Sustainable Canada November 15, 2008 Vancouver Judy Duncan, national head organizer for ACORN Canada, and I visited with two very different, but fascinating groups yesterday, that might be good partners in the future for our work in Canada. One was called Toxic Free Canada, formerly the Labour Environmental Alliance, whom I had met several …
Category: Labor Organizing
Loan Mods
Loan Mods November 13, 2008 Vancouver Meeting with union officials, politicians, and community leaders here, there seemed to be a whispered response when I would ask about the impact of the recession in Canada. No one was willing to guarantee that it was not coming, but the low tones were indicative of the fact …
Bhuapur Ragpickers Committee
Bhuapur Ragpickers Committee November 2, 2008 Delhi In the afternoon we broke up our staff meeting to drive to far eastern section of Delhi. In fact we were going a little past the boundary of the Municipal Corporation to the area of the landfill and the smaller (million plus) city of xxxxxx at Delhi …