New Orleans In Scotland, ACORN’s tenant union chants “The rent is bananas.” Affordable housing is a global issue. Some cities concoct schemes to maintain affordable housing and block second homes and Airbnbs, but most don’t. Few actually break ground for affordable apartment complexes or create equitable zoning rules to allow them. Minnesotans voted …
Category: Organizing
Union Democracy for Essential Workers
New Orleans I noticed that In These Times had a blurb on a dustup at the convention of the United Food & Commercial Workers Union (UFCW) from some rank and filers who were trying to make a case for more input and democracy in the workings of this big US union. I recognized …
Spending Student Loan Payments – For Sure!
New Orleans Managing a radio station means juggling a lot of things, especially with an all-volunteer army. Having spent a career as an organizer working for organizations trying to get their voices and issues, often silenced, to be heard, it is a different experience to be on the other side of the table. …