I received an email from UAW local yesterday, about non-profit organization. The message arrived quite late, which means I missed the hearing. But it is quite interesting to read, and quite illuminating for reflections upon such organizations.
Here is the original message, which I guess does not require much comment from me.
WORKERS' RIGHTS BOARD HEARING: "SO-CALLED NON-PROFITS"
Thursday June 22, 5:30-7:30pm/>
Springfield Area Members of the Western Massachusetts Jobs with Justice Workers' Rights Board will take testimony about rogue employers in the so-called "non-profit" sector. The Board Members participating in this hearing are.....
operations.
Members of our Workers' Rights Board will take testimony from workers and organizers about employers like the YWCA and
The June 22 Panel, with organizations listed for identification only, is Irene Kimball, LCSW, retired - former Regional Director, Massachusetts Office for Children; John Bennett, retired educator - President, Massachusetts Senior Action Council; Prof. Harris Freeman - Western New England College Law School and UMass Amherst; Frances
Hubbard, retired professor, City College of New York, and former Board Member, Haymarket People's Fund Massachusetts Board and the Funding Exchange; Rev. Jonathan Tetherly - Chaplain, Hampden Correctional Center; Henry Twiggs, retired - Chairman, Springfield.