New Orleans My dad was born and raised in Orange County, California, first in Tustin, then Santa Ana, and finally Orange itself where he lived until he finished high school. My grandfather was a foreman on an orange grove ranch until he couldn’t be, and then he worked as the janitor at the Lutheran Church, next …
Tag: labor unions
Some Lessons for Labor in Unite’s 100% Campaign
London The last several years the treat at the end of the trail has been lunch with an old friend and comrade somewhere in London’s Chinatown where we catch up on labor union developments and organizing around the world. Given developments in the USA where unions are contemplating losses of literally millions of members if …
Unionbase and the Base for Unions
New Orleans Union work has its ups and downs every week. At week’s end I got an excited call from two of our organizers in New Orleans. They had just finished a meeting with nursing home workers in the city after following up on a call. Rather than a visit with one lone soldier, they …