London A record number of comments, 23,000 and counting, have now been filed with the Internal Revenue Service, over proposed new rules affecting tax exempt nonprofits, particularly organizations with a c4 status, but even potentially c5’s which are labor unions and c6’s which are trade associations. When you hear IRS and tax exemptions, the first …
Category: Financial Justice
UAW Lesson: It Takes a Village to Win a Union Election
New Orleans Ok, I was dead wrong. I called the union election for the UAW at the Volkswagen plant in Chattanooga, Tennessee, as a solid victory for the union, and I could hardly wait to see whether or not this opened up important organizing throughout the South. Surprisingly, and tragically, when the votes were counted, …
Comcast-Time Warner Merger Must be Stopped!
New Orleans Comcast has announced a $45 billion and change merger to acquire Times Warner Cable in a ruthless effort to consolidate the cable industry. They would put their leading 21.6 million customers with Times Warner’s 11.4 customers. They claim this is not an anti-trust problem because they don’t overlap with Times Warner in any zipcode …