No Country for Middle-Aged Men
Tom Hazel worked for three decades in a blazing hellhole to get his pension. But the financial geniuses who took over his plant had other ideas. Full Story »
Posted by Derek Hawkins
Tags
Topics:
Labor, U.S. Economy
Editorial
Posted by:
Posted by Derek Hawkins - May 9, 2009 - 6:07 AM PDT
Reviewed by:
Derek Hawkins (review), Robin 'Roblimo' Miller (review), James Jackson (review), Douglas Hord (review), Glenn LaBauve (review), Tom Caine (review), Paul-André Raymond (review), Janet H Woods (review)
Content Type:
Article
Edit Lock:
This story can be edited
Edited by:
Derek Hawkins - May 9, 2009 - 6:07 AM PDT
To:
Separate email addresses with commas.
25 recipients max.
Note:
This is sadly a common story. Perhaps the most important part of the story is that these practices are legal and unlikely to become illegal.
Good look at one more example of the unseen consequences of deregulation of energy and credit markets.
I am glad that the privitization of Social Security didn't occur, since then even our safety net would have been ripped to shreds.
There are 50,00,000 sad unemployment and underemployment stories in the naked country. This is one of them. Great title, too
I 'm biased here, what with being a laid-off middle aged man myself, unlikely to ever find another job as good as the one I had. Reality these ... More »
The individual's plight extends to an entire group ... and so touches the reader with its example of life destruction.
This kind of callous disregard for promises made and contracts broken is a national disgrace. Once again, the greedy and the powerful take advantage ... More »
Retrieving Comments
NT Rating
| My Rating
Ratings
Topics
(See these related stories.)
Links
Links
No links yet. Please review this story to add some!
