New Orleans The Service Employees International Union (SEIU)’s Executive Board met and officially ratified the election of Mary Kay Henry as its new – and first woman – president which had been obvious after four of the seven executive vice-presidents and most of the large locals had swung to her with the announcement of Andy …
Category: Labor Organizing
Marriages of Convenience: Chouest, Unions, Hornets
New Orleans The New Orleans Hornets NBA team officially announced they are changing ownership from a fellow named George Shinn struggling with some health issues and a local fellow from south Louisiana named Gary Chouest, described as a “billionaire investor.” We love the Hornets. They have the cheapest seats in the NBA, and my son …
Assault on Home Care Workers
Detroit There were several excellent discussions I enjoyed at the Labor Notes Conference that focused on the challenges and lessons learned in organizing home health and home day care workers. In Citizen Wealth and anywhere else I have argued that the one indisputable success in the last generation of labor organizing has been the breakthrough …