The Hill Street Blahg

Unions in the private sector might be going the way of the typewriter, however, they’re very much alive and thriving in the public sector. The Wall Street Journal had an excellent op-ed yesterday pointing out several of the reasons unions do so well and how union wages and work rules are draining the public treasury. [...]

Yesterday I went to Sears to have a new battery installed in my wife’s car. What a painful experience that was watching the service tech change out that battery. It was if time had stood still. This guy didn’t even know how to check me out because I was paying with a Sears gift card [...]

What is your company doing to ensure the wealth of critical skills and knowledge isn’t lost due to retirement? With the aging skilled and experienced workforce in this country reaching their golden years, employers now have a challenge ahead of them in staffing capable employees.
For the first time in its 15-year history FMI Corporation [...]