New Orleans As the gap between rich and poor widens, there is huge confusion from the uppers about what in the world are the lowers thinking and doing. I read an article the other day about the controversy in South Africa over a young family with two children who moved into a house in the …
Category: International
Unions in the Crossfire in Egypt
New Orleans From Jump Street let me concede that I find the current coup and counterrevolution in Egypt confusing and contradictory. The hope of the Arab Spring has eroded over the last two years. The Organizer’s Forum visited Cairo then, and as exhilarating as many of the meetings were, we could already feel the people’s …
Two Steps Forward, Two Steps Back for Bangladesh Workers
Rock Creek Following the tragic garment fire fatalities and in the wake of European action finally joined by the United States in recent weeks, the Bangladesh government has finally issued new labor codes for workers in the country. The results are disappointing despite the obvious hopes of the government that this meager effort would seem …