The UE http://www.ueunion.org/ always seemed to be one of the most democratic of the traditional industrial unions in addition to being politically progressive.
On 21-Sep-11, at 2:44 PM, michael perelman wrote: > With regard to labor, the nurses seem to be the most progressive. > > On Wed, Sep 21, 2011 at 2:13 PM, Gar Lipow <[email protected]> > wrote: >> Who to you think are the best U.S.based groups (or international >> groups with strong U.S. presence) in following categories >> >> 1) labor (including the most progressive unions) >> 2) feminist >> 3) LGBT >> 4) Disability rights >> 5) Anti racism >> specifically Black/African America American Indian/Native >> American, Latino, Asian American >> 6) Peace/Anti-war/Anti-intervention (both multi-issue and groups that >> focus on one important issue like Honduras for Palestinian rights) >> 7) human rights >> 8) environmentalism in general.and environmental justice >> 9) Civil liberties >> 10) Multi-categor >> 11) other important categories which I forgot >> >> In all cases feel free to recommend either groups that focus on one >> issue within the category or groups that tackle the entire category. >> >> I'm deliberately leaving "best" vague , so that you can use YOUR >> criteria for best. >> >> Thanks >> >> Gar W. Lipow >> >> -- >> Facebook: Gar Lipow Twitter: GarLipow >> Grist Blog: http://www.grist.org/member/1598 >> Static page: http://www.nohairshirts.com >> _______________________________________________ >> pen-l mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l >> > > > > -- > Michael Perelman > Economics Department > California State University > Chico, CA > 95929 > > 530 898 5321 > fax 530 898 5901 > http://michaelperelman.wordpress.com > _______________________________________________ > pen-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l _______________________________________________ pen-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l
