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Topic: Labor Unions

  
CAREER DEVELOPMENT   |  Comment

State of the Unions

BY Laurence Shatkin
Relevancy Score: 100
Mon Nov 10, 2008 at 3:21 PM

Recently I got in touch with a journalist who was researching a story about how the election of Barack Obama may affect people’s income. I focused on one issue, the laws against wage discrimination. You may recall that, in 2007, the ...READ»

PHILANTHROPY   |  Comment

With Justice for All?

BY Greg Donaldson
Relevancy Score: 93
Wed Dec 19, 2007 at 12:21 AM

Labor organizer Jane McAlevey is forcing companies in Connecticut's ultraprosperous Fairfield County to confront a moral challenge that they would prefer to ignore -- and, in the process, she is forcing all of us to confront our personal sense of justice.READ»

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The Women of Enron : A New Calling

BY Carleen Hawn
Relevancy Score: 82
Wed Dec 19, 2007 at 12:42 AM

Deborah Perrotta was an executive assistant for 25 years. When Enron fell, she lost her job -- and found a new voice.READ»

HUMAN RESOURCES   |  5 comments

GM's Employee Buyout Offer

BY Greg Spotts
Relevancy Score: 81
Tue Jun 27, 2006 at 1:17 AM

After the markets closed yesterday, General Motors announced that approximately 35,000 hourly workers have accepted buyouts to leave the company. The huge number was a surprise to both management and the union, indicating that the ...READ»

Kenan Samms
CHANGE MANAGEMENT   |  2 comments

Is the Human Resources Department the Union of the 21st Century?

BY Paul Glover
Relevancy Score: 79
Tue Sep 2, 2008 at 4:20 PM

Has the Human Resources Department Become the Union of the 21st Century? Every Labor Day I reminisce about my 24 years as a labor attorney and union official of an 8,000 member national union. It was a great job and I enjoyed ...READ»

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Do You Belong?

BY Cathy Olofson
Relevancy Score: 59
Wed Dec 19, 2007 at 12:17 AM

Bet the CompanyREAD»

HUMAN RESOURCES   |  18 comments

The Wal-Mart Problem (cont.)


Relevancy Score: 57
Wed May 4, 2005 at 9:55 AM

In a groundbreaking investigation, The New York Times has discovered that Wal-Mart doesn't pay its workers very much. This morning, it reports that "a number of community groups and lawmakers have recently teamed up with labor unions ...READ»

CULTURE   |  1 comment

Management by Mendacity


Relevancy Score: 51
Tue Apr 20, 2004 at 12:50 PM

Writing in the May issue of Atlantic Monthly, Howell Raines, the former editor of The New York Times, coins the phrase "Management by Mendacity." It's a condition many cubicle dwellers can identify with. "Great work great praise it ...READ»

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Making Unseen America Visible

BY Daniel H. Pink
Relevancy Score: 50
Wed Dec 19, 2007 at 12:39 AM

Bread and roses transforms ordinary working americans into artists with cameras.READ»

ETHICS   |  30 comments

Unionize Today!

BY Kevin Ohannessian
Relevancy Score: 50
Fri Mar 18, 2005 at 10:54 AM

Wal-Mart has settled. Their crisis is over and they can get back to being the largest retailer in the world with barely any public scrutiny. Why aren't more consumers boycotting them? Businesses should be accountable for not ...READ»

SACRAMENTO BUSINESS LAWYER   |  Comment

Entertainment Law

BY Deborah Barron
Relevancy Score: 48
Fri Oct 23, 2009 at 3:02 PM

Entertainment law is a highly volatile area that is constantly changing. If you’re in this industry, be smart and have entertainment savvy legal representation.READ»

NEWS + CURRENT EVENTS   |  2 comments

The Inflatable Rat: The Striking Writers' Lightweight Heavy

BY Chuck Salter
Relevancy Score: 46
Wed Nov 7, 2007 at 7:14 PM

It's a nearly ubiquitous balloon animal, but it won’t be joining friendly floaters such as Big Bird in the upcoming Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade. It's a different breed. Angry. Unsightly. We're talking, of course, about The Rat: ...READ»

NEWS + CURRENT EVENTS   |  1 comment

In Today's Papers

BY Lynne d Johnson
Relevancy Score: 46
Thu Sep 14, 2006 at 3:42 PM

A few links for your bookmarks, digg, and del.icio.us : Microsoft releases details of its iPod competitor, Zune "Microsoft (MSFT) on Thursday released some details about its Zune media player, saying it will go beyond Apple's ...READ»

LEADERSHIP MENTORING   |  Comment

Underground Activists

BY Ian Wylie
Relevancy Score: 45
Wed Dec 19, 2007 at 12:31 AM

Back in 1831, Welsh coal miners at the tower colliery invented the red flag as a symbol of rebellion. Today, miners own the mine, and they are focused on black ink -- and producing lots of it.READ»

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What a Family!


Relevancy Score: 44
Mon Jul 19, 2004 at 10:57 AM

The recent labor trouble at Southwest Airlines shows that even the happiest family has woes. James Parker, Southwest's CEO unexpectedly resigned from what he calls a "draining" job. He stepped down after the company reported its ...READ»

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How Unions Benefit Apprenticeship Programs

BY Laurence Shatkin
Relevancy Score: 43
Wed Sep 17, 2008 at 8:27 AM

Because I am writing this blog about unions, I should start out with full disclosure: I do not belong to a union and never have, but my father and grandfather were both union organizers--when they were not managers. Therefore, I have ...READ»

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CEO See-Ya!

BY Jennifer Reingold
Relevancy Score: 42
Wed Dec 19, 2007 at 12:46 AM

Steven A. Burd, CEO of Safeway Inc.READ»

ONLINE BUSINESS   |  Comment

V. An Internet Union: Does Collective Bargaining Make Sense When " We're All Owners Here? "

BY Gregory J. Pleshaw
Relevancy Score: 42
Wed Dec 19, 2007 at 8:33 AM

New-economy job classifications range from temp to perma-temp, independent contractor to freelance, full-time exempt to nonexempt, and salaried employee to wage earner. While it seems unlikely that one union could represent this ...READ»

ENTREPRENEURSHIP   |  2 comments

Free Agents in the Olde World

BY Jill Rosenfeld
Relevancy Score: 40
Wed Dec 19, 2007 at 12:28 AM

The future of work in Free Agent Nation may look strangely like the past, says MIT's Thomas Malone. Prithee: Art thou ready to join a guild?READ»

WOMEN IN BUSINESS   |  Comment

Survey, She Says

BY Heath Row
Relevancy Score: 38
Tue Jul 18, 2006 at 2:18 PM

Where are the women? Now, even the AFL-CIO wants to know. If you're a working woman, participate in the union's 2006 Ask a Working Woman Survey, and your input will be presented "to every U.S. representative and senator as well as ...READ»

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BLUE GREEN ALLIANCE CONTINUES TO GROW WITH SEIU, LIUNA Alliance Expands Labor-Environmental Partnership for Good Jobs, Clean En

BY Meghan Krause
Relevancy Score: 37
Thu Dec 11, 2008 at 12:05 PM

MINNEAPOLIS (December 11, 2008) As the economic crisis grows, and as leaders from around the world gather in Poland to address climate change, the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) and the Laborers’ International ...READ»

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Can a Flash Game Fix Outrage over CEO Pay?

BY Chris Dannen
Relevancy Score: 36
Thu Apr 2, 2009 at 1:53 PM

Everyone's furious at the brass. In France, workers detained four Caterpillar executives. At Obama's town hall meetings, citizens rail about CEO pay. This week, unionized airline workers took a creative 21st century approach. They ...READ»

Kenan Samms
CHANGE MANAGEMENT   |  Comment

The Unions Are Coming!

BY Paul Glover
Relevancy Score: 35
Wed Nov 5, 2008 at 6:05 PM

      With the election of Barrack Obama as President and with the Democrats closing in on the filibuster proof number of sixty seats in the Senate, the odds are that the Employee Free Choice Act will pass in the Spring of ...READ»

EMPLOYEE RETENTION   |  Comment

60 Seconds with Mona Williams

BY Jena McGregor
Relevancy Score: 34
Wed Dec 19, 2007 at 7:44 AM

Defending the world's biggest company against legal and ethical charges isn't an easy job. But somebody's got it. Meet Wal-Mart's head of PR.READ»

CAREER DEVELOPMENT   |  4 comments

Union Suits and Ties

BY Heath Row
Relevancy Score: 33
Tue Sep 27, 2005 at 4:31 PM

Lest you think that doctors, engineers, and judges have it easier than their blue-collar brethren, the Wall Street Journal reports that such professionals are in fact a quickly growing class of unionized workers. (Subscription ...READ»

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