New Orleans Randy Shaw, the executive director of the Tenderloin Housing Clinic and its burgeoning empire, first challenged me to think about whether the new FLSA overtime guidelines would prevent any future prospects of building a farmworkers’ movement or an ACORN, both of which famously focused on building an army of volunteer and professional organizers …
Tag: unions
Union-backed Walmart and McDonalds’ Campaigns Face Uncertain Futures
New Orleans The emperor with no clothes is not a pretty sight, and it’s almost as bad when the finger pointing at him is Dave Jamieson, a labor reporter for the Huffington Post in a piece entitled “Labor Groups are Taking on Walmart and McDonalds. But Who Will Fund the Fight?” I don’t have anything …
Brits and Texans Agree – Attack Unions Where it Hurts – Dues Collection
New Orleans Conservatives of all stripes and nationalities seem to have settled on a killer app for delivering a death blow to unions: block the dues collection mechanism! Short memories will recall that earlier this year there were fierce legislative battles in Missouri, Oklahoma, Texas and elsewhere whose sole objective was to eliminate the ability …