New Orleans John Hiatt, now the AFL-CIO chief of staff under Richard Trumka, and previously general counsel under John Sweeney, was the lead speaker on an early morning plenary before the United Association of Labor Educators (UALE) meeting in New Orleans on the topic of “Building a New Labor Movement for a New Economy.” He …
Tag: ACORN
ACORN, O’Keefe, Haters, and the Continuing Saga
New Orleans The days turn into months, the months turn into years, but time inadequate still to erase the full-on craziness in the land. I know after 38 years with ACORN I’m not just months shy of three years since I resigned. ACORN itself threw in the towel and declared bankruptcy almost 5 months ago …
You’ve Got to Be Kidding: Now O’Keefe Stings NPR
Washington This is starting to get embarrassing. There has to be universal consensus that James O’Keefe the sneak videographer is a total punk, but somehow we keep falling for this stuff. Look at the record: He and his accomplice sting ACORN in the fall of 2009 as part of an orchestrated right-wing attack and do so with …