For those of you who are emailing me, sorry — I can read your messages, but for some reason my server for answering you is not working, so I can’t send out the replies I’ve…

Nobody’s breaking for lunch, as journalists race around from room to room to meet and interview leaders of the seven unions which have set up this Unite to Win federation. Here in the press room,…

Jonathan Tasini is sitting right behind me doing the same thing. You can see his blog this morning here. I’m amazed by what we can do with the new technology — could anyone have done…

Joe Hansen, president of the 1.4 million member United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) has just proposed adoption of the constitution for the new federation. “We are here to change course,” he said. “Adoption of…

SEUI President Andy Stern was the third union president to address the convention this morning. Wearing the union’s trademark purple colours, he roused the audience with a fiery speech about the centrality of organizing new…

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.