How VW Workers Could Still Get A Voice After A Vote To Unionize Failed
Worker Steve Tammert checks the quality of a cylinder head during the official opening of an extended engine plant of the German manufacturer Volkswagen (VW) Sachsen GmbH in Chemnitz, eastern Germany,...
View ArticleFormer CEO Calls Executive Pay ‘Extreme,’ Says Own Pay Was ‘Ludicrous’
David Dillon, chief executive officer and chairman of the board for Kroger Co., speaks at the grocery companies annual shareholders meeting, Thursday, June 23, 2011 in Cincinnati. David Dillon, the...
View ArticleThe Truth About The 40-Hour Workweek: It’s Actually 47 Hours Long
Craig Hengel, 27, works as an unpaid intern in music publicity at Oarfin in Burnsville, Minn., March 16, 2009. (AP/Janet Hostetter) Americans still think of the standard workweek as working nine to...
View ArticleColumbus’s Real Legacy: The Brutal Disparities Suffered By Native Americans
(AP/William Lauer) Every year, many schools and businesses across the country close on the second Monday in October to celebrate the Italian Christopher Columbus’s arrival in what are now called the...
View ArticleScott Walker: Minimum Wage ‘Doesn’t Serve A Purpose’
Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker speaks at the 2013 Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in National Harbor, Maryland. (Photo/Gage Skidmore via Flickr) At a meeting with the Milwaukee Journal...
View ArticleKmart: ‘If You Do Not Come To Work On Thanksgiving, You Will Automatically Be...
Kmart will open its doors at 6 a.m. on Thanksgiving Day this year and remain open for 42 hours, meaning that many employees will have to come to work to staff shifts. While the company says it tries to...
View ArticleMayor Says Homeless People Are Criminals, Closes Public Park To Drive Them Away
Four homeless men warm themselves on a steam grate by the Federal Trade Commission, blocks from the Capitol, in Washington, Saturday, January 4, 2014. Photo: Jacquelyn Martin/AP Gary Phillips, mayor of...
View ArticleAll The Stores That Will Make Employees Work On The Holidays
On Thursday, most Americans will gather together with family and friends to have dinner and celebrate Thanksgiving. But not everyone will be able to enjoy the holiday the way they’d like. Eleven...
View ArticleFormer Flint Mayor Comes Clean About The Water Crisis
Dayne Walling is not in an enviable position. He was mayor of Flint, Michigan when the city switched its water source from Detroit to the Flint River, without adding corrosion controls. That decision...
View ArticleCongressman Wants To Block Harriet Tubman From Going On The 20
Rep. Steve King (R-IA) In April, Treasury Secretary Jack Lew announced a number of upcoming changes to U.S. currency, including putting abolitionist Harriet Tubman on the front of the $20 bill and...
View ArticleHow VW Workers Could Still Get A Voice After A Vote To Unionize Failed
Worker Steve Tammert checks the quality of a cylinder head during the official opening of an extended engine plant of the German manufacturer Volkswagen (VW) Sachsen GmbH in Chemnitz, eastern Germany,...
View ArticleFormer CEO Calls Executive Pay ‘Extreme,’ Says Own Pay Was ‘Ludicrous’
David Dillon, chief executive officer and chairman of the board for Kroger Co., speaks at the grocery companies annual shareholders meeting, Thursday, June 23, 2011 in Cincinnati. David Dillon, the...
View ArticleThe Truth About The 40-Hour Workweek: It’s Actually 47 Hours Long
Craig Hengel, 27, works as an unpaid intern in music publicity at Oarfin in Burnsville, Minn., March 16, 2009. (AP/Janet Hostetter) Americans still think of the standard workweek as working nine to...
View ArticleColumbus’s Real Legacy: The Brutal Disparities Suffered By Native Americans
(AP/William Lauer) Every year, many schools and businesses across the country close on the second Monday in October to celebrate the Italian Christopher Columbus’s arrival in what are now called the...
View ArticleScott Walker: Minimum Wage ‘Doesn’t Serve A Purpose’
Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker speaks at the 2013 Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in National Harbor, Maryland. (Photo/Gage Skidmore via Flickr) At a meeting with the Milwaukee Journal...
View ArticleKmart: ‘If You Do Not Come To Work On Thanksgiving, You Will Automatically Be...
Kmart will open its doors at 6 a.m. on Thanksgiving Day this year and remain open for 42 hours, meaning that many employees will have to come to work to staff shifts. While the company says it tries to...
View ArticleMayor Says Homeless People Are Criminals, Closes Public Park To Drive Them Away
Four homeless men warm themselves on a steam grate by the Federal Trade Commission, blocks from the Capitol, in Washington, Saturday, January 4, 2014. Photo: Jacquelyn Martin/AP Gary Phillips, mayor of...
View ArticleAll The Stores That Will Make Employees Work On The Holidays
A worker pulls merchandise ordered online at the Overstock.com warehouse to prepare for Cyber Monday sales Friday, Nov. 29 in Salt Lake City. (AP Photo/Douglas C. Pizac) On Thursday, most Americans...
View ArticleFormer Flint Mayor Comes Clean About The Water Crisis
Flint Mayor Dayne Walling speaks during a news conference, Friday, Oct. 16, 2015, outside Ralph M. Freeman Elementary School in Flint, Mich. (Danny Miller/The Flint Journal-MLive.com via AP Dayne...
View ArticleCongressman Wants To Block Harriet Tubman From Going On The 20
Rep. Steve King (R-IA) In April, Treasury Secretary Jack Lew announced a number of upcoming changes to U.S. currency, including putting abolitionist Harriet Tubman on the front of the $20 bill and...
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