In my own quest to highlight peace initiatives within labor, I’d like to say, there’s good news today: back in mid-September, the Teamsters and CWA (the Teamsters being part of the Change To Win federation and the CWA in the AFL-CIO) agreed to jointly represent workers after the merger between America West and UsAir. Well, […]
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Prop 75 Redux
Posted on 12 October 2005.
Since yesterday’s post about the grim situation facing labor in California over the vote on Proposition 75–which would require public employee unions to notify their members about the use of dues for political efforts–I’ve gotten a couple of notes that say that there is a fair amount of mobilizing now underway. The L.A. County Fed […]
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Bringing Down Mickey Mouse
Posted on 08 October 2005.
This is near and dear to my heart: how the heck do hundreds of thousands of creators (writers, artists, actors, theater people) take on an information industry that has become the most powerful single industry in human history? Understand, that this vertically-integrated industry spans telecommunications (voice, wireless, Internet), cable, software, and all things you can […]
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Inch by Inch: Solidarity Charters
Posted on 06 October 2005.
Just got this exchange between John Sweeney and Anna Burger, chair of the Change To Win federation. As I’ve already reported, both sides are making efforts at extending olive branches to each other in an effort to come to some meeting of the minds on the AFL-CIO’s proposed Solidarity Charters. On September 28th, Burger sent […]
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Better Late Than Never: CTW Constitution
Posted on 06 October 2005.
It feels like this arrived via the Pony Express but…here’s the Change To Win constitution for the truly obsessed. There will be a test…
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Fuzzy Math at 16th Street
Posted on 06 October 2005.
Keep an eye on where the money goes, I always says–and, if I was one of the Central Labor Council leaders, I’d keep my eye on the recent special 4 cents per capita hike like I’d watch the pea being shuffled by the hustlers in Times Square. Which is a way of saying: tomorrow the […]
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What Does Diversity Mean?
Posted on 30 September 2005.
One of our commenters suggested I open up a thread on diversity. Okay, let’s do it. I’ve reprinted the speech given by Edgar Romney, who is now the Change To Win secretary-treasurer–the first African American to hold such a post in a U.S. labor federation (he’s also a vice president of UNITE HERE). In addition, […]
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Morning After Kick-Off
Posted on 28 September 2005.
Before I head off to the airport to return back home (where I can now chew my fingernails over the last few games of the regular season…), a few wrap-up thoughts. A number of people have been critical of CTW (and, I guess, me, too) for the lack of specifics coming out of the convention. […]
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The Kick-Off–Afternoon Session
Posted on 28 September 2005.
So, we’re back after a very mediocre boxed lunch….again, this will be a rolling, updated report. At the break, there were two press briefings. In the press room. Bruce Raynor and John Wilhelm (left) answered questions from about 20 workers. One point that hasn’t gotten a lot of attention: on immigration, they both underscored their […]
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Tuesday At CTW
Posted on 27 September 2005.
Today, there are going to be a series of speeches coupled with discussions about organizing campaigns: Houston Janitors, Advance Demolition, Cintas, Wal-Mart, School Bus Drivers, Smithfield Foods, DHL and Hotels. I’ll report in with summaries of as many as possible. What did dawn on me is this: why do most union conventions take a week […]
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