We’ve been reading and hearing that corporations are raking it in. Yet, we also know that jobs growth- real jobs (not just part-time or temporary or low paying)- are not keeping pace. Oh sure, the top 0.1% are seeing income gains. And, the top 1 or 2%, those that have enough cash to invest in corporations, have been participating in the stock market boom.
Continue reading Labor gets the shaft
I normally don’t post on holidays- but this is an exception I will make. Because I think this holiday needs a lot more “oomph”.
So, I was examining some publications from UVa recently and found one really interesting. Up until I realized it was really from the gin mill run by Rick Berman. (I‘ve written about Rick Berman and his Employment Policies Institute . But, most of the time, the articles (biased and conclusions developed BEFORE the research is completed) are written by a different author. As such, I kept reading- and now will share them with you. I will be editorializing at points- but, as opposed to Berman’s minions, I will make sure you know when, where, and why.)
Continue reading Teenage Employment
We always knew that the real life examples we provide are what really teach our kids. Sometimes, our examples are what they want to emulate. Sometimes, it’s the opposite of what they hope to see. Now, it turns out that fathers sharing household duties are critical factors in the raising of daughters.
Continue reading Gender Equality and Our Children
It’s been an interesting year. We had folks in Charleston, West Virginia banned from using water for several days. (I wrote about this as a terrorist act, because a company managed to have its toxic chemicals leak into the drinking water source. (You would think this would make folks in West Virginia demand their government do a better job of regulating chemical storage. But, they haven’t. Proof that it takes all kinds.) Or, folks in the Carolinas and even Virginia have Duke Energy pollute their waters with toxic sludge. By pumping the coal ash into the Dan River. (Again, no citizen outcry.)
Continue reading Water everywhere. But, not a drop to drink.
Some things are happening in big business this year that is way different than the normal modus operundi. Target chose Brian Cornell as its CEO, to replace Gregg Steinhafel. And, Sprint chose Marcello Claure to replace Dan Hesse.
Continue reading This had better be a bulls-eye!
For starters, this is not a problem for most of us. Because most of us don’t live in Liberia, Guinea, Sierra Leone, or even Nigeria. Which is exactly where the Ebola virus is a problem now. Yes, if folks do come to “here”, wherever your “here” is, it is a potential issue.
Continue reading PANIC!!!!!!! (Please don’t!)
I have written about crowdfunding and B (benefit) companies. I even have a few clients that are considering the marriage of the two concepts. And, while these clients are getting their ducks in a row, folks in my home town are already picking the ball up and running with it.
So I was catching up on my reading (it has been the week from hell, sorry) and noticed a piece in the Wall Street Journal, written by Jon Kamp– but that is not what really attracted my attention.
Continue reading Sailing, sailing…
Continue reading To whom are they accountable?