New Orleans I know a lot about non-profits and their finances. A whole, whole lot! It’s actually an area where I’m an expert. If I found out that we showed up in someone’s will for $33,000,000 — dang, how many zero’s is that? — I would be dancing in the street! I don’t want to …
Category: Financial Justice
More Fronts on the Wage Fight
New Orleans There are two more living wage issues worth noting this Election Day. One is the ACORN-led effort in the home country of Pine Bluff, Arkansas to set a higher floor – over $9.00 per hour – for municipal employees in that city. Every kind of effort has been made to fairly pay city …
Our Friends on Wages and Borders
New Orleans E-mail notices over night were more interesting than usual. Staff in India welcomed newcomers on a different time zone. In St. Louis we finally were getting some “pushback” traction in the Post-Dispatch on the voter suppression campaign being run against us. Stewart Acuff, AFL-CIO Organizing Director, sent me the final copy of …