Long Talk: Reflections on a Lifetime of Organizing | Long-Haul Mag

WINTER 2026 | ISSUE 05

Long Talk: Reflections on a Lifetime of Organizing | Long-Haul Mag Skip to content WINTER 2026 ISSUE 05 Long Talk: Reflections on a Lifetime of Organizing ELLEN DAVID FRIEDMAN, WITH LONG-HAUL EDITORIAL COLLECTIVE 1 Dan Clawson wrote , in a reflection upon the end of Madeloni’s tenure, “In MTA practice, the sitting vice-president ascended uncontested to the presidency; elections for vice-president were contested, but those for president almost never were. Madeloni had never served on the board of the statewide union, or on any of its committees, nor had she held office in her local union. She w

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