Marshall Plan New Orleans For quite some time there has been a low-grade resistance movement being fought within the Service Employees International Union by one of its largest local unions, United Healthcare-West, led by long term president, Sal Rosselli. He has claimed that actions taken to deprive him of various leadership positions and other …
Month: January 2009
Poster Child
Poster Child New York Walking by the elevators and out towards Park Avenue two women were talking and shaking their heads as they left Citibank. I wasn’t listening, but one of them said, “Thain,” and both shook their heads. Turned out the buzz all over the financial district was about a short 15-minute visit …
Community Reinvestment in Hard Times
Community Reinvestment in Hard Times New York City I spent some time with a friend at Citi yesterday. My first joke to him was, “how did he like working for the government again.” His jokes were more of the gallows humor variety, mentioning that he would be there to turn off the lights and …