Category Archives: CORPORATE BRUTALITY

All Work and No Pay: The dirty secret of the jobless recovery

Posted on Wednesday, August 24, 2011 by meganwilson

YOU: doing more with less. CORPORATE PROFITS: up 22 percent. By Monika Bauerlein and Clara Jeffery Mother Jones Also read harrowing first-person tales of overwork and 12 charts on just how much is being demanded of American workers. On a … Continue reading →

Posted in CAPITALISM, CORPORATE BRUTALITY, ECONOMY, EMPLOYMENT, EVIL CORPORATIONS, GREED | Leave a comment

Kellogg Asks Mayan Group To Reconsider Toucan Sam-Like Logo

Posted on Tuesday, August 23, 2011 by meganwilson

SAN FRANCISCO — Kellogg Co. is asking a group working to defend Mayan culture to reconsider its logo, saying consumers can confuse it with Toucan Sam, the mascot of its Froot Loops cereal. An attorney for the world’s largest cereal … Continue reading →

Posted in CAPITALISM, COLONIALISM, CORPORATE BRUTALITY, EVIL CORPORATIONS, FOOD, GREED | 1 Comment

21st-Century Slaves: How Corporations Exploit Prison Labor

Posted on Monday, July 25, 2011 by meganwilson

In the eyes of the corporation, inmate labor is a brilliant strategy in the eternal quest to maximize profit. By Rania Khalek AlterNet There is one group of American workers so disenfranchised that corporations are able to get away with … Continue reading →

Posted in CAPITALISM, CORPORATE BRUTALITY, EVIL CORPORATIONS, GOVERNMENT | 2 Comments

Hyatt Hotel Fries Union Protestors With Heat Lamps

Posted on Friday, July 22, 2011 by meganwilson

By Jen Sabella HUFFINGTON POST On Thursday morning, hundreds of unionized hotel workers gathered outside of Chicago’s Park Hyatt. After nearly two years of negotiations, they demanded a new contract, protested working conditions and decried the company’s alleged plans to … Continue reading →

Posted in CAPITALISM, CORPORATE BRUTALITY, EVIL CORPORATIONS, GREED, PROTESTS | Leave a comment