Edinburgh With the death count from the Bangladesh factory collapse now over 800, many, including German Chancellor Angela Merkel, are calling for “fair-trade standards or labeling” for clothing produced around the world. The argument for such standards and labeling would be to communicate directly to the potential consumer that there were safe and decent …
Month: May 2013
A Work and Time Time Test for Public Housing Tenants
Frankfort Hidden in plain sight in the Obama Administration budget proposal before the U.S. Congress now is a potentially huge and unsettling change in the way that public housing is administered. The budget seems to envision an expanded requirement that living in public housing could require proof of a job and could be time limited. …
Does a “Right to Organize” Notice Matter
New Orleans The very conservative US District Court of Appeals in Washington, D.C. overturned the proposed requirement issued by the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) in December 2010, requiring all employers to post a notice advising workers that they had the right to organize. The decision is an exercise in tomfoolery since the DC Appeals …