Time Magazine reports that IBM is collaborating with students to pay for their higher educations in exchange for the students contractually committing to specific subjects of study – and accepting as their initial employment, positions with IBM. When students graduate, IBM, I believe, is contractually obligated to supply the jobs to the students. If I’ve… continue reading »

Have you followed the female band members in Russia? Those Soviet Premier Putin imprisoned and then later released? Rough police handling of them seems to be the norm. The latest attack on the young women at the Sochi Olympic scene is well demonstrated by BBC video at: BBC News The girls are political protesters. Wielding… continue reading »

People sometimes criticize my criticism of corporations. Let me make my position clear. I have launched, owned, and managed small business corporations, those with less (much less!) than $100 Million annual sales – a common means to define a small business in America. I have worked for several large corporations with well over $100 Million… continue reading »

Regarding yesterday’s Blog, Tom Baines observes that Samuel Gompers, the early American trade union founder of the AF of L [American Federation of Labor], had some involvement in Works Councils. Checking Wikipedia, I see no instant mention of it. Nonetheless, Wikipedia points out that, “Gompers . . . put his faith in the organized economic… continue reading »

The Chattanooga, Tennessee VW plant is considering an employee’s Works Council. Enemies of the idea are branding the Works Council a socialistic investment killer. Works Councils are not common in America; they are the norm in Germany. What are they, and why do German factories have them while American factories do not? A Works Council’s… continue reading »