New Orleans The emperor with no clothes is not a pretty sight, and it’s almost as bad when the finger pointing at him is Dave Jamieson, a labor reporter for the Huffington Post in a piece entitled “Labor Groups are Taking on Walmart and McDonalds. But Who Will Fund the Fight?” I don’t have anything …
Month: June 2016
Finally, Real Action on Predatory Payday Lenders in the USA
New Orleans Well, now we’re talking! The Consumer Finance Protection Bureau (CFPB), what a name, is stepping up big time with new rules to rein in predatory practices of payday lenders. Just because they have storefronts dotting ubiquitously in lower income neighborhoods does not mean they are small fry. This is over a $46 billion …
Pre-Emption of City Home Rule Rights is a Problem of Power
New Orleans Alabama, Arizona, and North Carolina have all passed pre-emption bills in 2016 in order to ban cities in their states with “home rule” rights from increasing wages or sick leave provisions within their boundaries. According to the Wall Street Journal another half-dozen states, controlled lock, stock, and barrel by Republican legislators, have pending …