Tag Archives: Local 433
Time to pay the PIPA
Hi there! I don’t exist, actually. Back in June of last year, I was asked to attend a meeting in San Antonio at the office of Rep. Lamar Smith, the author of the infamous SOPA bill that he recently withdrew in a hailstorm of negative public opinion. At the time, I was serving on …
Working musician? Live in Austin? Join Local 433!
Every year on Labor Day, I reflect on what it means to belong to a labor union. Really, I think about it a lot more often than that. I think about it every time I read another headline about workers being laid off, about factories shutting down, about jobs being outsourced overseas. I think about …