New Orleans The meetings get larger, but the results do not seem to change. The long delayed meeting between Local 100 United Labor Unions, Arkansas Community Organizations, and representatives of Comcast finally occurred in Little Rock late this week with regional vice-presidents from Michigan and the Arkansas area. It was another “dog-and-pony” show without any significant …
Category: Ideas and Issues
Auto Insurance: If You Call, They Might Lower Your Rates
New Orleans Friends and countrymen, please make a note to yourself immediately! The note involves your personal financial health and our general citizen wealth. The next time your auto insurance policy comes up for renewal, if not before, call your agent and ask them to please reveal any discounts or policy changes that might lower …
My Bet: Apple Makes China’s Foxconn Blink
New Orleans Foxconn, the huge Chinese manufacturing operation that provides the sweat and often the blood and tears that go into making all of the fancy and expensive Apple products, announced huge wage increases of more than 25% (bringing workers up to $400 per month!) and reductions of overtime in plants where workers sometimes work …