New Orleans               I was talking recently to Kim Bobo about her book, Wage Theft, which makes the clear and irrefutable point that American workers are getting ripped off by a lot of employers.  She told me that she was hoping this old school notion of actually enforcing labor laws, especially those designed to protect …

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 …