This Day in Alaska History-November 10th, 1911
House Analysis Confirms Corporations Use ‘Cover of Inflation to Raise Prices Excessively’
“It is unacceptable that certain companies and industries are engaged in extreme price hikes under the cover of inflation,” said Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi. A report released Friday by a panel of the U.S. House Committee on Oversight and Reform highlighted how “certain corporations are using the cover of inflation to raise prices excessively, resulting in record […]
This Day in Alaska History-October 7th, 1914
Tyson Food Managers Accused of Betting on How Many of Their Workers Would Get Covid-19
A lawsuit alleges that a boss at one facility “organized a cash-buy-in, winner-take-all, betting pool for supervisors and managers to wager how many plant employees would test positive.” During the early stages of the Covid-19 pandemic, Tyson Foods supervisors bet money on how many workers at a pork processing plant in Iowa would be infected with […]