Labor

Biggest Labor Contracts Expiring in 2023

Dan DiMaggio / Labor Notes Jan 2, 2023 2023 could be a year of major gains for labor unions, as contracts in major industries are up for renegotiation. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

National Enquirer Paid $30,000 to Trump Doorman, AP Reports

JAKE PEARSON and JEFF HORWITZ / The Associated Press Apr 12, 2018 The doorman was signed to a contract that effectively prevented him from going public with a story about a Trump affair, the news cooperative says. The woman involved denies the man's account. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )

Private Cops to Replace Public Ones in British Counties

Staff / Truthdig Mar 4, 2012 The relentless privatization of everything continues in the U.K., where local governments are offering private security companies £1.5 billion ($2.4 billion) over seven years to conduct services previously carried out by police. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Facebook CEO Sniffs at Ownership Lawsuit

Staff / Truthdig Jul 26, 2010 Here's some palace intrigue from the inner chambers of the Facebook empire that could threaten the whole enterprise: Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg is denying the legitimacy of a contract, allegedly signed in 2003 (continued). Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Calif. Students Dig Up Dirt on Palin Perks in Campus Trash

Staff / Truthdig Apr 14, 2010 Dumpster diving -- or the diminutive version, dustbin diving -- is never a savory task, but a group of enterprising students from California State University, Stanislaus, had a tip-off before they dug around in the campus trash to find documents detailing (continued). Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Do as I Say, Not as I Pay

Staff / Truthdig Mar 7, 2010 Despite the fact that Washington has forcefully discouraged investment in Iran for the past decade, the federal government has given more than $107 billion in contract payments to companies that dealt with Iran or are doing business there. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

What Does Blackwater Have to Do?

Staff / Truthdig Mar 5, 2010 The company formerly known as Blackwater Worldwide has been mired in scandal ever since its guards massacred some Iraqi civilians, but the government work keeps coming. Sen. Carl Levin has asked the Pentagon to think carefully about awarding a $1 billion contract to the company now known as Xe. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

British Arms Maker Pays Up

Staff / Truthdig Feb 6, 2010 British defense giant BAE has agreed to pay the UK and U.S. governments almost $800 million in penalties after it finally admitted guilt in the face of long-running corruption allegations. The deal allows the company to avoid being placed on an international arms trade blacklist. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

State Department to Drop ArmorGroup’s Kabul Contract

Staff / Truthdig Dec 9, 2009 Tough break, ArmorGroup North America. The U.S. State Department has decided not to re-up its contract with the rent-a-guard company that made the worst kind of headlines earlier this year with lurid stories about, and compromising photographs of, AGNA's alarmingly hard-partying Kabul embassy crew. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Miss California to Lose Her Tiara?

Staff / Truthdig May 6, 2009 Over the course of a couple weeks, Carrie Prejean -- model, Miss California and marriage moralizer -- has kicked up her fair share of controversy, and now she could be in danger of losing her title for taking her crusade against gay marriage past the parameters set by her pageant contract and for posing seminude four years ago. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Eight More Years of Rush

Staff / Truthdig Jul 4, 2008 According to his Web site, he's "America's Truth Detector; the Doctor of Democracy; the Most Dangerous Man in America; the All-Knowing, All-Sensing, All-Everything Maha Rushie; defender of motherhood, protector of fatherhood and an all-around good guy." Whatever he may be, Rush Limbaugh is also going to be even richer than ever with his new contract to keep talking for the next eight years. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Wal-Mart Employees Are Restless

Staff / Truthdig Jul 2, 2008 Wal-Mart may be fined by a Minnesota judge for violating the state's employment laws. The fines are for ''contractual violations," a fancy way of saying that Wal-Mart denied rest breaks to workers at least 1.5 million times. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )