New Orleans Drummond Pike is the founder and CEO of Tides, which includes the Tides Foundation, Tides Center, and a host of other “water” named and great organizations. He has been a boon comrade of mine for four decades, and it is not surprising to see that he posted up something on his blog …
Category: Labor Organizing
2,000,000+ in SEIU
New Orleans Andy Stern’s convention speech in San Juan as International President was expansive, unbending, and appropriately celebratory. Some of us had been in Pittsburgh when the 1,000,000 member mark was broken, and now the 2,000,000 member mark was smashed as well. Stern in pledging to implement the Justice for All package being presented …
Picketing and Protesting the Union
San Juan It is a weird feeling to walk through demonstrators and pickets to get inside the SEIU quadrennial convention being held these days in Puerto Rico. Chanting people in yellow shirts, fliers being thrust into your hands, and general chaos and confusion as your badge and ID are double checked by …