NLRB Still Going Hard

NLRB Organizing Policy Workers

           Baja California           Any list of Biden administration’s accomplishments for workers has to include the appointments to the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), especially its General Counsel, and the pathbreaking work they are doing.  Admittedly some of this is low hanging fruit in undoing the pro-management bias of the Trump board.  Another piece of the …

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In Honduras, Lots of Issues, Little Money

ACORN International Honduras Organizing School Lunches

            Tegucigalpa      There were six of us in the ACORN delegation.  The president of ACORN Honduras Raul Rodriguez led the group, along with Erlyn Perez, ACORN’s head organizer, followed by two school principals who were ACORN members, Jany Montoya, the translator and Erlyn’s niece, and me.  Our mission was to try to meet with …

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Theocracies Then and Now, Here and There

Ideas and Issues Organizers Forum Organizing Personal Writings

            New Orleans      Recently, I was somewhat horrified to read about actions taken unanimously by the Indonesian Parliament.  The Organizers’ Forum had taken a delegation there in 2005, and met with amazing groups organizing among the urban poor and lower-income workers.  We were especially impressed that so many of the organizations were directed by …

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