The Job Bored: Katsup Edition

• UAW ends strike at International Truck, drops ULP charges. No, we’re not taking the heat for this one – the UAW strikes at bright lights & loud noises these days. No one with a life could keep up. [AP]

• Scandal over illegal workers and clashes with unions over Social Security overhaul ousts government’s head of labor. In Greece. Had you fooled for a minute though, right? [NYT]

• The Killers back in court on former manager’s $3 mil. unpaid commision suit. We know this just happened, but the Killers are so five minutes ago. [TMZ.com (it's a gossip website - ask your wife/daughter)]

• Writer’s Guild having trouble with Conglomerate Conglomerate, decides to just work with conglomerates for better result. [Official release, via UnitedHollywood.com] NOTE: comprehensive update on the WGA sitch to follow some time this week. I promise.

Job Bored – 11/1

• And you thought those models were going hungry by choice… – MarketWatch.
• If his boss hadn’t put him on the feminine hormones he could’ve avoided the cross-dressing and that gay affair. Kind of gives new meaning to “on the basis of sex”. – The Guardian.
• Atty General: “I’m resigning not because I’m a quitter.” No, you’re resigning because you owe $3.7 million to the employees you arbitrarily replaced on racial grounds, lost witnesses and dismissed the 2 biggest cases on the docket, then housed an armed robbery suspect in your house. Only in New Orleans. – L.A. Times

Recent Settlements:

• B&H Video in New York: $4.3 Million – Gothamist
• Chevron: $5.5 Million – San Jose Mercury News
• Morgan Stanley: $46 Mil. And no, we’re not missing a decimal point. – Investment News

The Job Bored:

• EU seeks to expand job portability by recognizing degrees and skills across borders. EU News and World Report ready with arbitrary ranking system to fill in oppressive educational class structure. – International Herald-Tribune

• If you were a “Democratic” Think Tank constantly defending yourself from accusations of being a haven for neo-conservatives, what would you do? Publish an op-ed called “The Myth of Middle-Class Job Loss” in the WSJ. Duh.

• “Um, the handicapped spaces are for armless Iraq war veterans/tank arsenal employees with real handicaps. You’re fired.” – Detriot Free Press.

• Looking for a job in real life is so 2005. – Daily Telegraph

• $5 Million a year’s not insulting. It’s the $3 million in incentives that really burned Joe Torre’s britches. – NY Times

• Outsourcing singing telegrams. Seriously. No joke necessary. – Gatehouse News Service