Delhi UNI stands for Union Network International and is what institutional labor refers to as a “GUF” or global union federation. UNI was having its world executive council meeting at the Asoka Hotel in Delhi as well as the founding convention of UNICOME (India) where our campaign was represented, so we made a …
Month: October 2007
Biggest Indian Targets
Delhi It is a good thing our India FDI Watch Campaign (www.indiafdiwatch.org) is not easily intimidated. A recent article in the New York Times indicates that we now have our sights on the largest companies in the country. Reliance Industries, which is the force behind Reliance Fresh that is threatening our shopkeepers, …
Death and Taxes for Wal-Mart
Delhi A startling piece ran recently in the Wall Street Journal that essentially heralded the end to the “Wal-Mart era” in retail. The front-page piece went right at the core of the Wal-Mart problem: the business model. The evidence was precise. Same store sales were falling, revealing a teetering pyramid game where Wal-Mart …