There is a building pile of crap over a movie–Wall-E. First, it is a animated movie, do any of the right wing idiots get that? OK and the Tele-Tubies were gay–at least one of them, according to people of similar thinking. These same people really hate it when others see their right wing agenda being [...]
Archive for July 2nd, 2008
Wall-E : Is It Left Wing Propaganda?
Posted in Politics, tagged Animation, Movies, Right Wing on 2 July, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Yet Another American Axel UpDate
Posted in Labor, News, tagged American Axel, CEOs, Compensation, Unions on 2 July, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
American Axle CEO Richard Dauch was awarded an $8.5 million bonus for defeating the three-month strike by 3,650 auto workers and successfully imposing deep wage and benefit cuts on the company’s hourly workforce, according to a Securities and Exchange Commission filing last Friday.
In addition to the bonus Dauch received $1.5 million salary, stock awards and [...]
Today In Labor History
Posted in History, Labor, tagged Historical Events, Strikes, Unions, Workers on 2 July, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
July 02
President Johnson signs Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, forbidding employers and unions from discriminating on the basis of race, color, gender, nationality, or religion – 1964
Starbucks……..Can we Say Anymore?
Posted in Labor, News, tagged Jobs, Unions, Workers on 2 July, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Starbucks Corp. may rise in Nasdaq trading today after the coffee retailer, which has doubled in size since 2004, announced plans to retrench, including cutting 7 percent of its workforce and closing 600 stores.
Seventy percent of the stores to be shut are less than three years old, the company said. Starbucks Chief Financial Officer Peter [...]
Screen Actors Guild Moves Toward Strike
Posted in Labor, News, tagged Actors, AFTRA, Negotiations, SAG on 2 July, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Hollywood is preparing for another crippling strike after the largest actors’ union failed to agree on a new contract with the US entertainment industry’s key studios and networks.
The 120,000-member Screen Actors Guild has been locked in talks with the studios for several weeks, with both sides working towards a deadline of midnight last night.
But it [...]
ConEd Strike UpDate
Posted in Labor, News, tagged Negotiations, Workers on 2 July, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
This from an update reported in the NY Daily News:
Contract talks between Consolidated Edison and the union representing nearly 9,000 of the utility’s workers continued early Wednesday morning as a deadline for a possible strike passed without resolution, a spokesman for the utility said.
“Both sides have agreed to stop the clock and work past midnight,” [...]
See, He Is No Better Than Any Other Candidate
Posted in News, Politics, Religion, tagged Obama, Pandering, Religious Right on 2 July, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Democrat Barack Obama said yesterday that if elected president he would set aside more than $500 million a year in federal funds for religious organizations to help the disadvantaged, sharply expanding a Bush administration program that has strong support from evangelical Christians.
Political analysts said Obama’s proposal appeared to be part of an attempt to shift [...]
