SEIU Leadership News

SEIU Leadership News
Author: Service Employees International Union
Publisher:
Total Pages: 32
Release: 1972
Genre: Service industries workers
ISBN:
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Stronger Together

Stronger Together
Author: Wesley Kerrebrouck
Publisher: Wesley Kerrebrouck
Total Pages: 62
Release: 2024-01-19
Genre: Health & Fitness
ISBN:
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To "Stronger Together: Effective Parenting Strategies for Children with Autism," a book born of a deep desire to strengthen families in the wonderful, but sometimes challenging journey of raising a child with autism. In these pages you will find not only a collection of strategies, but also a source of hope, understanding and inspiration. Every child is unique, and this is even more true for children with autism. Their way of perceiving, interacting with the world, and unique challenges require an approach to parenting that is both flexible and attuned. This book is written with this diversity in mind, recognizing that there is no "one-size-fits-all" approach. Instead, we offer a spectrum of strategies and insights that you can adapt to the needs of your own family. We begin our journey with a fundamental understanding of what autism is - and what it is not. By debunking misconceptions and exploring the spectrum of autism, we aim to lay the foundation for an empathetic and informed approach to parenting. We then dive into the core of effective parenting strategies, ranging from communication techniques to behavior management to dealing with sensory challenges. Each chapter offers practical tips, underpinned by both scientific research and the experiences of parents and experts. We also discuss the importance of self-care for parents and building a support network, which is essential for the resilience of the whole family. This book is not just about the challenges, however. It is also a celebration of the unique talents and perspectives that children with autism offer to the world. It is a story of growth, adaptability and the unexpected joys of parenthood. "Stronger Together" is written for you, the parents, caregivers and educators who want the best for your children every day. May this book be your guide and companion on your journey as you grow stronger together with your child. Let us begin this journey together, armed with knowledge, empathy and the determination to help our children flourish in their own unique colors. Welcome to "Stronger Together."

The Shadow Welfare State

The Shadow Welfare State
Author: Marie Gottschalk
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Total Pages: 302
Release: 2018-09-05
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1501725009
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Why, in the recent campaigns for universal health care, did organized labor maintain its support of employer-mandated insurance? Did labor's weakened condition prevent it from endorsing national health insurance? Marie Gottschalk demonstrates here that the unions' surprising stance was a consequence of the peculiarly private nature of social policy in the United States. Her book combines a much-needed account of labor's important role in determining health care policy with a bold and incisive analysis of the American welfare state. Gottschalk stresses that, in the United States, the social welfare system is anchored in the private sector but backed by government policy. As a result, the private sector is a key political battlefield where business, labor, the state, and employees hotly contest matters such as health care. She maintains that the shadow welfare state of job-based benefits shaped the manner in which labor defined its policy interests and strategies. As evidence, Gottschalk examines the influence of the Taft-Hartley health and welfare funds, the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (E.R.I.S.A.), and experience-rated health insurance, showing how they constrained labor from supporting universal health care. Labor, Gottschalk asserts, missed an important opportunity to develop a broader progressive agenda. She challenges the movement to establish a position on health care that addresses the growing ranks of Americans without insurance, the restructuring of the U.S. economy, and the political travails of the unions themselves.

Raising Expectations (and Raising Hell)

Raising Expectations (and Raising Hell)
Author: Jane McAlevey
Publisher: Verso Books
Total Pages: 333
Release: 2014-05-06
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 1781683158
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This “breath-taking trip through the union-organizing scene of America in the 21st century” reveals the victories and unconventional strategies of a renowned—and notorious—militant union organizer (Barbara Ehrenreich, author of Nickel and Dimed) In 1995, in the first contested election in the history of the AFL-CIO, John Sweeney won the presidency of the nation’s largest labor federation, promising renewal and resurgence. Today, less than 7 percent of American private-sector workers belong to a union, the lowest percentage since the beginning of the twentieth century, and public employee collective bargaining has been dealt devastating blows in Wisconsin and elsewhere. What happened? Jane McAlevey is famous—and notorious—in the American labor movement as the hard-charging organizer who racked up a string of victories at a time when union leaders said winning wasn’t possible. Then she was bounced from the movement, a victim of the high-level internecine warfare that has torn apart organized labor. In this engrossing and funny narrative—that reflects the personality of its charismatic, wisecracking author—McAlevey tells the story of a number of dramatic organizing and contract victories, and the unconventional strategies that helped achieve them. Raising Expectations (and Raising Hell) argues that labor can be revived, but only if the movement acknowledges its mistakes and fully commits to deep organizing, participatory education, militancy, and an approach to workers and their communities that more resembles the campaigns of the 1930s—in short, social movement unionism that involves raising workers’ expectations (while raising hell).