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Damn. And just when LGM was thinking about offering an unpaid internship: With job openings scarce for young people, the number of unpaid internships has climbed in recent years, leading federal and state regulators to worry that more employers are illegally using such internships for...

An Argument For Localism?

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On August 10, 2009

Horrible stuff:The bountiful harvest of California strawberries, melons, grapes, peaches and nectarines overflows the nation's summer tables. But that luscious crop mostly emerges thanks to farm workers who labor in.

In Praise of Fehr

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On June 24, 2009

I strongly endorse Sheehan's remarks, especially with respect to the comparison with Upshaw: Don Fehr took on this task and did it very well for a quarter-century. He did it.

Pete Townshend: Not a Handsome Man

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On September 1, 2008
Back in the spring of 2001, the grad students at the University of Washington went on strike to gain recognition of union affiliation. Watkins, Lemieux and I walked the line at 45th and 17th NE, right across from frat row. The frat boys decided to...
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CBA Time

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On March 9, 2008

Tomorrow, I'll be mailing my vote to approve our faculty's new collective bargaining agreement, which was negotiated over the course of about 14 months in 2007 and early 2008.In the.

Going Out In A Blaze of Union-Busting

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On November 14, 2007
Brad Plumer has the goods on what the Republican-majority NLRB has been up to and what's coming out with its term set to expire.Meanwhile, Kung-Fu Monkey takes on some of the more specious arguments aimed against the striking writers.
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