Sacramento For the second year the key sitefighters, engaging big boxes and particularly Wal-Mart, convened in Sacramento from all around the country. All the major campaigns were there: WARN, WakeUpWal-Mart, Wal-Mart Watch, Change to Win, and UFCW locals. We were meeting in California for the second conference in order to support the extensive work being …
Category: Community Organizing
Buzz and Bush
New Orleans The President of the Canadian Auto Workers (CAW) is one of the most quotable and recognizable figures in public life in Canada. Besides running the largest private sector union with more than 250,000 members, Buzz Hargrove is one of those rare forces of nature that come into organizations from time to time and …
Fighting to Comeback on all Fronts
New Orleans New Orleans ACORN won again late Friday after a grueling and seemingly interminable City Council meeting when the Council voted to extend the controversial “gutting deadline” which had been stuck on the Katrina Anniversary, August 29th. After a long public fight and some sharp elbows inside, ACORN got the Council to vote 7-0 …