Tampa     Today in Tampa, WARN, the community alliance dealing with Wal-Mart’s expansion and corporate citizenship in Florida, and the Wal-Mart Workers Association, released the results of a ground breaking study on the real wages paid to Wal-Mart workers in Florida and the turnover rates for the company throughout the state. We had made a straightforward freedom …

Washington, DC: Every year ACORN leaders come from far and wide to Washington, DC for the annual ACORN Legislative and Political Conference.  This year more than 150 ACORN members came for the full week and another 800 members came to participate in actions.    The timing was fortuitous.  The ACORN delegation happened to be in town …

Dar es Salaam  Dar es Salaam was a port city swarming with people, market places, single lane traffic, hustle and bustle.  Either I was homesick or I felt like I was home.   When the country was controlled by the left ruling party for many years, the labor movement was part of the scene, but not independent.  …