Kingston The last several days it feels like I have been reliving the organizing we did through the Wal-Mart Workers Association and WARN (Wal-Mart Alliance for Reform Now) from 2004 through 2008, largely in central Florida and California. That experience was the heart of the discussion with our brothers on the national Steelworkers staff and …
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Labor versus Business: From Economic Wars to Culture Wars?
New Orleans I wonder with the diminishing strength of unions whether we are about to finally move from front page economic wars to the back page culture wars so much enjoyed by the right. Not able to fully move women back to the kitchen or African-Americans back to the plantation, perhaps they feel they will …
Thanking John Sweeney
Washington There are few grace notes in the current divisions within the forces of institutional labor, but I happened to experience a small one at Georgetown University in a special ceremony held to honor John Sweeney, retiring President of the AFL-CIO, with an honorary degree. I had been invited by Joe McCartin, an organizer with …