Meanwhile, back in the real world (take 3)

If you've just clicked a link from NOLA.com we suggest you click this one to get back. They have actual news over there too. Although some of it is more well hidden than the TV stuff.

Workers and union organizers protesting what they call substandard wages and unfair labor practices at local public schools and universities by the international food-service giant Sodexo drew sympathetic comments but no promises of help Tuesday from New Orleans City Council members.

A parade of current and former Sodexo food-service and custodial workers at Tulane and Loyola universities and Recovery School District schools presented their grievances to the council's Economic Development Committee.

Several workers said that even after years on the job, their wages are so low they must rely on food stamps and free or reduced-price school lunches to feed their families and are unable to afford adequate health insurance.

Go go, read something worth reading.