Posts Tagged ‘NBC’
Hard times for workers: Hollywood says time to laugh
Friday, August 27th, 2010
NBC’s new fall show “Outsourced” and New Line Cinema’s 2011 movie “Horrible Bosses” speak volumes about our attitudes toward job loss and abusive workplaces. Both projects promote dilbert-like fun while simultaneously mocking employees. It’s all a distraction to prevent our focus on employers making horrific decisions — dumping working Americans on the street while chasing cheap labor elsewhere or propping up horrific bullies instead of purging them. Are they laughing at us or with us?
Tags: call centers, horrible bosses, India, ITES-BPO, layoffs, NBC, New Line, outsourced, Premilla D'Cruz
Posted in Media, Social Justice | 2 Comments »
Conan and the rest of us
Friday, February 5th, 2010
What lessons can we take from the Conan vs. NBC employment rift. Let me count the ways. (more…)
Tags: Conan, NBC, O'Brien, Tonight show
Posted in Employer Action/Inaction, Social Justice | Post a Comment »
Bullying on the Today Show
Tuesday, July 14th, 2009
View the workplace bullying segment that aired on Tues. July 14 here. Colleen Robinson is the Illinois State Co-Coordinator for the WBI-Legislative Campaign.
Tags: NBC, Today Show
Posted in Bullying in the News, Events | 51 Comments »
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