New Orleans I was totally fried after being on the road for 27 out of 31 days in Vietnam, India, and Canada. I had shin splits and a pulled muscle on my right leg that made soft chairs and plane seats constantly painful. I had nothing that could be called a sleep schedule anymore. If …
Month: October 2010
Raising the British Columbia Minimum Wage
Vancouver Even as the regional leaders of the BCGEU were strategizing with me on Friday morning about living wage campaigns in their cities and raising the minimum wage in British Columbia, according to the Prince George Free Press the local City Council had reneged on a pledge made in 2007 to the support an increase …
Canadian Breakthrough: Meeting Ombudsmen
Prince George When doing the “ housekeeping” for the BCGEU regional leadership meeting, Lynda Morrice, the educational director, introduced Carol Adams, a communications staff was going to be the “ ombudsman” for the meeting, and that if anyone had any problems whatsoever, bring them to her. Later in talking to both of them and other …