New Orleans Taking a couple of days off at the end of the year one thing on my list along with mowing the yard in December, which makes living in New Orleans a joy, was an exercise probably of procrastination masked as productivity, to plow through the stack of magazines with pieces I wanted to read, …
Category: Organizing
Looking at Metropolitan Areas for an Understanding of Declining Union Strength
New Orleans More than a decade ago I spent a lot of time with Joel Rogers, longtime professor of law, sociology, and political science at the University of Wisconsin, analyzing the fact that cities and metro areas were still the last bastions of union strength, and that was where we needed to make our stand. Some …
Walmart Organizing Dilemma: Publicity Strikes without Publicity
New Orleans We are now several weeks past Black Friday, the annual shopping extravaganza that seems to defy logic, but one hardcore, working mother desperate for Christmas bargains defined it as her annual “Super Bowl of shopping.” Walmart company representatives have described this year’s day after Thanksgiving shopping blowout as their best ever. OUR …