A case for unions
We had a good round of what’s-wrong-with-unions in the tense days when a BART strike seemed imminent. As a counterbalance, consider the results of a new study that found that nearly 70 percent of...
View ArticleEconomists just want you to be happy
The Nobel-winning economist Joseph Stiglitz has authored an important new study proposing new, and ultimately more accurate, ways of measuring a country’s wealth. Wikipedia Commons The very formulas...
View ArticleIllegals invite you to take their jobs!
Illegal immigrants boost the crime rate and take American jobs — right? Well, wrong. But if you don’t believe the experts, see for yourself. The UFW invites unemployed Americans to take the farm jobs...
View ArticleIs your iPhone or Pad poisoning Chinese children?
When you buy the iPhone 4, you’re buying not just from Apple but from the Taiwanese company Foxconn, at whose mainland China factories the phones (and pods and pads) are made. The company’s labor...
View ArticleSan Francisco home to most green jobs in the nation
So much for criticism that California’s environmental leadership — notably AB 32 — kills jobs: The state has the most green-collar jobs of any in the nation, and San Francisco leads the Golden State...
View ArticleFarmworkers: Beneath the hat
Farmworkers are the source of a lot of talk in the U.S. — they’ve got their own Department of Labor category and anti-immigration activists point to them as taking jobs away from Americans. These...
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