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...images are indelible, in history and in movies: Henry Fonda agitating for farmworkers' rights in The Grapes of Wrath; Sally Field leading the textile workers in Norma Rae; even the young Marlon Brando finally realizing, in On the Waterfront, that good union guys could overcome corrupt union leaders. As Woody Guthrie songs were the sound track of America's organized working class, the movies offered snapshots of blue-collar heroism...
...problem for Verizon management, of course, is that this isn't the pre-Norma Rae era, when the media were less clued in to labor issues and management could double-talk their way through negotiations without sustaining any serious damage. And of course, today's tight labor market gives workers' demands a great deal more economic weight. The Verizon workers who walked out Monday know they've got considerable clout - after all, if management can't find a way to get them back to work soon, Verizon corporate types could have the whole of New York City to contend with...
Wicked Pictures, a major adult-entertainment company, set me up on a cyberdate with one of its actresses, Alexa Rae, star of Porn-o-matic 2000 and Say Aaah. I had never seen Alexa's work, but I was assured she was a complete professional. SafeSexPlus.com sent both of us toys, and we made an e-date...
...daily boarding for $15.50 (under 35 lbs.) or $17.50 (larger beasts), there are "spa packages" with extra play periods, quiet times with one-on-one petting, a nature walk, a dip in the pool and treats like Frosty Paws ice cream. "There is so much kindness here," says Richard Rae, whose three Akitas have checked into Club Pet 30 times. "My dogs come out healthy, happy and smelling great...
Look, we think it's neat that this story, about folks poisoned by water laced with hexavalent chromium, caught the eye of studio execs who haven't drunk tap water in years. And it's fine if today's only female box-office magnet wants to do Norma Rae Takes a Civil Action. (Her teary phone call alone will guarantee an Oscar nomination.) But does the film, written by Susannah Grant, have to be both heckling and truckling? Everyone in it has one job: to endure Erin's ballsy superiority. Real actresses, like Cherry Jones, Marg Helgenberger and Veanne...