New Orleans On July 1st the federal minimum wage finally rose to $5.85 per hour. After 10 long years, the lowest wage workers in the country got a 70 cent raise. This is the first of several steps up the ladder that will put workers up to $7.25 over the next two years (July 1, …
Category: Personal Writings
Stopping Foreclosures
New Orleans Maybe public authorities are finally listening to the foreclosure victims and realizing that the madness must stop. There is at least an encouraging sign from Massachusetts that Governor Patrick Duval and Attorney General Martha Coakley may be stepping up and setting a precedent. They finally forced Fremont, one of the worst of the …
Katrina Dogfights
St. Petersburg I ran into Chris Allemano at a Thai restaurant near our new WARN office in St. Pete on MLK in the shadow of the Tropicana Stadium. Incidentally we stopped another Wal-Mart superstore yesterday, ho-hum–(http://www.warnwalmart.org/). Chris is a big ACORN supporter, great friend, and as it happens a lawyer. She asked me as …