The CEO loved by the supermarket chain’s employees for worker fairness had to partner with a private equity firm to win back his place. Nobody yet knows what price the piper will exact.
Working in America
Posted inLaw and Justice
Expert: U.S. Police Training in Use of Deadly Force Woefully Inadequate
In U.S. police department budgets, most funding goes to salaries and equipment, and virtually nothing to training. It’s a deadly formula, says Maria Haberfeld of the John Jay College of Criminal Justice.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
T-TIPping Point: Rise of Corporate Right Greater Menace than Rise of Far Right
Who supports using trade to undermine regulation of capitalism? Wall Street and its corporate allies.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
François Hollande’s Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Week
When the Socialist president of France threw in with German Chancellor Angela Merkel and her austerity agenda, his own government was thrown into turmoil. The backstory involves ambitious rivals.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
No Jobs But Crappy Jobs: The Next Big Political Issue?
The mass frustration is surely there. What’s missing is a mainstream national leader who will make this cause a prime election issue.
Posted inLaw and Justice
What Judges Know: The Fault for Underfunded Pensions Lies With Politicians, Not Workers
We can’t count on politicians to stick to their word. It’s promising that judges are forcing them to.
Posted inEducation in America
Education Alone Is Not the Answer to Income Inequality and Slow Recovery
If everyone in America got a PhD, the job market would not be transformed.
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Surprise! North Carolina Cuts to Jobless Benefits Did Not Help Workers
Republican leaders argued that rolling back unemployment benefits would increase employment in the Tar Heel State. Nice try.
Posted inEconomic Policy
Cold Porridge For Regular People: The Myth of the Goldilocks Economy
Some Wall Street analysts describe this economy as not too hot, not too cold, but just right. But for a worker who hasn’t seen a raise in a dog’s age, it’s a bear market.
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Will Economic Populism Win Back the Midwest for Democrats?
The decline of industrial unions and significant demographic changes portend challenging times for the region’s Democrats.Â
