Wal-Mart Merry Christmas Antigua Scrooge seems to have decided to give little Timmy a lump of coal for Christmas this year. After multi-year, no-holds barred resistance; Wal-Mart announced they were settling more than 60 back wage and hours cases around the country for close to $400,000,000 on the bottom and perhaps more like $700M …
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Tactics Watch: Auction Bid
Tactics Watch: Auction Bid December 21, 2008 Antigua I am always on the watch for breakthrough tactics, so I marveled at the effectiveness, and courage, of a young man’s virtually singlehanded blocking of the last of the Bush land-lease giveaways. Tim DeChristopher, an econ student at the University of Utah managed to win more …
Arrests in Phoenix
Arrests in Phoenix December 18, 2008 Antigua, Guatemala Sitting on the edge of the immigration strategy session in Washington on Tuesday, I was surprised when an arm lock gripped by neck from behind until I felt a kiss on my cheek and realized it was Carmen Arias, one of the great leaders of …