New Orleans Two weeks ago we talked about the fact that guest workers might start to get some justice. New DOL regulations are requiring that companies actually look for workers locally before being able to pull migrants in from foreign lands, and they are going to have to pay them more. I saluted the effort, …
Month: March 2010
Small Shareholders Unite! Moxy Vote?
New Orleans There is no better example of the “theory” of democracy versus the practice that what you find in looking at non-existent voice of shareholders in modern corporations. The biscuit-cookers, as an Arkansas mogul famously called them, who own 30% of the shares of public companies are lucky in most cases to be afterthoughts. …
Haitian Sweatshops are not Relief
New Orleans In the wake of the tragic earthquake in Haiti a “jobs” plan originally requested by the UN and touted by special envoy, former US President Bill Clinton is making the rounds with its claims that it could quickly produce hundreds of thousands of largely textile jobs to assist in the recovery. The plan …