WFP Author Index -- Collins

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Articles, photos and artwork by Doug Collins

1993:

"Anti-Social Workplaces,"

All work and no play make Jack & Jill friendless.

[June 1993]

"The Joy of Waitering,"

Dependence on tips encourages gratuitous pleasantries, corporate greed.

Plus: "Weak U.S. Labor Laws Fuel Protest";

and "Group Health Shunning Union?"

[July/August 1993]

"How to Get Rich Quick"

PO'd at the post office.

Plus: "NAFTA Faces Judicial Hurdle";

and "Talk About Work!"

[September 1993]

"Real Life"

Stories from the street.

[September 1993]

"Genes on the Job"

When you go looking for a job, your DNA may work against you.

Plus: "Unions Help Close Wage Gap";

and "Coffee, Tea, or Pay Cut?"

[October/November 1993]

1994:

"Another (Yawn) Local Election"

Analyzing voter apathy.

[December/January 1994]

"A Quickie In a Dark Corner"

Now that NAFTA is done, what is it exactly?

Plus: Working Abroad;

"Corporate Cry-Babies";

and "Vote With Your Dough This X-Mas"

[December/January 1994]

"'Second Amendment' Arguments: Bankrupt and Just Plain Wrong"

co-authored by Eric Nelson

From the WFP Special Report on guns in America.

[December/January 1994]

"Wilder Than the Wild West"

From the WFP Special Report on guns in America.

[December/January 1994]

"Gettin' Screwged"

co-authored by Mike Blain.

Our picks for Scrooge of the Year, 1993.

[February/March 1994]

"The Co-Op Crash"

Another Northwest legacy goes the way of grunge.

Plus: "NAFTA Aftermath"

[February/March 1994]

"You're Fired!"

You think you've got a right to your job? Think Again.

Plus: "Hello Free Trade, Bye-bye Jobs"

[April/May 1994]

"'Part-Time Temporary Security Guard'"

Millions are suffering from a new disease: Job decay.

Plus: "NAFTA, Who Loves Ya?" and Working Around

[June/July 1994]

"Lords of Seattle"

When city officials are part of the landlord class, conflict of interest can't be far behind.

[June/July 1994]

"Why Johnny Can't Organize"

Seven factors crippling the US labor movement.

Plus: Working Around.

[August/September 1994]

"The Medicated Stamping Plant"

as told to Doug Collins.

Or why you should not buy a late '70s Ford.

Plus: "Chateau Update",

"Retraining Fails",

and "150 Years of Co-Ops".

[October/November 1994]

1995:

"Offensive Driving"

Replacement workers are a public safety hazard.

Plus: "What NOT to Buy for Christmas",

Working Around

[December/January 1995]

"A Little In, A Lot Out,"

How campaign donors often receive lucrative city contracts.

[Feb/Mar 1995]

"Sales Tales" as told to Doug Collins.

Stories from the front lines of customer service.

Plus: Working Around: labor updates from around the world.

[Feb/Mar 1995]

"Taxing Matters"

How to make the current US tax system more equitable.

Plus: Working Around: labor updates from around the world.

[April/May 1995]

Cover Collage for WFP issue 16.

[June/July 1995]

"In the Bag,"

The City Council bends over backwards to appease Nordstrom.

[June/July 1995]

"11 to 7 at 7-11" as told to Doug Collins.

Scratch tickets, beer, and porn.

Plus: Working Around: labor updates from around the world.

[June/July 1995]

"Nordstrom Gets it's way with Spokane,"

More HUD loans for private profit.

[Aug/Sept 1995]

"Just Say No to Drug Testing,"

Try impairment testing instead.

Plus: Working Around: labor updates from around the world.

[Aug/Sept 1995]

"Devious" as told to Doug Collins.

Tales from the frontline of telephone support.

Plus: Working Around: labor updates from around the globe.

[October/November 1995]

"Go North, Young Worker!" co-authored by Gloria Hubacker.

Organized nurses, construction unions and an activist left battle the bosses in B.C.

[October/November 1995]

"Laidlaw to Seattle School Bus-Drivers: Go to the Back, Sit Down and Shut Up" co-authored by Gloria Hubacker.

Drivers' best hope for getting a pension plan now lies with the Seattle School District.

[October/November 1995]

"Graft in Seattle's Recent Past"

Review of On the Take: From Petty Crooks to Presidents by William J. Chambliss.

[October/November 1995]

1996:

"The Field of Schemes"

Public responsibility flies out of the ballpark as sports moguls load the bases - with cash.

[December/January 1996]

"Roll Over, Lao Tzu!"

The Tao of shameless book marketing.

[February/March 1996]

"Unhappy Landings"

How Sea-Tac pollution and jet roar have shaken South King County residents out of their suburban dream and into action.

[February/March 1996]

"Good Health Takes Flight in Airport Communities"

'Growth for the sake of growth is the ideology of the cancer cell.' -Edward Abbey

[February/March 1996]

"CNN Airport Network" photograph for "Unhappy Landings"

[February/March 1996]

"Medical Mess" as told to Doug Collins.

A problem with experienced workers: They might actually know something.

Plus: Working Around: labor updates from around the globe.

[February/March 1996]

"In Defense of Rocky Brook" co-authored by David Atcheson.

As old-growth logging resumes on the Olympic Peninsula, mad-as-hell protestors aren't taking it anymore.

[April/May 1996]

"The Dark Side of Convenience"

Working odd hours makes the United States and odd country.

Plus: Working Around: labor updates from around the globe.

[April/May 1996]

"Summer of Labor"
Unions stage a comeback, but can it last?

Plus: Working Around: labor updates from around the globe.

[July/August 1996]

"Taking the Blood out of Money" co-authored by Carolyn Stevens.

War tax resisters refuse to pay the military bill.

[July/August 1996]

"Public-Interest Journalism"

It Needs a Democratic Funding Source.

[September/October 1996]

"How Many Dentists do we Really Need?"

Giving a sensible tweak to the labor movement can decrease consumer costs.

Plus: Working Around: labor updates from around the globe.

[September/October 1996]

"Taking the Union out of the Tenants Union"

The City stifles housing activism.

[September/October 1996]

"The Meaning of a Day's Work"

Not just another pretty sculpture.

[September/October 1996]

"Junk Wages for Junk Mail"

Workers and consumers lose out with the dismantling of the postal service.

Plus: Working Around: labor updates from around the globe.

[November/December 1996]

"Picketers" photograph for "How We Struck the Lincoln Park Mini Mart".

[November/December 1996]

1997:

"Dismembered"

American social life is in the pits: Unions are the cause and the cure.

Plus: Working Around: labor updates from around the globe.

[January/February 1997]

I'm a Gator

Thinly veiled sarcasm.

[March/April 1997]

"Free Money"

But more importantly, Unemployment compensation is a shield against poverty. Here's how to get it.

Plus: NW Folklife, Labor Movement Team Up, and Working Around: labor updates from around the globe.

[March/April 1997]

"University Unions"

Grad student workers around the nation organize, but Washington TAs aren't taking part.

Plus: Working Around: labor updates from around the globe.

[May/June 1997]

"Police Beat"

The untold stories of day-to-day police misconduct.

[July/August 1997]

"Freedom of Information? See You In Court!"

Big organizations attract lawsuits over difficult public-records access.

[July/August 1997]

"Sales Machine"

A cosmetics saleswoman becomes disillusioned with makeovers and the selling game.

Plus: Working Around: labor updates from around the globe.

[July/August 1997]

"Customers Who Want Too Much"

American customers are getting nastier by the year.

Plus: Working Around: labor updates from around the globe.

[September/October 1997]

"Hookers, Gypsies, Winos and Shopkeepers"

Tales of legal and illegal work, con games and loafing in one historical Belltown building.

Plus: Working Around: labor updates from around the globe.

[November/December 1997]

1998:

"Squalidarity"

Lack of good union representation degrades part-time community college instructors.

Plus: Working Around: labor updates from around the globe.

[January/February 1998]

"Fire Me Fairly! Or Don't Fire Me at All"

A "just-cause dismissal initiative would help protect all Washingtonians from being fired.

Plus: Working Around: labor updates from around the globe.

[March/April 1998]

"Two Big Unions"

Building solidarity in Japan ore worker at a time.

Plus: Working Around: labor updates from around the globe.

[May/June 1998]

"Seattle's Real Addictions: Ink and Newsprint"

Newsprint consumption is up, but daily newspaper readership is down; smaller free papers fill the gap, but some struggle for distribution space.

[May/June 1998]

"Land of a Thousand Zines"

A list of all the litter-ary genres that clutter Seattle's coffeeshops.

[May/June 1998]

"TRASH: Disposable Litter-ature" Cover collage for WFP issue 33.

[May/June 1998]

"San Francisco Frontlines"

City officials appear nervous about the influence of this independent progressive monthly.

[July/August 1998]

Working Around

Labor updates from around the globe.

[July/August 1998]

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