Chennai: Chennai (formerly Madras) is in the southern part of India on the coast. A big city of almost 6 million, Chennai still felt more accessible and one almost dares to say manageable after the constant chaos of Mumbai. The heat and humidity also felt like home in New Orleans, and talking to one of …
Category: International
Unions Plan a Campaign around Wal-Mart in Mumbai
Mumbai: Making our way through the steamy morning of Mumbai with cars careening within millimeters of each other amid the constant symphony of tooting horns — one of the few traffic safety precautions on the streets of the city! We were unprepared for the relative calm of the bustling campus of Mumbai University, where our …
Wal-Mart in the SEEPZ
Mumbai: Arriving to the hotel at 1 AM, waking up at 630 AM, we were hurtin’ for certain, but still excited to be in India and about the business at hand. We met early with Brother Ramen Pandey, General Organizer for the India National Trade Union Council (INTUC) and head of their youth division. He …