Act Fast: JwJ's 'Grinch' Nominations End Friday, 11/30/2007

Who's the meanest, greediest Grinch of them all? Who reaped the most obscene salary in 2007 while workers begged for health care? Which company most gleefully trampled its workers' rights?

Yes, it's a tough call, choosing the worst among so many worth contenders. But that's the fun of the annual Jobs with Justice "Grinch of the Year" contest, which is now underway online at www.jwj.org.

If you want to nominate a Grinch, act quickly. The deadline is Friday, Nov. 30. But after that, JwJ will compile of list of nominees that will be open for votes in December. Last year's winner was Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co., where 15,000 steelworkers went on strike in October 2006 over the company's demands to slash retiree health care, close a plant and cut 1,100 jobs.

Past winners have included CWA faves Comcast and Verizon Wireless, as well as Wal-Mart, George W. Bush and Donald Rumsfeld.