I just got home from the Change to Win organizing conference in Vegas. I wouldn't say that it was "fun" but it was very interesting. All seven CTW unions sent their heavy hitters (e.g. Andy Stern, Chuck Mack), along with hundreds of organizers from each union, just meeting for three straight days about industry and sector organizing, joint campaigns and strategies. It was fun to see Teamsters, Carps and Laborers rubbing elbows with SEIU, UFW, UFCW and UNITE HERE folks. I only went to lawyers' sessions but at least one of those was more fruitful than almost any other meeting I have attended of its kind. If CTW does not turn out to be a bust, then this conference could go down as its Port Huron meeting (okay, there's probably a better analogue, but I am too tired right now), sans the, you know, statement.

One bit of bad news: Peter Kirsanow has been nominated for the NLRB. It will get worse before it gets better.