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Dave Jamieson

The Hidden Dangers In Temp Work

HuffingtonPost.com | Dave Jamieson | Posted 01.11.2013 | Business
Read More: Farming, Hotels, Video, Temp Work, Subcontracting, Construction, Workplace Safety, Center for Progressive Reform, Temp Workers, Osha, Study, Warehouse-Workers, Business News

The growing use of temporary or "contingent" workers in American industries like construction and warehousing has helped diminish corporate accountabi...

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Small Contractors Are Getting Screwed

The Huffington Post | Alexander Eichler | Posted 06.19.2012 | Small Business
Read More: Contractors, Video, Small Contractors, Subcontracting, Subcontractor, Federal Contracts, Defense Contractors, Federal Contractors, Defense Spending, Defense Cuts, Defense Budget, Bidding for Prime Contracts, Sequestration, Small Business News

It's tough out there for a small contractor -- especially when you don't get the work you thought you were going to get. Almost a third of subcontr...

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Dave Jamieson

Walmart's Outsourcing Leads To Lower Wages: Report

HuffingtonPost.com | Dave Jamieson | Posted 06.06.2012 | Business
Read More: Outsourcing, National Employment Law Project, Walmart, Labor, Low Wages, Low-Wage Workers, California, Subcontracting, Economic Crisis, Illinois, Unions, Joliet Illinois, Labor Unions, Warehouse-Workers, Business News

Walmart, the world's largest retailer, has driven down wages in its retail supply chain by outsourcing jobs in American warehouses, according to a rep...

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Why Subcontracting Causes More Problems Than it Solves

Ethan Miller | Posted 06.27.2012 | College
Read More: Aramark, United Students Against Sweatshops, American University, Education Policy, Student Protest, Subcontracting, Adidas, Workers Rights, Corporations Universities, College News
Ethan Miller

How can we keep both our university administrations and these large corporations in check and help fix some of the problems that subcontracting causes?

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Dave Jamieson

Walmart-Contracted Warehouse Jobs Saved By Judge

HuffingtonPost.com | Dave Jamieson | Posted 02.03.2012 | Business
Read More: Layoffs, Outsourcing, Walmart, Labor, California, Temporary Workers, Temp Work, Subcontracting, Illinois, Firing, Unions, Warehouse-Workers, Business News

Just days ago, it appeared that a hundred low-wage workers at a Walmart-contracted warehouse in California would lose their jobs after publicly accusi...

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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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Winning Government Contracts: 5 Things You Need To Know

The Huffington Post/AOL Small Business | Julia L. Rogers | Posted 08.09.2011 | Small Business
Read More: 5 Things You Need to Know, How to Win a Government Contract, How to Get a Government Contract, Naics, Subcontracting, Government Contracts, Federal Business Opportunities, Winning Government Contracts, Getting Government Contracts, Central Contractor Registration, Small Business News

The U.S. government is the biggest consumer of products and services in the world. And some $500 billion of Uncle Sam's ever-expanding budget goes to ...

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Department of Homeland Security Sued Over Data on Lockheed Contract

Lloyd Chapman | Posted 05.25.2011 | Business
Read More: Lack of Oversight, Small Business, Abuse, Economy, Jobs, Obama Administration, Lloyd Chapman, Loopholes, Stimulus, Contracts, Lawsuit, Fraud, Asbl, Unemployment, Barack Obama, Subcontracting, Economic Stimulus, Job Creation, Lockheed Martin, Business News
Lloyd Chapman

The Department of Homeland Security is being sued by the American Small Business League (ASBL) for refusing to release subcontracting data on a contra...

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Who's Minding the Subcontractors?

David Isenberg | Posted 05.25.2011 | Business
Read More: Private Military Contractor, Subcontracting, Commission on Wartime Contracting, Business News
David Isenberg

On July 26 the Commission on Wartime Contracting held a hearing on an important but long unexplored and underappreciated topic; the role of subcontrac...

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Federal Contracting: End SBA's Procurement Role

Jerry Chautin | Posted 05.25.2011 | Business
Read More: Small Business, Minority Business, SBA Administrator, Federal Contracts, Federal Agency, Veteran Owned Business, Bidding for Prime Contracts, Federal Procurement, Loan Guaranty, Karen Mills, The American Small Business League, Asbl, Federal Government, Subcontracting, Contracting Fraud, U.S. Small Business Administration, Disadvantaged Business, Procurement, Sba, Contracting, Defense Department, Procurement Officers, Disabled Veteran, Dod, Albert Einstein, Hubzones, Business News
Jerry Chautin

Should the U.S. Small Business Administration be in the business of helping small-business owners procure federal contracts?

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