Don't Drink the Tea. Think With the WE.
May
2011
15
In a perfect example of a big media company looking to capitalize on current events, The Walt Disney Company has trademarked “Seal Team 6,” which also happens to be the name of the elite special forces team that killed Osama Bin Laden. Here’s to you, Capitalism. Entertainment goliath Disney already has trademark applications in...
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May
2011
15
Photographer Dave Mead has searched the world over for some of the most incredible beards grown to man. You can view the full set, and purchase glossy prints of them if you’re the kind of person to spend hundreds of dollars on a stranger’s face, on the artist’s website. The Daily Mail had this to ...
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May
2011
15
“Our agreement is historic in every way because of the way we achieved it,’’ Malloy said at the state Capitol, surrounded by Democratic legislative leaders. “We respected the collective bargaining process and we respected each other, negotiating in good faith, without fireworks and without anger.’’ A deal struck...
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May
2011
14
Surprised that it took this long? We are too. From the Associated Press: Ohio’s largest law enforcement organization has withdrawn its endorsement of the Republican state senator who sponsored a new law that restricts public workers’ collective bargaining rights and led thousands to protest at the Statehouse. The state board of the...
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May
2011
14
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) Local 136, located in Birmingham, Alabama, has been posting video testimonials by apprentices and apprentice instructors through 2011. The videos display a diverse group of individuals, both young and old, who have reaped the rewards of the National Joint Apprenticeship Training Committee...
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May
2011
14
Daily Kos contributor James Parks has the drop on the National Association of Letter Carriers (NALC) effort to “Stamp Out Hunger”: NALC asks that you collect canned goods and dry food, such as tuna, canned meat, soups, pasta, rice and cereal, and leave them in a bag or box by your mailbox on Sat., May ...
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May
2011
14
The Daily What discovered this Craigslist ad (above), touting a two and a half month sublet in Washington D.C.’s Dupont Circle area with utilities included. But utilities aren’t the only thing included: “You will share the apartment with 16 well mannered cats and 2 Roombas,” the ad reads. “The cats will occupy the...
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May
2011
14
In March, the Los Angeles Board of Harbor Commissioners signed off on a Project Labor Agreement that was estimated to create 6,000 jobs through 2016. On Wednesday, this agreement was approved by the City Council: “Up until now, we’ve had to negotiate each one of these projects each time they came up at the harbor,” ...
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May
2011
13
In the video below, posted on Twitter by American Rights at Work, Senator Tom Harkin gives Boeing general counsel and Senior Vice President, J. Michael Luttig, an earful over the discrepancy between worker pay raises and executive pay raises. Despite a somewhat unfair edit at the end of the video — the video fades out ...
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May
2011
13
Concern over the health risks of exposure to the sun’s ultraviolet (UV) radiation has been rising for decades. With summer fast approaching, construction workers need to take extra precautions because they often work outdoors. This archived study from the Electronic Library of Construction Occupational Health and Safety (eLCOSH) highlights...
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May
2011
13
The talking points have rung loud and clear throughout this year’s renewed nationwide conversation about unionism: unions brought you the 9 to 5 workday; if you like weekends, thank a union; when union wages go up, wages go up for all workers. Yesterday, in Illinois, where the Illinois Labor Relations Board (ILRB) ruled that McHenry ...
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May
2011
13
From the standpoint of an upstanding Wisconsinite who wants the best for their state, the news that State Senator Robert Cowles, one of six Republicans up for recall election this summer, had money invested in the porn industry is either too good to be true or just plain too bad. While Politiscoop acknowledges that the ...
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