Birmingham, England Before catching a plane for the UK, I went down with fifteen Local 100 United Labor Unions members and supporters with our t-shirts on to join the New Orleans piece of the national rally and demonstrations for raising wages to $15 per hour for fastfood and other workers in the US. We met …
Category: Citizen Wealth
Precarious Employment Spreading in USA
New Orleans Unstable and precarious employment and income is something that every union organizer in labor unions involved in the service sector recognizes as a daily fact of life for workers. In Walmart, 1o years ago, just as it is today, we organized Walmart workers in Florida against the computer scheduling from Bentonville, Arkansas that …
Wells Fargo Caught Again in Predatory Lending Scheme
Little Rock We need to get rid of the three strikes program for people and institute it for banks, whose criminal conduct continues to rage unabated. Wells Fargo, the West Coast based banking center, is a serial abuser of mortgage borrowers using predatory practices. Cook County, home of Chicago, and 5 million good people, has …