July 18, 2006 – San Antonio: For five years the City of San Antonio has pulled together a housing summit. This year the opening plenary was a panel, where I was honored to participate, on the questions raised by Katrina. The panel took its theme from an edited volume scheduled to be released at the …
Author: wade
Refresher Course with Leaders
July 16, 2006 – Shreveport: On Saturday afternoon and Sunday morning, 35 stewards with Local 100 SEIU (www.seiu100.org) gathered in the Ironworkers Union Hall, where we have our offices. They came from Shreveport of course but also from Little Rock, Dallas, Houston, and New Orleans. They came in high spirits and good mood. Within minutes …
Worker Raises in NC and PA!
July 14, 2006 – Washington: There is a word for what we are doing with our campaign to raise the minimum wage across the country, even if it is one that progressives have had precious little reason to remember lately: winning! Just like the theme of our recent convention, we have “raised our states” in …