Nominations Begin for Annual Management 'Grinch of the Year'

One sure sign that it's that time of year again: Jobs with Justice has opened nominations for its "Grinch of the Year" contest to bring infamy to greedy and cold-hearted CEOs, companies or politicians.

Go to the JwJ website, www.jwj.org, to nominate the person or company you think has done the most in 2008 to hurt working families. You need to include a few lines about why the candidate is "worthy."

Last year's Grinch was Smithfield Foods Inc. Chairman Joseph Luter III. Smithfield runs a dangerous pork slaughterhouse in North Carolina where managers have fired, harassed, intimidated and threatened workers for the 16 long years that they've tried to unionize.

Past Grinch nominees have included Wal-Mart, George W. Bush, Donald Rumsfeld, Comcast and Bob Toohey, a Verizon Business vice president who has refused to recognize unions organized through minority sign-up by CWA and the IBEW.