Amman I spent a couple of interesting hours meeting and briefing the Solidarity Center staff in Amman one morning. It is interesting to imagine having responsibilities for countries that range from Palestine to Jordan to Iraq to Bahrain to Tunisa and others in this troubled area on one agenda or another. As always, I …
Category: International
Unions in Iraq
Amman The daily reports of war in Iraq detail a situation where security is in totally chaos and civil war and death seem everywhere. It is hard to imagine work or industry in such circumstances, so one is querulous about the status of labor unions in Iraq in these times. Nonetheless, I found myself listening …
Fair Trade Standards in Practice in Jordan
Amman Virtually from the time I landed in this relatively modern and westernized city of 1.5 million people in the high desert of Jordan, I had been hearing from Rick Hall of the AFL-CIO, during his time as part of the Organizers’ Forum delegation (www.organizersforum.org ) and now from his associates with the Solidarity Center …