New Orleans Helen Miller was a great leader in the United Labor Unions and then SEIU Local 880 as well as ACORN both in Chicago and as member of the national board of ACORN for many, many years. She was also a mentor and inspiration to us all. When she retired, she moved back …
Category: Labor Organizing
Want More Overtime? Raise Pay in the South and in Retail!
Little Rock The Department of Labor has issued its revised rulemaking proposal on overtime eligibility for nonexempt workers. A federal judge in Texas had halted the Obama administration’s efforts to move the number from $23,660 to double that amount at $47,476 annually. Instead, the current proposal would move the number to $35,308 based on 2017 …
Facebook Playing Duck-and-Cover, Distraction, and Delay
Nashville Quit Facebook? How can we? There are countries ACORN works where Facebook and the internet are synonymous. We have learned how to use Facebook as an organizing tool in England in recruiting members to the ACORN Tenant Union. We use it as a communications tool in many of our organizing drives and campaigns. Facebook …