Jan 27, 2013
A VLTP Special Report by Bob Sloan, Executive Director LABOR UNIONS AND GROUPS – PULL THE WOOL FROM OVER YOUR EYES AND GET ACTIVELY INVOLVED NOW – BEFORE ITS TOO LATE! Over the past two weeks VLTP published the first, second and final segments of an expose reporting on the use of prison labor in Nevada to deny jobs to local [...]
Jun 24, 2012
STATE GOVERNOR’S PARTY GENERAL FUNDS RAINY DAY FUND 2011 JOBS LOSS 1 Alabama Republican $51,000,000 40.5% 2 Indiana Republican $1,124,000,000 $57,000,000 3 Maine Republican $19,000,000 $71,000,000 4 Michigan Republican $554,000,000 $2,000,000 5 Minnesota Republican $1,289,000,000 $9,000,000 6 Montana Republican $340,000,000 7 New Hampshire Republican $27,000,000 $9,000,000 8 North Carolina Democratic $583,000,000 $296,000,000 9 Ohio Republican [...]
Jun 6, 2012
It’s deja vu all over again… “If prisoners are employed in prison then they need to be paid minimum wages. Prisoners’ families are the silent victims in all of this – when someone goes to prison their whole family goes with them. But wages are only part of the problem. The real issue is that [...]
