AltWeeklies Wire
Workers Serving Workersnew
Unite-Here has issued a report stating 6,000 contract employees who serve food to biotech and high-tech companies are underpaid, underinsured, and intimidated when they attempt to unionize.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Laura McCaul |
12-27-2006 |
Business & Labor
Tags: business & labor
Smelly Situationnew
Sewage spill and other problems plague new Alcatraz ferry operator.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Amanda Witherell |
12-27-2006 |
Business & Labor
Tags: business & labor
Wi-Fi Warsnew
Rival Google and EarthLink plans for free wi-fi in San Francisco head toward a showdown.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Sarah Phelan |
12-27-2006 |
Business & Labor
Tags: business & labor
Dead on Arrivalnew
Yale-New Haven Hospital sabotages a union election seven days before its employees were to vote -- and workers brace for all-out war.
New Haven Advocate |
Casey Miner |
12-26-2006 |
Business & Labor
Tags: business & labor
Pressure Playnew
Workers fired in the LAX living wage fight are reinstated after the city, state legislators, and the union push back.
Los Angeles CityBeat |
Dean Kuipers |
12-22-2006 |
Business & Labor
Tags: business & labor
Selling Empty Spacenew
National Expo Group peddles nonexistent trade shows, fails to pay employees, and yet manages to keep chugging along.
East Bay Express |
Jonathan Kaminsky |
12-21-2006 |
Business & Labor
Tags: business & labor
The Sinner Withinnew
How Brian McLaughlin betrayed the labor movement and conned us all.
The Village Voice |
Tom Robbins |
12-21-2006 |
Business & Labor
Tags: business & labor
Big Pharma's Shadownew
The McKesson Corp. wants to stop a legal settlement that could save consumers billions.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
G.W. Schulz |
12-20-2006 |
Business & Labor
Tags: business & labor
All Innew
Chuck Humphrey has based his career on gambling -- now he's calling the bet on online fantasy-sports competitions.
Westword |
Jessica Centers |
12-19-2006 |
Business & Labor
Tags: business & labor
The Santa Industrynew
That fat man in a red suit at the mall? He stands for childhood ... and magic ... and the profits that can be made off the emotional baggage of the season.
The Coast, Halifax's Weekly |
Megan Wennberg |
12-18-2006 |
Business & Labor
Tags: business & labor
Diamonds Are for Never?new
Blood Diamond helps protesters bring a global conflict home.
Philadelphia Weekly |
Jessica Lussenhop |
12-18-2006 |
Business & Labor
Tags: business & labor
Millionaire Mindsettersnew
No skeptics need apply to this get-rich-quick proposition.
Houston Press |
Craig Malisow |
12-18-2006 |
Business & Labor
Starving for Justicenew
LAX hotel workers on hunger strike to protect living wage law are fired.
Los Angeles CityBeat |
Mindy Farabee |
12-15-2006 |
Business & Labor
Tags: business & labor
Party Nazisnew
Has Mardi Gras become a tool of mega-buck sponsors?
Riverfront Times |
Chad Garrison |
12-15-2006 |
Business & Labor
Tags: business & labor
Life Without Wal-Martnew
Kansas City advertising genius Bob Bernstein helped make Wal-Mart what it is today -- then the world's largest retailer dumped him.
The Pitch |
Eric Barton |
12-13-2006 |
Business & Labor
