Los Angeles: On Sunday 1500 ACORN members rendezvoused at famous MacArthur Park near downtown Los Angeles. Pouring off the busses and standing under the small shade of the trees, breeze blowing, and a score of ice cream carts jingling into action, it seemed like a very, very large and relaxed picnic and park crew enjoying the …
Month: June 2004
Behind the Curtain at the ACORN Convention
Los Angeles Every two years ACORN has a national convention. The members love it! They also pay almost all the freight, so attention must be paid! ACORN has held conventions since 1978. There was a brief spell of insanity when we met in 1978, then 1979, and again in 1980 before we came to our senses …
SEIU Quadrennial Convention
San Francisco: Not surprisingly, when the largest union in the United States convenes every four years and thousands of duly elected delegates come from every nook and corner, it is quite an event – part business meeting and part spectacle all mixed with intense debate, bread, and circus. Because the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) has …