New Orleans Coming back from India I have been catching up on this and that and one of the things I have tried to understand better is what the California Nurses’ Association (CNA) is doing in the labor movement. I looked at the YouTube footage back and forth on the Labor Notes …
Month: May 2008
Jurisdiction versus Democracy
New Orleans One day I have to read a petition signed by 100 professors, authors, and others, including a lot of friends of mine like Fran Piven and Mike Davis, asking Andy Stern and SEIU not to trustee SEIU United Healthcare Workers — West (UHW, old local 250) and the next a three page …
Dying of Poverty
New Orleans The trend for advanced countries and economies like the one we have enjoyed in the United States is that the net effect is that we live longer because health care, nutrition and the bounty of modern life extends life expectancy. The gap has traditionally been between developing countries and advanced economies. …