The US Chamber of Commerce is pouring more than 30 million dollars into the senatorial race to elect republicans in key states. The objective is to support “pro-business” candidates and avoid confronting an air-tight democratic majority that would be likely to pass the Employee Free Choice Act, a bill that was filibustered in the senate […]
Author Archives: Stewart Acuff and Bruce Raynor
Stewart Acuff became the Director of Organizing for the AFL-CIO in October 2002. Acuff coordinates strategies to help facilitate the forming of unions across the Federation's 53 member unions. He has worked as a community organizer in Missouri, Texas, Tennessee and New Hampshire for organizations affiliated with ACORN and Citizen Action.
Bruce Raynor is the General President of UNITE HERE, a union that represents almost half a million workers in the hospitality, gaming, apparel, textile, retail, distribution and laundry industries in North America. He is a founding member of the Leadership Council of the Change to Win Federation (CTW) and he has also been a member of Cornell University's Board of Trustees since 1988, serving on the Advisory Board for the Cornell School of Industrial and Labor Relations.