New Orleans Helen Miller was a great leader in the United Labor Unions and then SEIU Local 880 as well as ACORN both in Chicago and as member of the national board of ACORN for many, many years. She was also a mentor and inspiration to us all. When she retired, she moved back …
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Bits Along the Road
Manchester Two words heard regularly in the UK are “sorted” and “bits.” Sorted makes sense in a way. Get organized, straighten out, arrange in place, whatever, to sort something is to put it right, and the term is ubiquitous. Almost as common is a reference to “bits” with is a catchall for a miscellaneous everything …
Has the Time for Paid Sick Leave Finally Come?
New Orleans Don’t let some good news get by you in the headlines about bombing the bejesus out of Syria and the rising inequality gap, let’s celebrate the fact that California took a giant step in advancing the prospects for mandatory paid leave for workers as Governor Brown signed a bill granting accrual of three …