New York City The Mayor of Phoenix announced City Hall’s projection that based on the first 4 conventions having canceled and projections over the coming year, just in Phoenix they estimated the loss at $90 million. The Governor of Arizona whined that a boycott was a bad idea, blah, blah, blah, [...]
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New Orleans Good news in a bleak horizon: the National Mediation Board approved a rule change allowing the majority who cast their vote for a union covered under the Railway Act to determine representation, rather than a majority of those eligible to vote. This should mean a significant increase in [...] New Orleans The Service Employees International Union (SEIU)’s Executive Board met and officially ratified the election of Mary Kay Henry as its new – and first woman – president which had been obvious after four of the seven executive vice-presidents and most of the large locals had swung to her with the [...] New Orleans When I was in Columbus, Ohio a couple of weeks ago, I was stunned when an organizing colleague, Barbara Clark, told me that 75% of the 300 or so tax returns she had helped do at a VITA site at the Neighborhood House had student loan debts that were [...] Phoenix At one o’clock Friday afternoon news stations in Phoenix seemed to be responding to a three alarm fire. Arpaio was ranting about his latest raid at a press conference. More groups were announcing a boycott of the Arizona Diamondbacks baseball team, and word was everywhere that the Mexican government had [...] Phoenix Getting into Phoenix on Wednesday morning, we went by the big church rally with Rev. Al Sharpton where many groups announced their pledges of opposition to the anti-immigrant, racial profiling bill, SB 1070. By the end of that evening 10000 had marched to the State Capitol in protest. This [...] Phoenix I spent most of the day in meeting with Frances Gomez, her brother, and Teresa Castro, talking about her case and what could be done to resist foreclosures and win real relief for tens of thousands of homeowners facing this catastrophe because of federal and banking inaction here where this [...] Phoenix I’m going to be in Phoenix for three days helping organizers out who are moving more aggressively against foreclosures and the horror of the new Arizona anti-immigrant law. The Washington, DC Council may have show the way today though for other jurisdictions who are reckoning with the fundamental human rights quandary [...] |
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