike Messengers Are a Union Dividednew
Bike messengers ride fast and they ride alone, which is why an effort to organize them has hit the skids.
Westword |
Adam Cayton-Holland |
10-15-2007 |
Business & Labor
Tags: business & labor
Station Casinos & the Rohnert Park Casino -- What Stinks?new
Professor Greg Sarris has been very forthcoming about how his tribe funded his university chair but there's lots about the proposed casino that never gets spoken of.
North Bay Bohemian |
Peter Byrne |
10-15-2007 |
Business & Labor
Tags: business & labor
The Collapse of an Offshore Internet Gambling Empirenew
Gary Kaplan put all of his chips on BETonSPORTS and drew the worst hand of his life -- now he's making tuna casserole in a St. Louis jail.
Riverfront Times |
Kristen Hinman |
10-12-2007 |
Business & Labor
Tags: business & labor
The King and Queen of Mexican Jumping Beansnew
Joseph and Soledad Hindi's Albuquerque business exports close to 3 million jumping beans every year.
Weekly Alibi |
Marisa Demarco |
10-02-2007 |
Business & Labor
Tags: business & labor
Neo-China Restaurant Accused of 'Human Trafficking'new
A former employee says the chain restaurant brought him and his family members from China to work 90 hours a week at less than minimum wage and then fired them after one was injured on the job.
INDY Week |
Charles Duncan |
09-27-2007 |
Business & Labor
Tags: business & labor
Wal-Mart 'R' Usnew
Does "sustainability" mean meddling in workers' personal lives? San Francisco's Act Now Productions seems to think so.
SF Weekly |
Matt Smith |
09-20-2007 |
Business & Labor
Tags: business & labor
