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 …
Author: wade
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 …
Internet Underwater
Beijing The South China Morning News published in Hong Kong published two full-pages on the story. CNN and BBC both flashed the crawler along the bottom of the screen that even Beijing was reporting internet slowdowns. Financial markets, trading houses, and regular businesses were virtually shutdown. The problem was simple: an earthquake in Taiwan. Undersea cables …