New Orleans How about some good news for a change? Yes, I’m with you. I found some in a surprising place on the other side of the proposed wall between Mexico and the Untied States and in all places in Matamoros, right across the river from Brownsville, Texas. If you’ve ever been to Matamoros, you …
Category: Labor Organizing
Helen Miller, Local 880 and ACORN Leader Passes Away
New Orleans Helen Miller was a great leader in the United Labor Unions and then SEIU Local 880 as well as ACORN both in Chicago and as member of the national board of ACORN for many, many years. She was also a mentor and inspiration to us all. When she retired, she moved back …
Want More Overtime? Raise Pay in the South and in Retail!
Little Rock The Department of Labor has issued its revised rulemaking proposal on overtime eligibility for nonexempt workers. A federal judge in Texas had halted the Obama administration’s efforts to move the number from $23,660 to double that amount at $47,476 annually. Instead, the current proposal would move the number to $35,308 based on 2017 …