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American Apparel Hit With $343K Judgment in Racial Slur Case
Hamilton Nolan · 07/07/11 09:21AMPepsiCo Is the Only Thing Keeping Poor People Alive
Hamilton Nolan · 07/07/11 08:34AMThe only thing standing between impoverished rural Indians and total physical collapse is the good will of international sugar-water conglomerate PepsiCo, which soon hopes to be making $30 billion a year by selling "good for you" products to people so desperate that they will turn to PepsiCo to find something good for them. "Good," in this context, means "not Pepsi cola." Please allow the WSJ to present tonight's specials at the Rural Indian PepsiCo Cafe:
Union Says Target Bribed, Intimidated Workers
Hamilton Nolan · 06/28/11 08:24AMGo Back to Sleep, It's Just the Rich Getting Richer
Hamilton Nolan · 06/20/11 02:47PMAn important part of being a successful American citizen these days is tempering your expectations. Calmness. Deep breaths. Freedom from all forms of desire. So when you hear, for example, that your economically devastated city won't see a return to pre-recession employment levels for another decade, you'll be able to take that news with poise, rather than with a stroke.
At Target, the Assholes Win
Hamilton Nolan · 06/20/11 12:03PMTarget Workers Vote Against Unionization, Intimidation Alleged
Max Read · 06/18/11 10:59AMWorkers at the Target store in Valley Stream, N.Y. voted against joining the United Food and Commercial Workers on Friday, 137-85. Had the measure passed, the Valley Stream location would have been the first Target in the U.S. to be unionized.
Target Anti-Union Video Used Union Actors
Hamilton Nolan · 06/16/11 11:37AMCEOs Are Using Company Jets as Their Personal Chauffeurs
Hamilton Nolan · 06/16/11 09:30AMTarget, Unions, and the Moment of Truth
Hamilton Nolan · 06/15/11 03:20PMPR Firm Offers Strategists, Creators, Connectors, and Catalysts of Bullshit
Hamilton Nolan · 06/15/11 09:14AMTraditionally, job titles at PR firms work like this: the lowliest slaves who are forced to cold-call angry reporters and write unread press releases all day are called "account executives," and everyone else is a "VP" of one sort or another, whether or not they are actually in charge of anything, or competent.
Here's the Cheesy Anti-Union Video All Target Employees Must Endure
Hamilton Nolan · 06/13/11 12:52PMTarget, Wal-Mart: Big Boxes, Same Crap
Hamilton Nolan · 06/08/11 03:01PMHere's Target's Super-Scary Anti-Union Propaganda
Hamilton Nolan · 06/03/11 01:15PMGinormous Wal-Mart alternative Target is the subject of a unionization campaign at one of its New York stores. Because Target is a virulently anti-union company with a well-known reputation for ridiculously simplistic corporate propaganda, it's only natural they're bombarding their workers at this particular store with scaremongering documents. Which we have.
'Slowly Killing My Soul:' Life at Target, Vol. 2
Hamilton Nolan · 06/01/11 11:30AMThe American Dream: Now More Worthless Than Ever
Hamilton Nolan · 05/31/11 03:50PMGroupon Simply Can't Afford to Pay Its Writers Well
Hamilton Nolan · 05/31/11 12:18PMLife in the Bull's Eye: Target Employees Speak
Hamilton Nolan · 05/26/11 02:46PMTarget vs. Unions: An Inside Look
Hamilton Nolan · 05/25/11 12:49PMYesterday, we learned that friendly red-hued big box retailer Target is now the "target," ha, of a union campaign here in New York. Goodbye, Target's reputation as a place that liberals who don't like Wal-Mart can shop without guilt! But just how anti-union is Target? According to former Target employees: very.