New Orleans Pulled out of Quito before dawn. Crew continues to progress. Close to another 100, ones and twos on assessments today from looking at the report. It was interesting to go through security at the Quito airport and have the scanner, point to my t-shirt, say, Ruptura – Maria Paula! as we shared a thumb’s …
Month: December 2012
Desperate Need for a Real, Independent Factory Inspection & Monitoring System
Quito It is impossible to read the tragic tales of sweatshop fires in Bangladesh and Pakistan without coming to the conclusion that literally the very best of intentions have in fact “paved the road to hell.” The story by Declan Walsh and Steven Greenhouse in the New York Times, “Certified Safe, A Factory in Karachi Quickly …
Hitting the Doors in Ecuador
Quito Every country is different, every city is different, and every community is different. We start from there, and then we adapt what we have seen work in so many places and modify it to fit the circumstances and objectives of our organizing program. No matter how many times I have done this, it still …