On AlterNet: corporations
Stories, blog posts, and videos tagged as "corporations"
Robert Weissman, Multinational Monitor. November 24, 2008.
The financial meltdown and economic crisis illustrated that corporations will destroy even themselves in search of profit.
Barbara Briggs, CorpWatch. September 30, 2008.
The costs of the car giant's endless search for greater "efficiency" are borne by workers.
Mark Weisbrot, AlterNet. September 16, 2008.
This legislation would give employees a fighting chance to regain some of their lost rights.
David Sirota, Creators Syndicate. September 5, 2008.
Corporate honchos and bought-off lawmakers are trying to kill a proposal that makes it easier to join a union.
Global Labor StrategiesSeptember 1, 2008.
Conventional trade unionism is pretty much over. On Labor Day, it's time to figure out what should come next.
John Miller, Dollars and Sense. August 27, 2008.
For the Wall Street Journal's editors, fear of a bigger government outweighs the fear of a warmer planet.
Robert L. Borosage, Huffington Post. August 14, 2008.
Want to learn how to make $50 million and not pay taxes? More than a quarter of large U.S. corporations do it every year.
David Sirota, Creators Syndicate. July 24, 2008.
When labor rights are protected, wages go up. It's time to make union-membership a civil right.
Amy Goodman, King Features Syndicate. July 24, 2008.
A loophole in campaign-finance law allows corporations to pour unlimited funding into political conventions.
Michael Dudley, City States. July 1, 2008.
Stores are overfilling with WALL-E merchandise that will soon clog our landfills. Yet this new Disney movie bills itself as pro-environment.
Nader.orgJune 26, 2008.
No matter how much economic gain is at stake, business groups stick together -- it's all about the power.
Amy Goodman, King Features Syndicate. June 12, 2008.
Activists are creating alternatives to mainstream media and holding corporate media giants accountable. The corporations are pushing back.
Chris Hedges, Truthdig. June 3, 2008.
In a dramatic speech, Chris Hedges warns that the nation is on the verge of becoming a full-blown corporate state.
Stan Cox, Pluto Press. May 28, 2008.
Our obsession with dieting, including the low-carb Atkins fad, may be good for our economy but it's a nightmare for the environment and our health.
Sam Pizzigati, Too Much: A Commentary on Excess and Inequality. May 22, 2008.
Contemporary CEOs can't lose, mainly because they take the bulk of their pay in stock.
Don Hazen, Jan Frel, AlterNet. May 5, 2008.
Morgan Simon of the Responsible Endowment Coalition is helping student activists across the U.S. leverage their school endowments.
Sam Pizzigati, Too Much: A Commentary on Excess and Inequality. April 10, 2008.
She pushed down wages, and left town with a fat severance package.
Robert Scheer, Truthdig. February 13, 2008.
Clearly, what's good for big oil isn't good for most Americans. So why are the interests of oil companies mistaken for those of the nation?
Jeffrey Kaplan, ReclaimDemocracy.org. February 12, 2008.
Corporations are increasingly accorded the rights of legal persons -- if only Guantanamo detainees could be so lucky.
David Cronin, IPS News. February 10, 2008.
Despite the EU code of conduct, European corporations continue to supply the world's most dangerous groups with arms. A stronger law is needed.
Stephanie Mencimer, Mother Jones Online. January 30, 2008.
The conservative-dominated court is totally out of touch with the rest of the country.
Paul Krugman, The New York Times. December 27, 2007.
The U.S. labor movement isn't dying a natural death: corporations and politicians are helping.
David Sirota, Creators Syndicate. December 14, 2007.
Brutes like billionaire equity guru Henry Kravis haven't amassed such treasure by playing nice.
David Sirota, Creators Syndicate. November 24, 2007.
The issue of illegal immigration is a con job to draw attention away from the corporate profiteers who are buying influence in Washington.
Kevin Danaher, Shannon Biggs, Jason Mark, PoliPoint Press. November 6, 2007.
When the system doesn't allow people to protect themselves from corporate harm to their communities, it is time to change the system.
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