New Orleans The headlines say that major crime is decreasing throughout the United States and its cities. Crime still has some salience as a political issue, especially promoted by anti-urban, blue-city pundits and politicians on the right. Maybe it’s even true, but it’s hard to say. The FBI reports significant declines. The esteemed, …
Category: Unions
Farmworker Organizing
New Orleans Reading a recent issue of In These Times, I was encouraged and fascinated by a report of organizing progress by the United Farm Workers (UFW) in building unions in upstate New York. The UFW has long been well-known for the leadership of Cesar Chavez and its up and down history of …
Sexual Harassment with a Union Label
Pearl River I’ve known Ana Avendano for a long time. I’ve never known her well, but over decades our paths would cross. She was a lawyer for the AFL-CIO and had the immigration rights portfolio, when there seemed the promise of reform. She was a guest at an ACORN National Board meeting in Little …