New Orleans Ok, yes, I live in New Orleans, and by law, I’m a Saints fan, so it will be hard for some readers not to think I might be biased, but the Saints players who have been suspended for different periods from captain and linebacker Jonathan Vilma for the whole season to lesser penalties …
Month: May 2012
The Rarity of Labor Union Strikes in Today’s Economy and Labor Market and Lost Hope at NLRB
New Orleans In Social Policy magazine we’ve published in the current issue a solid description of the ups and downs of a group of nursing home workers in Connecticut. The piece focused on the lessons learned in the course of a strike that the workers and the union felt was successful. We also published in …
Blowing the Students’ Keg: California, Quebec, and Chile
New Orleans This fall will undoubtedly see a huge number of students mobilized by the November election, but I’m starting to believe that the student army that is going to be activated this fall is going to be marching to a different tune for a change: their own self-interest. The evidence may be isolated, but …