Warehouses

Dave Jamieson

Warehouse Woes: More Workers Claim They Were Ripped Off

HuffingtonPost.com | Dave Jamieson | Posted 03.15.2012

Read More: Walmart, Labor, Workers, Low Wages, Low-Wage Workers, California, Warehouses, Latino Workers, Schneider Logistics, Inland Empire, Warehouse-Workers, Business News

Warehouse workers in Southern California filed a lawsuit in federal court on Thursday alleging labor law violations against a Walmart contractor, the ...

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Jason Linkins

Reporter Experiences Harrowing Ordeal As Employee Of Online Shipping Warehouse

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 02.28.2012

Read More: Eat the Press, Blue Collar Workers, Online Shipping Warehouse, Poverty, Warehouses, Economy, Amazon Wearhouse, Jobs, Warehouse-Workers, Working Class, Outsourcing, Mac McClelland, Labor, Temp-Workers, Unemployment, Temp Work, Mac Mcclelland Mother Jones, Business News, Media News

Mother Jones reporter and official recipient of the Order Of The Eat The Press Empire knighthood Mac McClelland followed up on the visit she made last...

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Big Banks Find Ways Around New Metal Warehouse Rules

Reuters | Posted 04.07.2012

Read More: Goldman Sachs, Economic Downturn, JP Morgan, Video, Warehouses, London Metal Exchange, Office of Fair Trading, Lme, Copper, Reuters, Glencore, Aluminum, Barclays, Business News

* Goldman, Glencore plan to hike warehouse rents by 10 percent * Rent rises coincide with LME rules for higher minimum load-out rates...

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Dave Jamieson

The New Blue Collar: Temporary Work, Lasting Poverty And The American Warehouse

HuffingtonPost.com | Dave Jamieson | Posted 12.21.2011

Read More: Blue Collar Workers, Holidays, Walmart, U.S. Economy, Hershey, Poverty, Warehouses, Economy, Jobs, Target, Retail, Labor Unions, Home Depot, Warehouse-Workers, Working Class, Outsourcing, Video, Labor, Temp-Workers, Costco, Temp Work, Retail Sales, Christmas, Slidepollajax, Unions, Business News

JOLIET, Ill., and FONTANA, Calif. -- Like nearly everyone else in Joliet without good job prospects, Uylonda Dickerson eventually found herself at the...

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Goldman's Unlikely Money Maker: Warehouses

Posted 09.27.2011

Read More: Goldman Sachs, Michigan Avenue, Trafigura, Commodities, Warehouses, Wall Street, London Metal Exchange, Jpmorgan, Detroit, Glencore International, Metallgesellschaft, Credit Agricole, Business News

(Pratima Desai, Clare Baldwin, Susan Thomas and Melanie Burton) - In a rundown patch of Detroit, enclosed by a cyclone fence and barbed wire, stan...

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Gucci Employee Constructs Nuclear Reactor In Brooklyn Warehouse

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Nuclear Reactor, Nuclear Fusion, Bbc, Warehouses, Gucci, Brooklyn, Mark Suppes Nuclear Reactor, Mark Suppes, New York News

If you thought working for Gucci was the most impressive facet of web developer Mark Suppes' resume, think again. The 32-year-old New Yorker has jus...

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