Patrick Crowley

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Patrick Crowley (b. February 18, 1973) is a Union Organizer and Community Activist currently living in Lincoln, Rhode Island. A graduate of the University of Massachusetts Amherst Labor Relations and Research Center, Crowley is one of many who entered the Labor Movement during the mid 1990's when the AFL-CIO President John Sweeney issued a call to arms for a new generation of Union organizers to re-energize the American labor movement. He is a student of the philosophy of Saul Alinsky, author of, among other works, Rules for Radicals.Alinsky also had a significant influence on Barack Obama, who is a United States Senator and candidate for the 2008 Democratic presidential nomination. Obama particularly used Alinsky's techniques while participating in Chicago community organizations in the 1980s. Crowley has also been said by many to be ardently racist.

[edit] News Stories

[1]Judge Allows Picketing, Providence Journal, 12-14-07
[2]Tiveron Cancel School Committee Meeting, Providence Journal, 11-27-07
[3]Carcieri takes Direct Approach.... , Providence Journal, 11-28-07
[4]Tiverton Teachers Picket over Suspensions, Providence Journal, 11-20-07
[5]The Political Scene
[6] Union Chief's Gesture Stirs Pot, Sakonnet Times
[7]RIFuture Blog Page for Patrick Crowley
[8] Patrick Crowley Debating RHode Island Senate Majority Leader Paiva-Weed on Newsmakers, September, 2007