Working Life

I like this: threaten the companies that want to dance with Schwarzennegger and his dangerous initiative to crippled unions. From the Los Angeles Times today (a snippet is below): Unions Working a New Tactic Against Governor Labor leaders contact firms to stem donations to Schwarzenegger’s initiative campaigns.By Michael Finnegan Times Staff WriterOctober 3, 2005Escalating its […]

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With White House Counsel Harriet Miers about to be nominated in a few minutes, according to news wire reports, to replace Sandra Day O’Connor, here is a story from today’s Wall Street Journal that is worth reading. The news media’s focus on abortion and other social issues usually leaves out the critical labor issues the […]

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Well, it was on my list to see and I’m a Jodie Foster fan but “Flightplan” is now off my list. Apparently, the thriller does not portray flight attendants in a very nice light so, as you may have heard, the three major flight attendants’ unions have called for a boycott of the film. Here’s […]

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Just a short heads-up: for those of you in the NYC area, I’m going to participate in a discussion tomorrow on the future of labor. Here are the details–and check it out, a free light breakfast! If I can, I’ll try to keep notes, while thinking of things to say, and post later in the […]

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Here’s what is boils down to: the lives of Mirna Blanco, Flora Aguliar, Irma Deshommes, Martina Casey and Amanda Figueroa. Each of these SEIU workers has been locked in battles with employers. Mirna and Flora are janitors in Houston (see left here standing–Mirna on the left and Flora on the right–with their SEIU organizer). Mirna […]

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I’ll probably just run this post as a flowing update as things come up…Understand, my friends, this convention has no internal controversy. So, I’ll just give you the straight poop from here. Anna Burger is about to open the convention—and as Tom Edsall of the Washington Post points out, it’s her 55th birthday today. As […]

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Just cruised in here to St. Louis (uneventfully, I might add, to my surprise…) and the Hotel Grand Renaissance is abuzz with people checking in. Will start nosing around. The first official event is a rally tonight at the convention center across the street. BUT–in the meantime, you might have thought I had forgotten but […]

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Off to St. Louis today for tomorrow’s founding convention of the Change To Win federation. I’ll be posting regularly between now and Wednesday, assuming there is a reason. Today begins on a good note with what appears to be a victory in the Boeing machinists strike (thanks to a reader for passing this along). Boeing […]

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A reader wrote me with a splendid idea: the new federation, which is currently working under the title Change To Win, needs a new name. So, the floor is open for suggestions. Now, I’ll make a plea: be creative and fun and INSPIRING…and, if possible, let’s try to minimize nasty suggestions. It’s only a name. […]

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These people never stop. I mean, the Republicans–it isn’t enough that people in New Orleans and Mississippi have been devastated by Katrina, losing homes, family and friends. Now, these low-lifes in Congress want to take away a chance for workers to make a decent living, particularly in the reconstruction efforts that will be fed by […]

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