February 10, 2009 Nairobi Once I am stuck for what seems like forever in a traffic jam waiting with hundreds of other cars for a Kenyan policeman to wave us into a turnabout (traffic circle), I know I’m back in Nairobi. It was a pleasant surprise to be picked up by a young driver for the …
Category: Labor Organizing
Donors and Dollars
Dar es Salaam Ripple effects of the current global recession continue to amaze me as it seems the impacts widen farther and farther. Last night visiting with the country director for Oxfam Great Britain, and hearing about her program around Tanzania, it was disheartening to hear that since her arrival she has been in the unanticipated …
Dis-UNITE
February 4, 2009 Chicago This is really, really depressing! There was an article forwarded me today from the Las Vegas Sun that details litigation initiated by Bruce Raynor, the President of UNITE-HERE, against John Wilhelm, the President of the Hospitality division of UNITE-HERE or the old HERE in other words, as well as naming …