New Orleans By a voice vote the AFL-CIO delegates in convention approved a resolution to expand the membership to other groups. The measure appears to be largely a symbolic gesture about buildinga larger coalition for political issues and defense against attacks against working families, rather than a real effort to reverse the long decline in …
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The Changing Scenery of the West
Kansas City From Missoula, Montana to New Orleans is a long haul, more than 2200 miles. It’s not something I recommend doing every year, but every once in a while it’s good to see what’s happening out there in America. Having made it as far as my uncle’s in Kansas City, means we’ve traveled across …
Making Working Men More Economically Attractive
Little Rock The headline was no tipoff on this piece in the Times’ business section. Another article about how much the economics of single parent households really suck, blah, blah, blah, please tell us something we didn’t know, will ya? So they did by basically in so many words and with all due concern letting …