LaborLeft New Year's Resolutions

Ah, the New Year. Time for renewal and hope. Time for new beginnings. Time for some New Year’s Resolutions. Here are some from a LaborLeft perspective.

Organize downtown hotels Since the internationals won’t do it, the Fed needs to establish an independent organizing committee to target unorganized shops. Recruit and train salts and establish internal organizing committees in a half-dozen hotels. Aim to have (non-majority, if necessary) unions in place and negotiating contracts by this time next year.

Start a free, weekly Union Labor News Kinda like Isthmus, but about working people, with news and views from the local, national and international labor movement. Bilingual, of course. Start with a monthly and build up to weekly. Hit up unions to defray costs.

Run independent labor candidates Start with one or two statewide or national offices. Any run would generate a Labor Platform and establish the idea that working people don’t need the “twin-parties of Big Business” to do our politics for us. Cavanaugh for Congress.

Floss This year for sure, we should all start flossing regularly. You know it’s the right thing to do. And, not just before the annual check-up either.

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