February 19, 2021 New Orleans                Schools reopening are a highly contentious issue for students, teachers – and their unions — and parents. Everyone seems to have a plan and a demand, and none of which seem to be working sufficiently to stop either the damage to students or …

February 18, 2021 New Orleans      This was random. A friend and comrade got it in her mind to memorialize Father Vinnie O’Connell, one of the rare and now vanished labor priests, who could always be counted on to come bless a picket line, union meeting, or for that matter an ACORN action, I should note. …

February 17, 2021 New Orleans       I called a friend in Houston to see how bad the snow and ice had hit them. He said they were among the lucky ones and didn’t lose power as four million other Texans did including Local 100’s organizer there. The mid-20’s Fahrenheit are unfriendly. Houses in the deep …