Milwaukee It is impossible to be in Milwaukee for more than fifteen minutes and not hear about the surprising success of the Milwaukee Bucks basketball team this season and their breakout star, known affectionately as the Greek Freak. You figure? It is also impossible not to spend time in a community and with an organization …
Category: Labor Organizing
Finding the Organizing Handles for Climate Change at the Local Level
Baltimore The crowd that gathered in the teachers’ union meeting hall in Towson, Maryland was old and young, current and former organizers with unions, ACORN, activist and well-traveled others, so watching “The Organizer” for them was in many parts a good spirited time with laughs and wisecracks at all the right moments. The post-screening questions …
Can Gig Workers Take Advantage of Independent Contractor Status?
Washington At Georgetown University Professor Joseph McCartin showed some bite-sized clips from “The Organizer” documentary and followed up with questions he posed, as well as a variety that came from the audience. One former union brother launched a rant that bemoaned the loss of workers’ weapons dating back to the passage of the Taft-Hartley …