New Orleans On a soul-killing wait at an airport recently, I found myself mindlessly scrolling Facebook, and I happened to notice that one of my real friends, Christine Allemano, who is also a Facebook friend, had posted an interesting query on her update. She wanted to combat “fake news,” and wondered what her friends read …
Category: Labor Organizing
They’re Coming After Unions at Every Level
New Orleans There is little question that the conservatives are coming after unions, even while they make the outrageous claim that they are now the workers’ party in the wake of the recent election. Since the Wisconsin counterrevolution when the right was successful in eliminating union shop for public employees, the drums have been beating …
Some Stories Shouldn’t Stay in Vegas
New Orleans There are some stories from the last election that should speak more to our future than any nostalgia for the past. One big story is from Las Vegas, and it’s not a story that should stay there, but one that should travel everywhere, although it may be too late. In the butt whipping …