Joyce Carol Oates at Occupy Wall Street Day
Joyce Carol Oates at Occupy Wall Street Day march | Flickr – Photo Sharing!.
May Day 2012
Just got back from the May Day march for workers and the 99%. The crowd looked about 200 people, diverse in age, class, race and politics. What Cheer Marching Band was there. The march route took us through the City Hall lobby and I was right next to the tuba player. That was an experience. [...]
Wondering Where Your Job Went? Check the Local Prison
Why hire someone for minimum wage when you can get prison labor for half the cost? While work can be an important part of rehabilitation, we have to look at how it impacts the job market when we are turning over millions of jobs to prisoners. From Salon.com: 21st century chain gangs.
Providence Ranked in Bottom 5 for Job Creation
You hate to see it, but Providence is really struggling to hire. I am sure Mayor Angel Taveras is doing all he can to put us on the road to job creation, but it’s not easy when his own city is so financially strapped. Full article: Oklahoma City Leads Large Cities in Job Creation.
Humanities and Social Science Grad Students: Really Smart Suckers?
The case is now being made, quite strongly some might argue, that a humanities or social science Phd is not going to get you very far in life. In fact, the analysis of graduate students by the most strident critics suggests that they are “really smart suckers” for a system that is going to screw [...]
Vince Marsala: Politicians are Wrecking Our Schools - Living in Dialogue - Education Week Teacher
Reblogged from : As election season nears, grandstanding Democratic and Republican politicians will discuss the importance of educators and not teaching to a test. Then, with their empty rhetoric still in the air, they will enact laws that base evaluations on test scores, weaken due process, and inject competition. Meanwhile, many news organizations, who have [...]
Occupy Providence to Be Evicted Sunday Evening, October 30, 2011
A notice has been given to Occupy Providence members and has been posted around Burnside Park: they have 72 hours to vacate or they will be evicted. Given that so many other groups have expressed solidarity with the Occupy movement, it is unclear how this is going to play out. My hope is that it [...]
Workplace– From Mother Jones
Mother Jones has a fine article where workers tell their stories of speedups, add-ons and working off the clock. In my part of the warehouse, we load products like cigarettes, shampoos, or lotions into totes that get sent down the rollers to where the trucks are. We’re given orders by scanning our badges and totes [...]
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