Montreal Having felt like a voice in the wilderness raging at these high deductible plans that through some kind of loophole or chicanery have managed to be seen as qualified and acceptable under the Affordable Care Act in the US, it’s absolutely no comfort to stumble onto news’ reports that acknowledge that this has largely …
Month: September 2014
Mobilizing Home Care Workers for Higher Wages
New Orleans Just maybe the publicity campaigns of the $15 per hour efforts by fast food and other workers are about to get serious. Steven Greenhouse in the Times reported that SEIU is claiming that “thousands” of the several hundred thousand home health care workers represented by the union are preparing to join upcoming actions and …
Great Union Organizing Songs for Labor Day
New Orleans There used to be a bumper sticker saying “Unions: The People Who Brought You Vacation.” Unions definitely brought us all Labor Day. There were years of giant parades, now largely in the United States something for San Francisco, Chicago, and maybe New York City, while the rest of the world celebrates May Day …