Raynor: No justice, no peace
Bruce Raynor of UNITE HERE was the second major union leader to address the Change to Win coalition this morning. Raynor is a real firebrand. He repeatedly brought the audience to their feet. “Somebody ought…
Bruce Raynor of UNITE HERE was the second major union leader to address the Change to Win coalition this morning. Raynor is a real firebrand. He repeatedly brought the audience to their feet. “Somebody ought…
Teamster president James Hoffa, wearing a blue Change to Win t-shirt, was the first union president to address the founding convention of the Change to Win federation this morning. He called the union leaders —…
Yesterday, Monday, 26 September 2005, marked a turning point in the history of the trade union movement in the United States. Or it didn’t. It all depends on who you talk to.
Seven years ago, I was talking about the Internet to leaders of one of Britain’s largest unions. I suggested that we consider sending out a mass mailing — by post — to inform the union’s…
The following article, published in the most recent issue of Labour Research magazine, was out of date before it ever saw print. Working together with the union and the global union federations, we were able…
Dear Sir: I was pleased to see that you vigorously condemned last week’s terrorist attacks by jihadists in Bangladesh. As I’m sure you know, today — less than a week after Israel’s withdrawal from the…
Business Week recently devoted an entire special double issue to India and China, and surprisingly (for Business Week) had a relatively sympathetic account of the problems faced by workers in the latter country. Quoting from…
Jakob Nielsen is a name that will be familiar to those of you who design web pages. Nielsen is the world’s leading expert on website usability. Thanks to his efforts, a lot of websites are…
Unions that want to recruit new members will make it as easy as possible to join. In this century, that means allowing people to join unions online.
It is late afternoon in North London. Behind my house, maybe 50 meters away, is the North Circular Road. Here, in this part of London, it’s a six-lane highway. We tell people that we can…