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Dave Jamieson

Workers Strike At Walmart Warehouse

HuffingtonPost.com | Dave Jamieson | Posted 11.19.2012 | Business
Read More: Walmart, Strike, Temporary Workers, Warehouses, Retail, Labor Unions, Black Friday 2012, Warehouse-Workers, Video, Labor, Black Friday Shopping, Retail Sales, Temp Work, Work, Black Friday, Work Stoppages, Manual Labor, Mira-Loma, Business News

Workers at a Walmart-contracted warehouse in Southern California went on strike Wednesday to demand better conditions at their facility, according to ...

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Are We Too Picky?

Anne Zink | Posted 11.17.2012 | Business
Read More: Opportunity-Private, Opportunity, Government Assistance, Mike Rowe, Dirty Jobs, Obamacare, Startups, Manual Labor, Business News
Anne Zink

Somewhere between the early '80s and today, we seem to have forgotten work feels good! It's empowering to finish the day knowing you accomplished something no matter how menial. I am concerned we've become very uppity.

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The Peach-Picker Shortage

The Huffington Post | Alexander Eichler | Posted 07.30.2012 | Business
Read More: Farm Workers, Farming, California, Undocumented Immigrants, Illegal Immigration, Agriculture, Migrant Workers, Peaches, Alabama, Unemployment, Illegal Immigrants, Manual Labor, Farmworkers, Immigrant Workers, Undocumented Workers, Video, Business News

There seems to be a shortage of peach-pickers in Marysville, California. Or maybe not. Peach farms in the Marysville region -- in particular, the p...

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Dave Jamieson

Walmart Warehouse Under Investigation By California Labor Officials

HuffingtonPost.com | Dave Jamieson | Posted 12.14.2011 | Business
Read More: Walmart, Minimum Wage, Labor, Wage Theft, Subcontracting, Walmart Chicago, Manual Labor, Schneider Logistics, Investigation, Warehouse-Workers, Latino Prosperity, Business News

WASHINGTON -- Investigators in California have discovered numerous labor law violations at a massive warehouse handling Walmart goods, according to st...

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Arthur Delaney

GOP Lawmaker Hires More Unemployed Workers To Clean Up His Yard

HuffingtonPost.com | Arthur Delaney | Posted 08.24.2011 | Politics
Read More: Minimum Wage, Unemployment, Manual Labor, Extended Benefits, North Carolina Unemployment, Yard Work, Stephen Laroque, Politics News

A Republican politician in North Carolina has successfully recruited two unemployed workers to clean up his yard after the first jobless constituent h...

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Dave Jamieson

A Labor Fight Over Hotel Bedsheets

HuffingtonPost.com | Dave Jamieson | Posted 06.19.2011 | Politics
Read More: Hotels, Labor, California Labor, California, Hotel Maids, Maids, Hyatt Hotels, California Unions, Manual Labor, California Hotel Maids, Westin Hotels, Labor Unions, Politics News

When she isn’t sidelined by an injury, Nenita Ibe cleans 16 rooms a day at the Santa Clara hotel where she’s worked for 10 years. Since some rooms...

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College-Educated Flock To Skilled Manual Labor

washingtonpost.com | Carol Morello | Posted 05.25.2011 | Business
Read More: Plumbers, White Collar, College, Repair, Employment, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Journeymen, Construction, Manual-Labor, Mechanics, College Degree, Business News

They started out studying aerospace engineering, creative writing and urban planning. But somewhere on the path to accumulating academic credentials, ...

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More Americans Now Turning To Day Labor Jobs Once Held By Illegal Immigrants

usatoday.com | Emily Bazar | Posted 05.25.2011 | Business
Read More: Housing Market, Low Wages, Unemployment, Day Labor, Illegal Immigrants, Migrant Labor, Manual Labor, Financial Crisis, Immigrants, Day Laborers, Recession, Business News

Growing ranks of U.S. citizens are heading to street corners and home improvement store parking lots to find day-labor work usually done by illegal im...

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