#union #iww #occupy #ows #p2 #p21 #tlot #tcot #TeaParty Turkish Unions Strike Again, Bolstering Call for Government to Resign http://www.labornotes.org/2013/06/turkish-unions-strike-again-bolstering-call-government-resign A growing number of trade unions representing 800,000 Turkish workers, including members of the KESK and DISK labor coalitions, went out on strike again today.Turkish protesters face continued attacks from police as those occupying Gezi Park were evicted.A joint statement from KESK and DISK announced:The people’s resistance and mobilization is in its 20th day. Since 8 pm last night, in Taksim Square and many districts there have been non-stop clashes with police. Police attacks over peaceful protestors with excessive violence, with pepper and tear gases, water cannons and water with liquid pepper gas and plastic bullets…http://www.twitpic.com/cxyw8k
#union #iww #occupy #ows #p2 #p21 #tlot #tcot #TeaParty Diogo Melo on Google+ Shared publicly – 10:14 PM The most kick ass verse ever. “Thou wilt see that a son of thine flees not from battle” (Brazilian National Anthem)http://www.twitpic.com/cxz2mm
#union #iww #occupy #ows #p2 #p21 #tlot #tcot #TeaParty Local, State and National Leaders Applaud Introduction of Constitutional Amendments to Overturn Citizens United and Related Cases http://www.commondreams.org/newswire/2013/06/18-6 Today Senators Tom Udall [NM] and Jon Tester [MT] introduced amendment resolutions in the United States Senate that would overturn the Supreme Court’s ruling in Citizens United v. FEC (2010). Leaders from state and national organizations applauded the efforts of these US Senators as well as other members of the 113th Congress who are responding to the will of the American people by introducing and co-sponsoring amendments to the US Constitution. The group includes leaders from the 15 state across the country that have already passed resolutions or initiatives putting their states on record calling for an amendment to overturn Citizens United and related cases. “We applaud the leadership of Senator Tom Udall and others in Congress who understand that we must now amend the US Constitution to undo the Supreme Court’s…http://www.twitpic.com/cxz8vw
#union #iww #occupy #ows #p2 #p21 #tlot #tcot #TeaParty Local, State and National Leaders Applaud Introduction of Constitutional Amendments to Overturn Citizens United and Related Cases http://www.commondreams.org/newswire/2013/06/18-6 Today Senators Tom Udall [NM] and Jon Tester [MT] introduced amendment resolutions in the United States Senate that would overturn the Supreme Court’s ruling in Citizens United v. FEC (2010). Leaders from state and national organizations applauded the efforts of these US Senators as well as other members of the 113th Congress who are responding to the will of the American people by introducing and co-sponsoring amendments to the US Constitution. The group includes leaders from the 15 state across the country that have already passed resolutions or initiatives putting their states on record calling for an amendment to overturn Citizens United and related cases.“We applaud the leadership of Senator Tom Udall and others in Congress who understand that we must now amend the US Constitution to undo the Supreme Court’s…http://www.twitpic.com/cxz8fe
#union #iww #occupy #ows #p2 #p21 #tlot #tcot #TeaParty [VIDEO] Working Families Call on the Senate to Strengthen Worker Protections, Keep Families Together in Immigration Reform Bill http://www.aflcio.org/Blog/Political-Action-Legislation/Working-Families-Call-on-the-Senate-to-Strengthen-Worker-Protections-Keep-Families-Together-in-Immigration-Reform-Bill Worker protections, a road map to citizenship, family unification…these are the priorities of union members and working families this week as the Senate Judiciary Committee continues its markup of the immigration reform bill. Today, Republican senators are debating the SAFE Act, which would increase inhumane detentions and harmful policies that tear families apart from each other…http://www.twitpic.com/cxyxz2
#union #iww #occupy #ows #p2 #p21 #tlot #tcot #TeaParty Protests, fallout from Peevski farce continue http://sofiaglobe.com/2013/06/16/protests-fallout-from-peevski-farce-continue/ A third round of anti-government protests, calls within the Bulgarian Socialist Party for new leadership, the summoning of a special meeting of one of Bulgaria’s main business associations and a demand by Ataka that no further appointments be made to powerful positions from the Movement for Rights and Freedoms – all of these were among the fallout on June 16 from the government’s Delyan Peevski debacle…http://www.twitpic.com/cxsdag
#union #iww #occupy #ows #p2 #p21 #tlot #tcot #TeaParty Kansas Democratic Party on Facebook Friday: Gov. Brownback is scheduled to quietly sign his budget today before sneaking off on a taxpayer funded trip to the Paris Air Show. It's understandable that Gov. Brownback doesn't want to draw attention to a budget full of broken promises that cuts millions from higher education, threatens Kansans safety, and steals dollars from early childhood programs.http://www.twitpic.com/cxslgv
#union #iww #occupy #ows #p2 #p21 #tlot #tcot #TeaParty Savings: 5 signs Americans are forgetting the lessons of 2008 http://www.csmonitor.com/Business/2013/0207/Savings-5-signs-Americans-are-forgetting-the-lessons-of-2008/Saving-rate-remains-near-historic-lows After a period of belt-tightening in 2008, when Americans boosted their personal saving rate to a 15-year high, the annual rate has fallen again, from 5.4 percent to just 3.9 percent. Are consumers letting their guard down? Declining savings is one of five signs that American households are forgetting the lessons of the Great Recession…http://www.twitpic.com/cxslxa
#union #iww #occupy #ows #p2 #p21 #tlot #tcot #TeaParty 9 Ways the Right’s Ayn Randian Experiment Screws Over the Young http://www.alternet.org/ayn-rand-0 The decades-long assault on our core social values is on the verge of consuming its first complete generation of Americans. Born at the dawn of the Reagan era, Millennials were the first to be fully subjected to this all-out attack on the idea that we take care of each other in this country, and they’ll pay for it from the cradle to the grave…http://www.twitpic.com/cxt869
#union #iww #occupy #ows #p2 #p21 #tlot #tcot #TeaParty Protests Spread to 77 Cities in Turkey http://www.aflcio.org/Blog/Global-Action/Protests-Spread-to-77-Cities-in-Turkey Over the past few weeks, Turkey has been rocked by unrest. The protests were sparked by peaceful resistance to the destruction of Istanbul’s Gezi Park in Taksim Square, the only green public place in central Istanbul, which was to be turned into a shopping mall and historical recreation of Ottoman Artillery Barracks. A harsh response from the state, characterized by extreme police brutality, has ensued in response to what have become the largest demonstrations the country has seen for decades. Protests have now spread to 77 cities in Turkey…http://www.twitpic.com/cxspse