Shreveport The other day a small piece in The New York Times quoted Andy Stern, president of the Service Employees International Union, in an intriguing — and controversial — way under the title — “outsourcing the picket line” from a piece that ran in The McKinsey Quarterly. On the plus side he was quoted as …
Category: Labor Organizing
Trippin up in Los Angeles?
New Orleans It is a huge advantage to have been doing this work for a very long time. In many cases you find that you have out run your opponents and by dent of experience, discipline, and just showing up every day for more than 35 years, you just know a lot more people and …
Small Traders Strike in India
New Orleans Small traders met several weeks ago supported by a half-dozen of the major political parties in India along with several of the national labor centers. The reason was simple: the prime minister’s approval of foreign direct investment (FDI) for single-brand retail. Let me roll it back for you more slowly…. India in the …