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Sidney Hillman was a powerful national figure during the Great Depression, a key supporter of the New Deal, and a close ally of President Franklin D. Roosevelt.
When the rumor spread that President Roosevelt ordered his party leaders to “clear it with Sidney” before announcing Harry S. Truman as his 1944 running mate, conservative critics turned on the phrase, trumpeting it as proof that the president was under the thumb of “Big Labor.”
Over the years, the phrase lost its sting and became a testament to Hillman's influence.
It's hard to imagine a labor leader wielding that kind clout today, but we like the idea—and we hope Sidney would give thumbs up to our blog.
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The Kay is a Lie! Mary Kay's Pyramid of Broken Dreams
Mary Kay Cosmetics bills itself a woman's ticket to a pink Cadillac, but it's really a quasi-pyramid scheme in which aspiring sellers are pressured into buying expensive inventory on their Mary Kay credit cards and recruiting their friends to do likewise. Few sellers make a decent living, and many plunge themselves into debt.
Virginia Sole-Smith reported on the pink, shimmery menace for Harper's with support from the Investigative Fund of the Nation Institute.
[Photo credit: kwalk628, Creative Commons.]
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