New Orleans In the modern workforce economy of informal workers, contingent employees, and endless layers of subcontracting, both domestically and internationally, the obvious conclusion is that when no one is watching, no one cares, and, perhaps worse, no one is ever accountable. This is not just a “race to the bottom,” but deliberate strategies to …
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Walmart: Black Friday, Open-Source Protests, Hot Shops, and Real Trouble in India
New Orleans “…every battle is won before it is fought. And it is won by choosing the field of terrain on which the fight will be engaged.” Sun Tzu Now that the UFCW national action day at Walmart has gone past its Black Friday expiration day, we can say pretty definitively, and largely without …
Half-a-Loaf: The Hard Lessons of Elections
New Orleans As we peel more layers off the onion of the recent election, there’s more good news and more bad, but there are also refresher courses that remind us of lessons we’ve painfully won, but are forced into detention to review yet again. The hardest is often the tough lesson of elections: it is …