The Native Iowan

I am in Vanuatu waiting to fly to Brisbane.

Flew in here the other day to attend a high level ILO (international labour organization) meeting.

Last night the boss of ILO was asked by the S.I. delegation to solve an important issue we had… we have the Commissioner of Labour representing the SIG, We have the President and the Sec-General from the SI trade unions here, and the CEO of the Chamber and myself.

The boss of the pacific region basically palmed our issues off as unimportant. After a short but heated discussion he told me I was not welcome at the meeting.

So my CEO and I are flying out.

The jerks want a rubber stamp to some very important projects. All up worth 20 mil USD to the region. All in all a lot of money to consultants, cronies, etc. We have had everyone from the big boss of ILO from Japan try to get us to stay. Guess my pig headed german streak is coming out.

Sadly, and I told them this, I don’t like the idea that the SI delegation is treated like puppy, or worse like their “boys”.

Sore Hola…

All good fun.