Amman Virtually from the time I landed in this relatively modern and westernized city of 1.5 million people in the high desert of Jordan, I had been hearing from Rick Hall of the AFL-CIO, during his time as part of the Organizers’ Forum delegation (www.organizersforum.org ) and now from his associates with the Solidarity Center …
Category: Labor Organizing
Thawing the Cold War — DISK and Textile Workers
Istanbul DISK was the third labor federation (of 6 or 7 in Turkey) that we visited a short metro stop away from Tiksim, then a walk, and then a climb, but all that is welcome to beautiful Istanbul. We ended up getting to meet with the General Secretary of the entire federation, who was also …
More Sitefighters!
Sacramento On the last day of this organizing meeting listening to Jason Judd, Wal-Mart Campaign Director for Change to Win, followed by Derecka Mehrens, California ACORN Head Organizer, tag teamed with Sarita Gupta, Jobs with Justice Field Director, as they described their collaboration to create more community support for sitefights everywhere and their enthusiasm, determination, and …