New Orleans John Sweeney was in town again. Last time he was here he told me the investment funds were going to commit one billion big bucks to the recovery. The number sweated down over the last 4-5 weeks to $700 million by the time his picture was in front of the business page with …
Category: Labor Organizing
When in Rome?
New Orleans In the global economy it would be a mistake to believe that there is an operating truce between companies and their unions. Unless there is constant push and pull, everything seems to fall to the lowest common denominator which usually means the least cost or the most that one can get away with …
Wal-Mart’s Working Families of America
New Orleans Sometimes it is scary how smart Wal-Mart seems to be. Reading about them moving cheap shots and vaccinations into their stores with a partner, just seems brilliant! But, then it turns out that they will also still go “old school” and flip back a few chapters to Mr. Sam’s book, and do something …