In an open letter to Harvard University President Drew Faust, co-signed my many organizations including Harvard's Undergraduate Council SLAM writes: We write to you as members of the Harvard community because we are concerned with our … [Read more...]
Pass The DREAM Act For Future Economic Prosperity: A Comprehensive Argument
According to Wikipedia:The Development, Relief, and Education for Alien Minors Act (also called "The DREAM Act") [is] a piece of proposed federal legislation in the United States that would provide certain immigrant students who … [Read more...]
Wall-E vs. Wal-Mart
But perhaps most ominously, Wal-Mart is even getting involved in elections. During the 2008 election, management pulled employees into meetings to urge them not to vote for Obama because -- gasp! -- he would fight for worker's … [Read more...]
GMAC
The news headline is "GMAC Holders Agree to Revised Swap Terms", and the subtext is that GMAC finance has applied to be accepted as a bank and thus become eligible for TARP funds, but was denied because their capital structure was … [Read more...]
Victory? Wal-Mart Workers Unionize in Canada
Of course, there is always the threat that Wal-Mart shutters the store. But if we can successfully unionized another store, and then another, and then another... then Wal-Mart can't shut them all down, right? It's a stiff challenge, but I'm … [Read more...]
Hundreds in Mass kick off campaign for passage of Employee Free Choice Act
"Management constantly threatened our livelihood and our retirement security if we were to form a union," said Kevin Simoneau, a former Comcast field technician who experienced employer intimidation. "Giving us a choice about how to … [Read more...]
Ill. Gov. suspends business with Bank of America
Gov. Rod. Blagojevich from Illinois has ordered all state government agencies to suspend business with Bank of America after receiving a $25 billion bailout yet failing to restore the credit to the Republic Window and Doors company in … [Read more...]
Bail Out? Why you ask I say yes and here’s why
What happens when your homes value falls to pre 1980 levels how many owe more then $45,000 on their primary residence what will you say to the bank then? What happens when the unemployment system runs out of money will you the worker … [Read more...]
Walmart Shutters First Shop that Successfully Unionized
Walmart would rather see the operation shut down "entirely instead of having employees with any kind of power." That kind of power? As White notes: "Many Wal-Mart employees are apparently so underpaid that their only recourse is to … [Read more...]
Wal-Mart Might Owe State $600M
As part of the case, first filed in 2001, an expert statistician witness analyzed Wal-Mart's paper and electronic payroll records from 1995 to 2005 and documented more than 1 million instances when Bay State employees were denied meal … [Read more...]