Tampa Meeting the staff of the Wal-Mart Organizing Project in Tampa, we shifted through the reports and press calls from reporters expressing surprise that more than 100 Wal-Mart workers in Hialeah Gardens outside Miami had hit the streets to protest hour’s cutbacks. Rick Smith, the organizing director, handled a call from the Bureau of National …
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Three Short in Chicago
Chicago We were three short, as Mayor Richie Daley vetoed our living wage measure for big box stores. Three decided that they wanted to join the race to the low road, rather than have community standards for wages in Chicago. The picture from the New York Times tells the story though it does not say …
Pocket Veto for Chicago Wal-Mart
New Orleans Ok, technically someone in civic class would raise their hands and say that a “pocket” veto means that a bill was not vetoed technically, but died since it was not signed. There is a new definition though that has been added to any high school civic class this week in Chicago by Mayor Richie …