Hand Collecting Dues is Very Difficult, Payroll Deductions Matter

ACORN Citizen Wealth Financial Justice Ideas and Issues Labor Organizing

Frankfurt      The latest word from insiders and lobbyists in Austin is that for the minute the bill to block all payroll deductions for public employees is bottled up in committee.Of course it could change in an instant.   The latest word from Baton Rouge has two bills that might have been primarily directed at teachers but …

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Justice Delayed, Justice Denied: Katrina and MR-GO

ACORN Citizen Wealth Financial Justice Louisiana Recovery Rebuild New Orleans

New Orleans        Almost a decade ago, the first reaction after Hurricane Katrina veered slightly to the east of New Orleans was that the city had been spared.  We had ducked the bullet somehow.  Wind and rain were everywhere, trees were falling, the storm was powerful and vicious, but we would be ok.  By the next …

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