Tegucigalpa Within minutes of hitting central Tegucigalpa we were on our way to a series of markets directly across the picturesque but fetid river running alongside the capitol not far from the original palace. ACORN Honduras in Tegucigalpa had been working with stall vendors over the last month who had asked for help after a sudden …
Month: March 2012
Experience Shows Little Reason to Oppose Sick Leave Policies
Miami Gradually the community-labor campaign for paid sick leave in various states and cities is quietly making progress even in the throes of the Great Recession. Connecticut has passed such a policy statewide. San Francisco has had a policy in effect since 2007 giving 1 hour of sick leave (usable for a variety of purposes) for …
Is Rough Worker “Care” an Indication of Bad Client Care?
New Orleans Here’s a dilemma. Our union, Local 100, United Labor Unions, represents a lot of workers in the Greater New Orleans, Lafayette, and Baton Rouge areas who live in small, residential “community” homes, as they are called, who are developmentally disabled. Some of the companies are large, some are smaller, some have been nonprofit …