Word: labors
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Michael Moore is a floor sample of what we all could be," notes a Random House press official in Michael Moore's new documentary film, The Big One. Well, luckily, it's only a floor sample. A far cry from Moore's well-crafted, pro-labor bullseye, Roger & Me, The Big One's camera seems to be more interested in Michael than in socio-economic reportage (and is unfortunately almost as annoying as those Clinique salespeople at Saks). Of course, The Big One is not a commercial, it's a sermon, and it might be quite effective for some people...
...irony smile on Moore) cantankerously predict disappearing markets, and Moore smiles and nods, marching off to recite such stellar observations to the front desks of corporate America, never stopping to introduce the complexities of these problems to his audience. There is no mention of inflation or of developing labor markets, except from the equally prejudiced mouths of corporate representatives. When talking to PR workers, Moore feigns naivite, asking questions as if he doesn't expect them to be upsetting or threatening. This is the height of annoyance...
...Roger & Me, which had the same lightheartedness and Dick Dale/Beach Boys soundtrack but was also expansive and responsible in its poignancy, The Big One is insulting. Michael Moore said he thought Roger & Me was a failure, but unfortunately his current approach is ultimately only going to satisfy depraved pro-labor fanclubs. Of course, the audience at the IOP Forum applauded The Big One enthusiastically, and except for those mentioned above, their questions were remarkably indulgent. Moore is obviously getting at something that should be said. But labor needs a voice that does not elicit indulgence. Michael Moore is guilty...
...they launched the first-ever strike against the company in the U.S. "Trade unions have never gone after McDonald's because its workforce is so transitory -- it's mostly composed of kids," says TIME correspondent Edward Barnes. But while the nation's sunny economic prospects may embolden service sector labor, the major threat facing McDonald's in the three-day-old strike isn't the emergence of a McUnion; it's bad publicity. Which may be why, despite the microscopic scale of the action, the head office has pledged to resolve the "valid issues" raised by the strikers. After...
...thoughts of the taxman threaten to befoul even the sweetest of spring breezes, take heart: You, the American people, are in the money. Among the roses that came up Tuesday: The Labor Department announced Tuesday that inflation in March was -- get this -- zero. That's the second nil reading in three months this year. The Dow, meanwhile, was up 100 in afternoon trading, and traders seem intent on dancing on 9000's grave...