#union #iww #occupy #ows #p2 #p21 #tlot #tcot #TeaParty First Nations ‘occupy’ Springwater Park http://www.midlandfreepress.com/2013/04/01/first-nations-occupy-springwater-park A group of First Nations members have set up camp and are occupying Springwater Provincial Park. “The park has been closed down without any consultation to the First Nations,” Elizabeth Brass Elson, of Idle No More, said Monday. “The group will be occupying these Crown lands until the Ministry of Natural Resources (MNR) and the provincial government consult with the First Nation bands who have treaty title to these lands.” On Monday, a handful of vehicles were parked at the entrance, signs that it’s still a popular destination, even on a blustery April afternoon. But there were no pranks or gags on April 1, just the realiz…http://www.twitpic.com/cgk2o0
#union #iww #occupy #ows #p2 #p21 #tlot #tcot #TeaParty NutterWatch Counts Down Days Mayor Has to Act on Earned Sick Days Bill http://www.aflcio.org/Blog/Political-Action-Legislation/NutterWatch-Counts-Down-Days-Mayor-Has-to-Act-on-Earned-Sick-Days-Bill Through its NutterWatch campaign, the Coalition for Healthy Families and Workplaces has been counting down the days until Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter (D) is required to act upon a new earned sick days bill, making the case that the legislation should be passed. Nutter has until April 4 to sign the bill or it will become law without his signature. If the law goes into effect, it would pave the way for 200,000 of the city's workers to have the opportunity to earn sick days at work. Nutter previously vetoed a similar bill. NutterWatch will keep track of stories related to the bill until Apri…http://www.twitpic.com/cgbrae
#union #iww #occupy #ows #p2 #p21 #tlot #tcot #TeaParty Low-Income Tennesseans Resort To ‘Health Care Lottery’ For Coverage http://thinkprogress.org/health/2013/03/25/1769351/tennessee-lottery-medicaid/ Twice a year, Tennessee holds a “health care lottery” that gives some hope to the uninsured residents in the state who can’t afford health coverage. Tennesseans who meet certain requirements — in addition to falling below a certain income threshold, they must be elderly, blind, disabled, or a caretaker of a child who qualifies for Medicaid — may call to request an application for the state’s public health insurance program, known as TennCare. The lottery is part of TennCare’s “spend down” program, which allows a resident’s income to be calculated after subtracting their medical costs from their tot…http://www.twitpic.com/ceemeu
#union #iww #occupy #ows #p2 #p21 #tlot #tcot #TeaParty Occupy Central plan gets Hong Kong affairs chief's thumbs down http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1199036/occupy-central-plan-gets-hong-kong-affairs-chiefs-thumbs-down HK affairs chief says city does not want to be 'messed up' by proposed protest for democracy A mainland official who oversees Hong Kong affairs says Hongkongers prefer not to see the city being “messed up” when asked about a law academic's proposal to block roads in Central district. Wang Guangya, director of the Hong Kong and Macau Affairs Office, made the remarks in Shenzhen before meeting yesterday with a group of lawmakers loyal to Beijing. “I think Hong Kong compatriots don't want to see Hong Kong being messed up. Hong Kong needs development,” Wang said when asked if he believed the Occupy Centra…http://www.twitpic.com/ce5a96
#union #iww #occupy #ows #p2 #p21 #tlot #tcot #TeaParty Not Too Big to Resist… Too Big to Jail… http://www.thiscantbehappening.net/node/1632 Corporate America just received the confirmation that they've been waiting for. The attorney general of the United States has now admitted that the biggest American financial corporations have created such a labyrinth of their structures and practices that the Justice Department has given up trying to police them in matters ofcorruption or criminal malfeasance, saying that bringing down any of these mega-banks or businesses could cause crash the economy. In 2008, the Justice Department announced a shift in policy, deciding to be cooperative with the big banks, and to encourage self-policing and self-reporting by the co…http://www.twitpic.com/ccrr2c
#union #iww #occupy #ows #p2 #p21 #tlot #tcot #TeaParty Probe bid on police action at Occupy Melbourne protest rejected http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/victoria/probe-bid-on-police-action-at-occupy-melbourne-protest-rejected/story-e6frf7kx-1226595954432 A BID to refer the actions of police against Occupy Melbourne protesters to the states anti-corruption body has failed in the city council. Greens councillor Rohan Leppert told a council meeting tonight that protesters in the City Square had been dragged out by their hair and there was “blood on the streets” during the confrontation in October 2011. “Was the action used by police appropriate,” he said. Cr Leppert had moved a motion to instruct the council CEO to refer the issue to the new Independent Broad-based Anti-corruption Commission, but he was voted down. Lord Mayor Robert Doyle, who had ask…http://www.twitpic.com/cavcv4
#union #iww #occupy #ows #p2 #p21 #tlot #tcot #TeaParty Oil fund to start flexing its muscle http://www.newsinenglish.no/2013/03/11/oil-fund-to-start-flexing-its-muscle/ Norway’s sovereign wealth fund, popularly known as the “Oil Fund,” has reported another year of strong growth and impressive returns amounting to its next-best result ever. Now the fund’s bosses reportedly want to take a more active role in the companies where the fund is a major investor. The fund logged an overall return of 13.4 percent in 2012, broken down by 18.1 percent on its stock portfolio, 6.7 percent on its interest-bearing investments and 5.8 percent on its real estate holdings. As some Norwegian media reported, the enormous fund used to save up Norway’s oil wealth for future generations earned an average of NOK 1.2 b…http://www.twitpic.com/calxyp
#union #iww #occupy #ows #p2 #p21 #tlot #tcot #TeaParty Former govt adviser downplays 2017 poll expectations http://www.thestandard.com.hk/breaking_news_detail.asp?id=32993&icid=a&d_str= A former member of the government's Central Policy Unit, Joseph Lian Yi-zheng, has played down expectations that Hong Kong will achieve real universal suffrage in the 2017 Chief Executive election. Lian, who's also one of the most influential political columnists in Hong Kong, says Beijing will do everything it can to ensure a pro-establishment candidate is chosen for the top job, RTHK reports. He said he doesn't believe the “Occupy Central” movement, proposed by some pan-democrats to push for a democratic election, could achieve true democracy…http://www.twitpic.com/cam4n8
#union #iww #occupy #ows #p2 #p21 #tlot #tcot #TeaParty The Neo-Confederate Supreme Court http://consortiumnews.com/2013/02/28/the-neo-confederate-supreme-court/ The Right’s desperation over U.S. demographic changes has spread to the U.S. Supreme Court where its five Republican partisans appear ready to tear up the most important part of the Voting Rights Act and thus clear the way for suppressing the votes of minorities, reports Robert Parry. If white rule in the United States is to be restored and sustained, then an important first step will be the decision of the five Neo-Confederate justices on the U.S. Supreme Court to gut the Voting Rights Act, a move that many court analysts now consider likely. The Court’s striking down Section Five of the Voting Rights Act will mean that jurisdict…http://www.twitpic.com/c7mhc8
#union #iww #occupy #ows #p2 #p21 #tlot #tcot #TeaParty Iraq war: make it impossible to inflict such barbarism again http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2013/mar/19/iraq-make-it-impossible-to-unleash-barbarism?CMP=twt_gu The US and Britain not only bathed Iraq in blood, they promoted a sectarian war that now threatens the region If anyone doubted what kind of Iraq has been bequeathed by a decade of US-sponsored occupation and war, today's deadly sectarian bomb attacks around Baghdad against bus queues and markets should have set them straight. Ten years to the day after American and British troops launched an unprovoked attack on a false pretext – and more than a year since the last combat troops were withdrawn – the conflict they unleashed shows no sign of winding down. Civilians are still being killed at a rate of at l…
#union #iww #occupy #ows #p2 #p21 #tlot #tcot #TeaParty Iraq war: make it impossible to inflict such barbarism again http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2013/mar/19/iraq-make-it-impossible-to-unleash-barbarism?CMP=twt_gu The US and Britain not only bathed Iraq in blood, they promoted a sectarian war that now threatens the region If anyone doubted what kind of Iraq has been bequeathed by a decade of US-sponsored occupation and war, today's deadly sectarian bomb attacks around Baghdad against bus queues and markets should have set them straight. Ten years to the day after American and British troops launched an unprovoked attack on a false pretext – and more than a year since the last combat troops were withdrawn – the conflict they unleashed shows no sign of winding down. Civilians are still being killed at a rate of at l…http://www.twitpic.com/cd126z