Mobile Here are some notes worth consideration. * In Rev. Orange’s Times obituary to my surprise there was a large piece on his time with us on the HOTRC campaign in New Orleans: “Five years earlier, Mr. Orange had gone to New Orleans to work on a campaign to unionize thousands of housekeepers, banquet …
Month: February 2008
Rev. James Orange
New Orleans James Orange was on the AFL-CIO Southern Regional staff working with various groups when I was directing the HOTROC organizing campaign, a joint program with ACORN, the Service Employees, HERE, and the Operating Engineers to unite hotel and hospitality workers throughout New Orleans. Ken Johnson, the AFL-CIO’s southern regional director, detached Orange …
Do We Have A Case
New Orleans Rick Smith, heading our St. Petersburg research team, forwarded me a piece this morning done by Katrina Vanden Heuvel of the Nation based on a conversation she was having with Jesse Jackson who was calling from New Delhi. Most of it was old hat, but pulling the threads together it made a …