New Orleans Over the last week I found it hard and frustrating to come up with a coherent picture of the current predicament of the labor movement both here and yon. Talking to a long tenured colleague at the Change to Win federation in the USA, my brother remarked soberly that private sector union density …
Category: Canada
Noting ACORN Victories While Congress Still Delivers the Low Blows
New Orleans Fresh from a great meeting celebrating ACORN’s year in Canada, as we got into the cars to go catch up with the latest news of a community organizing project in Homestead, across the river from Pittsburgh, one of the ACORN organizers in Canada asked if I had seen the front page of the …
Seeing Steel and Homestead ANEW
Pittsburgh I can remember driving into Pittsburgh decades ago when the belching smoke of steel mills was the clouds in the gray and overcast sky. Having the ACORN Canada staff in Pittsburgh offered an opportunity these days to not only see real clouds, but to also have them see something more than the great restaurant …