Shreveport Pensions at their core are deferred wages set aside for the future use of workers when they are unable to collect their salaries. If there were no pensions, presumably wages would be higher, depending on tax policies of course. Employers and politicians would never think they had the right to raid their workers’ money …
Month: June 2014
Developing Money Transfer Alternatives to Beat the Remittance Cartels
New Orleans As we were debating next steps for ACORN International’s Remittance Justice Campaign in Bristol, it was exciting to hear that Italy and Honduras are beginning to make more progress in taking the steps to get legislative assemblies to regulate the costs of transfers, and certainly as ACORN grows in the United Kingdom there …
Calculating the Benefits of Bridging the Digital Divide
London Our last meeting in London before schlepping our gear towards Heathrow was with a charming activist named Claire Milne over coffee and tea near Kings Crossing. Claire is part of something called the Essential Services Access Network in Britain, which we’re clearly going to have to learn more about. Interestingly, we were talking about …