Minneapolis In the spring about this time annually the Organizers’ Forum (www.organizersforum.org) has one of its dialogues. This year we ventured into the rough edges that characterize the experience of many organizers and organizations with using (trying to use?) technology to build their organizations and communicate with their members and the public. A combination of …
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Legislating Wal-Mart
San Diego Lee Scott, Wal-Mart CEO, was in Rogers, Arkansas, a long spit from their world headquarters in Bentonville, meeting the press. Rick Smith, the head of WARN and WWA in Florida, and I were in northern San Diego County meeting with local leadership of some of California’s largest and most aggressive local unions of the United …
A Little Something for Arkansas Health Care
New Orleans Arkansas is a poor state. This is not shocking news to anyone who has ever been there. It should not come as a surprise either that a quarter of the people in the state outside of the range of federal health supports for children and elderly (between ages 14-64) have nada for health …