Beijing It would have been late in the States, but it was midday in China as we watched the news and constant speculation that Saddam Hussein was quite possibly being transferred from American to Iraqi hands in preparation for his execution. There is an other worldly quality in seeing what passes for “breaking news” when one …
Month: December 2006
Labor Under Fire in Asia
Beijing Labor, whether organized or unorganized, is under some pressure in this part of the world, just as it seems to be in so many other countries. In Japan we stumbled into the news that the union density fell for the 31st straight year to 18.4% with more than 10,000,000 members. Indeed better than the situation …
Vote for Tanya on CNN!
Beijing I’m across the world, but business is business. Tanya Harris, New Orleans ACORN Head Organizer, was supposed to be with our delegation on this trip to Japan and China, but she ended up needing to stay home because her family needed her to be there, and it turned out that with all hell’s a popping …