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Sunday 12-26, the last Barbwire of 2010:
Liberal reasons to oppose liberal positions and policies
Guaranteed to irritate all points of the political spectrum

Forced to play against a stacked deck
Barbwire by Barbano/ Expanded from the 12-19-2010 Daily Sparks Tribune

   Poor Denny's Almanac 12-16-2010: On this date in 1773, Bostonians dressed as Native Americans threw tea into Boston bay to protest tea taxes being too low and to demand that those taxes be raised; in 1924, masked men invaded a Nashville, Tenn., hospital, seized and lynched black teenager Samuel Smith; in 1966, Eddie Scott was elected president of the Reno-Sparks NAACP; in 2005, The New York Times admitted that it does not publish all the news that's fit to print. Copyright © 2010 Dennis Myers. [Click here for the full edition.]

Rebels, heroes and mavericks are made, not born
Barbwire by Barbano/ Expanded from the 12-12-2010 Daily Sparks Tribune

Assemblymember Peggy Pierce, D-LV, proposes tax on big business

State employees association names new chief

Worker warrior Chuck Fisher ailing
12-7-2010
A principal driver of Nevada's first successful casino security organizing campaign

Smoking guns and suing for schools
Barbwire by Barbano/ Expanded from the 12-5-2010 Daily Sparks Tribune

Congress cuts off jobless Americans
AFL-CIO 12-1-2010

Danny Thompson & Andrew Barbano on statewide Nevada Newsmakers TV-radio-web program

All I want for Christmas is a wet, warm GOP
Barbwire by Barbano / Expanded from the 11-28-2010 Daily Sparks Tribune

Nevada AFL-CIO: Call/write senators NOW to extend unemployment help
Early Turkey Day: House GOP blocks aid to unemployed
AFL-CIO / 11-18-2010

Sparks judges declare war on unions, civil service & jurisdictional authority
David Farside / Daily Sparks Tribune 11-16-2010

Ledge '11: Cruel & Unusual Punishment
Barbwire by Barbano / Expanded from the 11-14-2010 Daily Sparks Tribune

Postmortems, creepy factotems and
revolting developments

Barbwire by Barbano / Expanded from the 11-7-2010 Daily Sparks Tribune

Your vote is your voice / Su voto es su voz
Our Harry proved as magical as his legendary ancestors, Harry Houdini and Harry Potter
It's all over but the shouting, the whining and the wining (hic!)
NBC/AP report: 7 of 10 union members voted for Sen. Reid
Good job!

Fladager & Reid: Legends of the Fall
Senior sparkplug Patricia Fladager dies at 89
Barbwire by Barbano /Expanded from the 10-31-201
0 Daily Sparks Tribune

Political brass & unbreakable crystal balls
GOP sweep could spawn new Labor Party
Barbwire by Barbano /Expanded from the 10-24-201
0 Daily Sparks Tribune

Chutzpah means never having to say you're sorry
Clueless is one thing, trespassing is another

Sharron Angle signs popping up on foreclosed vacant homes
U-News / 10-18-2010

Red warnings
Downticket Dems starting to worry
Barbwire by Barbano / Expanded from the 10-17-201
0 Daily Sparks Tribune

Déjà vu all over again, again and again
Reid v. Angle: Shades of 1952 and 1972
Barbwire by Barbano/ Expanded from the 10-10-2010 Daily Sparks Tribune

Velma Bishop, 1928-2010: Mom is gone
Advice from beyond for Sen. Harry Reid / Labor leader Frank Byrne, Sr., dies
Previews of coming attractions at this website and Barbwire.TV
Barbwire by Barbano / Substantially expanded from the 10-3-201
0 Daily Sparks Tribune

Political Animal Crackers & Crackups

      "I think it is dangerous to confuse the idea of democracy with elections. Just because you have elections doesn't mean you are a democracy...I'm still taken aback at the extent of indoctrination and propaganda in the United States. It is as if people there are being reared in a sort of altered reality, like broiler chickens or pigs in a pen."

Indian novelist Arundhati Roy
in the Barbwire of 9-12-2004


      
The American electorate is a dumb cow that follows the herd, is easily stampeded, gets milked for all she's worth and produces offspring for meat, muscle or cannon fodder to benefit the few. When all used up, she is sent to the slaughterhouse so that she may give her overlords the last full measure of devotion, bones for Jello and hide for belts. No stars and stripes for her grave because she doesn't merit one, having been totally consumed by our consumptive system.
Barbwire 9-12-2010

"If elections mattered, they wouldn't let us do it." Travus T. Hipp, 1982

Great Minds Think Alike Dept.
Over-rated New York Times Pulitzer over-achiever Thomas Friedman predicts emergence of a third political party a month after the Barbwire did so for the umpteenth time (He's just one short.)
Paul Krugman: Murdoch as Citizen Kane / GOP candidates paid off by Faux News
New York Times 10-3-2001

Teamsters Union donates $34,782.70 to Reno vocational high school

Calvin Coolidge & prairie dog stew
Barbwire by Barbano / Expanded from the 9-26-2010 Daily Sparks Tribune

HAT TRICK 2010:
Barbwire wins third straight Nevada Press Association first-place award

The fight for justice at NV Energy continues

Chickens, Chicky Baby and My Sharrona
Barbwire by Barbano / Expanded from the 9-12-2010 Daily Sparks Tribune
Updated 9-13-2010

Laborers' Union opens major new northern Nevada training center
$2 million invested in region's future
International president dedicates facility at grand opening

Labor Day 2010: The Last Hurrah?
Barbwire by Barbano / Expanded from the 9-5-2010 Daily Sparks Tribune

Dirty deeds done dirt cheap
Barbwire by Barbano / Expanded from the 8-29-2010 Daily Sparks Tribune

Sharron Angle:
Blast from the distant past

Barbwire by Barbano / Expanded from the 8-22-2010 Daily Sparks Tribune

Nevada State AFL-CIO Convention
Aug. 18-20, Luxor Hotel-Casino, Las Vegas Strip / Clark County, Nev.

Two NE Nevada miners found dead
Killer corporations deserve death penalty

NevadaLabor.com Statewide News Roundup 8-15-2010

Milquetoast, mice and macho men
Barbwire by Barbano / Expanded from the 8-15-2010 Daily Sparks Tribune

Crapshoots, trapshoots and turkey shoots
Carrows restaurants run workers into the ground / Washoe DA race starts to rock
Barbwire by Barbano / Expanded from the 8-8-201
0 Daily Sparks Tribune

Unions and other Nevada non-profits threatened by tax change
Daily Sparks Tribune / 8-6-2010

My crooks are better than your crooks
Barbwire by Barbano/ Expanded from the 8-1-2010 Daily Sparks Tribune

Sell us this day our daily bread
Barbwire by Barbano/ Expanded from the 7-25-2010 Daily Sparks Tribune

The simple song of greatness
Longtime Nevada labor leader Danny Coyle dies
Carson City Democratic activist and teacher Pat Potter terminally ill

Barbwire by Barbano/ Expanded from the 7-18-201
0 Daily Sparks Tribune

Communications Workers union pickets AT&T in Reno
Internet call center contract expires at midnight EDT July 17

Interdependence Day 2010:
Red, white and screwed

Barbwire by Barbano / Expanded from the 7-4-2010 Daily Sparks Tribune

Pulitzer Prize-winning construction death scandal investigation validated
Las Vegas Sun 7-6-2010

Take my daughter, please:
City hall hicks are still easy to con

Barbwire by Barbano / Expanded from the 6-27-2010 Daily Sparks Tribune

Translating the politically inscrutable
Barbwire by Barbano / Expanded from the 6-20-2010 Daily Sparks Tribune

Sexy follytix 2010: Reality vs. Superficiality
Barbwire by Barbano / Expanded from the 6-13-2010 Daily Sparks Tribune

Drill baby drill for jobs - maybe - jobs
Barbwire by Barbano / Expanded from the 6-6-2010 Daily Sparks Tribune

From clear-cut forests to dirty Gulfstream waters, this land belongs to old BP
TOLJASO LONG TIME AGO

BP/ARCO: The greasy root of our evils

Barbwire / Daily Sparks Tribune 9-10-2006

The awful truth — Read it and weep, fellow suckers

Unemployed workers march in Reno to protest epidemic of Nevada jobs going to out-of-state contractors and workers
Demonstration forms at Sixth and Sierra street Thursday, May 13, 11:00 a.m.

Teamsters Local 533 members sweep awards in transit safety competition
Master operator Rex Schrock advances to nationals fourth straight year
UPDATEThis story has been picked up by Teamster Magazine, the international union's publication
NEW PHOTO GALLERY

César Chávez Day:
Organizing Nevada on March 31

Union employer and project of the year awards announced
Barbwire by Barbano / Expanded from the 3-28-2010 Daily Sparks Tribune

César Chávez, Thurgood Marshall & Thomas Jefferson
Submit your nominations for the César Chávez Silver State Public Service Awards
Enter your video (for cash and/or prizes) in public service announcement competition

Barbwire by Barbano / Expanded from the 3-21-2010 Daily Sparks Tribune

César Chávez Day 2010:
Produce your own revolution

Barbwire by Barbano / Expanded from the 3-14-2010 Daily Sparks Tribune

Clinging to the Ledge
Ledge 'X:

The Deer-in-the-Headlights Session

Expanded from the 2-28-2010 Daily Sparks Tribune

Rebels without a clue
UPDATE WEDNESDAY 2-24-2010 2:36 A.M. PST, 10:36 ZULU/GMT — Cathousing, carousing and fox-pawing, the emergency legislative session convened in Carson City on Tuesday, 2-23-2010. MUCH MORE —>

SUING FOR SCHOOLS:
The case for making Nevada finally obey her constitutional mandate to provide for public education

Can we do any worse with a judge running the system?
SUNDAY FEB. 21, 2010
LIVE REGIONAL TV+webcast 6:00 p.m.
Rerun at 9:00 p.m. PST

Sen. Harry Reid blasts Gov. Jim the Dim in an exclusive Barbwire Show interview
Check the Daily Sparks Tribune for a summary

Thanks to everyone who participated!
Statewide rerun schedule begins + URL for web viewing

Nuclear test site workers finally receive special status for compensation

Déjà Vu Part Deux:
Tap City Again and Again

Barbwire by Barbano / Expanded from the 2-7-2010 Daily Sparks Tribune

Gov. Jim the Dim's Tuesday double whammy
Cut more state jobs and kill collective bargaining for teachers by exec order
2-2-2010


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   The Dean of Reno Bloggers could very well be Andrew Barbano, self-described "fighter of public demons," who started putting his "Barbwire" columns online in 1996 and now runs 10 sites.

RENO NEWS & REVIEW, 11-9-2006

HAT TRICK 2010:
Barbwire wins third straight Nevada Press Association first-place award

The 2009 first-place Nevada Press Association award winners
Tony the Tiger & the flaky NFL
Barbwire / 11-30-2008
Deregulation is never having to say you're sorry
Barbwire / 8-3-2008
Nevada: A good place to visit, but do you want to live here?
Barbwire / 6-15-2008

 

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Editor's Note: Many of the news links on this site are from Nevada dailies. In late 2006, the Reno Gannett-Journal began nuking much of its archive. If you encounter any broken links, I encourage you to contact them and send me a copy. On the one hand, they want to build their web traffic in order to increase the price of ads. On the other hand, they are killing that very traffic. Far be it from me to reconcile the Dilbert-style motivations of an outfit for which a 38 percent net profit is not enough. If you can explain it, please enlighten me. (Before you e-mail me anything complicated, please read this bulletinAB) UPDATE: In early 2008, the Las Vegas Sun "upgraded " its website, nuking more than a dozen years of links. If you find an orphaned Sun story, search their site for the title.



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Suing for Schools: Feb. 21 2010 Barbwire live TV special

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The Dean's List

   The Dean of Reno Bloggers could very well be Andrew Barbano, self-described "fighter of public demons," who started putting his "Barbwire" columns online in 1996 and now runs 10 sites.

RENO NEWS & REVIEW, 11-9-2006

HAT TRICK 2010:
Barbwire wins third straight Nevada Press Association first-place award

The 2009 first-place Nevada Press Association award winners
Tony the Tiger & the flaky NFL
Barbwire / 11-30-2008
Deregulation is never having to say you're sorry
Barbwire / 8-3-2008
Nevada: A good place to visit, but do you want to live here?
Barbwire / 6-15-2008

 

 


Hospitality Industry News

Wynn Resorts "very happy" with new union contract with table games dealers
Wynn LV dealers ratify first labor contract
Controversial tip-sharing remains in 10-year deal, NLRB actions continue
Nightclub workers sue Wynn over tip pooling

In the RED again:
Sparks drowns in red ink, can't pay for police protection

Reno casino projects delayed longer than Sparks

Barbwire by Barbano / Expanded from the 10-17-2010 Daily Sparks Tribune

Crapshoots, trapshoots and turkey shoots
Carrows restaurants run workers into the ground / Washoe DA race starts to rock
Barbwire by Barbano / Expanded from the 8-8-201
0 Daily Sparks Tribune

Wha'dya Expect Dept.
Wynn dealers appeal biz commissioner's cockamamie ruling
Las Vegas Sun 8-14-2010

State management...er, business..., i.e., sorta kinda labor commissioner rules for Mr. Wynnderful
Steve Wynn’s controversial policy of splitting casino dealers’ tips with their immediate supervisors doesn’t violate state law, according to a ruling issued by Nevada’s Labor Commissioner. This is the same guy who ruled that state prevailing wage law should not be enforced, which happens to be his job.
Las Vegas Sun 7-12-2010

Take my daughter, please:
City hall hicks are still easy to con

Barbwire by Barbano/ Expanded from the 6-27-2010 Daily Sparks Tribune


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HOT AUGUST STRIKE! SPFPA LOCAL 1010 security guards man picket lines in front of the Reno Grand Sierra nee Reno Hilton during the 1996 strike which resulted in the first security guard union contract at a Nevada resort in more than three decades. Left to right are Jack Stratton, Jay Vanderpool, Al Corral and Chuck Fisher. The outdoor arena where the Beach Boys appeared can be seen in the right background. Although they are members of three unions, the Beach Boys crossed the picket line and performed.The little union that could still roars in Reno and Laughlin.

Tura Satana (Jurman), noted 1960's motion picture actress and Nevada security guard union hellraiser, dies in Reno at 72

Worker warrior Chuck Fisher ailing
12-7-2010
A principal driver of Nevada's first successful casino security organizing campaign
(In above photo at right)

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Editor's
Note:
Many of the news links on this site are from Nevada dailies. In late 2006, the Reno Gannett-Journal began nuking much of its archive. If you encounter any broken links, I encourage you to contact them and send me a copy. On the one hand, they want to build their web traffic in order to increase the price of ads. On the other hand, they are killing that very traffic. Far be it from me to reconcile the Dilbert-style motivations of an outfit for which a 38 percent net profit is not enough. If you can explain it, please enlighten me. (Before you e-mail me, please read this bulletin AB) UPDATE: In early 2008, the Las Vegas Sun "upgraded " its website, nuking more than a dozen years of links. If you find an orphaned Sun story, search their site for the title.


Follytix
"If voting mattered, they wouldn't let us do it." — Travus T. Hipp, 1982

Sunday 12-26, the last Barbwire of 2010:
Liberal reasons to oppose liberal positions and policies
Guaranteed to irritate all points of the political spectrum

Forced to play against a stacked deck
Barbwire by Barbano/ Expanded from the 12-19-2010 Daily Sparks Tribune

   Poor Denny's Almanac 12-16-2010: On this date in 1773, Bostonians dressed as Native Americans threw tea into Boston bay to protest tea taxes being too low and to demand that those taxes be raised; in 1924, masked men invaded a Nashville, Tenn., hospital, seized and lynched black teenager Samuel Smith; in 1966, Eddie Scott was elected president of the Reno-Sparks NAACP; in 2005, The New York Times admitted that it does not publish all the news that's fit to print. Copyright © 2010 Dennis Myers. [Click here for the full edition.]

Assemblymember Peggy Pierce, D-LV, proposes tax on big business

Smoking guns and suing for schools
Barbwire by Barbano/ Expanded from the 12-5-2010 Daily Sparks Tribune

Congress cuts off jobless Americans
AFL-CIO 12-1-2010

THIS WEEK
Danny Thompson & Andrew Barbano on statewide Nevada Newsmakers TV-radio-web program

All I want for Christmas is a wet, warm GOP
Barbwire by Barbano / Expanded from the 11-28-2010 Daily Sparks Tribune

Nevada AFL-CIO: Call/write senators NOW to extend unemployment help
Early Turkey Day: House GOP blocks aid to unemployed
AFL-CIO / 11-18-2010

Sparks judges declare war on unions, civil service & jurisdictional authority
David Farside / Daily Sparks Tribune 11-16-2010

Ledge '11: Cruel & Unusual Punishment
Barbwire by Barbano / Expanded from the 11-14-2010 Daily Sparks Tribune

Postmortems, creepy factotems and
revolting developments

Barbwire by Barbano / Expanded from the 11-7-2010 Daily Sparks Tribune

Your vote is your voice / Su voto es su voz
Our Harry proved as magical as his legendary ancestors, Harry Houdini and Harry Potter
It's all over but the shouting, the whining and the wining (hic!)
NBC/AP report: 7 of 10 union members voted for Sen. Reid
Good job!

Fladager & Reid: Legends of the Fall
Senior sparkplug Patricia Fladager dies at 89
Barbwire by Barbano /Expanded from the 10-31-201
0 Daily Sparks Tribune

Political brass & unbreakable crystal balls
GOP sweep could spawn new Labor Party
Barbwire by Barbano /Expanded from the 10-24-201
0 Daily Sparks Tribune

Chutzpah means never having to say you're sorry
Clueless is one thing, trespassing is another

Sharron Angle signs popping up on foreclosed vacant homes
U-News / 10-18-2010

Red warnings
Downticket Dems starting to worry
Barbwire by Barbano / Expanded from the 10-17-201
0 Daily Sparks Tribune

Déjà vu all over again, again and again
Reid v. Angle: Shades of 1952 and 1972
Barbwire by Barbano/ Expanded from the 10-10-201
0 Daily Sparks Tribune

Velma Bishop, 1928-2010: Mom is gone
Advice from beyond for Sen. Harry Reid / Labor leader Frank Byrne, Sr., dies
Previews of coming attractions at this website and Barbwire.TV
Barbwire by Barbano
Substantially expanded from the 10-3-201
0 Daily Sparks Tribune

Political Animal Crackers & Crackups

      "I think it is dangerous to confuse the idea of democracy with elections. Just because you have elections doesn't mean you are a democracy...I'm still taken aback at the extent of indoctrination and propaganda in the United States. It is as if people there are being reared in a sort of altered reality, like broiler chickens or pigs in a pen."

Indian novelist Arundhati Roy
in the Barbwire of 9-12-2004


      
The American electorate is a dumb cow that follows the herd, is easily stampeded, gets milked for all she's worth and produces offspring for meat, muscle or cannon fodder to benefit the few. When all used up, she is sent to the slaughterhouse so that she may give her overlords the last full measure of devotion, bones for Jello and hide for belts. No stars and stripes for her grave because she doesn't merit one, having been totally consumed by our consumptive system.
Barbwire 9-12-2010

"If elections mattered, they wouldn't let us do it." Travus T. Hipp, 1982

Great Minds Think Alike Dept.
Over-rated New York Times Pulitzer over-achiever Thomas Friedman predicts emergence of a third political party a month after the Barbwire did so for the umpteenth time (He's just one short.)
Paul Krugman: Murdoch as Citizen Kane / GOP candidates paid off by Faux News
New York Times 10-3-2001

Calvin Coolidge & prairie dog stew
Barbwire by Barbano / Expanded from the 9-26-2010 Daily Sparks Tribune

The fight for justice at NV Energy continues

Chickens, Chicky Baby and My Sharrona
Barbwire by Barbano / Expanded from the 9-12-2010 Daily Sparks Tribune
Updated 9-13-2010

Labor Day 2010: The Last Hurrah?
Barbwire by Barbano / Expanded from the 9-5-2010 Daily Sparks Tribune

Dirty deeds done dirt cheap
Barbwire by Barbano / Expanded from the 8-29-2010 Daily Sparks Tribune

Sharron Angle:
Blast from the distant past

Barbwire by Barbano / Expanded from the 8-22-2010 Daily Sparks Tribune

Milquetoast, mice and macho men
Barbwire by Barbano / Expanded from the 8-15-2010 Daily Sparks Tribune

Crapshoots, trapshoots and turkey shoots
Carrows restaurants run workers into the ground / Washoe DA race starts to rock
Barbwire by Barbano / Expanded from the 8-8-201
0 Daily Sparks Tribune

My crooks are better than your crooks
Barbwire by Barbano/ Expanded from the 8-1-2010 Daily Sparks Tribune

Sell us this day our daily bread
Barbwire by Barbano/ Expanded from the 7-25-2010 Daily Sparks Tribune

The simple song of greatness
Longtime Nevada labor leader Danny Coyle dies
Carson City Democratic activist and teacher Pat Potter terminally ill

Barbwire by Barbano/ Expanded from the 7-18-201
0 Daily Sparks Tribune

Interdependence Day 2010:
Red, white and screwed

Barbwire by Barbano / Expanded from the 7-4-2010 Daily Sparks Tribune

Take my daughter, please:
City hall hicks are still easy to con

Barbwire by Barbano / Expanded from the 6-27-2010 Daily Sparks Tribune

Translating the politically inscrutable
Barbwire by Barbano / Expanded from the 6-20-2010 Daily Sparks Tribune

Sexy follytix 2010: Reality vs. Superficiality
Barbwire by Barbano / Expanded from the 6-13-2010 Daily Sparks Tribune

Drill baby drill for jobs - maybe - jobs
Barbwire by Barbano / Expanded from the 6-6-2010 Daily Sparks Tribune

From clear-cut forests to dirty Gulfstream waters, this land belongs to old BP
TOLJASO LONG TIME AGO

BP/ARCO: The greasy root of our evils

Barbwire / Daily Sparks Tribune 9-10-2006

The awful truth — Read it and weep, fellow suckers


Gov. Raggio:
Meet the new boss, same as the old boss

Barbwire by Barbano / Expanded from the 4-25-2010 Daily Sparks Tribune

The corporate con job continues
Barbwire by Barbano / Expanded from the 4-18-2010 Daily Sparks Tribune

Union men run for office in Reno-Sparks

Danny Thompson and Richard Trumka: Hold Wall Street accountable
PR campaign won’t substitute for trust

Clinging to the Ledge
Ledge 'X:

The Deer-in-the-Headlights Session

Expanded from the 2-28-2010 Daily Sparks Tribune

Rebels without a clue
UPDATE WEDNESDAY 2-24-2010 2:36 A.M. PST, 10:36 ZULU/GMT — Cathousing, carousing and fox-pawing, the emergency legislative session convened in Carson City on Tuesday, 2-23-2010. MUCH MORE —>

SUING FOR SCHOOLS:
The case for making Nevada finally obey her constitutional mandate to provide for public education

Can we do any worse with a judge running the system?
SUNDAY FEB. 21, 2010
LIVE REGIONAL TV+webcast 6:00 p.m.
Rerun at 9:00 p.m. PST

Sen. Harry Reid blasts Gov. Jim the Dim in an exclusive Barbwire Show interview
Check the Daily Sparks Tribune for a summary

Thanks to everyone who participated!
Statewide rerun schedule begins + URL for web viewing

Déjà Vu Part Deux:
Tap City Again and Again

Barbwire by Barbano / Expanded from the 2-7-2010 Daily Sparks Tribune

The hits just keep on coming
Barbwire by Barbano Expanded from the 1-31-2010 Daily Sparks Tribune

Bill Raggio, Governor of Nevada 2011
Barbwire by Barbano / 1-24-2010 Daily Sparks Tribune

The crabby cure for what ails us
Barbwire by Barbano / 1-17-2010 Daily Sparks Tribune

RED flags flying low over Sparks
Barbwire by Barbano / 1-10-2010 Daily Sparks Tribune

Meet the new boss, same as the old boss
Barbwire by Barbano / 1-3-2010 Daily Sparks Tribune

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The Dean's List

   The Dean of Reno Bloggers could very well be Andrew Barbano, self-described "fighter of public demons," who started putting his "Barbwire" columns online in 1996 and now runs 10 sites.

RENO NEWS & REVIEW, 11-9-2006

HAT TRICK 2010:
Barbwire wins third straight Nevada Press Association first-place award

The 2009 first-place Nevada Press Association award winners
Tony the Tiger & the flaky NFL
Barbwire / 11-30-2008
Deregulation is never having to say you're sorry
Barbwire / 8-3-2008
Nevada: A good place to visit, but do you want to live here?
Barbwire / 6-15-2008

 

 



Casino Dealer News

From Poor Denny's Almanac
On Jan. 28, 1968, responding to a complaint filed by the American Federation of Casino and Gaming Employees, the National Labor Relations Board upheld a hearing examiner's decision ordering some Las Vegas casinos to rehire 42 casino workers, halt anti-union activities, and post notices telling workers they would no longer be penalized for union activity.

Wynn Resorts "very happy" with new union contract with table games dealers
Wynn LV dealers ratify first labor contract
Controversial tip-sharing remains in 10-year deal, NLRB actions continue
Nightclub workers sue Wynn over tip pooling

Wha'dya Expect Dept.
Wynn dealers appeal biz commissioner's cockamamie ruling
Las Vegas Sun 8-14-2010

State management...er, business..., i.e., sorta kinda labor commissioner rules for Mr. Wynnderful
Steve Wynn’s controversial policy of splitting casino dealers’ tips with their immediate supervisors doesn’t violate state law, according to a ruling issued by Nevada’s Labor Commissioner. This is the same guy who ruled that state prevailing wage law should not be enforced, which happens to be his job.
Las Vegas Sun 7-12-2010

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From Poor Denny's Almanac
On Jan. 28, 1968, responding to a complaint filed by the American Federation of Casino and Gaming Employees, the National Labor Relations Board upheld a hearing examiner's decision ordering some Las Vegas casinos to rehire 42 casino workers, halt anti-union activities, and post notices telling workers they would no longer be penalized for union activity.

Sparks judges declare war on unions, civil service & jurisdictional authority
David Farside / Daily Sparks Tribune 11-16-2010

Labor Day 2010: The Last Hurrah?
Barbwire by Barbano / Expanded from the 9-5-2010 Daily Sparks Tribune

Two Nevada miners feared dead
Killer corporations deserve death penalty

NevadaLabor.com Statewide News Roundup 8-14-2010

Take my daughter, please:
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Barbwire by Barbano/ Expanded from the 6-27-2010 Daily Sparks Tribune

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Editor's Note: Many of the news links on this site are from Nevada dailies. In late 2006, the Reno Gannett-Journal began nuking much of its archive. If you encounter any broken links, I encourage you to contact them and send me a copy. On the one hand, they want to build their web traffic in order to increase the price of ads. On the other hand, they are killing that very traffic. Far be it from me to reconcile the Dilbert-style motivations of an outfit for which a 38 percent net profit is not enough. If you can explain it, please enlighten me. (Before you e-mail me, please read this bulletinAB) UPDATE: In early 2008, the Las Vegas Sun "upgraded " its website, nuking more than a dozen years of links. If you find an orphaned Sun story, search their site for the title.

Construction

Velma Bishop, 1928-2010: Mom is gone
Advice from beyond for Sen. Harry Reid
IBEW 401 and Building Trades Council leader Frank Byrne, Sr., dies
Previews of coming attractions at this website and Barbwire.TV
Barbwire by Barbano
Substantially expanded from the 10-3-201
0 Daily Sparks Tribune

Teamsters Union donates $34,782.70 to Reno vocational high school

Laborers' Union opens major new northern Nevada training center
$2 million invested in region's future
International president dedicates facility at grand opening

Las Vegas Strip construction death scandal investigation validated
Twenty-five months after CityCenter construction workers walked off the job to protest workplace fatalities and safety conditions there, researchers have confirmed what the Sun reported at the time.
Las Vegas Sun follows up Pulitzer Prize-winning series / 7-6-2010

Take my daughter, please:
City hall hicks are still easy to con

Barbwire by Barbano / Expanded from the 6-27-2010 Daily Sparks Tribune

OSHA in LV probing fatal construction accident at I-15 interchange
Second fatal crash in five days — The Occupational Safety and Health Administration is investigating a fatal construction accident in the south Las Vegas Valley. The Nevada Highway Patrol responded at 6:26 a.m. to the accident at the Blue Diamond Road and Interstate 15 interchange, but OSHA has since taken over the investigation. (Road construction zone safety archive)

Translating the politically inscrutable
Barbwire by Barbano / Expanded from the 6-20-2010 Daily Sparks Tribune

Unemployed workers march in Reno to protest epidemic of Nevada jobs going to out-of-state contractors and workers

Running Sparks into the RED

Financially upside-down City of Sparks finds contractors guilty of wage violations but asks state labor commissioner to waive $30,000 in fines. Go figger.
Barbwire by Barbano / Expanded from the 3-21-2010 Daily Sparks Tribune

The hits just keep on coming
More construction liens filed against RED Development / Sparks Marina project
Barbwire by Barbano Expanded
from the 1-31-2010 Daily Sparks Tribune

RED flags flying low over Sparks
$1.7mm in construction liens filed against RED Development
Barbwire by Barbano / Expanded from the 1-10-2010 Daily Sparks Tribune

The empire strikes back
12-21-2009 and 12-22-2009

Construction corporate welfare: Cabellyup.com

NevadaLabor.com Worker Safety Statewide News Roundup

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Mining

NO FISHING (NO FISH) — Run-off ponds where the leach pad fluids are still collected at the Anaconda/ARCO/British Petroleum copper pit at Weed Heights near Yerington in Lyon County, Nevada.

(Photo copyright © 2006 Debra Reid/Sparks Tribune)

Nevada's Cancer Kids


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Remembering Mother Jones in coal country

Two NE Nevada miners found dead
Killer corporations deserve death penalty

NevadaLabor.com Statewide News Roundup 8-15-2010

U.S. labor secretary forgets to name Nevada worker killed by Newmont Mining negligence
Barbwire by Barbano/ Expanded from the 8-1-2010 Daily Sparks Tribune

Suing for Schools: The 20-year shuck
How mining engineered its current free ride
Sen. Harry Reid blasts Gov. Jim the Dim
Expanded
from the 2-21-2010 Daily Sparks Tribune

2005-2006 Mining Archive

2004 Mining Archive


Clinging to the Ledge

The Nevada Legislature in Carson City
The capitol dome may be seen in the left background.

 

Economy-Wages-Government

Final pieces found at last!
Conservative economist Pierre A. Rinfret's seminal 1966 commentary on how war spending destroys the economies of nations: Peace is Bullish

Vietnam's Economic Lesson: Peace can yield fatter profits than war
Look Magazine 5-31-1966

Sparks judges declare war on unions, civil service & jurisdictional authority
David Farside / Daily Sparks Tribune 11-16-2010

Nevada AFL-CIO: Call/write senators NOW to extend unemployment help

Labor Day 2010: The Last Hurrah?
Barbwire by Barbano / Expanded from the 9-5-2010 Daily Sparks Tribune

Former Nevada Gov. Kenny Guinn dies

Sell us this day our daily bread
Barbwire by Barbano/ Expanded from the 7-25-2010 Daily Sparks Tribune

Interdependence Day 2010:
Red, white and screwed

Barbwire by Barbano / Expanded from the 7-4-2010 Daily Sparks Tribune

Take my daughter, please:
City hall hicks are still easy to con

Barbwire by Barbano / Expanded from the 6-27-2010 Daily Sparks Tribune

Translating the politically inscrutable
Barbwire by Barbano / Expanded from the 6-20-2010 Daily Sparks Tribune

Drill baby drill for jobs - maybe - jobs
Barbwire by Barbano / Expanded from the 6-6-2010 Daily Sparks Tribune

Feb. 21 Barbwire live TV special announced

Gov. Jim the Dim's Tuesday double whammy
Cut more state jobs and kill collective bargaining for teachers by executive order
2-2-2010

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Hey buddy, can you spare a dime?
Barbwire wins second straight Nevada Press Association first-place award
Barbwire / Daily Sparks Tribune / 9-20-2009

The Dean's List

   The Dean of Reno Bloggers could very well be Andrew Barbano, self-described "fighter of public demons," who started putting his "Barbwire" columns online in 1996 and now runs 10 sites.

RENO NEWS & REVIEW, 11-9-2006

HAT TRICK 2010:
Barbwire wins third straight Nevada Press Association first-place award

The 2009 first-place Nevada Press Association award winners
Tony the Tiger & the flaky NFL
Barbwire / 11-30-2008
Deregulation is never having to say you're sorry
Barbwire / 8-3-2008
Nevada: A good place to visit, but do you want to live here?
Barbwire / 6-15-2008

 

 



Health Care
"Washoe Med: This community has been snookered!"
—From a Reno Gazette-Journal editorial


DÉJÀ VU ALL OVER AGAIN — Washoe Med nurses picket during a one-day strike on 6-23-2001. The issues were the same as during a 1990 organizing drive and remain today: Understaffing which erodes patient care so that the conglomerate may profit and proliferate on the backs of health care consumers and taxpayers.

NevadaLabor.com Exclusive
First time online:
Washoe County Grand Jury Report detailing the scandals and skullduggery which resulted in the theft of Reno's public hospital

Hey buddy, can you spare a dime?
Barbwire wins second straight Nevada Press Association first-place award
Barbwire / Daily Sparks Tribune / 9-20-2009

Safety on the Job

 



Wear safety on your sleeve and in your mind.

Please be careful out there.

 

Dirty deeds done dirt cheap
Barbwire by Barbano / 8-29-2010 Daily Sparks Tribune

Two Nevada miners dead
Killer corporations deserve death penalty

NevadaLabor.com Statewide News Roundup 8-14-2010

U.S. labor secretary forgets to name Nevada worker killed by Newmont Mining negligence
Barbwire by Barbano/ Expanded from Daily Sparks Tribune 8-1-2010

Las Vegas Strip construction death scandal investigation validated
Twenty-five months after CityCenter construction workers walked off the job to protest workplace fatalities and safety conditions there, researchers have confirmed what the Sun reported at the time.
Las Vegas Sun follows up Pulitzer Prize-winning series / 7-6-2010

OSHA in Las Vegas probing fatal construction accident at I-15 interchange
Second fatal crash in five days — The Occupational Safety and Health Administration is investigating a fatal construction accident in the south Las Vegas Valley. The Nevada Highway Patrol responded at 6:26 a.m. to the accident at the Blue Diamond Road and Interstate 15 interchange, but OSHA has since taken over the investigation. (Road construction zone safety archive)

Las Vegas Sun wins Pulitzer Prize for ongoing series about construction worker deaths on Las Vegas strip
Las Vegas Sun / 4-21-2009 / MORE

CONTINUING NEWS ROUNDUP: LV STRIP Construction Deaths
Las Vegas has always flourished through growth. But never before has booming construction on the Strip taken such a toll in lives. Construction deaths over the past 16 months exceed the total reported for the entire 1990s building boom. National safety experts are alarmed. They say contractors are taking too many shortcuts and Nevada agencies are lax in oversight. Workers say they feel unsafe on rushed and crowded construction sites....

Cabbies: The Most Dangerous Job in Nevada
How many more have to die
before in-car video is mandated?


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Hey buddy, can you spare a dime?
Barbwire wins second straight Nevada Press Association first-place award
Barbwire / Daily Sparks Tribune / 9-20-2009

The Dean's List

   The Dean of Reno Bloggers could very well be Andrew Barbano, self-described "fighter of public demons," who started putting his "Barbwire" columns online in 1996 and now runs 10 sites.

RENO NEWS & REVIEW, 11-9-2006

HAT TRICK 2010:
Barbwire wins third straight Nevada Press Association first-place award

The 2009 first-place Nevada Press Association award winners
Tony the Tiger & the flaky NFL
Barbwire / 11-30-2008
Deregulation is never having to say you're sorry
Barbwire / 8-3-2008
Nevada: A good place to visit, but do you want to live here?
Barbwire / 6-15-2008

 


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Endless Dark Tentacles:
The Nevada Nuclear Test Site


A lingering cloud

Nuclear test site workers finally receive special status for compensation

Déjà vu all over again
Red tape ties up claims of test site employees
Compensation plan mired in bureaucracy and moral obtuseness

Fallout victims still wait
The long history of federal delay on compensating atomic testing victims continues.


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Wal Mart War Room
Reno contractors sue for millions in unpaid construction costs

Service Trades
and Public Sector

The Wal-Mart Solution

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State employees association names new chief

Sparks judges declare war on unions, civil service & jurisdictional authority
David Farside / Daily Sparks Tribune 11-16-2010

Nevada AFL-CIO: Call/write senators NOW to extend unemployment help

The fight for justice at NV Energy continues

Nevada slashing health benefits to state workers
PEBP plan raises costs, drastically reduces benefits
Carson City Nevada Appeal / 8-6-2010

Communications Workers union pickets AT&T in Reno
Internet call center contract expires at midnight EDT July 17

Teamsters Local 533 members sweep awards in transit safety competition
Master operator Rex Schrock advances to nationals fourth straight year
UPDATEThis story has been picked up by Teamster Magazine, the international union's publication
NEW PHOTO GALLERY

Reno-Sparks-Tahoe+Stead airport support workers vote to affiliate with Teamsters Local 533
Barbwire by Barbano / Expanded from the 3-21 2010 Daily Sparks Tribune

SUNDAY FEB. 21, 2010 LIVE REGIONAL TV+ webcast 6:00 p.m.
Rerun at 9:00 p.m. PST

SUING FOR SCHOOLS:
The case for making Nevada finally obey her constitutional mandate to provide for public education

Can we do any worse with a judge running the system?
Sen. Harry Reid blasts Gov. Jim the Dim
Statewide rerun schedule begins + URL for web viewing

Gov. Jim the Dim's Tuesday double whammy
Cut more state jobs and kill collective bargaining for teachers by executive order
2-2-2010


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Editor's Note: Many of the news links on this site are from Nevada dailies. In late 2006, the Reno Gannett-Journal began nuking much of its archive. If you encounter any broken links, I encourage you to contact them and send me a copy. On the one hand, they want to build their web traffic in order to increase the price of ads. On the other hand, they are killing that very traffic. Far be it from me to reconcile the Dilbert-style motivations of an outfit for which a 38 percent net profit is not enough. If you can explain it, please enlighten me. (Before you e-mail me, please read this bulletinAB)
UPDATE: In early 2008, the Las Vegas Sun "upgraded " its website, nuking more than a dozen years of links. If you find an orphaned Sun story, search their site for the title.


 


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