Nairobi I spent some time with the labor folks, who were fairly well organized and much better represented than usual at these events. No small reason may have been the clear leadership of the activities in the ‘Decent Work’ tent by the French CCT delegates and several of the global union groups. They were kicking …
Category: Labor Organizing
Moving the Federal Minimum Up
New Orleans The House of Representatives voted in favor of an increase on the minimum wage. The package they proposed when this way: Step One: 60 days after passage = $5.85 Step Two: 14 months after passage = $6.55 Step Three: 26 months after passage = $7.25 All of this looks good though only because it …
Labor Under Fire in Asia
Beijing Labor, whether organized or unorganized, is under some pressure in this part of the world, just as it seems to be in so many other countries. In Japan we stumbled into the news that the union density fell for the 31st straight year to 18.4% with more than 10,000,000 members. Indeed better than the situation …