New Orleans Frequently in the city these days people will talk about the “new normal” in New Orleans. It is recognition that the city is not going to be what it was in the past, and some things seem normal now that might have been unusual or bizarre before the storm. Here are three examples …
Category: Labor Organizing
Big Box Breakthrough in Chi-town
Atlanta All of us against all of them, full body no holds barred throw down in Chicago. ACORN, labor, some churches in front with Brennan Center in back against Wal-Mart, Home Depot, and other big boxes with Mayor Daley in back. Round by round a bruiser. Madeline Talbott, Chicago ACORN head organizer, told me the …
New Orleans Worker Center
New Orleans A bus load of ACORN members came in from Houston hoping to find out not only about training, but also about jobs. Another 50 folks came from New Orleans and Baton Rouge ACORN for the same reasons with 35 of them wanting to register for jobs or training. Local 100 SEIU had members …