New Orleans John Hiatt, now the AFL-CIO chief of staff under Richard Trumka, and previously general counsel under John Sweeney, was the lead speaker on an early morning plenary before the United Association of Labor Educators (UALE) meeting in New Orleans on the topic of “Building a New Labor Movement for a New Economy.” He …
Category: ACORN
ACORN, O’Keefe, Haters, and the Continuing Saga
New Orleans The days turn into months, the months turn into years, but time inadequate still to erase the full-on craziness in the land. I know after 38 years with ACORN I’m not just months shy of three years since I resigned. ACORN itself threw in the towel and declared bankruptcy almost 5 months ago …
If Not Japan, Then Nobody is Ready
New Orleans After Katrina a group of us who were community organizers with ACORN in New Orleans were given tickets to go to Japan to see what lessons had been learned from the Kobe earthquake a little more than 10 years before Katrina in 1995 and their recovery as well as precautions Tokyo had taken …