The gloves are off. This may be the year of the union revival. (Membership had been languishing at 6% of private employment in 2022.) As of 31 October, there were 354 strikes involving some 492000 employees. {That’s 8X the number for 2021and 4X those found in 2022.)
Continue reading Growing Labor Strength
A billionaire. Why would I write about a billionaire?
Because this guy, who just died at the tender age of 103, started one of the biggest trucking firms. And, when I was running my own trucking company, his trucks were everywhere around the Commonwealth. We might have been a big private carrier, but we were dwarfed by his frim.
Ah, the Waffle House. My son fell in love with it. Mostly because there were a slew of things we could eat there- any time of the day. And, we certainly hit this place at odd hours. It was convenient to the location I took my children to view eclipses, meteor showers, and just wonderful astronomical events.
Continue reading This is not your parent’s Waffle House…
Ah, the trials and tribulations of shipping valuable objects.
I remember sending a palm pilot to my daughter. Which was “delivered”. Except, it was really just dropped off at her doorstep. Before she got home, it was gone. Eventually, I got UPS to pay up. They tried to claim they had no responsibility. Like, it was only their job to drop off the box.
Continue reading Wine, diamonds, but not roses…
