Don Jergler
Articles
DON JERGLER: UNEMPLOYED 18 MONTHS AND I DIDN’T EVEN GET A CRUMMY T-SHIRT
I might be a little more critical of the Hire Me Tee idea if more revolutionary products or services had emerged during our economic slump. All I can come up with is the iPad, and that’s just a gimmick to entice people who own iPhones, MacBooks and iPods to go out and purchase yet another pricey product.
DON JERGLER: ANYBODY GOT A SPARE PAIR OF ROSE-COLORED GLASSES?
When you’re in the Long Beach area and the title of the latest UCLA Anderson Forecast Is "The Uncertain Economy" and you're already depressed about your economic future, well, maybe you ought to not bother even reading it. Then again, uncertainty is better than doomsday.
DON JERGLER: LABOR DAY, FROM ONE BUSINESS REPORTER’S EXPERIENCE
At the Press-Telegram, I was a member of the bargaining team, which fought for two years to secure a successful union contract. It was a long and bitter fight that led me to seek employment elsewhere as soon as the contract was at a point of being achieved.
DON JERGLER: THIS JUST IN—WE’RE BETWEEN A ROCK AND A HARD PLACE
Californians don’t need a report to know they are stuck between an economic rock and a hard place—or is it a rock and an economic hard place---but we’re getting one, anyway. To coincide with Labor Day, the California Budget Project will release a report later this week on the state’s economy and its workers. It ain't pretty.
CATCH & RELEASE: DON JERGLER READS THE FLAKS, SO YOU DON’T HAVE TO
Business reporters who ignore press releases deprive themselves of information. Read discerningly, press releases provide insight into trends, political and social issues, new technologies---and sometimes clues about what businesses may be trying to hide.
