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'No Contract, No Cookies': Documentary On Stella D'Oro Strike Premieres

The Huffington Post | Jonah Green | Posted 09.05.2011 | New York
Read More: Video, Jon Alpert, Hbo, Dctv, Stella-Doro-Strike, Stella D'Oro, Documentary, Film, No Contract No Cookies, Stella D'oro Factory, New York News

When Stella D'Oro workers went on strike in 2008 protesting unfair wages, Emmy Award winning filmmakers Jon Alpert and Matthew O'Neill were right alon...

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No Contract, No Cookies: Is This the Way a Country Crumbles?

Kerry Trueman | Posted 09.05.2011 | Business
Read More: Brynwood Partners, HBO Documentary, MATTHEW O'NEILL, Unions, Jon Alpert, Labor, Stella D'Oro, Business News
Kerry Trueman

Isn't a 'jobless recovery' as preposterous as a fetus-less pregnancy? We've got a bloody pile-up at the intersection of Wall Street and Main Street, where reality collides with such corporate conceits. And it's the workers who wind up on life support.

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Small Businesses: The Heart Of Our Communities

Pearl Korn | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Read More: Manhattan, John F. Kennedy, Riverdale New York, Colin Powell, Michael Bloomberg, Eliot Engel, Broadway, Henry Hudson, Bronx, Diane Sawyer, Barack Obama, One Nation Working Together, Rudy Giuliani, Louisville, Stella D'Oro, Glenn Beck, ABC News, Derek Jeter, Kirsten Gillibrand, Tea Party, Republican Party, South Bronx, Politics News
Pearl Korn

Diane Sawyer of ABC World News Tonight recently returned to her hometown of Louisville, Kentucky to see how it has been faring during the economic dow...

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Auction At Stella D'oro: Nostalgia For Some, Bargain Hunting For Others

HuffPost Eyes&Ears | Dan Lieberman | Posted 05.25.2011 | New York
Read More: Kraft, Stella D'Oro Strike, Stella D'oro Factory Closing, Stella D'Oro, Bronx, Stella D'oro Factory Closed, Knightsbridge, New York News

Produced by HuffPost Eyes&Ears Citizen Journalism Unit in collaboration with The Bronx Ink at the Columbia Journalism School. Ovens the size of pick-...

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Lloyd Blankfein Has A Reality Problem

Andy Stern | Posted 05.25.2011 | Business
Read More: Lloyd Blankfein, Goldman Sachs, Wall Street, Financial Crisis, Stella D'Oro, Bonuses, Bronx, Wall Street Bonuses, Andy Stern, Business News
Andy Stern

Lloyd Blankfein doesn't get it. If he really wants to change Goldman Sachs' image, he's got to change reality.

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NLRB Still Broken: After Nearly 20 Year Battle, Workers Die Before $12 Million Settlement Reached

Art Levine | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Read More: Employee Fre Choice Act, Stella D'Oro, Labor Law, Afl-Cio, Obama, Nlrb, Flour Daniel, Politics News
Art Levine

Even under President Obama, the gridlocked National Labor Relations Board is still broken in responding to anti-union abuses.

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Lloyd Blankfein Gives Thanks

Andy Stern | Posted 05.25.2011 | Business
Read More: Lloyd Blankfein, Goldman Sachs, Wall Street, Financial Reform, Seiu, Banks, Financial Crisis, Stella D'Oro, Foreclosure, Service Employees International Union, Andy Stern, Business News
Andy Stern

Goldman Sachs CEO Lloyd Blankfein has a lot to be thankful for this year. But among it all, he and other Wall Stree CEOs don't seem especially thankful for the American people.

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Stella D'Oro's No-Win Solution

Dan Silverstein | Posted 05.25.2011 | Business
Read More: Brynwood Partners, Unfair Labor Practices, Nlrb, The Bronx, Unions, Stella D'Oro Strike, Bakery Workers Local 50, Stella D'Oro, Proskauer Rose, Capitalism, New York City, Bakery, Business News
Dan Silverstein

It was as though the economic realities carried no resonance with these workers of the world. They failed to comprehend the most basic linkage between management's needs and their lives.

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Today In HuffPost New York

Dan Collins | Posted 05.25.2011 | New York
Read More: Bronx Cookie Factory, Stella D'Oro, Stella D'Oro Strike, New York, Bronx New York, Bronx, New York News
Dan Collins

One of the things that distinguishes New Yorkers from most of our fellow Americans is that we know we're not really in control.

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Stella D'oro Factory Closure Despite Long Workers' Strike

New York Times | PATRICK McGEEHAN | Posted 05.25.2011 | New York
Read More: Stella D'Oro, Stella D'Oro Strike, New York, Bronx New York, Bronx, Stella D'oro Factory Closed, Stella D'oro Factory, New York News

With passing trucks and buses honking their support, employees of the Stella D'oro Biscuit Company chanted, "The workers -- united -- will never be de...

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"We Won't Work For Crumbs": Stella D'Oro Workers Set Precedent for Fighting Back!

Beth Borzone | Posted 05.25.2011 | New York
Read More: Stella D'Oro, Teachers, Workers, Unions, Labor Unions, Labor, Nysut, Economy, Stella D'Oro Strike, Jobs, New York, New York News
Beth Borzone

On Saturday May 30th, 800 striking Stella D'Oro workers rallied in the Bronx for better workers' rights in a bad economy. Two weeks later, is the movement taking hold?

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