In difficult economic times, it makes sense to streamline the operations of our businesses and our government. Maine has a system that does just that, reducing spending, boosting productivity and creating customer satisfaction. The system is a process called Lean production. From 2004-06, the Maine Department of Labor initiated a Lean-based improvement program. In that […]

Despite what we have been told by our “business friendly,” anti-union politicians lately, businesses, large or small, do not create jobs. Businesses exist to make money. They sell a product or service to make a profit. Employee wages cut into that profit, therefore businesses pay the lowest wages and hire the fewest workers possible. Only […]

The American Heritage Dictionary defines fascism as: “A system of government that exercises a dictatorship of the extreme right, typically through the merging of state and business leadership, together with a belligerent nationalism.” We do have a growing number of right-wing extremists, and our governments, federal, state and local, are forming partnerships with business leaders, […]