Daily Archives: 2014/06/27

This is no way to deal with a budget shortage

By Jonathan Williams “The water department announced in March it was resuming efforts to shut off water service to more than 150,000 delinquent customers in order to collect about $118 million in outstanding bills. The department said it would target…

Will Walmart be next?

By Jobs With Justice “The 17 percent average raise, expected to be announced Thursday, is the Swedish ready-to-assemble furniture chain’s biggest in 10 years in the U.S. The pay increase will take effect Jan. 1. It will translate to an…