tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8327639392070628793.post3479652305154743488..comments2024-03-26T05:19:30.411-04:00Comments on PA Editors Blog: Teamster's Hoffa sees Change in ChinaUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8327639392070628793.post-46199163643044205102007-05-25T19:15:00.000-04:002007-05-25T19:15:00.000-04:00This is my third attempt to respond to this articl...This is my third attempt to respond to this article.<BR/><BR/>President Hoffa was interviewed on NPR this week about the trip. It's true that there are knee-jerk reactions and great complexities to President Hoffa's (and other labor leaders')trip to China and that the easy reactions don't help us understand the complexities, but some points seem worth bringing up now.<BR/><BR/>1. This trip comes ethnicguyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04765031173526552325noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8327639392070628793.post-38176177309391646852007-05-24T08:05:00.000-04:002007-05-24T08:05:00.000-04:00I wonder if they talked to their Chinese counterpa...I wonder if they talked to their Chinese counterparts about reports of religious persecution, environmental problems, poverty, shrinking access to health care, reproductive rights, ethnic and racial problems, military buildup, the country's relationship to problem regimes like Sudan, the use of the death penalty, resolving Taiwan issue, police brutality, etc.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8327639392070628793.post-5840307369446437912007-05-23T22:53:00.000-04:002007-05-23T22:53:00.000-04:00I wonder if Hoffa asked about independent labor or...I wonder if Hoffa asked about independent labor organizers who have been imprisoned by the authorities.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8327639392070628793.post-15414517315600602922007-05-23T13:54:00.000-04:002007-05-23T13:54:00.000-04:00I think there is a lot of room for developing labo...I think there is a lot of room for developing labor relationships between labor unions in China and the US. Knee-jerk anti-China attitudes aren't always helpful. A multinational labor agenda, I think all around is better. For that, working people and their unions have to get together and talk, compromise, and stand together.Joelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16818415755568794461noreply@blogger.com