Monday, May 17, 2010

“For frustrated workers, it's time to speak up, branch out - Honolulu Advertiser” plus 3 more

“For frustrated workers, it's time to speak up, branch out - Honolulu Advertiser” plus 3 more

For frustrated workers, it's time to speak up, branch out - Honolulu Advertiser

Posted: 17 May 2010 02:14 PM PDT

Unemployment, underemployment and general frustration about one's job don't usually bring out the best in people — unless, of course, you subscribe to the "don't wait for your ship to come in, swim out to it" philosophy.

This mighty line of reasoning can turn less-than-ideal work situations into rewarding careers.

I discovered dozens of examples, from workers who had spoken up about injustices to those who didn't wait around for others to make things happen.

Sonia Pressman Fuentes was a lawyer at the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission in the mid-1960s. "I found myself increasingly frustrated by the unwillingness of the commission to enforce the prohibitions against sex discrimination in employment contained in Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the act the commission was charged with administering," the commission's first woman lawyer says. "But I didn't think there was anything I could do about it."

One day writer Betty Friedan walked in. Known for her 1963 book, "The Feminine Mystique," she was there to interview Fuentes' boss for a new book.

"When she saw me, a woman, she asked me to reveal problems and conflicts at the commission," Fuentes says. But Fuentes didn't feel she could speak out publicly.

When Friedan came back a second time, "I was feeling particularly frustrated at the commission's failure to implement the law for women, and I invited her into my office. I told her, with tears in my eyes, that the country needed an organization to fight for women."

Within a year, Fuentes, Friedan and 49 other men and women formed the National Organization for Women.

Lynn Maria Thompson also was not going to wait for good things to happen. She started out selling yellow pages ads over the phone, a job at which she says, "I was awful." She asked for a demotion to a clerical job "just to get out of sales and keep from being fired." She wrote how-to manuals for every job she did. She created newsletters, ways to track sales, a training program and more.

When her company "didn't give me leadership opportunities, I got involved in volunteering and quickly became VP of publicity" for nonprofit groups.

When finally promoted to management, she says, those experiences she initiated helped her learn "how pretty much everything was done in the company" from the ground up, and she then moved up quickly.

Reach Andrea Kay at andrea@andreakay.com.

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Caterpillar Begins Construction of Distribution Center ... - Market Wire

Posted: 17 May 2010 02:04 AM PDT

SOURCE: Industrial Info Resources

SUGAR LAND, TX--(Marketwire - May 17, 2010) - Researched by Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas) -- Caterpillar Incorporated (NYSE:CAT) (Peoria, Illinois) has begun construction of a 1.5 million-square-foot distribution center in Clayton, Ohio. The $65 million project kicked off construction this month, and Caterpillar hopes to have it up and running in 2011.

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Babbel takes charge at Hertha - SkySports

Posted: 17 May 2010 08:17 AM PDT

Markus Babbel undertook the challenge of reviving struggling Hertha Berlin on Monday after being named the club's new coach.

Babbel takes the reins from Friedhelm Funkel, whose contract was not renewed following the German side's relegation from the Bundesliga.

The 37-year-old has penned a 12-month contract with the Olympic Stadium club which will automatically be extended by another year should he guide the team back to the top flight at the first attempt.

"The common goal is the revival (of Hertha)," said chief executive Michael Preetz.

"He (Babbel) is a renowned football expert who has already done a good job at Stuttgart. He shares our philosophy for the development of Hertha."

Babbel, the former Bayern Munich, Liverpool and Germany defender, was sacked by Stuttgart in December after 13 months as manager.

"Hertha is a great club with a great tradition," said Babbel. "They key for me was the sporting perspective."

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Scott Brown Claims Kagan Is Pro-Military - Advocate

Posted: 14 May 2010 11:41 AM PDT

Republican U.S. senator Scott Brown says he is convinced Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan supports the military event though, while she was dean of Harvard Law School, military recruiters were barred from the school's placement office, according to the Associated Press. Brown met privately with Kagan and says he believes that her judicial philosophy will not pose a threat Americans serving in the armed forces.

Recruitment was restricted because of the military's "don't ask, don't tell" policy, as Harvard does not allow employers on campus if they violate the university's nondiscrimination code. The restriction was in place under Kagan's predecessor as well. The military was still able to recruit through a campus veterans organization, and Kagan, although highly critical of "don't ask, don't tell," eventually agreed to allow the military to use the placement office after the school was threatened with losing federal funding.

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