By Jonathan Haeber

Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corp. used gigantic engines, which drove a total of four Chicago Pneumatic air compressors. The compressors were used to power the riveting tools integral to pre-World War II shipbuilding (photo by Jon Haeber).
Part 3 — The Great War & Union Busting
Soon enough, however, the Great War, on which Schwab had gambled, [...]

By Jonathan Haeber

Charles Schwab, though ruthless with unions, wanted his employees to feel as if they were part of the team. He often did this by sponsering company baseball leagues, choir groups, and he invented an ingenuous new alternative to labor unions: Company Unions.
Part 2 — Schwab’s Gamble for War
Editor’s Note: This is Part [...]

By Jonathan Haeber

Union Iron Works, headed by Irving M. Scott, had become a major war contractor leading up to the Spanish American War and the occupation of Hawaii in the 1890s. Dogpatch was filled in with rock by the railroad companies and Pier 70 became Union Iron Works’ center of operations.
Part 1 — [...]

A friend of mine from Oregon recently sent me a short directive. She said that I should go to maps.google.com. “Why?” I said, “I already have a GPS device.”
“Just do it.” She said.
Well, one must never deny an appeal to “just do it,” so I made my way to Google Maps post-haste.
“Ok, now [...]

Chiquita’s corporate pamphlet ironically encourages employees to meet and form unions. Their website has a section on corporate responsibility.
Can we have our bananas and eat them too? Certainly not without putting a portion of the proceeds towards global terrorism. “What?” You may query. That’s right: Chiquita, the illustrious blue-stickered fruit company, [...]