New Orleans Another Black Friday has come and gone, or has it? Now, there’s Cyber-Monday, and every kind of small business seems to be jumping on the bandwagon at least pretending there’s a sale on offer. I even read some report about a woman who specialized in finding cheaper prices than Amazon on …
Category: Unions
ACORN Demanding Structural Inspections in UK
Marble Falls Despite long gone Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher’s efforts to privatize all social housing or council housing, as public housing is called in the United Kingdom, is still a critical source of housing for tens of thousands. Many of ACORN’s 11,000 members in Great Britian still live in council housing and over …
In the Labor Movement, It’s All about the UAW
New Orleans Hands down, the UAW’s masterful conduct of their recent strike has been a wakeup call for the labor movement not only in the United States but everywhere, with ripple effects far and wide. On the issue of wages, their victory has set a benchmark for autoworkers and others. Interestingly and disturbingly …