There is a strike starting today at Kaiser Permanente hospitals in California. Security guards are paid little and get few benefits -- not even sick leave.
In Oregon, Kaiser Permanente security guards are employed by Kaiser, not by a contractor. They are unionized and here is a short chart of just some of the difference this makes.
Companies classifying workers as "temporary" or "contractors" is one of the bigger scams that is going on these days.
This week I wrote about the Kaiser Permanente / Inter-Con Security Security Guard strike. The post Security Guards Striking for the Right to Have Our...
John McCain urges free-market principles to reduce global warming. Which "free-market principles" does McCain mean?
Do you think for a minute that a large corporation would allow any kind of pro-labor stories to be carried on news media that it owns?
When you are deciding whether to listen to a Republican when they talk about Democrats as "appeasers," consider the story of Oliver North.
The California Chamber of Commerce has released its annual list of what it calls "job-killer bills." Why is it that the hit-list seems to only target Democrats?
The California Chamber of commerce is a lobbying association. They represent their members: businesses, many of which are large corporations. This is about private greed vs. the public good.
Over the last few weeks I have been writing about the plight of security guards working for a company called Inter-Con, a contractor at Kaiser Permane...
From what I can see, many of the activists in this campaign are vastly more invested in beating the "other side" than they are in beating the Republicans in the fall.
