Athens It would be hard to imagine a city with more experience in industrial tourism than Athens. I’m en route to the 5th International Dialogue of the Organizers’ Forum (www.organizersforum.org) being held this year in Ankara and Istanbul, Turkey, and stopping in Athens changing planes on the way. The signs of the 2004 Olympics are …
Category: International
Red Carding Landlords
Toronto I listened carefully to the ACORN Canada board meeting as the leaders from Vancouver, Toronto, and now Ottawa, reported on the progress in their local chapters and cities. For example, a long campaign to deal with payday lenders that has been the signature effort for ACORN in Canada seems to be finally falling …
Buzz and Bush
New Orleans The President of the Canadian Auto Workers (CAW) is one of the most quotable and recognizable figures in public life in Canada. Besides running the largest private sector union with more than 250,000 members, Buzz Hargrove is one of those rare forces of nature that come into organizations from time to time and …