Pearl River           I was offended at first when I saw the headline: “Picketing with More than a Contract on Their Minds.”   Was this a typical New York Times play and an effort to trivialize strikes, in this case the existential fight by the Writers Guild of America (WGA) confronting streaming and emerging technologies.  Was …

            Baltimore        I hope I’m not grasping at straws, but I’m hearing some encouraging reports of union organizing progress, as we move from city to city on the East Coast.  I don’t know if this is enough to turn the tide, but at least some unions have fists and feet in the dike to hold …