Houston Listening to the reports in our all day, all union staff meeting in Houston, one caught my ear because at first couldn’t believe what I was hearing. Local 100 of the United Labor Unions has represented the bulk of the Houston support workers in the Houston Independent School District for over 18 years. The …
Category: Organizing
Breakthrough for Domestic Workers
Toronto A couple of weeks ago at the Labor Notes conference, I commented on the power of the presentation by the director of the Domestic Workers Union in New York State. My remarks were an understatement! The New York State Senate has finally passed a bill giving long disregarded and exempted domestic workers some real …
Weeping Foreclosure Victims
Phoenix We were sitting in the living room in the special, quiet, deep heat of a Phoenix afternoon visiting with the women of three generations of the Roman family. No fan or air conditioner or street noise could be heard at the end of the cul de sac on Pasadena Street. The silence was only …