#union #iww #occupy #ows #p2 #p21 #tlot #tcot #TeaParty Join Steven Pitts Wednesday to Discuss How We Build a Stronger Labor Movement for People of Color http://www.aflcio.org/Blog/Organizing-Bargaining/Join-Steven-Pitts-Wednesday-to-Discuss-How-We-Build-a-Stronger-Labor-Movement-for-People-of-Color Join us Wednesday at 1 p.m. EDT for this week’s live online discussion with with Dr. Steven Pitts, labor policy specialist at the UC Berkeley Labor Center. He is hosting our second online conversation on how we build a better future for working people and a bigger and stronger movement. Here’s the question he’s posing, and you can go to our discussion page now to give us your thoughts—be sure to click back on Wednesday to follow the real-time dialogue with Pitts. “Union density is higher among black workers than it is for any other racial or ethnic group of workers…”..http://www.twitpic.com/cqevkz
#union #iww #occupy #ows #p2 #p21 #tlot #tcot #TeaParty Vets Deserve Better than Walmart’s .81 an Hour http://www.aflcio.org/Blog/Corporate-Greed/Vets-Deserve-Better-than-Walmart-s-8.81-an-Hour Last week Walmart said it would speed up its plan to hire returning military veterans that it announced in January. AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka says Walmart’s latest move “is more about public relations than honoring our heroes.” “We owe it to our returning veterans to make sure they are treated as the heroes they are, rather than as symbols used to “greenwash” Walmart’s eroding brand. After facing enemies abroad, is an .81 an hour part-time job the best we can offer returning veterans?”http://www.twitpic.com/cot8i1
#union #iww #occupy #ows #p2 #p21 #tlot #tcot #TeaParty Should A CEO Make 1700 Times A Worker’s Salary? http://www.thomhartmann.com/blog/2013/05/should-ceo-make-1700-times-workers-salary Most of us are still feeling the effects of a struggling economy, but the corporate elite and the Wall Street banksters are doing better than ever. Many corporations have seen record profits in recent years, which have fueled buying sprees on Wall Street, pushing the DOW Jones to it’s all-time high. But, the income gap between workers and CEOs, which has gone up almost 20% since 2009, shows that all that profit is going straight to the top. This is exactly why many people don’t feel the effects of the modest economic recovery – because this recovery is not our recovery – all the gains are going directly to the top 1%..http://www.twitpic.com/cnhyi1
#union #iww #occupy #ows #p2 #p21 #tlot #tcot #TeaParty COMMUNITY VOICES | Occupy Homes Helps Create a Better Neighborhood http://www.tcdailyplanet.net/news/2013/04/13/occupy-homes-helps-create-better-neighborhood On Friday, April 12th an abandoned house in south Minneapolis was turned into an art gallery, open mic stage, and 'community center' for a neighborhood struggling with distressed housing issues. Two months earlier, Jessica English spoke with the neighbors in the area and asked them for their opinions, ideas, and permission to habitate the dwelling with her family. The response was positive and supportive from other residents and with the help of Occupy Homes, volunteers, and friends Jessica has been living in a 'Home'. The evening's events and purpose attracted many other local homeowners, renters, …http://www.twitpic.com/cjfez8
#union #iww #occupy #ows #p2 #p21 #tlot #tcot #TeaParty Women’s History Month: Women in Worker Centers http://www.aflcio.org/Blog/Organizing-Bargaining/Women-s-History-Month-Women-in-Worker-Centers Women's History Month reminds us women have come a long way from the ubiquitous Rosie the Riveter icon. As the nature of work and the American workforce changes, so too have models of worker representation and the role women play. The service sector of our economy is growing and more people are working in the restaurant, domestic and retail industries. Organizers are finding creative ways to advocate for better working conditions for service and domestic workers through worker centers. Worker centers also can work outside the traditional union structure to advocate in fields that in fact are unionized. As Women’s Histo…http://www.twitpic.com/cg2qa6
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#union #iww #occupy #ows #p2 #p21 #tlot #tcot #TeaParty Thank you baby Jesus. This country was built by immigrants – past and present. A person who wants to live here in America and pay their dues isn't coming here because they want to live off of America's awesome welfare state <sarcasm>. They came here because they wanted a better life. Stop the Xenophobia. Simple solution – give them a background check and a health test and if they pass …. let them in. Ellis Island took 3 days and people were able to pass through.http://www.twitpic.com/cedqeb
#union #iww #occupy #ows #p2 #p21 #tlot #tcot #TeaParty The Iraq Retrospective We Deserve http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/15292-the-iraq-retrospective-we-deserve#.UU-N_G34CvY.twitter March 19, 2003 marked the 10th anniversary of the invasion of Iraq. For those who remember those polarizing days, it doesn’t seem like so long ago, although I’m constantly reminded of how much time has passed every day when I lecture with my 18 year old students who were just eight years old at the time of the invasion. Sadly, the youngest generation of American adults remembers little about this war in light of the failure to promote critical awareness in our K-12 educational system. University professors have hardly fared any better from what I’ve seen, as most seem preoccupied with esoteric research of limited practical utilit…http://www.twitpic.com/ce65z3
#union #iww #occupy #ows #p2 #p21 #tlot #tcot #TeaParty [PETITION] WHAT DO YOU WANT TO SEE IN BUDGET 2013? http://realthings.ndp.ca/ REAL THINGS FOR REAL PEOPLE Tired of seeing federal budgets waste billions on Conservative insiders? We’ve got a better plan.http://www.twitpic.com/cd1jgv
#union #iww #occupy #ows #p2 #p21 #tlot #tcot #TeaParty America’s Zombie Prison http://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/how-guantanamo-bay-is-worse-than-alcatraz-by-naomi-wolf The something in question is the Unites States’ prison in Guantánamo Bay, for which the Pentagon recently requested $49 million in extra funding. Despite Barack Obama’s promise in 2009 – one of his first as President – to shut down “Gitmo,” the US evidently has no intention of doing so anytime soon. In fact, the only thing concerning Gitmo that the Obama administration has shut down is the office of the special envoy, Daniel Fried, who had been tasked with its closure. The US State Department reassigned Fried in late January, and he will not be replaced. CommentsView/Create comment on this paragraphHow better to memorialize that decision tha…
#union #iww #occupy #ows #p2 #p21 #tlot #tcot #TeaParty America’s Zombie Prison http://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/how-guantanamo-bay-is-worse-than-alcatraz-by-naomi-wolf The something in question is the Unites States’ prison in Guantánamo Bay, for which the Pentagon recently requested million in extra funding. Despite Barack Obama’s promise in 2009 – one of his first as President – to shut down “Gitmo,” the US evidently has no intention of doing so anytime soon. In fact, the only thing concerning Gitmo that the Obama administration has shut down is the office of the special envoy, Daniel Fried, who had been tasked with its closure. The US State Department reassigned Fried in late January, and he will not be replaced. CommentsView/Create comment on this paragraphHow better to memorialize that decision tha…http://www.twitpic.com/cjh3t6