December 11, 2009   To Tim’s friends and family: Such a shock to hear about Tim’s death. Just last night I let a few friends know who hadn’t heard, and the shock and sadness hit them as it hit me: Tim? Can’t be! One friend is a leader of my local union who had known… Read More »

December 10, 2009   Tim Costello, who went from being a well-read Teamster activist to authoring key books on labor and globalization and launching innovative labor strategies, died of pancreatic cancer on December 4. Costello co-authored or co-edited books including Common Sense for Hard Times, Strike!, Building Bridges: The Emerging Coalition of Labor and Community,… Read More »

December 10, 2009   On behalf of General Federationof Nepalese Trade Uniions and nepali working mass, I express our feelings of sorrow and noncompensable loss caused by untimely passaway of Brother Tim Costello. I know late brother Tim was a dedicated mix-up of activism and Intellectualilty. His efforts to globalise working class solidarity and to… Read More »

December 10, 2009   With Tim Costello, who died a few days ago in Boston, the world of labor and the left worldwide have lost one of their keenest and most powerful voices. Tim was born in Boston 64 years ago, the son of a construction laborer who bequeathed to him the sense and value… Read More »