by Larry Cohen | Jul 15, 2015 | Jobs and Growth
Beginning in Guam and moving with the sun to Frankfurt, London, Newark, Chicago, Denver and across to California and Hawaii, United Airlines flight attendants on Thursday will be putting management on notice that this is “Our Time” and “If not Now, When?” They will be...
by Larry Cohen | Jul 1, 2015 | Blog, Progressive Vision
Three weeks ago, when I ended my third term as president of CWA, I pledged to volunteer to help build what we call the "movement of 50 million for economic justice and democracy." Today I am announcing that I have endorsed Bernie Sanders for president of the United...
by Larry Cohen | Jun 8, 2015 | Jobs and Growth, Progressive Vision
This is an excerpt of a speech delivered today at the Detroit convention of the Communications Workers of America. We are here under a banner that reads “It’s Our Turn.” Can we challenge ourselves to march out of here fiercely determined to make that a reality? There...
by Larry Cohen | May 19, 2015 | Democracy, Progressive Vision
More than 500 active leaders from 56 organizations spent Saturday at Iowa State University in general sessions and workshops uniting around issues and strategies at the Working Families Summit. I had been to Iowa in previous presidential election years as presidential...
by Larry Cohen | Oct 16, 2014 | Blog, Progressive Vision, Trade
At the deportation center in San Pedro Sula, planes land with over 100 Hondurans a day, returned from our border prisons to their native land. They are mostly young men, shackled hands and legs, who have harrowing tales of days in what they call the “ice box,” the US...
