New Orleans It’s easy to see why the American Medical Associations, the powerful AMA, the doctors’ closed shop union, wanted to keep the wraps on how doctors collected $77 billion worth in Medicare payments from the nation’s elderly. There’s just nothing that seems right about one single Florida-based ophthalmologist raking in $21 million all by …
Month: April 2014
Unions, the First and Last Hope for Egyptian Revolution
New Orleans When more than 20 organizers from labor unions and community organizations as part of the Organizers’ Forum delegation visited Egypt in 2011 after the revolution several years ago scores of meetings with political parties, activists, community and labor organizers, proved the one clear reality-tested conclusion that cut through all of the hype was …
The Non-existent “Laboratory Conditions” on Union Elections in Auto and Sports
New Orleans Later in April a hearing officer for the regional office of the National Labor Relations Board covering Chattanooga will determine whether or not things like the Governor’s contingent promise to provide Volkswagen with $300 million in tax benefits and subsidies to add a new production line only if workers voted against representation by …