New Orleans There is a lot of talk about reforming credit card fees and rates, but a lot of this seems just that: talk. The House Financial Services Committee chaired by Barney Frank has talked about capping rates, but also seems powerless in the wake of many companies (including my own Union Privilege Card offered …
Google Sidewiki
New Orleans Eric Lee is one of those underground labor heroes for the labor of love he does in collecting information from the internet about unions and labor issues all over the globe and putting them out from his LabourStart website. A notice he sent out today was forwarded to me by a friend, and …
Buycotting
New Orleans Any “protest” that has too many names is bound to be questionable, and that seems the case with some of the efforts to direct consumer consumption along political paths. Among the assortment I saw recently in a piece by Anand Giridharadas in the Times: “boycotting,” ethical consumerism, moral economics, latte activism, critical consumption, …