“Smooth Slide to the Floor” for Lower Wage Workers Facing Obamacare

DC Politics Health Care Labor Organizing National Politics

New Orleans    Talking to a senior labor relations director for a health care company yesterday where our union was a terribly cold shower of reality.  This company has 45,000 employees with 34,000 hourly, direct care staff similar to what we represent.  We asked him how they were looking at the Americans Affordable Care Act …

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Devil in Details Over Immigration Reform Prospects

Immigration Reform National Politics

Shreveport     If the devil is in the details, vagueness about the specifics of the proposal on real immigration reform may be hell itself. President Obama, speaking in Las Vegas, had it both ways.  He both encouraged quick action, threw roses to both the Republican and Democratic efforts, and repeated his “principles” for reform, but also …

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