This is the 1st of several postings concerning the future of the AFL-CIO, and the labor movement as a whole, which will appear over the course of the next week, leading up to the AFL-CIO convention in Chicago later this month. From July 25-28, 2005, at Navy Pier in Chicago, the AFL-CIO will convene its [...]
In a few days (once my research is completed) I plan to analyze and discuss this months quadrennial AFL-CIO convention and elections taking place in downtown Chicago. The importance of this meeting cannot be stressed enough. The AFL-CIO, perhaps even the entire labor movement, is at a crossroads due to concerns that the federation's largest [...]
An article I wrote has just been published on the Small Business Chicago.net website. It's a brief piece on my definition and perspective on human resources. Additionally, I discuss project labor agreements and Illinois' pending legislation and President Bush's Executive Order 13202 (which prohibits the use of project labor agreements in federally funded projects) to [...]
The Chicago Tribune published my letter to the editor in response to Charles Madigan's humorous column in Wednesday's, June 1, edition. My letter appears on page 22 of Section 1 at the very bottom. Also, it's reprinted below and might still be online on the Trib's website. My letter is only a few sentences long [...]
If you are an organization doing business in Illinois, and are involved in any public works projects, or plan to bid on any public works projects, are you aware that in a wide variety of circumstances, the state can mandate that you contract with and hire union employees? More specifically, in 2003, Governor Rod Blagojevich [...]
