AltWeeklies Wire
A Snow Job Successnew
Mega-philanthropist Michael Scott Kerr has a shady past.
OC Weekly |
Gustavo Arellano |
12-12-2006 |
Business & Labor
Tags: business & labor
Shorthandednew
Foreign pickers aren't getting through the post-9/11 barricades to harvest U.S. crops.
Houston Press |
Todd Spivak |
12-12-2006 |
Business & Labor
Tags: business & labor
Trade Disagreementnew
U.S./South Korea free trade talks generate protests at home and abroad.
Missoula Independent |
Jessie McQuillan |
12-08-2006 |
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
Pollution, Politics and Profitsnew
Coal makes a comeback.
NUVO |
Laura McPhee |
12-07-2006 |
Business & Labor
Tags: business & labor
Underground Movementnew
Hillsdale neighbors fight utility poles.
The Portland Mercury |
Amy Jenniges |
12-07-2006 |
Business & Labor
Tags: business & labor
The Producernew
Portland General Electric manipulated the record to try to raise our electricity rates.
Willamette Week |
Nigel Jaquiss |
12-07-2006 |
Business & Labor
Tags: business & labor
Flog Is My Co-Pilotnew
Boeing is alleged to be a travel agent for torture.
Seattle Weekly |
Rick Anderson |
12-04-2006 |
Business & Labor
Drilling Through Peace and Propertynew
Neighbors and activists fear gas wells are digging big holes in Fort Worth's future.
Fort Worth Weekly |
Gayle Reaves |
12-01-2006 |
Business & Labor
Tags: business & labor
Pawnbroker Bluesnew
When customers make loans on stolen property, shop owners often pay the price.
Riverfront Times |
Molly Langmuir |
12-01-2006 |
Business & Labor
Tags: business & labor
Like Hogs to Slaughternew
The walkout at Smithfield Packing is the latest collision between an industry built on cheap labor, a dysfunctional immigration system, and homeland security policies drafted in a reality-proof bubble.
INDY Week |
Kirk Ross |
11-30-2006 |
Business & Labor
Tags: business & labor
Coke's Coffee Connew
Far Coast wants its eco clientele to forget the cafe's ties to cola's global mess.
NOW Magazine |
Paul Terefenko |
11-28-2006 |
Business & Labor
Tags: business & labor
Hecho en Illinoisnew
Almost all the canned pumpkin in the U.S. comes from Morton, Ill. -- most of the people who pack it come from the tiny Mexican town of La Soledad.
Chicago Reader |
Linda Lutton and Catrin Einhorn |
11-22-2006 |
Business & Labor
Tags: business & labor
Amazonian Quagmirenew
Big Oil, the rainforest and sticky legal issues are mired in a San Francisco courtroom.
SF Weekly |
Eliza Strickland |
11-17-2006 |
Business & Labor
Tags: business & labor
The Devil in the Metadatanew
San Francisco struggles with a different kind of public record.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Amanda Witherell |
11-16-2006 |
Business & Labor
Tags: business & labor
