Compensation

Make Wall Street Take The Same Deal The Autoworkers Get

Chris Weigant | Posted 12.22.2008 | Business

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Chris Weigant

If we're going to minutely examine autoworkers' wages, and dictate the travel plans of one industry we are bailing out, then it seems eminently reasonable to do the same for the banking industry.

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The Nasty Class and Anti-Union Bias of Auto Bailout Opposition, or the Wall Street-Detroit Double Standard

Robert Weissman | Posted 12.12.2008 | Business

Read More: Blue Collar, Auto Bailout, Uaw, Class Warfare, Wall Street Crisis, Wages, Pensions, Compensation, Executive Compensation, Health Care, Business News
Robert Weissman

Nancy Pelosi says the Congressional Republicans are playing Russian Roulette with the economy by refusing to agree to an auto industry bailout. But f...

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Automakers: Apology Accepted

Jim Wallis | Posted 12.11.2008 | Business

Read More: Market, Leadership, Greed, Leaders, Trust, Gm, Economic Crisis, Mortgage Backed Securities, Ford, Green, Compensation, Congress, Employee, Apology, Business, Corporations, Transparency, Automakers, Chrysler, Bailout, Stock, Sin, Big Three, Economy Special Focus, Detroit, Auto Bailout, Financial Crisis, Business News
Jim Wallis

If we are honest with ourselves, we realize that the very mistakes the leadership of GM, Chrysler, and Ford have made are all too recognizable in ourselves -- even if there are drastic differences of scale.

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CEO Pay Cuts and Hybrid Road Trips by the Big Three

Jim Wallis | Posted 12.04.2008 | Politics

Read More: Automakers, Brian McClaren, Money, Shane Claiborne, Ceo, Big Three, Compensation, Economy Special Focus, Detroit, Politics News
Jim Wallis

After being hit hard in the press over taking private jets to ask for tax payers money, there are some promising signs of change from Detroit. The ...

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What's With the Cat, and Other Questions about Singles and Their Pets

Bella DePaulo | Posted 10.22.2008 | Living

Read More: Spouse, Singled Out, Pets, Relationships, Cats, Psychologists, Jobs, Compensation, Animals, Marriage, Single People, Stereotypes, Singlism, Bridget Jones, Single Women, Dogs, Cat Lady, Attributions, Living News
Bella DePaulo

One time, a publication that interviewed me about Singled Out sent someone to take a picture of me at home. The photographer asked what my book was ab...

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Save Your Job by Calling Your Employer's Bluff and Renegotiating

Stephen Viscusi | Posted 10.07.2008 | Business

Read More: Career, Economy, Viscusi, Job, Buyout, Layoff, Compensation, Employee, Severance Package, Bulletproof, Pink Slip, Recession, Business News
Stephen Viscusi

Wow! The unemployment figures released last Friday do not have to be as high as they are. Firing people in a frenzied economy is usually good public...

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