workers Archives - Small Things Count https://smthingscount.com/tag/workers/ Making a More Loving World/Free Books Sun, 04 Jul 2021 22:02:09 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.5 AT&T Takes Money, Fires People https://smthingscount.com/2018/08/10/att-takes-money-fires-people/ Fri, 10 Aug 2018 13:22:31 +0000 https://smthingscount.com/?p=7154 [From Support the Fight for Good Jobs at AT&T] AT&T CEO Randall Stephenson made a promise to invest in his workforce and create at least 7,000

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]]> Culture and Contempt, Chavez Style https://smthingscount.com/2018/03/29/culture-and-contempt-chavez-style/ Thu, 29 Mar 2018 15:51:41 +0000 https://smthingscount.com/?p=6773 This Saturday is Caesar Chavez Day in California, Arizona, Michigan, New Mexico, and Nebraska.  It celebrates the legacy of an American farm-worker who led his

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]]> Lots of Jobs! https://smthingscount.com/2017/07/10/lots-of-jobs/ Mon, 10 Jul 2017 15:21:24 +0000 https://smthingscount.com/?p=6037 Great news, in case you missed it.  U.S. jobs have been growing for 80 straight months!  Good for our economy AND for many people struggling

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]]> Shoppers: Make that Really a Good Deal https://smthingscount.com/2015/12/09/shoppers-make-that-really-a-good-deal/ Wed, 09 Dec 2015 22:53:39 +0000 https://smthingscount.com/?p=4363 Attention, Walmart shoppers:  Those deals you’re getting aren’t such good deals.  Set aside for the moment that you can get similar items elsewhere on sale

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]]> Kids Are Not Good Business https://smthingscount.com/2014/11/17/kids-are-not-good-business/ Mon, 17 Nov 2014 19:49:31 +0000 https://smthingscount.com/?p=3267 This morning’s news brought a disturbing statistic: 1 in 3 American children are homeless, and 2 1/2 MILLION kids were without a home sometime during

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]]> Invisible Workers https://smthingscount.com/2014/09/01/invisible-workers/ Mon, 01 Sep 2014 17:00:47 +0000 https://smthingscount.com/?p=3058 IT’S MAGIC!  Mail appears and trash disappears.  Somehow the electric company knows how much power I use each month.  After club or church gatherings, the

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]]> Corporations Paying Less Tax https://smthingscount.com/2013/01/08/corporations-paying-less-tax/ Tue, 08 Jan 2013 18:29:25 +0000 https://smthingscount.com/?p=1109 Corporations stopped paying HALF OF THEIR TAXES after the recession. After paying an average of 22.5% from 1987 to 2008, corporations have paid an annual

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