From the monthly archives:

May 2009

American Automotive : looking back

May 31, 2009

Will American auto companies survive? I wrote the following post about the American auto industry in July 2007. I wasn’t very compelling or prophetic in what I wrote, although I was fairly introspective when Iwrote the piece, inspired by reports airing on NPR while I drove to work at my old employer, Firmenich. I mused [...]

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General Motors offered deal to stay in Detroit’s Renaissance Center – Detroit News and Information – Crain’s Detroit Business

May 29, 2009

General Motors offered deal to stay in Detroit’s Renaissance Center – Detroit News and Information – Crain’s Detroit Business From Crain’s Detroit Business: In what may be the ultimate irony to anyone who grew up near Detroit in the 1970′s, the GM headquarters building the Renaisance Center in downtown Detroit overlooking the Detroit River may [...]

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Who owns what in Social Media?

May 29, 2009

Image by Stephen Poff via Flickr Intellectual property takes new forms An interesting question has been developing lately: If you workwith social media tools in a corporate setting, who actually owns the intellectual capital that is developed? Neal Schaffer does a nice job of looking at portions of this question in a post from his [...]

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Gevity to terminate CEO Lavington, other execs prior to merger – Tampa Bay Business Journal:

May 28, 2009

Image via Wikipedia Gevity to terminate CEO Lavington, other execs prior to merger – Tampa Bay Business Journal:: A fairly significant yet not unexpected story from Florida: “Gevity HR Inc. will terminate five executives June 1, the same day thatTriNet Group Inc., a human resources provider based in San Leandro, Calif., isexpected to acquire the [...]

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GM UAW Restructuring Agreement Highlights

May 28, 2009

Highlights of the GM-UAW agreement which is being considered for ratification by GM workers represented by the UAW today. The link will tke you to the full 15 page document containing detailed highlights.

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5 Steps to EFCA Compromise

May 27, 2009

Image by Getty Images via Daylife Five steps to a genuine Card Check compromise OpEd Contributor Washington Examiner The scope of reform would have to be expanded to include the entire laundrylist of reforms that have waited six decades. There are a number of reasonabledemands real labor reformers can insist upon: 1. Get rid of [...]

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Jobs: A Love-Hate Relationship

May 27, 2009

Jobs. Can we live without them? One of the most popular searches by readers of Human Race Horses is job rating sites like JobVent or GlassDoor. There are other such as Telonu, RateMyEmployer (specializing in Canadian companies), LookBeforeYou Leap, and even Vault (click on Companies). So if you hate your job, check out these sites. [...]

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ImmigrationWorks USA – National Summit

May 26, 2009

Image by Pesky Library via Flickr Information on a workshop for those companies seeking assistance in their hiring of immigrant workers. ImmigrationWorks USA – National Summit STORMING THE HILLJoin the business grassroots campaign for immigration reform WHEN June 15, 2009, 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. WHERE Marriott Washington, 1221 22nd Street, NW WHO SHOULD ATTENDEmployers [...]

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CQ Politics | FEC Pick Raises Eyebrows

May 26, 2009

CQ Politics FEC Pick Raises Eyebrows President Obama continues to pack the ranks of his administration with people associated with organized labor, and particularly from the SEIU. This time the pick is John Sullivan who was appointed to the Federal Election Commission. From CQ Politics: Sullivan has been associate general counsel of the Service Employees [...]

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Think Local, Manage Global

May 26, 2009

Shaking the Globe According to Blythe McGarvie, modern leadership is global in nature, and requires that we recognize that what happens in Sudan can influence what happens in Peru: business activity in one part of the globe today will have an impact on business in another part of the world very rapidly. If you want [...]

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