Archive for January, 2007

Ad campaign attacks unions’ record on employment discrimination; Center for Union Facts site is good resource

Thursday, January 25th, 2007

According to a January 15 press release, on January 16 the Center for Union Facts (CUF) ran a national newspaper ad revealing hundreds of new discrimination charges filed with the EEOC against union officials.

The headline of the ad was “The Face of America’s Unions: ‘Male, Pale, And Stale.’”

The press release said:

Even as labor leaders [...]

George Lenard on Unions |

Friday humor: the salary theorem

Thursday, January 25th, 2007

Proof that the less you know, the more money you make (visual joke).

George Lenard on General, Humor |

My favorite productivity tool: voice recognition software

Friday, January 19th, 2007

Next week, Blawg Review, The Carnival of Law Bloggers, will be hosted at Legal Andrew: Productivity ideas for the legal world: law students, lawyers, Westlaw, and Lexis.

Not surprisingly, the anonymous editor of Blawg Review hints that “legal productivity” posts will be highlighted.

Thinking about my experience with that subject, the first thing that comes to [...]

“My cubicle” — Friday workplace humor

Friday, January 19th, 2007

Here’s another funny-but-too-true employment video from the folks at hr.com

Click here: “My cubicle“

WARNING: You may want to plug in your headphones or turn your speakers way down first, as you’ll immediately hear the opening line, “My job is stupid, my day’s a bore,” which you may or may not want to have come [...]

George Lenard on General, Humor |

MLK Day: workplace diversity is good business

Monday, January 15th, 2007

I’m a regular NPR listener during my commutes, and quite familiar with what NPR calls “Driveway Moments” (”You are stuck in your car—it’s not a flat tire or a traffic jam, it’s because you can’t tear yourself away from your radio—you are having a Driveway Moment.”)

A Morning Edition story this morning on workplace diversity and [...]

George Lenard on Diversity, Human Resources |