Lafayette: An extra treat for our annual SEIU Local 100 Leadership Conference this year was a last minute addition and an unexpected surprise. One of our office staff approached me on the Friday before we left for Lafayette about how I would feel about some entertainment for the leadership meeting? Why not, I thought. She then …
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Blue Moon
Lafayette: The SEIU Local 100 Annual Leadership Conference was going to be held this year in Lafayette, Louisiana. We had won an election for 300 Head Start workers employed by a private non-profit called SMILE in Lafayette at the beginning of this year and had just come to a tentative agreement on the contract. Additionally, we …
Houston Home Improvements — Reports from the Field!
New Orleans: Coming back from the conventions, one always feels a mixture of exhilaration, exhaustion, and relief. Another mountain climbed, another bridge crossed, another milestone marked. In the momentary lulls that follow as the troops trek home by planes, busses, and trains, one tries to take a short breathe – catch the wind and put …