Let Them Eat Tips

Let Them Eat Tips

| Sep 30, 2014 | Economy / BusinessJust when you thought the plutocratic profiteers running America’s exploitative, low-wage economy couldn’t get any more clueless, self-serving, pious, and mingy — along comes Lady Maria of Marriott, magnanimously saying: “Let them eat tips.”...
Corporate Tax Deserters

Corporate Tax Deserters

| Sep 24, 2014 | Peace / SecurityCorporations love to wrap themselves in the flag with sun-drenched TV commercials that proclaim a deep devotion to American workers and communities. But when it comes to actually taking responsibility for supporting the workers and communities that create the...
Walgreen Writes its Own Sick Prescription

Walgreen Writes its Own Sick Prescription

| Jul 9, 2014 | Economy / BusinessHow would you react if one of your neighbors announced that while he obviously benefits from having clean water, highways, Medicare, police protection, parks, schools, and other public services, he was no longer going to pay his share of the taxes that make them...
Fast Food Giants Picking Their Workers’ Pockets

Fast Food Giants Picking Their Workers’ Pockets

| Jun 4, 2014 | Food / FarmingNo matter how small the haul, a thief is a thief, right? If a poverty-wage fast-food worker sneaks out a couple of burgers to take home to the kids, the bosses yell: “Thief!” But what do you call it when the bosses steal from those same workers? How about...