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• • 19 Jun 09
  • 9:23 pm

  I doubt it could be coordinated, just too many variables. But could you imagine if there was a large union drive in hundreds of Wal-Marts all at the same time? I doubt they have the capacity to put out that many fires at the same time. And if it lead to some executive nervous breakdowns, sounds like karma.

  Posted to Why Wal-Mart Workers Need the Employee Free Choice Act

• • 24 Sep 08
  • 8:43 am

  I am not sure how hybrid plug-ins are going to help the police fleet. I would think that different shifts use them same vehicles, not leaving a lot of time for the plug-in. In addition, won't the high energy use of the computer system negate limit the savings for this part of the fleet. I do think it will be a great solution for more traditional parts of fleets, those that use a vehicle for one normal length shift with much time out of the car, not cruising the streets.

  Posted to High Gas Hitting City Fleets

• • 16 Jul 08
  • 4:56 pm

  I am glad that the author is highlighting the seedy underbelly of corporate operations to maximize profits. While I don't understand the car industry, or how it works, I was confused by a few things. These guest workers make up a third of the assembly line, but are in the parts supply chain which is run by subcontractors. So are they direct employees of Toyota, or of their subcontractor? We know in the US auto industry that some of the big 3 spun off their parts supply chain, and they have been unionized, although under attack. Is this the same sort …

  Posted to The Dark Side of the Toyota Prius

• • 18 Jun 08
  • 10:44 am

  McCain not only fought against raising the minimum wage. He voted for an amendment that would have abolished a federal minimum wage, leaving it up to the states to establish it and some of them don't have a minimum wage.

  Posted to Dismantling the Myth of McCain

• • 10 Jun 08
  • 9:57 am

  Scorp, You have to have a photo ID to cash a check, or in case you get stopped, when driving a vehicle. These IDs do not prove citizenship, which require documentation. I mean come, this article was not that hard to read, but instead you decide to go off on your on conspiracy direction. Bush did not win in 2000. If they had recounted all the votes in Florida, which is Gore's biggest mistake, trying to cherry-pick counties. As a believer in democracy, I thought then that ALL votes in Florida should be counted. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A12623-2001Nov11.html As Paul Krugrman stated, you know …

  Posted to The Right's New Attack on Voters