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GRITtv: Elmar Wigand: Germany's Labor Movement
Elmar Wigund, a German labor organizer and writer, has been involved in a campaign to organize catering and restaurant workers at Compass Group, the 20th largest employer in the world. He says prospects for US workers may not be as bleak as they seem and that German workers, typically restive, are more active than they've been in recent memory. There may even be increasing opportunities for ties between American and European workers. Compass, after all, is a multinational with corporate headquarters throughout the world.
Email this pageGRITtv: September 8, 2009: Where Is the Progressive Response to Van Jones' Resignation?
The muted response to Van Jones’ resignation says volumes about where progressives stand in the Obama administration and whether so-called outsiders have a role to play in shaping the administration’s policies. So what’s really at stake? And what does the Van Jones story reveal about American politics? Ludovic Blain, project manager of Closing the Racial Wealth Gap Initiative, Rory O’Connor, author of "Shock Jocks: Hate Speech and Talk Radio," Tim Wise, author of "Between Barack and a Hard Place: Racism and White Denial in the Age of Obama," and Jane Hamsher, founder of Firedoglake, discuss the recent developments and what their impact might be.
