Tampa: 25 Days in Exile! Melvin Hewitt worked as a Local 100 organizer off an on for several years. He ran into some health problems. He ran into some financial issues. He tried to see if he could get to California. He and his twin brother were New Orleans guys though, so there was no …
Category: Labor Organizing
Lessons from the Northwest Strike
Denver At this point it appears that the union had been crushed and beaten for all intents and purposes before the first picket sign went up. Now the whole thing is a bone yard with nothing more than the smell of death. The cold math favored the company. Moving from 4000 odd mechanics to less …
See What I Mean?
Dallas: This all seems like “I’ll scratch yours, if you scratch mine,” I realize, but the definition of serendipity is nothing more than a happy coincidence, and sure enough, no sooner had I written about Hugh Jackson and his Las Vegas Gleaner , than I get a note from him that he has responded to a local …