Istanbul One afternoon we met with representatives of a number of different women’s organizations and then the next day the delegation from the Organizers’ Forum (www.organizersforum.org) met with the leader of a large women’s non-profit. I was both impressed by their grit, spirit, and determination, and sadden by how long the road before them appeared …
Category: Organizer Training
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 …
Chambers
Ankara The bias runs deep. When an organizer hears the word “chamber” the immediate assumption is that one is talking about a business apologist group of some kind. In Turkey a chamber is one of the professional associations created to get around unions but to keep the engineers, doctors, dentists, and others on program. Originally the …