Workers and oppressed peoples of the world unite!
LOUISIANA IS ONLY ONE OF TWO STATES THAT DOES NOT REQUIRE FELONY CONVICTIONS BY A UNANIMOUS JURY.
THIS IS A CARRY OVER FROM THE RACIST TERROR AFTER RECONSTRUCTION THAT WIPED OUT DEMOCRATIC RIGHTS FOR BLACK LOUISIANANS.
MORE THAN 40% OF ALL EXONERATED AS INNOCENT WERE JAILED BY NON-UNANIMOUS JURIES.
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Hire more workers, raise the wages
In a recent address to the corporate think tank Bureau of Governmental Research, Mayor Cantrell proposed using prisoners from the Parish jail to clean storm drains. All workers should be angry and opposed to using enslaved labor. The priority of the city should be to increase the size of the work force for the Department of Public Works, raise their wages and institute better safety measures. These are demands that overburdened and underpaid workers have been demanding.
Instead of proposing wage increases for city workers, Mayor Cantrell wants free labor. Why not hire prisoner workers for a regular wage and a guaranteed job. This will help them and their families get a new start in life.
Free labor, or subminimum labor of any kind, brings down the wages of all workers and puts more pressure for lower wages for city workers.
With the billions pouring into the city from the labor of the workers from the tourist economy alone there should be enough to create a real jobs program at $15 an hour with benefits for the many men, women, and youth who need these jobs.
By Enigma E
My grandmother is on a fixed income and her Cox bill recently shot up from $100 a month to $190 once her one year promo package ended. That was for the second slowest internet and the basic cable channel package. I have to play the same charade with Cox every time the bill goes up. I call them with intentions to cancel because the bill is so expensive, then they send me to the non-retention department where they then “magically” find a way to lower the bill. This is a sinister business practice, where they take advantage of folks who don’t have the time/patience or the negotiating skills to reach a compromise with the money hungry company.
We have where the City Council is supposed to regulate these companies via the “Utility, Cable, Telecommunications and Technology Committee”, yet they allow them to be a monopoly ripping us off. They don’t really regulate anything; if they did, we would have a higher quality of service at a much lower cost. Much like many other politicians, the utility committee works on behalf of big business instead of the working class people of New Orleans.
Cox offers the slowest internet service for low-income students at a reduced rate. This is merely a tease for the working class families that receive this service because the tier of internet service does not accomplish all that you need in an efficient manner, such as viewing videos for homework help, being able to live chat with someone when dealing with a billing issue, job training or health care assistance.
This problem isn’t unique to just New Orleans either. A Center for Public Integrity analysis of internet prices in five US cities and five comparable French cities found that prices in the US were as much as 3.5 times higher than those in France for similar service. The analysis shows that consumers in France have a choice between a far greater number of providers — seven on average — than those in the US, where most residents can get service from no more than two companies.
So, we as the working class people in this city, state and country must demand that the utility commission boards tell Cox they will lose their franchise unless they roll back the cost. Public pressure can force laws that favor the vast majority of the people and not the greedy pockets of a select few. #AllPowerToThePeople