AFL-CIO in Cambodia

Charles Brown CharlesB at CNCL.ci.detroit.mi.us
Thu Jul 12 13:03:29 PDT 2001



>>> dhenwood at panix.com 07/12/01 09:25AM >>>
[This is a rather different and more complicated picture from what Rakesh used to go on about - U.S. unions putting Cambodians out of work.]

New York Times - July 12, 2001

The A.F.L.-C.I.O. Organizes in Cambodia By WAYNE ARNOLD

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia - The black clouds of an early monsoon were piling up outside as Jason Judd of the A.F.L.-C.I.O. paced before a classroom of local union leaders and labor organizers, lecturing on what it takes to force garment factory managers to the negotiating table.

"How do I get recognition?" he asked in a voice honed over years of organizing in the Deep South - part Sunday sermon, part half-time pep talk. "How can I get it?"

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CB: Beware of Greeks bearing gifts.



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