Silver Springs An interesting byproduct of providing some support on capacity building to organizations in the DC/Baltimore areas has involved my being sent to re-education camp to learn more about the vast, sprawling suburbs that dominate this area of the country. For the life of me I have to learn how to distinguish one row …
Month: July 2009
Bangkok and Burma
Silver Springs It’s the time of year when the Organizers’ Forum (www.organizersforum.org) begins to send out the call for the international dialogue to community and labor organizers who are interested in learning about the work of their counterparts in other countries and sharing their own experiences. This year the board has approved the international dialogue …
US and Canada Minimal Wages
Silver Springs We are at the time of the year when finally some minimum wage workers get a raise. Praise be! This is the last scheduled increase since the 2007 amendments to the Fair Labor Standards Act. For those of you who can’t remember, here’s a reminder from the DOL website: The 2007 amendments increased …