Buenos Aires In the afternoon Ercilia Sahores, ACORN’s Latin American Director, and I sat down individually and then collectively with our newest head organizers in training, both of whom are now completing their first organizing drives in various neighborhoods in the city. It was quite exciting to talk about plans for the fall …
Category: Labor Organizing
A Right to Collective Bargaining
New Orleans A couple of months ago Mary Rowles, the ace communications director for the British Columbia Government Employees Union (BCGUE), told me that there was a huge court decision that her union and others had won. She sent me all of the decisions and discussions. It was unbelievable. It seemed to be saying …
Kodak Lands and Deindustrialization
Toronto Everywhere Judy Duncan, ACORN Canada Head Organizer, and I went we seemed to be hearing about deindustrialization. The epidemic that collapsed the manufacturing sector in the US now seems to have become viral in Canada as well. First, we talked to John Cartwright, head of the Toronto and York Labor Council, who has been …