He and his wife Ann live in Cumming, Georgia, have four children and six grandchildren. Organized Labor has learned that. It's regional vice-presidents report to the CWA's president in Washington. In conversation with Paula Gordon and Bill Russell, Gene shares his first hand experience with the dramatically new role organized labor is poised to play in the America and the world. Russo believes workers are as concerned about the viability of companies as management.
Unions are vitally interested in companies succeeding.
Companies need to wake up. Involve unions in major issues. Russo sees unions' greatest potential for growth in the service sector. Unions do not recruit members, companies do. If companies treated their people decently, if they had fair grievance procedures, no one would join a union.