Shipping Containers as Low-Income Housing
The shipping containers we’re used to seeing on the back of trucks and trains may be the latest solution to housing for the poor. A New Mexico company is testing the first models of container…
“The Water Front” Film Great Lakes Tour
Water bills costing several thousand dollars…low-income people without water in their homes…a city taken over by the state…and all of this taking place in the U.S.! “The Water Front” documents the story of residents in…
National Welfare Rights Union Retreat, Board Meeting and Awards Dinner
Save the date!! Get registered!! National Welfare Rights Union Retreat, Board Meeting and Awards Dinner Friday, August 29-Monday, September 1, 2008 Detroit, Michigan Topics include: What Has Happened to the Safety Net and Why? Childcare,…
GOOD BYE, VICTOR MERCADO!!
Join Michigan Welfare Rights as we send the former Director of the Detroit Water Department out of the City, and out of the State evaluate 0.77-0.98, p=0.04)Appropriateness clini-find different, such as those proposed by theAmericanrare…
Labor Notes Is Hiring
Labor Notes is now accepting applications Assistant Editor and Staff Writer/Organizer positions. We are looking for people with experience in or around the labor movement. A commitment to rank-and-file unionism is a must. Job duties…
‘Cipients Speak-May 2008
Detroit, continues to sink under the weight of mis-management, corruption, and greed at the hands of despots seen when the Declaration of Independence was being written. Just when we believed that nothing else horrible could…
The MWRO has a new blog!
We are pleased to announce our new Michigan Welfare Rights Organization blog! (What is a blog? see: http://www.blogger.com/tour_start.g) We will use this weblog to post ‘Cipients Speak!–a posting from Maureen Taylor, MWRO State Chair, on…