Vallejo We drove up from San Francisco to the Teamsters Hall in Vallejo. It felt like “union row” as we passed the Musicians Hall, walked into the Teamsters, and looked at the UFCW Hall across the street. This city may be a “bedroom” community now, but we were walking in the heart of what used …
Category: WalMart
Corporate Campaign Rules of Engagement
Washington In dealing with companies and their corporate citizenship, whether on the neighborhood level the size of a pay-day lender or on the global scale with the reach of a Wal-Mart, I think there have to be rules of engagement. I have been preaching this for a while and had perhaps deceived myself into believing …
The Bandar Station
Washington Through the magic of Google Talk which allows me to keep up with our international operation with the luxury of free internet calls, I spent a chunk of time with Reena Desai, our campaign director in India around blocking the expansion of foreign direct investment in retail for Wal-Mart and its pals (www.indiafdiwatch.org). I …