Austin Brad Rockwell was a rarity. An environmental lawyer in Austin with a law firm that gave sabbaticals, he reached out and chose to spend two months helping ACORN International’s program in India working with our team in Delhi on organizing the ITO community, green informal workers, and our India FDI Watch Campaign. When he …
Month: June 2011
A Rough Road for Wal-Mart Women, but a Road
Houston Wal-Mart took a shot at the Supreme Court on a last ditch appeal not on whether or not they discriminated against more than a million women, since everyone knew that was the case, but whether or not the class was too big. Now we are obviously caught between “too big to fail” and “too …
New NLRB Rules: Changing Post-Election Strategy
New Orleans One result of the proposed new NLRB election rules, if and when adopted, may require a shift in post-election strategy. A union will know the results of the election and whether or not the challenged ballots on any unit questions affect the outcome or are aggravations waiting for hearings. Either way this would …