A new program gives fruit pickers more money, and also more responsibility (for you not getting sick). When a big box retailer, a big farm, and migrant farmworkers claim to be on the same side, it’s natural to be suspicious. But the New York Times’ Steven Greenhouse reports that a new program has made that happen--with no apparent acrimony. It’s ...

Amid this environment, Costco has nearly succeeded in overcoming the hurdles, keeping an upbeat note and sustaining its sales momentum.    

Cohn Restaurant Group to sell 1,000 gift card packages, each worth $1,000.

In the labor-pinching world of retail, it just might be. “I just think people need to make a living wage with health benefits,” Craig Jelinek told Bloomberg Businessweek, a practice which "puts more money back into the economy and creates a healthier country. It’s really that simple.” Those idealistic thoughts on economics may sound like they were uttered from the ...

... Is that it is for temporary workers.  Of course, to some this is a good sign and an indication that eventually, at some point, all these workers will become full-time. Alas, it isn't. Recall that as we pointed out first back in 2010 in "Charting America's Transformation To A Part-Time Worker Society", this has been a long-term transformation, which ...