New Orleans Randy Shaw, the executive director of the Tenderloin Housing Clinic and its burgeoning empire, first challenged me to think about whether the new FLSA overtime guidelines would prevent any future prospects of building a farmworkers’ movement or an ACORN, both of which famously focused on building an army of volunteer and professional organizers …
Category: Citizen Wealth
Union-backed Walmart and McDonalds’ Campaigns Face Uncertain Futures
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 …
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 …