New Orleans One of the toughest questions I got on my road tour of six countries was essentially, “how does it feel to have to keep fighting to hold on to every victory against constant opposition,” or in other words how do we do the work when every victory involves constant struggle. My answer, most …
Month: March 2018
Confusion Reigns Over Brexit and Immigration Affects All EU Politics
Little Rock Over and over again I would ask members, organizers, activists and others, “What’s the skinny on Brexit? What’s it going to mean to us and our people?” The answer was almost invariably a shrug and one of those looks that says, “who the heck knows?” That’s not to say there aren’t a lot …
Some Lessons for Labor in Unite’s 100% Campaign
London The last several years the treat at the end of the trail has been lunch with an old friend and comrade somewhere in London’s Chinatown where we catch up on labor union developments and organizing around the world. Given developments in the USA where unions are contemplating losses of literally millions of members if …