New Orleans I admit that I check the Google alerts everyday to see how the alternative universe is doing where this other “wade rathke” lives, who is often unrecognizable to me. The most recent episode in his “life,” was some kind of “days of rage” planned for Wall Street, which was quite the buzz …
Category: Labor Organizing
Vic Bussie’s Death Marks Passage of Another Labor Milestone
New Orleans Victor Bussie had two careers as president of the Louisiana AFL-CIO for over 40 years with half at the zenith of the body’s power and influence in the state and the other half on its downward cycle. First elected in 1956 for a long time Vic was known with labor as the only …
Labor Daze and Labor Waves
New Orleans On the eve of another ritual of picnicking and the last gasps of the summer that we celebrate as Labor Day, there will be the ritual mentioning of the value of labor and hard work, commentary on the recession, and even some mention about the value of unions in certain geographies where we …