Inside LabourStart

I’ve just returned from a 14-day visit to Georgia which while a vacation also gave me an opportunity to meet with Georgian trade unionists.

I had three meetings in the Tbilisi headquarters of the 250,000 member Georgian Trade Union Confederation (GTUC).  The first two were with leading figures of the union and lasted some four hours.  We discussed among other things the GTUC designating a correspondent; the launch of LabourStart in the Georgian language; the translation of campaigns into Georgian; the launch of a Georgian language mailing lists; and the possible launch of campaigns on behalf of the GTUC where appropriate.  The third and final meeting was with the executive of the newly formed journalists union where I made a presentation and took questions.  The local representative of the AFL-CIO’s Solidarity Center took part in the last of these.