Hanoi The Organizers’ Forum delegation kept hearing about the distinctions between unions, the government, the party, non-profits or NGO’s, and associations, all of which became clearer in our first meeting in Hanoi with the Vietnam Women’s Union, one of the principal associations in the country. With 20000 staff at different levels and branches at every …
Category: Community Organizing
Unions and Labor Protections in Vietnam
Ho Chi Minh City One of the real thrills of the Organizers’ Forum dialogue experience is being part of a diverse and talented group of organizers coming together for the first time in a foreign setting and trying to each on their own and all collectively get their arms around the illusive uniqueness of other …
Immigration is All Politics: Arpaio Whitewash, DREAM Deferred
Seoul No way! Reading the papers from Seoul (props to ROK as the most internet connected country in the world with free hookups at the airport!), I’m reading that Sheriff Joe Arpaio in Maricopa got good and passing grades from the federal Marshall’s audit of his jails in September 2009 and recently. How can you …