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Comment on Sucked Into the Offshoring Whirlpool by OurFuture.org

OurFuture.org — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 18:17:05 +0000

Whirlpool: Mexican Workers Paid $70/Week Can’t Buy Refrigerators…

Whirlpool is closing a plant in Evansville, Indiana, and moving the jobs to Mexico, where the workers will be paid $70 per week….

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Sucked Into the Offshoring Whirlpool « — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 17:45:56 +0000

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Comment on ARRA as a Corporate Rescue Plan by greg gerritt

greg gerritt — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 14:37:00 +0000

Good article. ARRA is as much about corporate profits as the war in Afghanistan is. If we are lucky it will assist the energy transition, but i do not hold out too much hope with an administration betting on nuclear power.

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ARRA as a Corporate Rescue Plan « — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 13:58:13 +0000

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Comment on Haiti: Corporate Charity or Reparations? by Benny McCall

Benny McCall — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 17:18:46 +0000

It’s been a month since the earthquake – over 2 million
desperately need of food assistance. They have no homes, no
jobs, no food. The World Food Programme was there before the
quake, and they’ll be there afterwards helping to rebuild lives.
If you want to help you should go to:
http://wfp.org/crisis/haiti or text FRIENDS to 90999 to make a
$5 donation

Comment on Toyota Totals Its Corporate Social Responsibility Creds by NickD

NickD — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 15:06:07 +0000

Interesting observations. We’ve looked at companies like Toyota in detail, and broken out their perceived performance in five different areas – customer satisfaction, employee satisfaction, community involvement, the environment and social responsibility.
Toyota has been historically strong in all areas, with employee satisfaction the (relative) weakest, as you note. The recent issues impact customer satisfaction by our accounting – i.e. that’s where product safety falls. By that definition, we’d have to take issue with your claim that their social responsibility cred is gone – we see it much more as a customer satisfaction issue. You can read more here: http://blog.vanno.com/

Comment on Sweatshops on Trial in North Carolina by Over 50 USAS Activists Arrested in 2008!

Over 50 USAS Activists Arrested in 2008! — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 16:57:20 +0000

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Comment on Can the Redlining of U.S. Workers Be Stopped? by nunya

nunya — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 21:22:28 +0000

Excellent reporting done here. Thank you

Comment on Misbehaving Contractors are Recovery Act Winners by Neil Gordon

Neil Gordon — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 17:55:47 +0000

Phil,

Thanks for the mention.

Just to let everyone know, POGO’s database actually includes 130 of the top federal contractors. The home page shows only 1-100 based on their FY2007 federal contract amounts, but you can find 101-130 on the “Contractor” pulldown menu on the left hand margin or by doing searches or sorts of the database.

Some pretty big players that missed the 2007 top 100 cut are still in there: Halliburton, Blackwater, CalTech, IAP, United Industrial, Parsons, etc.

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Misbehaving Contractors are Recovery Act Winners « — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 15:09:54 +0000

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