New Orleans Virtually in the blink of an eye, despite huge divisions on the street and throughout the state, somehow, unbelievably, Michigan is now, like the solid south and some of the West, the 24th state with a so-called “right-to-work” law. The law, signed yesterday, takes effect in the spring of 2013. In fact for …
Category: Labor Organizing
Desperate Need for a Real, Independent Factory Inspection & Monitoring System
Quito It is impossible to read the tragic tales of sweatshop fires in Bangladesh and Pakistan without coming to the conclusion that literally the very best of intentions have in fact “paved the road to hell.” The story by Declan Walsh and Steven Greenhouse in the New York Times, “Certified Safe, A Factory in Karachi Quickly …
Informal Workers: When No One Watching, No One Cares – Walmart & Domestics
New Orleans In the modern workforce economy of informal workers, contingent employees, and endless layers of subcontracting, both domestically and internationally, the obvious conclusion is that when no one is watching, no one cares, and, perhaps worse, no one is ever accountable. This is not just a “race to the bottom,” but deliberate strategies to …