Paris I first met Bill Mitchell in the winter of the very early 1970s in Billings, Montana working for several days with the staff of the Northern Plains Resource Council in what they called the Bozo house. It began a sequence of several years where I visited with the team a couple of times …
Month: July 2016
Is Wage Theft Inevitable without a Fixed Time Clock?
New York Finally, it’s settled. The Supreme Court refused to hear the last gasp appeal from the industry that represents homecare employers, so it is now indisputable that homecare workers will be eligible for the minimum wage and overtime pay. This issue has been a festering sore since domestic and household workers were included in …
10% is Not a Solution for Childcare Costs and Student Loans
New Orleans In the last couple of days I’ve read various campaign pronouncements on capping the cost of childcare and capping student loan payments. Hey, tell me we can’t all get behind something like that. But, I was struck by the fact that the ceiling on both of these onerous burdens for millions of working …