And the economy continues tanking. Northwest announced layoffs for 2500 workers, in all sectors of the company, ranging from pilots, mechanics, and flight attendants. Of course no union is putting up a fight because as I said before, airline unions don’t care or can’t put up a fight. Steve and Barry’s, a cheap clothing store [...]
July 9, 2008
Categories: Economics, Everyday Life . Tags: Economics, layoffs, small business, Unions . Author: Joe Hill's Ghost . Comments: 1 Comment
I’m still in Uni, but I’ve been contemplating becoming a high school (A levels and GCSE for you brits) teacher. I was curious what folk’s thoughts were on anti-authoritarians, anarchists, radicals etc. in the education field? The knee jerk reaction of most “anarychists” is to attack anyone that’s a teacher, because well, [...]
July 8, 2008
Categories: Everyday Life, The Rev, Trade unions . Tags: Class Struggle, education, Organizing, teenagers, Unions . Author: Joe Hill's Ghost . Comments: 1 Comment
Surprise surprise everyone! As the economy takes a dive into the shiter for the umpteenth time, American Airlines announced that they will be cutting 900 jobs. This is pretty expected. American Airlines is getting slammed hard with the price of gas these days and with their general managerial incompetence. Remember, these are the same [...]
July 3, 2008
Categories: Class Theory, Economics, Trade unions . Tags: American Airlines, Bureaucrats, Class Struggle, Economics, Job Cuts, Neoliberalism, Unions . Author: Joe Hill's Ghost . Comments: 1 Comment
Here comes the crunch! Starbucks has finally ended its pattern of cancerous growth. Today, they announced the closing of 500 stores and a possible 100 more, along with the termination of 7% of its workforce. As I once stated, this will probably shoot up its stock and the Wall Street Journal agrees.
The store [...]
July 1, 2008
Categories: Culture, Economics, Everyday Life, Trade unions . Tags: Economics, IWW, Starbucks, Unions, Wall Street . Author: Joe Hill's Ghost . Comments: Leave a Comment
I am sick and tired of people on the American left yapping about the middle class. They either don’t know what the middle class is or they see the middle class as some social democratic aspiration. American Unions consistently talk about the need to “rebuild the middle class,” and that the demise of organized industry [...]
June 22, 2008
Categories: Class Theory, Trade unions . Tags: Coordinator Class, Middle Class, Unions . Author: Joe Hill's Ghost . Comments: Leave a Comment