Workers from workplace to workplace can use direct action to support one another more than using a contract.

(Downtown has) a very good concentration of similar kinds of workplaces and ones that are generally ignored by other unions because of the small size and the transient nature of the workers.

This is a really exciting campaign for us, it is the largest of its kind in the country and it's a great opportunity right now, especially in light of the organizing going on in the Latino community that makes up a significant portion of the workers behind the scenes downtown. We are really happy to have the chance to open the campaign with a couple of internationally known musicians. Alistair and David both have a fabulous way of carrying the stories of the working class to the world in their music.

My job is to support our workers that are out there providing the services to the clients and to make sure that they've got the tools and the knowledge to do what has to be done.

Volunteers and staff of workers' centers, any charitable organization or individual, would become a criminal and (their) property would be seized. People would be considered felons just for providing support.

There just aren't enough workers to replace the baby boomers,