AltWeeklies Wire
Labor Highlights Night-Time Abusesnew
The Laborers International Union of North America collected 50 organizers from around the country last week and turned them loose in the streets of New York to spotlight non-union jobs.
The Village Voice |
Tom Robbins |
04-20-2005 |
Business & Labor
Lights, Camera ... Not So Much Actionnew
The North Carolina movie industry, once touted as the next big thing for the Tar Heel state, is dwindling. North Carolina is losing out to other states offering financial incentives, and to foreign markets.
Mountain Xpress |
Lisa Watters |
04-07-2005 |
Business & Labor
Aquarium Could Drain Visitors From Zoonew
Almost everyone agrees the new Georgia Aquarium will do wonders for Atlanta tourism. But will the $200 million facility be a setback for Zoo Atlanta, the city's other wildlife attraction?
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Coley Ward |
03-31-2005 |
Business & Labor
Tags: business & labor
Coke Hires Firm to Examine Bottlers in Colombia, Elsewherenew
In the next few months, Coke will release "summary" results of a worldwide audit of its bottlers, including bottlers in Colombia.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Steve Fennessy |
03-24-2005 |
Business & Labor
Tags: Coke
Lawsuite Puts Shopping Mall Titan on a Hot Seatnew
Business magnate Dick Jacobs' nephew has filed a lawsuit accusing his uncle of taking or misspending as much as $448 million from family trusts, much of it to prop up failed real-estate investments in downtown Cleveland.
Cleveland Scene |
Chris Maag |
03-23-2005 |
Business & Labor
Million-Dollar Payday for Top REI Execnew
Retiring CEO Dennis Madsen earned $1.3 million in 2004 at Seattle's homegrown outdoor-equipment co-op.
Seattle Weekly |
Chuck Taylor |
03-23-2005 |
Business & Labor
Tags: business & labor
Sidewalk Solicitors Pitch for Charitiesnew
Save the Children reports that street-level fundraising has yielded more than 70 percent of its new donor base, but watchdogs warn that such methods can backfire.
The Pitch |
Mike Seely |
03-22-2005 |
Business & Labor
The Mystery of the Sunken Submarinenew
The tourist submarine Capt. Ernesto Garfias Ramirez was towing along the coast of Baja California sank in a storm, he says. The owner claims there was no storm.
New Times Broward-Palm Beach |
Eric Alan Barton |
03-22-2005 |
Business & Labor
'Commercial Ethnography' Is Latest Marketing Toolnew
Jesse Kipp's job in the emerging field of commercial ethnography could make you the star of your very own advertisement.
SF Weekly |
Nate Cavalieri |
03-21-2005 |
Business & Labor
Tags: business & labor
In the Eviction Business, the Company Loves Miserynew
"Mortgage field service contracting" is a billion-dollar industry that, in Baltimore, sends white punks into inner-city neighborhoods to deal with ruined lives, foreclosed properties, heroin-addicted day laborers, toilets full of feces, and the occasional bag full of moldy pork chops.
Baltimore City Paper |
Gadi Dechter |
03-16-2005 |
Business & Labor
Tags: business & labor
A Penny for Your Local Cops and Firefighersnew
Xentel and other companies do fund-raising for local police and firefighters' organizations -- and keep a remarkably high share of the donations for themselves.
New Times Broward-Palm Beach |
Wyatt Olson |
03-16-2005 |
Business & Labor
Sympathy for the Scalpernew
It was my hope to demystify the ticket broker industry. I wanted to find out where the hell they got their tickets. I wanted to see what connection there was between the broker in his well-appointed office and the scalper on his grimy street corner.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Steve Fennessy |
03-10-2005 |
Business & Labor
Tags: business & labor
Trying Ethics on for Sizenew
Los Angeles-based American Apparel is one example of a wacky strain of capitalism, a delightfully oxymoronic collection of disparate efforts that flies under the banner of socially responsible business. Profit-making enterprises such as these aim to do well while doing good.
Boston Phoenix |
Camille Dodero |
03-09-2005 |
Business & Labor
Tags: business & labor
Bush's Four Big Lies about Social Securitynew
An investment advisor for the nation's oldest firm dedicated to socially responsible investing explains clearly and simply the problems with the president's proposal to privatize Social Security.
INDY Week |
Farnum Brown |
03-03-2005 |
Business & Labor
The Pizza Man Always Rings Twicenew
Six veterans of the pie-delivery trade tell true tales of debauchery, rage and revenge.
City Pages (Twin Cities) |
Mike Mosedale |
02-24-2005 |
Business & Labor
Tags: business & labor
