Workplace Issues

Ronald Luri’s boss, Jim Bowen, had in firing him cited “inadequate performance and failure to follow the directives of his superiors,” according to court documents. Luri’s lawyers pointed to an email that was found to have been tampered with by Bowen, who added extra paragraphs ripping into Luri’s job performance. This piece of evidence struck a chord with the jurors.

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The transition to a low carbon economy will result in a net increase in jobs globally despite the projected decline of fossil fuel industries, according to a new report from US think tank the Worldwatch Institute.

You probably think there's not much you can do to make your job more eco-friendly, short of swearing off computers and jobs altogether -- right? Wrong. With a few simple steps, every paycheck jockey on earth can help promote a healthier environment, inside the office and out. If the boss complains, point out (gently) that greening the workplace is a proven way to boost morale, productivity, and profits. Just call it the ultimate investment, with future returns that include, well, having a future.

Every day an average of four construction workers are killed as they go about building America.

When miners, firefighters and law enforcement officers are killed in the line of duty, their stories become news. We hold vigils and we mourn their loss publicly -- as we most certainly should. Yet when construction workers are killed, their tragedy too often goes unnoticed, as if the cost of building America must be injury or death on the job.

As Barack Obama and John McCain seek to outmaneuver each other in wooing John and Jane Punchclock, the question that leaps to the fore is, what do working-class voters want?

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It's not your grandfather's labor market.

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