New Orleans Small traders met several weeks ago supported by a half-dozen of the major political parties in India along with several of the national labor centers. The reason was simple: the prime minister’s approval of foreign direct investment (FDI) for single-brand retail. Let me roll it back for you more slowly…. India in the …
Category: Labor Organizing
Democracy the Hard Way
Lima Visiting with our great organizing staff over the weekend and today in our office in Lima is always an exhilarating experience with a lot of catch-up on problems both big and small. Invariably, the conversation led to the upcoming national elections. Somehow President Toledo against all odds has survived with popularity often moving towards …
Families First?
San Francisco Organizing works behind the scenes, normally, so it was unsettling in one week to read a four-part series in the Los Angeles Times looking behind the curtains at the legacy of Cesar Chavez and another hard piece on the east coast looking at the problems of the King family in Atlanta. The King …