https://chieforganizer.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/CN05042020.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple PodcastsNew Orleans It used to be that masks and guns were a bad combination that spoke of trouble with capital letters. Until recently, I would quip that if you were trying to raise money from a foundation these days that you needed a ski mask and …
Month: May 2020
Why Can’t We Fix Payday Lending?
https://chieforganizer.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/CN05032020.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple PodcastsPearl River We’ve been fighting payday lending for over fifteen years in Canada with some success as well a truckload of frustration. The issue has been in our sights for several decades in the United States as well. In Canada, ACORN has been stymied as the federal …
Workers and Bosses are Caught in a Reopening Catch-22
https://chieforganizer.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/CN05020202.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple PodcastsPearl River In the United States when dealing with a program that is touted as a lifesaver for what will likely be fifty million unemployed workers and another program that is designed, ostensibly, to help small businesses retain their workers, we all know the topline horrors. For …