Casablanca The Organizers Forum delegation learned a lot about the problem of workers and their organizations when we met with an organizing director from the UMT, the Moroccan Workers Union or Union Morocaine de Travail as well as several activists with the UMT at ST Electronics. The UMT is the largest union in Morocco with …
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Welcome to Morocco
Casablanca Beginning in 2002, the Organizers Forum began its International Dialogues with a thrilling visit to Sao Paulo, Brazil in the exhilarating days before the first primary where Lula de Silva from the Workers’ Party would be elected to begin what everyone felt would be a transformative period in the country, if he were actually …
Italy Passes a Law that Opens Up a New Housing Campaign for Families
Casablanca Morning in Casablanca found many of our delegation for the latest international dialogue of the Organizers Forum catching up. Stephanie Newton, a lead with Local 100 in Arkansas, shared the fact that not only was this her first forum, but also the first time she had ever traveled outside of the United States. She …