AltWeeklies Wire
I'm Sorry, All Agents Are Busy Organizingnew
Employees at one office of Ticketmaster, the company we love to hate, are organizing against work conditions that include required doctor's notes for any absence and disciplinary points for being seconds late.
Metroland |
Miriam Axel-Lute |
02-23-2005 |
Business & Labor
Help Yourselfnew
Gas stations, banks, airports, grocery stores... Now even the library is self-serve.
Columbus Alive |
J. Caleb Mozzocco |
02-10-2005 |
Business & Labor
Connecting the Dotsnew
With communication technologies exploding exponentially, can Braille -- invented in 1829 and largely unchanged since -- still be relevant?
Boston Phoenix |
Mike Miliard |
02-03-2005 |
Business & Labor
Corporate Leeches Eye Clevelandnew
Development deals have little to do with morality. They are matters of dollars and cents. And when you look strictly at the numbers, Wal-Mart will be a disastrous play for Cleveland.
Cleveland Scene |
Pete Kotz |
01-26-2005 |
Business & Labor
Tags: hottopic
Who Wants to Be a Socially Responsible Millionaire?new
Jeff Reifman left Microsoft with $5 million. He's trying to invest that wealth virtuously. It's not easy.
Seattle Weekly |
Jeff Reifman |
01-26-2005 |
Business & Labor
Tags: business & labor
The Tattoo Artist as Perfect Canvasnew
At age 12, Brad Fink was struck with a rare genetic malfunction that caused all his hair to fall out. Today he's St. Louis' pre-eminent tattoo artist, nationally acclaimed for his parlor magic -- his hairless skin an inker's dream.
Riverfront Times |
Randall Roberts |
01-19-2005 |
Business & Labor
Tags: business & labor
Here Come the Wobblies!new
In a labor battle with roots dating back 100 years, independent truckers and Starbucks employees are now joining the wild and contentious Wobblies.
Sacramento News & Review |
Cosmo Garvin |
01-14-2005 |
Business & Labor
Tags: business & labor
Power Plotnew
As the former Public Service Co. of New Mexico drops plans to extend power lines from Southern Arizona into Mexico, it sets the stage for a battle between Tucson Electric Power and the Arizona Corporation Commission.
Tucson Weekly |
Tim Vanderpool |
01-13-2005 |
Business & Labor
Tags: business & labor
Whistleblower Thought She Did the Right Thing … and Got Fired
Despite federal and state whistleblower laws, Cheryl Vara believes she was fired from Menards in Carmel, Ind., last April for refusing the request of a supervisor to falsify documents and for contacting OSHA after a serious accident left an elderly co-worker nearly paralyzed.
NUVO |
Laura McPhee |
12-17-2004 |
Business & Labor
Tags: business & labor
Giving Griefnew
Giving away a car? You should know that some for-profit companies end up taking 30 percent of that donation.
Tucson Weekly |
Tim Vanderpool |
12-16-2004 |
Business & Labor
Costco: Company for the Peoplenew
If Wal-Mart represents red-state America's ruthless race to the bottom line, then Costco offers a blue-state alternative. The company is proving Wall Street wrong by adhering to a radical idea: Treating customers and employees right is good business.
Seattle Weekly |
Nina Shapiro |
12-15-2004 |
Business & Labor
Tags: hottopic
Gambling on Iraqnew
Hundreds of Houstonians have signed up for wartime jobs with Kellogg Brown & Root. The hefty paychecks come with a scary, bloody price.
Houston Press |
Michael Serazio |
12-06-2004 |
Business & Labor
Tags: business & labor
Whiz Biz Kidsnew
Members of Dallas's Young Entrepreneurs Organization believe that business plans are, largely, crap. No one knows for sure what will work. If you start a business and it fails, so what? You can always start something else.
Dallas Observer |
Eric Celeste |
12-06-2004 |
Business & Labor
Tags: business & labor
How the Masses Took Back Christmasnew
The Waltons once loved Christmas! The whole Christmas season! / Just look at their Wal-Marts, you'll see the reason. / This time of year they sell stuff not quite right: / Crappy toys, censored music, shoes a little too tight.
Boulder Weekly |
Joel Warner |
12-03-2004 |
Business & Labor
Tags: hottopic
Chief Walking Eaglenew
Battered, broken, living in obscurity, quasi-hermit Robb Tiller was once a linchpin in the fortunes of one of Florida's biggest businesses: the Seminole Indians' gambling operations.
New Times Broward-Palm Beach |
Sam Eifling |
11-30-2004 |
Business & Labor
Tags: business & labor
