Baton Rouge The “Gotham” columnist for the New York Times, Michael Powell gave proper credit not just to Bill de Blasio for his seemingly out-of-nowhere broad based support and victory in the Democratic primary race for Mayor of New York City with this “tale of two cities” appeal, but also appropriately to the Working Families …
Month: September 2013
ACA May Offer a Bargaining Opportunity for Lower Wage Workers
New Orleans I’m just thinking out loud, so I might be stumbling over myself, but in continuing my study of the likely inner workings of the Affordable Care Act, there almost seems to be some bargaining opportunities with employers of lower wage workers to leverage full subsidies of individual health insurance for workers who otherwise …
AFL-CIO’s Membership Expansion Largely Symbolic
New Orleans By a voice vote the AFL-CIO delegates in convention approved a resolution to expand the membership to other groups. The measure appears to be largely a symbolic gesture about buildinga larger coalition for political issues and defense against attacks against working families, rather than a real effort to reverse the long decline in …