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Forced From Executive Pay to Hourly Wage
They could write a story like this every day: about hard-working people in seemingly unjust situations, if the apparent pre-requisite for coverage wasn't the upper-middle class falling down the ladder.
work  labor  economy  jobs  classism  recession  United+States  society  white+collar  middle+class  clippings 
march 2009 by mjb
Rise in Jobless Poses Threat to Stability Worldwide
I don't want to romanticize possible "collapse," but this may be an opportunity if people are aware of their power. In one scenario, perhaps only states and the selfish policy-makers will be threatened.
labor  jobs  work  International+Labor+Organization  United+Nations  UN  clippings  politics  power  stability  human+rights  globalization  economics  economy  security  G7  G8  IMF  International+Monetary+Fund 
february 2009 by mjb
Obama Encourages Workers Protesting Shutdown
I give credit where credit is due. This is encouraging, but not entirely sure what it means yet.
Obama  Barack+Obama  Chicago  Illinois  United+States  labor  work  jobs  benefits  unions  clippings  shutdown  occupation 
december 2008 by mjb
Cuba to abandon salary equality
Salarity equality is one thing. Salary equity is another.
Cuba  economics  politics  salaries  equity  equality  change  clippings  bonuses  labor  work  pay  compensation 
june 2008 by mjb
U.S. economic slowdown likely to bring Mexican workers north
"If it's bad there, it will be worse here," one Mexican is quoted as saying, and economists seem to agree.
economy  Mexico  United+States  work  labor  trade  globalization  borders  clippings  economics 
april 2008 by mjb
The Falling-down Professions
And I had just re-read "In Praise of Idleness" before bothering to touch the Style section and finding this. Ha!
work  labor  professionals  lawyers  doctors  medicine  law  culture  society  happiness  clippings 
january 2008 by mjb
Unkind Cut for Janitors at Hilfiger - New York Times
"Nine people, who came by subway and bus to scrub Tommy Hilfiger’s toilets, mop his floors, dust his shelves, were out of work. They made about $19 an hour, union wages. The Hilfiger operation found a new company to provide these services for about $8 a
clippings  labor  TommyHilfiger  Hilfiger  janitors  cleaning  work  wages  union  undercutting  ApaxPartners  Apax  ShepardIndustries  Shephard  fashion  brand  AndyHilfiger  MarybethSchmitt  Marybeth  Schmitt  JoanTaylor  Taylor 
may 2007 by mjb
Coffee Break - washingtonpost.com
Any job worth doing is worth earning a living wage for. Any job that needs doing constantly is worth having done with as much full-time help at a living wage as can be managed to do this work. It works out better for everyone in the long term.
clippings  labor  work  iww  starbucks  coffee  rights  organizing 
april 2007 by mjb

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