Marshall Plan             New Orleans               For quite some time there has been a low-grade resistance movement being fought within the Service Employees International Union by one of its largest local unions, United Healthcare-West, led by long term president, Sal Rosselli.  He has claimed that actions taken to deprive him of various leadership positions and other …

Wage-ship Down             New Orleans               Everywhere you go it’s nothing but stories of doom and gloom.  This recession is flat out bad.              A report detailed the extensive efforts by companies around the USA in actually lowering wages by 10-15% across the board marking a trend not seen since the Great Depression.  Part of the …

Why Screw Workers?             New Orleans               In the middle of this pronounced and historic recession I cannot help myself from monitoring some of the discordant voices out there about workers and wages these days, as business and government tries to find a place to land.             For example, in Lee Scott’s parting shot as CEO …