Her village has joined forces with others to sell in bulk to the three wool processing firms in the southern city of Arequipa, in an effort to expand their bargaining power.
C. mayor Adrian Fenty voiced his support for Republican governor Scott Walker in his effort to end the collective bargaining rights of Wisconsin public school teachers.
Several analysts said the test could be an effort to improve Pyongyang's bargaining position or a sign of a power struggle within North Korean leader Kim Jong-Il's government.
Such a move would also be an effort to strengthen the opposition alliance's bargaining position at any future talks vis-a-vis more extremist groups as well as the government.
In an era in which Washington remains toxic to voters, Walker presents himself as a reform-minded outsider who pushed an effort to strip public employee unions of most of their collective bargaining rights.
This is nothing short of a coordinated effort between the billionaire foundations pushing school reform and Tea Party conservatives intent on slashing benefits and ending collective bargaining rights.