Jake Blumgart

Vulture capitalism — not unions — killed Twinkies

Hedge funds took profits and piled on millions in debt at Hostess. They created this bankruptcy, not unions

Jake Blumgart 114 Topics: The Labor Movement, Union, Organized labor, Hostess, Twinkies

An editor at large from the Nation discusses meritocracy, Occupy Wall Street and the struggle against the elite

Jake Blumgart, Jacobin 34 Topics: Jacobin, Media, Occupy Wall Street, Writers and Writing, Twilight of the Elites, Chris Hayes

For the most part, employees can get fired for anything from wearing the wrong color shirt to having an affair

Jake Blumgart, Alternet 102 Topics: AlterNet, The Labor Movement, U.S. Economy

Federal regulators of workplace safety still have their hands tied by industry

Jake Blumgart Topics: Government, OSHA