Jobs and Labor

Labor Gripes about Cheney Firm Prompt County Review of Hiring, Contract Practices

The people united will often be defeated, sad to say. But labor union members yesterday took some measure of satisfaction from Palm Beach County commissioners' response to workers' complaints about unfair treatment by Kellogg Brown and Root, the many-tentacled global corporate octopus formerly helme ... More >>

Kravis Center Breaks Law, Screws Workers, Stiffs Patrons

Pretty goddamned embarrassing when Palm Beach County's premier performing arts showcase chooses to break the law with impunity rather than do right by its employees. But for 12 years now Palm Beach's Kravis Center has engaged in an illegal campaign of union busting that's simmered like a b ... More >>

PEER Frets Over DEP Layoffs, Says More Cuts Likely

A recent round of job cuts at the Department of Environmental Protection has stoked the wrath of environmentalists. Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility on Wednesday issued a statement blasting the DEP's decision to lay off 26 employees from the agency's Southwest District Office w ... More >>

BREAKING: Broward Teachers Union Funds Used in Illegal Contributions to Hillary Clinton, Alex Sink, Investigators Say

See also: Former Broward Teachers Union President Patrick Santeramo Arrested, Faces 200 Years in Prison.Former Broward Teachers Union President Patrick Santeramo turned himself in today after being charged with 20 counts of various racketeering, theft, and money-laundering charges. There are dozens ... More >>

How Much Can You Earn in the Restaurant Industry?

​One of the top three questions I get comes from chefs, line cooks, bartenders, and servers has to be, "Who's hiring?" "We're always looking for great help," said manager Christie Ajakie, of G&B Oyster Bar, the subject of this week's review. "Even if we're fully staffed, if someone is a g ... More >>

Florida Back to Second Place Nationwide for the Most Mass Layoffs

yankeesdaily.com​After a pretty good September for not getting laid off in Florida -- only the fourth-most mass layoffs in the nation for that month -- the state is back to its usual position of second-most for October.According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, Florida accounted for 91 of the na ... More >>

Florida Employers Registered 69 Mass Layoffs in September, the Fourth-Most Nationwide

hammerle.com​After two straight months of having the second-most mass-layoff events in the country, Florida companies experienced 69 in September, dropping the Sunshine State to just the fourth-most among the 50 states.According to the numbers from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, Florida accounted ... More >>

Florida Employers Laid Off 1,638 Workers in September, According to Report

​September's numbers on employment from the Bureau of Labor Statistics aren't due until Friday, but a private report says 1,638 Floridians were laid off last month.The consultants at Challenger, Gray & Christmas Inc. released their findings this morning, reporting that more than 115,000 Americ ... More >>

Florida Is Home to the Second-Most Mass Layoffs in the Nation -- Again

stevewhibley.blogspot.com​For the second month in a row, Florida had more mass layoffs than every other state but California, according to statistics released today by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.According to the numbers from the BLS, Florida accounted for 78 of the nation's 961 mass layoffs in ... More >>

Florida's Jobs Situation: What Rick Scott Won't Tell You

​Gov. Rick Scott has been proudly touting that Florida has created the second-most jobs in the country (behind Texas) since he took office, but here's what he won't tell you: Those new jobs suck.More specifically, since the governor took office in January, Florida workers have had lower hourly wag ... More >>

Broward Teachers Union Will Try to Dodge Another Potential Coffin Nail

flickr.comYeah, good luck with that.One of the last things Broward public school teachers -- teachers anywhere, really -- need is another reason for lawmakers to think they should dissolve their right to unionize. But that just might be the case if an anonymous (and, honestly, grammatical error-ridd ... More >>

Disabled Davie Cop Says He's Being Denied Benefits, Lawsuit Claims

Kickstart Your Heart​A retired Davie police officer is suing his former employer and the town for more than 100 grand, claiming they schtupped him out of disability benefits after he had a heart attack on the job, according to a recently filed lawsuit.Michael Necolletos, an 11-year veteran of the ... More >>

Good Food Jobs: So You Wanna Work in Food...

flickr/kthreadHungry for a new job out of the office and in the food world?​If you've been looking for a job related to food or sustainable agriculture, I've got just the site for you. Started by Taylor Cocalis and Dorothy Neagle (two Cornell grads, friends, and ice cream lovers), Good Food Jobs i ... More >>

Foreclosure Firm Ben-Ezra & Katz Is Latest Addition to Attorney General's Investigation

via floridaforeclosurehelp.netThe state foreclosure fraud investigation expands.​Fort Lauderdale law firm Ben-Ezra & Katz is the most recent subject of the state attorney general's mortgage fraud investigation. The firm "appears to be fabricating and/or presenting false and misleading document ... More >>

DJSP, Processing Company for Foreclosure Attorney David J. Stern, Lays Off 96 Employees

David J. Stern, whose law firm is under investigation for foreclosure fraud.​The latest round of layoffs at DJSP Enterprises, the foreclosure processing company for the law offices of David J. Stern, could add fuel to a class action case against DJSP and Stern, according to a lawyer for the compan ... More >>

David J. Stern, Foreclosure-Processing Lawyer, Sued by Former Employees

​It seems David J. Stern's allegedly fraudulent 'foreclosure-mill' business practices may have extended to the way he laid off his employees. He "effectively put over 800 people out of work right before the holidays with no notice," Attorney Chandra Doucette, one of the lawyers representing the fo ... More >>

Merry Christmas, Broward School Board. Here's Some Coal.

Courtesy of Broward Teachers Union​ In the spirit of holiday giving, about 6,000 postcards from Broward Teachers Union members are expected to begin arriving at the homes of Broward School Board members today. The cards, featuring lumps of coal and some adorably angry-looking children, are not ex ... More >>

The Rise and Fall of South Florida's Daily Newspapers

Job Anxiety? You Must Work at the Palm Beach Post

Photo by Lisa RabYes, Post employees are very anxious.​Someone in the Palm Beach Post marketing department has a cruel sense of irony. The paper's latest ad campaign -- now popping up in the paper, online, and on billboards around town -- strikes very close to home for Post staffers."Anxious About ... More >>

Broward Teachers Play Hardball With Scandal-Rocked District

School Board Member Beverly Gallagher faces corruption charges.​No more dragging a stack of papers home to grade at night while watching Glee. No more late afternoon conferences with parents, or volunteering to chaperone the math team's car wash -- at least not until after Thanksgiving.For the nex ... More >>

State Sen. Aronberg Going After Contractors' Salaries

It could be a well-timed move to make him look like a crimefighting hero (it comes conveniently at the very same time that he's running for state Attorney General) but regardless, it's pretty cool that State Senator Dave Aronberg (D-Greenacres) is taking public officials to task for letting private ... More >>

CBS-4 Layoffs

Two sources have mentioned layoffs at CBS-4. One said 20 people have lost their jobs, including the director of communications.  No time to report.

Judge Slaps Nova for Labor Violations

A labor judge ruled this week that Nova Southeastern University went to unlawful extremes to quash an effort by the school's custodial contractors to unionize. Among the findings by Administrative Law Judge John H. West: that supervisors intimidated employees of a custodial services firm after they ... More >>

UPDATED: Sun-Sentinel Lays Off Unknown Number; Herald Staff Cuts Imminent

The Sun-Sentinel laid off numerous employees on Wednesday -- unfortunately nobody seems to know the exact numbers since the newspaper has kept it under a tight lid. Sources have put the number at anywhere from 25 to 85 people who lost their jobs in the operations, sales, and advertising d ... More >>

Miami Herald Publisher: More Layoffs Coming To Newspaper

Miami Herald Publisher David Landsberg informed all Herald employees this morning in an e-mail that newspaper would be laying off more employees in the coming weeks. "Unfortunately, it is already apparent there is no way to avoid the elimination of staff positions. We are exploring several alt ... More >>

Tribune Lawyer: More Layoffs Coming To Newspapers

Well, I posted my thoughts on it Saturday and today we get confirmation: More layoffs coming to Tribune. From today's AP article: [Tribune attorney Kevin] Lantry said the company anticipates "a number of layoffs" this year, but he did not provide a figure, or details on how much money the sev ... More >>

I Am The Future Of Journalism Because ...

... I'm so desperate that I dream of working for some weird Internet start-up that wants to replace real journalism with blog posts. Yes, and that's just one possible answer to the question being asked by an outfit called Publish2, the Web start-up in question. And if you are ju ... More >>

Source: Sentinel Shutting Down Delray Beach Office

A source at the Sun-Sentinel tells me that the newspaper's Palm Beach County office in Delray Beach is closing up this week. The bureau, which had 27 people last year but has surely shrunk a bit during recent staff cuts, is moving down to the newspaper's existing Deerfield Beach office. [ADDED] Mos ... More >>

Another Newspaper Mini-Merger

Newsflash: Broward Prosecutors Get Pay Cut

McClatchy (Miami Herald) Freezes Pay

Life After Print

D-Day At The Sun-Sentinel -- UPDATED

News-Press Lays Off 36

Palm Beach Post To Cut 300 Jobs

Massive Job Cuts Coming At Sun-Sentinel, Tally Chief Volunteers

D-Day At Miami Herald

Springsteen: il capo di tutti capi

Journo Job Fair Shines, Pulp In Dark

Nova to Workers: Drop Dead

Janitors go jobless for months, and students don't give a damn

How Much Do You Make?

The Hospital on the Hill

A mean-spirited VA medical center director has patient care playing distant second to the bottom line

Insult to Injury

Some ex-deputies say BSO treated them like damaged goods after they got hurt on the job

Second-Best Local Boy Gone Bad

Tony Gentile

Boxer Rebellion

Union ringleaders hope to rally pugilists to fight for their rights

Publix Where working can be lethal

Five workers have died in Publix's Deerfield Beach warehouse in the past eight years. Has the workplace gotten safer? Apparently not.

Drive-Thru Discrimination

Leon Hendricks is suing his former employer, fast-food giant Pepsico, for racism. He has the EEOC on his side.

Undercurrents

The plot thickens

Rank and Revile

Municipal employees with Local 532 are cutting off the higher-ups for lack of support

United They Fall

The effort to unionize Kitchens of the Oceans drove the company out of town and Haitian employees into unemployment lines