New Orleans One result of the proposed new NLRB election rules, if and when adopted, may require a shift in post-election strategy. A union will know the results of the election and whether or not the challenged ballots on any unit questions affect the outcome or are aggravations waiting for hearings. Either way this would …
Category: Ideas and Issues
Forty-one Years of ACORN: Celebrating a Day in the Work
Ottawa Having founded ACORN in Little Rock, Arkansas forty-one years ago today, it is hard not to reflect on how fortunate I have been to be a part of ACORN in one form or another all of those years, first as Chief Organizer of ACORN in the United States for thirty-eight years and now adding …
Mercury and CFL’s
New Orleans There are real issues around light bulbs, especially around mercury, but let’s separate all of the hype about stockpiling bulbs, deciding on what kind of “light we like,” and find some solid ground before screwing our minds up as we screw a bulb out. Incandescent bulbs are the old school, back-to-Edison favorites we …