USA and Vietnam
E-mails from friends in the United States and Vietnam reveal that unusually today both countries have a public holiday.
In the USA, it’s Labor Day when many of my trade union colleagues are marking the importance of an organised labour movement in a country which is so hostile to unions. Meanwhile, over in Vietnam, Saturday was Independence Day when the country marked the end of Japanese wartime occupation. However, since Saturday is not a office day, today workers have the day off work to celebrate.
It’s a small world – but I wouldn’t want to paint it!