Seoul, South Korea I’m as jaded and cynical as the next professional organizer, maybe more so, but I was impressed at the turnout at the Press Center on nothing more than the fact that some working organizer from the United States a “Wade Rathke” from ACORN — whatever that might be — was speaking on the simple …
Category: International
Surprises from Organizers in South Korea
Seoul, South Korea Na Hyowoo knew I would be interested in meeting some union organizers and representatives in order to get a better sense of the work here, so we went to the outskirts of downtown Seoul to meet with the Korean Federation of Private Service Workers’ Unions and their president, Kim, Hyung-Keun. I was feeling …
Organizing the Unemployed and Women Workers
Incheon City, South Korea You get on the #1 subway at stop #131 near the YMCA (where I was staying) and stay on the #1 line for way more than an hour until near the end of the line you are in the heart of Inchon City. This is not Seoul, but it’s no small town …