New Orleans After almost a year and a half of trying to pull the wool over federal regulators and the consumer public, the effort by Comcast to create a predatory monopoly over broadband internet and cable with its proposed merger with Times-Warner seems to finally be coming to a head. Reportedly, the FCC is now …
Category: Financial Justice
Kansas Takes the War on Welfare Recipients to New Extremes
New Orleans Governor Brownback of Kansas signed into law the most oppressive and restrictive legislation dealing with welfare families in the United States. Really? Is that something to be proud of in Kansas now? The headlines have focused on the stigmatization of these families with children on TANF – Temporary Assistance to Needy Families. Nail …
NLRB Looking at Free Rider Pay-to-Play Dues Obligation
New Orleans The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) took a step that might be small, but at least seems in the right direction. They have solicited legal briefs, and no doubt there will be many from both the union and management side of the bar, on the question of dues or fee obligations for nonmembers …