[rudypoot]

"But Art Pulaski, spokesman for the California Federation of Labor, cites the Forbes poll as evidence that things aren't as bad as business executives say." Who would you rather believe in this case? A government spokesman with a poll or the business executives?

[Inspectorette]

Who would you rather believe in this case? A government spokesman with a poll or the business executives?

This guy Pulaski is not a government employee - he's a union thug. California Federation of Labor (CFL is a statewide branch of AFL-CIO).

Here's another question: since when are companies who employ people supposed to "care" about them?

I am coming up on 18 years working for a HUMONGOUS company here in California. The first seven years were great - we really felt that "The Company" "caaared" about us. With the end of the Cold War and the cuts in defense spending, we had a very rude awakening. While your individual manager or supervisor may give a rat's patoot about you, they're nearly as powerless as you are. The big suits up in the corner offices are only looking at the bottom line.