New Orleans On the eve of another ritual of picnicking and the last gasps of the summer that we celebrate as Labor Day, there will be the ritual mentioning of the value of labor and hard work, commentary on the recession, and even some mention about the value of unions in certain geographies where we [...]
|
||||||
|
|
New Orleans I don’t have the energy on a Labor Day for the anger, but there’s no escaping the ironies! The New York Times writes an editorial on “Labor Day, Now and Then,” and while noting that Labor Day dates earlier than other holidays mindlessly say the following: “…nature doesn’t seem quite as rude as it once [...] Memphis Changing planes heading for the West Coast, and even on Labor Day when it’s time to talk about why unions matter and what we need to do about it, we are blocked by our inability to unite to stand together against the new McCarthyism. My twitter and Facebook buddies were wild in the tweets [...] |
|||||
|
Copyright © 2012 Wade Rathke: Chief Organizer Blog - All Rights Reserved |
||||||