New Orleans Comcast deigned to meet with representatives of Local 100 United Labor Unions in their offices in Houston on Monday. Once again they tried to slather the butter on the bread with stories of their “good intentions” about internet access for the poor. Once again they promised that they would get back to us. …
Month: January 2012
Apple, Times, and Others Advocating for Sweatshops
New Orleans As improbable as it may sound; sweatshops seem to have a lot of high placed advocates who simply swear by them. Yes, sweatshops! In the recent deification of Apple and its co-founder Steven Jobs, there has been unstinting praise for Apple and its high priced, sleek products as a great American success story. …
Force-placed Insurance and Me
New Orleans I find no joy in reading about forced-placed insurance, but I take great satisfaction in seeing the farce and fraud of such anti-consumer insurance coming to light. Quoting Benjamin Lawsky, superintendent of Financial Services from Gretchen Morgenson’s “Fair Game” column in the Times, Force-placed insurance appears to be the dirty little secret of the …