I know it’s probably cheating, but here’s something that I posted more than half a decade ago on the occasion of Labor Day. If anything, I think it’s even more appropriate today, seeing as how Michigan has since become a so-called “right to work” state, and we now how have an unquestionably anti-worker administration running […]
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A big “thank you” to all those who died in the Chicago rail yards so that we might have the day off to grill hot dogs… Happy Labor Day
Posted in Corporate Crime, Economics, History, Michigan, Other Also tagged Alexander Acosta, American Railway Union, Capitalism, Chicago, company towns, Eugene Debs, Grover Cleveland, Illinois, Ivanka Trump, John Peter Altgeld, Labor Day, labor history, living wage, Marvin Kaplan, National Guard, National Labor Relations Board, Patrick Pizzella, Pullman, Pullman Palace Car Company, Pullman strike, right-to-work, Samuel Alito, strikebreakers, strikes, sympathy strikes, unions, William Emanuel 7 Comments
Why we have to support the workers of Walmart on Black Friday… and beyond
Last night, Walmart warehouse and retail employees in Southern California walked off their jobs and began picketing. They were joined this morning by Walmart employees in Seattle. And, if all goes according to plan, a great many more will join them tomorrow, on Black Friday, when employees from over 1,000 Walmart stores are expected to […]
Posted in Corporate Crime, Economics, Uncategorized Also tagged anti-consumerism, Buy Nothing Day, consumerism, Corporate Action Network, food stamps, labor movement, Making Change at Walmart, Rob Walton, Stand Up Live Better Fund, strikes, UFCW, unions, United Food & Commercial Workers, Wal-Mart, Walmart, welfare, Winning Words Project 38 Comments
The Twinkie defense… Is management or labor is less deserving of the blame in the Hostess liquidation?
A few days ago, upon hearing that Hostess Brands Inc. was going out of business, I posted the following, assuming that it would just be a matter of time before folks on the right started floating conspiracy theories involving Michelle Obama and her “nanny state” jihad against junk food. As my friend Steve Cherry quickly […]
Posted in Corporate Crime, Economics, Uncategorized Also tagged asshole CEOs, Bakery, Confectionery, conspiracy theories, game theory, greed, Hostess, Hostess Ho-Hos, junk food, King of Kona, Michelle Obama, nanny state, Teamsters, Tobacco Workers and Grain Millers International Union, twinkie defense, Twinkies, unions, Wonder Bread 10 Comments