As more workers lose manufacturing jobs as companies cut back, some are being forced into lower-paying retail jobs. But they still have union cards in their wallets. Bill Dedman Read Quote
Although the number of manufacturing jobs in the United States has stagnated, dropping 12 percent from a high in the early 1980s, the number of retail jobs has risen 43 percent. Bill Dedman Read Quote
Wal-Mart has always paid low wages, or, as Sam Walton put it, ‘as little as we could get by with at the time.’ Bill Dedman Read Quote
Relaxing at home in his 55th-floor condominium before a game, Sammy Sosa is the same as at the ball park: focused but funny, exuberant but reserved. He is in a strange country, conversing in two languages, but his every movement displays a combination of confidence and humility. Bill Dedman Read Quote
Sammy Sosa grew up without a father in the back of a converted public hospital in San Pedro de Macoris, a dusty seaside town in the Dominican Republic. His father, Juan Montero, died when Sosa was 5. Bill Dedman Read Quote
Many company policies restrict use of E-mail, limit access to offensive Web sites and prohibit disclosure of confidential information. Few policies, if any, directly address personal Web pages. Bill Dedman Read Quote
Companies are accustomed to dismissing employees for misuse of computers at work. Bill Dedman Read Quote
Some employees are protected by union or personal contracts that limit reasons for dismissal. Bill Dedman Read Quote
State and federal laws protect whistle-blowers, those who refuse to do something illegal, and workers who file claims for workers’ compensation. Bill Dedman Read Quote
For the first six years of his career, Sammy Sosa was one of the least patient players in the game. He could hit the long ball and steal a base, but he was undisciplined. Bill Dedman Read Quote
