Le patron, elegant and erudite, passionate about the history of his building and his traboule, leaves us laughing at his bawdy brothel jokes, entranced by the stories of famous people, fascinated by the history of this secret, fabulous spot in Lyons, a history of Ancient Rome, the French Resistance, the city's famous silk workers, presidents and prostitutes, church and politics.
The bakery workers' president, Frank Hurt, called the private equity owners "vulture capitalists".
According to local and international aid workers, President Assad's forces appeared to be trying to starve out residents.
George Kohl, a special assistant to the communications workers' president, said Verizon used billions of dollars in profits from its traditional landline business to finance its expansion into wireless.
The apparel workers' president, Bruce S. Raynor, declared the merger a failure and asked for a divorce, saying "we can't be held captive by a bunch of thugs".
In the states stretching from Massachusetts to Virginia, where the unions are on strike, workers picketed on Friday at scores of company facilities, with the communications workers president, Larry Cohen, joining the picketing in Philadelphia.
Larry Cohen, the communications workers' president, said in an interview Saturday that under an agreement reached Friday, the bargaining was being restructured to focus on major issues, with top Verizon officials indicating that there would be real progress in bargaining.
The looming liquidation of Hostess has been a topic of debate, with many on one side criticizing greedy, stubborn labor unions and many on the other blaming what the bakery workers' president has called "vulture capitalists".
LIMA, Peru -- An offshore natural gas exploration rig leased to Venezuela's national oil company sank off the coast of northeastern Venezuela and forced the authorities to evacuate all 95 of its workers, President Hugo Ch z announced early Thursday.
In this city of hundreds of thousands of government workers, President Obama was one of the few who, as of Thursday evening, had a clear idea of what his duties would be in the event of a government shutdown.
At a news conference Thursday alongside the auto workers' president, Rick Wagoner, G.M.'s chairman, said the settlement would "enable us to work together effectively to address what I think is pretty clearly a challenging set of competitors".
