Ottawa Having founded ACORN in Little Rock, Arkansas forty-one years ago today, it is hard not to reflect on how fortunate I have been to be a part of ACORN in one form or another all of those years, first as Chief Organizer of ACORN in the United States for thirty-eight years and now adding …
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FairTrade: Volume versus Premium Pricing
Ottawa Thanks to Rob Clarke, director of FairTrade Canada, the affiliated licensing and marketing combine for fair trade certified products in Canada, and his excellent team, I got a quick education and a lot of offers for help in advancing ACORN International’s partnership with COMUCAP, the women’s coffee and aloe vera co-op in Honduras. I …
A New Wal-Mart Workers Association
Ottawa The UFCW’s effort to assist the development of a workers’ association for the so-called “associates” of Wal-Mart finally has made its debut after a long period of work, claiming thousands of members and organization on the ground in California, Texas, Washington State, as well as efforts in Florida and elsewhere that are well known. …