Buenos Aires Hardly five blocks from the ACORN Argentina office on Moreno are a couple of multi-story buildings that house FAECYS, the Federacion Argentina de Empleados de Comercio y Servicios, essentially the union of commerce and service workers. With 800,000 members nearly, FAECYS is perhaps the largest union in the largest federation of workers in …
Category: ACORN
New Latin American Organizers
Buenos Aires In the afternoon Ercilia Sahores, ACORN’s Latin American Director, and I sat down individually and then collectively with our newest head organizers in training, both of whom are now completing their first organizing drives in various neighborhoods in the city. It was quite exciting to talk about plans for the fall …
Oliver’s Fall
Buenos Aires A calm and groggy morning followed the overnight flight from Houston punctuated by a cup of chicory coffee brought from New Orleans to the troops in Buenos Aires. Ravioli lunch at a parrilla, a great siesta, and wonderful pizza at Burgio on Cabildo, and I felt I was finding my place …