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It’s time to make Keolis pay

October 24, 2016 By Jamie Eldridge 46 Comments

I was outraged to hear that the Baker administration decided to forgive $839,000 in fines leveled against Keolis, the outsourced operator of the commuter rail system, behind closed doors and without any notice to the public. As co-chairs of … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: Carmen's Union, charlie-baker, jamie-eldridge, Linda Dorcena Forry, marty-walsh, mbta, outsourcing, public-transit, sean-garballey

Mitt, Bain and the Birth of Terrible Tech Support

February 8, 2012 By dcsln 2 Comments

A few weeks ago, Andrew Kaczynski at BuzzFeed.com published the John McCain campaign's 2008 opposition report on Mitt Romney.  I skimmed through it - it's an even 200 pages - and the thing that caught my eye was Stream International, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: 2012, economy, outsourcing, romney

They were singing, “bye, bye Miss American Pie”

September 25, 2011 By HeartlandDem 18 Comments

When the Watergate scandal broke, I was just old enough to grasp that something really bad, shocking in fact had happened.  That was before "shocking" became just another mot du jour and scandals were not reality shows. I was raised by … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: cynicism, massachusetts, monopolies, obama, outsourcing, patrick, politics

Standing with the American worker

August 3, 2010 By ray-m 1 Comment

On the contrary, if "mom and pop" hardware store needs tax relief they are not bound by the same prevailing wage law. The purpose of this law is to level the playing field of big box stores and small businesses. The amount Wal-Mart pays … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: economy, massachusetts, outsourcing, state

What next for Congress – for BOTH Sen. Kerry and Sen. Brown to (I hope) support

July 15, 2010 By AmberPaw 3 Comments

Here is a non-exhaustive but personal wish list for what I think would revive the economy and enhance economic recovery: 1.  Restoring emergency unemployment extensions; they don't buy, we self employed types don't eat.  Wonderful … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: fdr, john-kerry, lincoln, made-in-the-usa, outsourcing, railroads, scott-brown, unemployment

Woods Hole Housekeepers get their jobs back!

February 13, 2010 By AmberPaw 6 Comments

The Boston Globe reports that the Houskeepers traveled to the trustees meeting in New York City with help from the SEIU.  Apparently, plenty of scientists who work at Woods Hole in the summer,and donors to research there supported … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: housekeeper, living-wage, loyalty, outsourcing, seiu

Woods Hole to fire all housekeepers and outsource?

February 6, 2010 By AmberPaw 6 Comments

Last November, the National Institutes of Health awarded the lab $802,500 in federal stimulus funds to support the recruitment of scientists specializing in regenerative biology. The lab also recently received a $10 million grant from the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: 25-year-employees, hyatt, outsourcing, woods-hole

Unemployment remains the #1 problem for the economy

January 2, 2010 By AmberPaw 19 Comments

Unemployment by state tells the story.  Having the stock market go up, while employment remains the worst it has been in 29 years should be setting off alarm bells, not celebrations. The fact that   Tata Tata enterprises is being … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: foreclosure, outsourcing, unemployment, waqge-depreciation

The Wake Up Wal-Mart Holiday Campaign: Ad #2

December 9, 2008 By wuwm 3 Comments

1) The tax burden Wal-Mart imposes on Americans by forcing its employees to rely on state resources for healthcare, 2) The lost wages of the legions of women who have had to take the company to court in order to receive equal pay, and 3) … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: corporations, equal-pay, holidays, outsourcing, tax-burden, wake-up-wal-mart, walmart

And Dan Bosley was in China – on a trade mission

November 14, 2008 By AmberPaw 1 Comment

Dan Bosley also has a blog: http://danielbosley.blogspot.c... The November 3, 2008 entry makes clear that for two weeks, Dan was in China. The inter-connections concept in terms of jobs is interesting - however, what is compelling in … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: china, dan-bosley, manufacturing, mexico, outsourcing, wages

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