Little Rock It seems straightforward. If you are going to ask for and, if fortunate, receive government money, then you are going to have to follow the law. Some Senators though had their staff undertake a study of federal contractors only to find that many of these big business were delighted to get the dollars, …
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ACA May Offer a Bargaining Opportunity for Lower Wage Workers
New Orleans I’m just thinking out loud, so I might be stumbling over myself, but in continuing my study of the likely inner workings of the Affordable Care Act, there almost seems to be some bargaining opportunities with employers of lower wage workers to leverage full subsidies of individual health insurance for workers who otherwise …
New Strategy at AFL-CIO or Same Ol’, Same Ol’?
New Orleans I watched a brief interview for USA Today with Richard Trumka, president of the AFL-CIO, on the eve of their coming convention, as he argued that with the diminishing numbers, there were changes coming at the federation. The changes he talked about mainly were some kind of broader affiliation program that was enrolling …