As ACORN Canada prepares to introduce its initiative to create the first municipal living wage bylaw (or ordinance) in Canada in mid-May, the behind the scenes debate with city councilors is intensely focusing the politics and economics on the “right” hourly rate as usual, but also on the important question of average hours. The rate …
Author: wade
Foreclosure Follies
New Orleans Bailouts continue at the rate of bulging billions, but foreclosures for homeowners in US and aboard are still all talk, no cattle. Center for Responsible Lending put out a notice that 1.7 million homeowners took a banking or what we used to call a “beating,” when the majority of the Senate voted to …
May Day Flu
New Orleans In recent weeks organizers and advocates have been calling for a mass showing of support for immigration reform in cities around the country by hitting the streets for solidarity on May Day. The hope was to put some wind in the sails of immigration reform as the movement prepares to hear Obama deliver …