New Orleans: We know Rod Paige too well! America, if you had only listened, we tried to tell you even during his confirmation hearing that things were sketchy back home in Houston and there was more flim-flam that good fortune for children in the schools there. Our union, Local 100, Service Employees International Union, AFL-CIO went …
Category: Labor Organizing
Cuba: Varadero
Tonight we have hot water, even though we are all bunked in suites with four people and a shared living room. Everyone is gritty, but happy! We have made it to Varadero, the Habaneros playa – a small town of 18000 with long running beaches that used to be the playground for people from Havana, …
Cuba: Labor
Havana, Cuba: The Central Trabajadores de Cuba (CTC) building is an impressive multi-story structure complete with an elevator and a surprising number of well-appointed meeting rooms on many of the floors. One can look through the louvered windows across the street to the open windows in the adjoining building and see workers hand wrapping cigars. …