Shanghai We had a magical day in Shanghai for Christmas. Delightfully, there is no real commercialism for Christmas here. One sees some Christmas trees in the lobby of hotels currying dollars from the tourists of course, but none of it has any meaning to the millions of Chinese in the city. It’s another Monday, just another …
Category: Labor Organizing
Minimum Wage Pushing the Vote
New Orleans At the board meeting of the Organizers’ Forum, which returned to New Orleans after a year’s hiatus because of the storm, we were looking at the 2006 elections and their meaning and what might be unfolding over the coming several years. The facts, figures and insights were flying furiously! Daniel Gotoff, the senior researcher, …
Surprises from Organizers in South Korea
Seoul, South Korea Na Hyowoo knew I would be interested in meeting some union organizers and representatives in order to get a better sense of the work here, so we went to the outskirts of downtown Seoul to meet with the Korean Federation of Private Service Workers’ Unions and their president, Kim, Hyung-Keun. I was feeling …