New Orleans There are some hard lessons that union organizers could share with political organizers these days about the consequences of the politics of conflict and the dangers of disgust, none of which are necessarily what people would like to hear. The tactical pressure cooker of controversy and counterclaims in an NLRB union election coupled …
Author: wade
Financial Assistance Funds Drying Up
New Orleans On a plane recently the window seat passenger next to me was a regional training manager for the largest consumer credit counseling outfit in America. She told me they were cutting out a huge portion of their low income home counseling efforts because of cutbacks at HUD. A recent article in the New …
Labor Daze and Labor Waves
New Orleans On the eve of another ritual of picnicking and the last gasps of the summer that we celebrate as Labor Day, there will be the ritual mentioning of the value of labor and hard work, commentary on the recession, and even some mention about the value of unions in certain geographies where we …