New Orleans Football season might be over, but the pain of the blackout during the Super Bowl at the Louisiana Superdome still smarts in New Orleans. SMG’s Doug Thornton, the Superdome management company, and Entergy, our Fortune 500 utility, both promise a full, independent, and “transparent” investigation. We’ll see if that is really what develops, …
Month: February 2013
Problems are Epidemic in the States Due to Voter Registration
New Orleans The headlines only tell part of the story when it comes to the emerging crisis in voter registration systems and the simple act of voting. I haven’t gone through the whole Pew Trust report on state problems according to their election performance index covering 2008 and 2010, but I’ve read enough to know …
“Smooth Slide to the Floor” for Lower Wage Workers Facing Obamacare
New Orleans Talking to a senior labor relations director for a health care company yesterday where our union was a terribly cold shower of reality. This company has 45,000 employees with 34,000 hourly, direct care staff similar to what we represent. We asked him how they were looking at the Americans Affordable Care Act …