Working Life

    The debate begins on the long-term care resolution: combining all long-term care workers in each state into one local in a state. There will be emotional language but the resolution will pass. A vote on Saturday at the meeting of the health care division supported the resolution so this vote is a foregone conclusion. […]

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    I think there is a serious issue that demands that SEIU be brought before the highest bodies in the land. It is a plot that I have uncovered–exclusively–and threatens the future of labor. Here it is: no union should be allowed to hold a convention in a place that serves rum. You laugh, you […]

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    Well, we’re in the midst of the first day at the SEIU convention and a resolution is now on the floor called "Uniting Working People To Change Our Lives". The resolution essentially implements the "Justice For All" program. It’s a long resolution and I don’t have a copy of it electronically. But, an amendment […]

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    As you probably know, per the previous post, SEIU is arguing that the labor movement cannot be a movement that is just worrying about its members but has to press for "Justice For All". I don’t think it’s entirely fair to say that other unions don’t think they are improving the lives of other […]

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    Okay, so, the convention of the Service Employees International Union has kicked off. I’ll be posting now and again–when I’m not drinking rum–when there is something interesting to say (and that is always open to interpretation).     For the time being, here is the Justice For All document that frames the general theme of […]

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