Ocean Springs More research and documentation is emerging to strengthen my case that unless the labor movement devises a new and workable model (Link: http://chieforganizer.org/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/majority-unionism.pdf) for building majority unions that are effective for workers in the informal economy, there is no future for unions. Robert Neuwirth, who had earlier written on megaslums around the world, provides …
Month: December 2011
Restitution vs. Retribution from Fannie and Freddie
New Orleans After an endless three year investigation the SEC (Security & Exchange Commission) filed charges against the former CEO’s of the quasi-public housing finance giants Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae, whose warm nicknames all speak to the badly mangled and badly needed home mortgage assistance we need now. The SEC decision seems to have …
Teamsters for a Democratic Union, Time Banking, and Know Your Care
Detroit The ACORN Canada staff finished an excellent Year End / Year Begin meeting in “southern Canada” across the river from Windsor in Detroit, where 15 of the team discussed campaigns, results of last year’s work, and goals for the coming year. In order to get a sense of other organizing while they were in …