#union #iww #ows #occupy #p2 #p21 #tlot #tcot In ‘Occupy,’ Well-Educated Professionals Far Outnumbered Jobless, Study Finds http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/01/28/in-occupy-well-educated-professionals-far-outnumbered-jobless-study-finds/ More than a third of the people who participated in Occupy Wall Street protests in New York lived in households with annual incomes of 0,000 or more, according to a study by sociologists at the City University of New York, and more than two-thirds had professional jobs. At the same time, the researchers found, nearly a third of the protesters had been laid off or lost a job, and a similar number said they had more than ,000 in credit card or student loan debt. The report (see also below), compiled by professors at the Joseph A. Murphy Institute for Worker Education and Labor Studies…http://www.twitpic.com/bzmrdz
#union #iww #ows #p2 #tlot #tcot 'I'd rather fight like hell': Naomi Klein's fierce new resolve to fight for climate justice http://www.naomiklein.org/articles/2012/12/id-rather-fight-hell-naomi-kleins-fierce-new-resolve-fight-climate-justice Naomi Klein, black-clad and sharp-tongued mistress of the global anti-corporate left, friend to Occupiers and scourge of oil barons, stood outside a dressing room backstage at Boston's Orpheum Theatre one night last month, a clear-eyed baby boy on her hip. “I'm really trying not to play the Earth Mother card,” Klein told me over the phone the week before, as she talked about bringing Toma, her first child, into the world. But she didn't need to worry. Inside the dressing room, she'd been fielding questions from a small gaggle of young reporters alongside 350.org's Bill Mc…http://www.twitpic.com/bn78sq
#union #iww #ows #p2 #tlot #tcot Big Michigan 'Right to Work' for Less Actions http://wisaflcio.typepad.com/wisconsin-state-afl-cio-blog/2012/12/watch-big-michigan-right-to-work-for-less-actions-live.html UPDATE: Republican Michigan lawmakers who’ve rammed “right to work” for less legislation through the state House and Senate, didn’t have to do much original work in drafting the anti-worker law. They just turned to model legislation playbook from the extremist American Legislative Council (ALEC) and copied verbatim. Take a look at this side-by-side comparison from our friends at the Center for Media and Democracy (CMD). UPDATE: Last week, when Michigan Republicans in the state House and Senate rammed through “right to work” for less legislation, they tried to ensure the measure would never come before voters by includ… Fiona Bernard: If the state can legally pass a law saying that workers can accept the benefits obtained by the union in their workplace, but not pay for it, then why can't we pass a law saying citizens can accept the benefits of using a credit card, then not pay for it? It's the same thing. Or, say that any worker is free to leave the union or not join, but they must pay all the benefits they receive as a result of the union into the union coffers. Higher pay, other benefits, pension — whatever they get that wouldn't get if they worked in a nonunion job, they should give it back.http://www.twitpic.com/blq4y5
#union #iww #ows #p2 #tlot #tcot Entitlements? Or Human Rights? Or Criminalization? http://www.forwardlookout.com/2012/12/entitlements-or-human-rights-or-criminalization/16832 Yesterday was Human Rights Day and the National Law Center on Homelessness and Poverty issued a report card on the Human Right to Housing – we didn’t do well. Safe, decent, affordable housing is a basic human right, recognized globally and defined with specificity in international law. But while the U.S. was a leader in establishing and championing international human rights law and institutions over 60 years ago, and continues to speak out as a leader on the global stage, unfortunately here at home our words do not match our reality. (full blog article here) REPORT CARD Security…http://www.twitpic.com/bl6avc
#ows #ola need assistance setting up Eye-Fi memory card for #ochi #noNato if anyone is familiarhttp://www.twitpic.com/9ll9j3
Sign I made for an mmj business card last night, please feel free to share it. #mmot #mmj #cannabis #ows #anonymoushttp://www.twitpic.com/8glvzv
I made this recruitment song card for @OccupySacto. What do you think? Can someone edit/come up with a tune? #OWShttp://www.twitpic.com/8fhimy
@UncleRUSH talkin #occupy, then sellin a credit card to the black community? justify yrself unless this be satirehttp://www.twitpic.com/8df1x6