Dmitri Iglitzin

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Hometown:	Seattle, WA
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Dmitri's Voice

Broadcast Florida Tomato Pickers Threaten Burger King Boycott (Blog entry) | April 25, 2008 - 12:13am
Published Florida Tomato Pickers Threaten Burger King Boycott (Blog entry)
April 25, 2008 - 12:12am
There are almost 2 million fieldworkers in this country. On average, these workers make less than $12,000 a year. Almost a third of migrant workers' families are officially poor. These workers often fail to receive the same legal rights and benefits granted to other U.S. laborers.
Published Unionization Improves Pay and Benefits of African Americans (Blog entry)
April 8, 2008 - 5:49pm
The increasing wealth gap between the rich, the middle class, and the poor has become too obvious too ignore. The top 10% of income earners in the United States now own 70% of the wealth, and the wealthiest 1% own more than the bottom 95%, according to the Federal Reserve. In 2005, the top 300,000 Americans enjoyed about the same share of the nation's income - 21.8% - as the bottom 150 million.
Broadcast Circuit City: The 1-Year Anniversary Worth Noting (Blog entry) | March 30, 2008 - 3:31pm
Published Circuit City: The 1-Year Anniversary Worth Noting (Blog entry)
March 30, 2008 - 3:29pm
It’s been almost exactly one year since March 28, 2007, the date Circuit City Stores set a new low in corporate morality by laying off 3400 experienced workers whose relatively high salaries – typically, about $15 per hour – allegedly made them a liability.

Published Florida Tomato Pickers Threaten Burger King Boycott (Blog entry)
April 25, 2008 - 12:12am
There are almost 2 million fieldworkers in this country. On average, these workers make less than $12,000 a year. Almost a third of migrant workers' families are officially poor. These workers often fail to receive the same legal rights and benefits granted to other U.S. laborers.
Published Unionization Improves Pay and Benefits of African Americans (Blog entry)
April 8, 2008 - 5:49pm
The increasing wealth gap between the rich, the middle class, and the poor has become too obvious too ignore. The top 10% of income earners in the United States now own 70% of the wealth, and the wealthiest 1% own more than the bottom 95%, according to the Federal Reserve. In 2005, the top 300,000 Americans enjoyed about the same share of the nation's income - 21.8% - as the bottom 150 million.
Published Circuit City: The 1-Year Anniversary Worth Noting (Blog entry)
March 30, 2008 - 3:29pm
It’s been almost exactly one year since March 28, 2007, the date Circuit City Stores set a new low in corporate morality by laying off 3400 experienced workers whose relatively high salaries – typically, about $15 per hour – allegedly made them a liability.