Progressive Politics from Memphis
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Something Stinky in the Air – Part 3
In the last two posts, we’ve talked about Pinnacle in general, some of the things going on with their labor negotiations, and how that has affected the business at large. We’ve heard from a member from the ALPA (Air Line Pilots Association), and gained some insight about the negotiations and some business practices at the…
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Something Stinky in the Air – Part 2
Last time, we learned about the willingness of Pinnacle to lose business for the sake of maintaining an adversarial relationship with their employees. Below is a response from a source at the ALPA (Air Line Pilots Association) to some questions I submitted about the negotiations and general conditions at Pinnacle. Q. The current contract with…
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Something Stinky in the Air – Part 1
As many of you know, I travel a lot. Most of this travel is by air, due to the long distances that I have to make in a short period of time. This year alone I’ve been on over 30 flights into and out of Memphis, as well as other locales. Most of this travel…
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Completely Unrelated, yet related
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These Dogs Won’t Hunt
Stoller, at Open Left and Newscoma mentioned this earlier, but I wanted to talk a little about the Blue Dogs potential block of veterans funding. So, here’s the situation, as I see it. Bush wants more war funding, with no oversight. 159 Democrats in Congress including Steve Cohen (TN-09) and Bart Gordon (TN-06) have co-sponsored…