Athens Perhaps nothing so epitomizes the “crisis” in Greece, as it is universally called, than the VioMe, a former metallurgical factory in the industrial district not far from the airport. In 2011, when the full brunt of the economic collapse hit the country and the Greek owner of the plant suddenly shut the factory down, …
Category: Labor Organizing
Life Stirring in “Remnant” Unions in Pacific Northwest
Corvallis Driving through rush hour on both sides of Portland early in the morning in route to Oregon State University I was listening to an interview on KBOO, the 50-year old community radio station broadcasting from that city. The interview was with a professor at Berklee Music College in the Boston area who didn’t teach …
Labor Unions Struggling to Find Their Place in Paraguay
Asuncion The headquarters of the Confederacion Paraguaya de Trabajadores or CPT is located on a gritty street near central Asuncion named after an historic colonial general named Yergos. The imposing brick wall on the corner of the street hosts a small plaque that commemorates the location as the home of the federation. Walking through the …