Stories by Joan Blades

Higher Wages, Profit Sharing and Greater Flexibility Benefit All Employees -- And the Company Bottom Line Too

Posted on Nov 26, 2010, Source: AlterNet

Costco is so certain that its policy is sound that it has kept paying better wages than rivals, even as Wall Street has pressured the company to conform to industry standards.

Motherhood Discrimination

Posted on May 31, 2006, Source: The Nation

If motherhood is the most important job on the planet, why is discrimination against mothers so deeply rooted -- and so widely accepted?