December 8, 2009   I only met Tim once, at the TNI in Amsterdam, to discuss the possibility of working together on labour issues. He told me about Global Labor Strategies and I’ve been following the blog ever since, hoping one day we’d be able to meet again, or to see workers’ struggles bring some… Read More »

December 8, 2009   I met Tim in the early 1970s when, as a college student, I sought intellectual and political kinship in the Root and Branch orbit. Tim was already a close friend of Jeremy’s and, though he seemed an integral part of many conversations at which I lurked on the margins, he never… Read More »

December 8, 2009   Joe Uehlein, Labor Network for Sustainability co-founder, former Sec. Treasurer of the AFL-CIO’s Industrial Union Department and musician, sent along this wonderful little poem (from an unknown source) in memory of Tim: As the wave washes on the shore, The water returns to the sea. And so it is with life;… Read More »

December 8, 2009   I feel really saddened to learn of Tim Costello’s death. I remember him fondly from the days when he was my union rep at SEIU, Local 285. He led our negotiations with the City of Boston. He did a very good job of that, too. He also handled the latter stages… Read More »