Tag Archives: workers

Teamsters to “Hug it Out” on Reality TV? Ask Mark Wahlberg

Posted on 03/09/2012 by wyatt closs

photo credit: Eva Rinaldi Celebrity and Live Music Photographer Mark Wahlberg, who has had quite the run of successes as a producer in TV and film with shows like “Entourage”, “Boardwalk Empire”, and “How to Make It in America”, not … Continue reading →

Posted in About TV, Celeb Watch | Tagged A&E, Boardwalk Empire, Boston, Entourage, Mark Wahlberg, Teamsters, The Fighter, Unions, workers | Comments Off

Mike Daisey’s performance exposing China factory worklife finds another more accessible platform

Posted on 01/29/2012 by admin

The talk about this performance just keeps piling up. Featured today in cover story for CBS Sunday Morning show here, Having started at Berkeley Rep and then Washington’s Wooly Mammoth, monologist Mike Daisey’s brilliant, funny, disturbing report on working conditions in … Continue reading →

Posted in About Art - Performance, About TV, Uncategorized | Tagged apple, cbs, china, factories, ira glass, mike daisey, public theater, steve jobs, television, work, work by hand, workers, Wyatt Closs | Comments Off

Worker Solidarity Prevails on “Entourage”

Posted on 08/30/2011 by wyatt closs

A little bit of worker solidarity worked its way into the HBO hit comedy “Entourage” with the recent episode “The Big Bang”. Among the storylines was one in which character Johnny Drama decides to unite with his fellow actor Andrew … Continue reading →

Posted in About TV, Uncategorized, Videos To Peep | Tagged actors, Andrew Dice Clay, comedy, Entourage, executives, hbo, Johnny Drama, pop culture, solidarity, strike, TV, work, workers | Comments Off

“Music While You Work” Gets Turned on its Head

Posted on 08/07/2011 by wyatt closs

Time was when, in order to keep factory workers in the UK humming along (and perhaps take their minds off doing those terrible things like watching the clock, taking note of health and safety issues, or, gasp, signing a petition … Continue reading →

Posted in About Music, Blog Blog and More Blog, Uncategorized | Tagged bbc, classical, clockwatchers, england, factory, health and safety, music, radio, work, workers | Comments Off

“Horrible Bosses” Gets People Talking and Blogging

Posted on 07/21/2011 by wyatt closs

The impact of popular culture on workers’ lives shows again with the release of the film “Horrible Bosses” While the film itself, as a film, is so-so (with a Metascore of 57), it spurred numerous write-ups, articles and blogs about … Continue reading →

Posted in About Film, Articles of Note, Blog Blog and More Blog, Uncategorized | Tagged About Film, bosses, business week, horrible bosses, huffington post, jennifer anniston, kevin spacey, metacritic, movies, office, please fire me, workers, workplace | Comments Off

Where is the new “New Dance Group” ? Part 1

Posted on 07/17/2011 by wyatt closs

We’re uncovering/rediscovering new information about this dance company that fused workers’ values and dance seamlessly and paving the way for many modern dance legends we know today. It was established in 1932 by a group of artists and choreographers dedicated … Continue reading →

Posted in About Art - Performance, Blog Blog and More Blog | Tagged 1930s, Alvin Ailey, dance, JAne Dualey, Martha Graham, modern dance, New Dance Group, new york, Talley Beatty, The Depression, workers | Comments Off

Writer of Book on Work Picks His Five Fave Books on Work

Posted on 07/10/2011 by wyatt closs

We found this great article by Matthew Crawford, author of our very own 2010 Worker’s Voice Award for Best Book “Shopcraft as Soul Class” that ran in the Wall Street Journal. In it, this writer who likes to write about … Continue reading →

Posted in About Books, Articles of Note, Blog Blog and More Blog | Tagged Awards, books, matthew crawford, work, work by hand, workers | Comments Off