New Orleans Unstable and precarious employment and income is something that every union organizer in labor unions involved in the service sector recognizes as a daily fact of life for workers. In Walmart, 1o years ago, just as it is today, we organized Walmart workers in Florida against the computer scheduling from Bentonville, Arkansas that …
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Raising Retirement Age is the Poor Subsidizing the Rich!
New Orleans Before complacency sets in and you pinch yourself and say, “Hey, I’m feeling ok, I can make it some more years, so if they cave in and let the Republicans raise the retirement age, maybe it’s no big deal,” you need to pinch yourself harder where you keep your wallet or pocketbook and …
Protecting Insurance Company Profits under Obamacare
New Orleans I had to read the article by Robert Pear of the New York Times three or four times to completely understand the contradictions that now seem to exist under the new Affordable Care Act or Obamacare. The headline said, “Employers with Healthy Workers Could Opt Out of Insurance Market, Raising Others’ Costs.” What’s …