The Rich are Raking it in, so Where are the Jobs?

The Rich are Raking it in, so Where are the Jobs?

| Aug 29, 2011 | Economy / BusinessAh, Labor Day, the holiday when we honor Organized Labor. You know, unions and stuff like that. Yes, there’ll be picnics and speeches detailing the enormous contribution unions make to our nation’s prosperity. Political candidates will extol the virtues of...
Mass-Marketing Goes Platinum

Mass-Marketing Goes Platinum

| | Economy / BusinessIn today’s fast-moving world of consumer styles, when you’re out, you’re out. Not just out-of-style, but so far out that you no longer interest the big marketers. Thus it is that advertising authorities have deemed the middle class itself (roughly 60...

The War on Labor

| | Economy / BusinessBashing unions Makes me quake; We’ve all got A lot at stake. Here in investor-laden Connecticut, labor scored a rare coup this year. We became the first state to require most service-sector employers to provide paid sick leave. Sure, all governments and most big...
The Lineup: Week of Aug. 29-Sept. 4, 2011

The Lineup: Week of Aug. 29-Sept. 4, 2011

| | Roundup|UncategorizedThis week’s OtherWords editorial package is a Labor Day special. Sam Pizzigati casts a light on corporate consultants who recommend gutting the pay of America’s most experienced and skilled workers, Donald Kaul says “the Great Recession has sliced...