Pearl River I hardly remembered talking to Jesse Chanin years ago, back in the pre-Covid times, about the role of the teachers’ union, UTNO, the United Teachers of New Orleans, in the labor movement and the community. Hearing from her that all of her work had finally come to fruition in a book, Building …
Respect the History of Struggle
New Orleans In training organizers, one thing I always remind them as they begin an organizing drive in a neighborhood, housing block, or workplace is to always ask and listen carefully when they talk to people, so that they can unearth what has come before them in this struggle. In my book, a …
Overtime Up, Minimum Wage Frozen
New Orleans The Department of Labor has now issued its final rule for wage and salary levels that define eligibility for overtime payments at time-and-a-half of the hourly wage. After years of being stuck at a relatively low threshold, the needle moved during the Obama administration, but the even more worker-friendly Biden administration …