#union #iww #occupy #ows #p2 #p21 #tlot #tcot #TeaParty Mo. House Passes Paycheck Deception, but Veto Expected http://www.aflcio.org/Blog/In-The-States/Mo.-House-Passes-Paycheck-Deception-but-Veto-Expected The American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC), its corporate backers and extremist Missouri lawmakers may have won the first round in their drive to silence working people with a paycheck deception bill, when the House gave it final approval (86-69) earlier this week. But thanks to a strong mobilization by Missouri working families and their unions and allies, the close vote—that included several Republicans who voted against the bill—means that Gov. Jay Nixon’s (D) expected veto cannot be overridden. It takes a two-thirds majority vote to override… RELATED: http://teamsternation.blogspot.com/2013/04/woot-paycheck-deception-picket.htmlhttp://www.twitpic.com/cqte72
#union #iww #occupy #ows #p2 #p21 #tlot #tcot #TeaParty [VIDEO] Chicago Workers Open New Cooperatively Owned Factory Five Years After Republic Windows Occupation http://www.democracynow.org/2013/5/9/chicago_workers_open_new_cooperatively_owned#.UYxCoDe5qoY.twitter Workers at the New Era Windows Cooperative are celebrating the grand opening of their new unionized, worker-owned and -operated business. Almost a year to the day after their window factory closed, a group of former workers have launched their own window business without bosses. They successfully raised money to buy the factory collectively and run it democratically. In 2008, some of the workers were involved in a famous six-day sit-in after Republic Windows and Doors gave workers just three days’ notice before closing the factory. The sit-in drew national atten…http://www.twitpic.com/cph73w
#union #iww #occupy #ows #p2 #p21 #tlot #tcot #TeaParty Google's Schmidt Concerned by Lack of Internet 'Delete Button' http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2418601,00.asp?google_editors_picks=true The permanence of information on the Internet, in some cases, goes against the basic principle of fairness in America, Google's executive chairman, Eric Schmidt, said during a Monday talk at New York University. Schmidt gave an example to illustrate his point: a teenager commits a crime, goes to juvenile hall, and is released. In America's legal system, the person can apply and have the crime expunged from their record then legally state they were never convicted of anything. But the same isn't true on the Internet. A potential employer could still run a reference check online and find out about a crim…http://www.twitpic.com/cotec1
#union #iww #occupy #ows #p2 #p21 #tlot #tcot #TeaParty Start collecting signatures for an ILP Guaranteed Income Citizens http://www.acampadadebarcelona.org/2013/05/02/ilp-renda-garantida-ciutadana/ TRANSLATED FROM CATALAN SPANISH BY GOOGLE CHROME TRANSLATOR This past April 5 presented the campaign to collect signatures for a Popular Legislative Initiative Guaranteed Income Citizen . Minimum Income This concept appears reflected in the current Statute of Catalonia. This law has not yet been developed and Promotion Committee, after writing and presenting a bill to the Parliament of Catalonia. 3 tomorrow, talk ILP Guaranteed Income Citizen 664 € / month ' by Jesus Plaza, a member of the Assembly Standing Barcelona. At 19pm on Francesc Candel Library. c. 10 Amnesty International (Barcelona). | Getting there The following links for more information, cornerstones of bill collection points signtures … As we read the Commission's Web developer, “the article 24.3 of this Statute of Catalonia says “families or individuals in poverty are entitled to a Guaranteed Income Citizen aced that guarantees a dignified life.” The law proposes a Guaranteed Income Citizen 664 per month (twelve payments) : . Explanatory memorandum – link . Text of the bill – link To be considered in the Parliament of Catalonia will NEED to collect at least 50,000 signatures . -> -> Follow this link to see the collection points . -> -> If you want to be fedatàries / is (and cooperate in the collection of signatures), you will find the information by following this link . For more information: . Web : Guaranteed Income Citizen . Facebook : ILP in the Guaranteed Income Citizen . Twitter : @ ILPRendaGC Videos explaining the campaign: . Version short : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TO57bBu3B8w . Version Long : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3GDe9VGWAog – cornerstones of the bill: The guaranteed income is to ensure that no one is below the poverty line and consists of: 1-A universal right of all citizens of Catalonia, not subject to budgetary or obligation to participate in activities of social and labor. 2-A legal right of an individual but linked to the economic situation of the person and, where appropriate, the family or cohabitation. 3-The right to receive a financial benefit of, at most, 664 per month for twelve payments. 4-The benefit of the RGC has extra character, is entitled to receive the amount necessary so that, added to income to be taken by any concept, it has an income equal to 664 euros per month for twelve payments . 5-The eligibility requirements for the right to receive the benefit of the RGC are: a) Be 18 years or older, or be emancipated minor. b) Being lawfully living in Catalonia. c) Have continuous residence in Catalonia for at least 12 months. d) provide for income above the minimum guaranteed amount equivalent to the indicator of income adequacy Catalonia (by the year 2012, 664 per month for twelve payments), for at least 4 months prior to the request. 6 – The bill also regulates the RGC obligations of individuals receiving the benefit, the breach of obligations may result in suspension or loss of the right to receive the RGC. 7 – The RGC is funding the budgets of the Generalitat of Catalonia, and will be maintained by the Administration of the Generalitat of Catalonia, local authorities, and the involvement of third sector organizations duly accredited. 8 – The non-response of the public institution to request made by the citizen involve recognition of the right to receive the benefit. – Presentation In the presentation of proppassat April 5 , gave the word in alphabetical order to the representatives of the organizations supporting the project ILP and expressed his desire to intervene: – José María Álvarez UGT – Oriol Amoros on behalf of ERC – the Chem Arrufat CUP – Luis Blanco IAC – James Botey of Christians for Socialism – James Collboni on behalf of PSC – David companionship for EUiA – Ramon Openness to Socialism 21 – XSUC – Antonio Fuertes of ATTAC-Agreement – Juan Carlos Gallego CCOO – Bishop Emeritus of Peru – John Godayol – Juan Herrera on behalf of ICV – Ramon Masque of the Assembly worker / unemployed Barcelona to – Silviane the Federation of Neighbours Barcelona – Daniel Raventos on behalf of Basic Income – by Victor Rios Civic Front – Tuesday May 3 Talk ILP Guaranteed Income Citizen 664 € / month ' – By Jesus Plaza, a member of the Assembly Standing Barcelona – At 19pm in the Library Francesc Candel. c. 10 Amnesty International (Barcelona). | Travel – Organised by Navy Assembly (ZF) and the Assemblies of unemployed Barcelona Navy (ZF)http://www.twitpic.com/cnqtgp
#union #iww #occupy #ows #p2 #p21 #tlot #tcot #TeaParty Book News: NYC To Pay Occupy Wall Street For Destroyed Books http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2013/04/10/176857380/book-news-nyc-to-pay-occupy-wall-street-for-destroyed-books The daily lowdown on books, publishing, and the occasional author behaving badly. New York City agreed to pay Occupy Wall Street for the destruction of books during a November 2011 police raid on Zuccotti Park. In a settlement Tuesday, the city agreed to pay the protesters and their lawyers over 0,000. The city also gave an almost-apology: “Defendants acknowledge and believe it is unfortunate that, during the course of clearing Zuccotti Park on November 15, 2011, books were damaged so as to render them unusable, and additional books are unaccounted for.” I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings author Maya Ang…http://www.twitpic.com/cip6c7
#union #iww #occupy #ows #p2 #p21 #tlot #tcot #TeaParty Solidarity NOT Forever: How the Supreme Court Kicked Retirees Into the Gutter http://truth-out.org/news/item/15664-solidarity-not-forever-how-the-supreme-court-kicked-retirees-into-the-gutter The Supreme Court's decision in Allied Chemical Workers v. Pittsburgh Plate Glass to give employers complete control of retiree benefits undercuts the purpose of the National Labor Relations Act and leaves vulnerable, retired employees powerless to protect themselves from costly changes in benefits. Congress enacted the National Labor Relations Act to balance the power of employers – who could operate as corporations or partnerships – by giving employees the right to band together and deal with their employer as a group. A second way Congress gave employees power was by giving them the leg…http://www.twitpic.com/cipj79
#union #iww #occupy #ows #p2 #p21 #tlot #tcot #TeaParty Antwerp diamond traders on tax dodgers’ list http://www.deredactie.be/cm/vrtnieuws.english/Economy/130405_Tax_dodgers Although no politicians or other Belgian establishment figures appear on the Offshore Leak list of tax evaders a number of Indians working as diamond traders in Antwerp do. A pharmaceutical laboratory from Brussels is also named. The list was published at 5pm on Thursday evening by the Francophone newspaper ‘Le Soir’s’ website. However, whereas some foreign papers gave the names of the tax evaders in full, Le Soir was vaguer. The paper simply said that “a number of Indian diamond traders from Antwerp” and “a pharmaceutical laboratory” from Brussels were involved. Others were named by using their initials and place of res…http://www.twitpic.com/cihf1y
#union #iww #occupy #ows #p2 #p21 #tlot #tcot #TeaParty Like Nixon to China, It Takes a Democrat to Put the First Knife in #SocialSecurity — http://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2013/04/like-nixon-to-china-it-takes-a-democrat-to-put-the-first-knife-in-social-security.html First, make no mistake, both parties want to gut or kneecap Social Security. On the right (which is to say, among the rulers of the Republican party, not the voters) the Trust Fund is a big fat fruit, ripe for plucking and eating — .7 trillion and counting. That’s a lot of money to divert into the stock market, as Bush II tried to do in 2005. He was beaten back, partly because he was a Republican (keep that part in mind); but he gave it the college try. On the “left” (as the Neoliberal rulers of the Dems like to brand themselves), the push is no less strong, but with slightly different changes on offer. The Wall Street billionaires would love to steal the Trust Fund outright, but you can’t sell that to Democratic voters, so when the “left” is in power, they don’t try to kill it so much as kneecap it, hobble it, cut its little hamstrings to keep it from walking. The first Neoliberal president — the man who led the corporatization of the Democratic party — was Bill Clinton. He was also the first Democrat to rule after 12 years of Republican “revolution” that started in 1980, the year when everything changed. (Yes, you could call Carter a proto-neoliberal and be right, but that’s a tweak for this discussion.) Clinton started the push to “fix” Social Security from the “left. #Occupy Collapse this posthttp://www.twitpic.com/cgrons
#union #iww #occupy #ows #p2 #p21 #tlot #tcot #TeaParty People @Work: Found in Translation http://www.aflcio.org/Blog/Organizing-Bargaining/People-Work-Found-in-Translation Duy Tran’s uncle came to America on a boat with other political refugees from Vietnam during the U.S. war. It was at sea for 52 days. Their only food was raw fish. Half of them died from starvation. They came seeking freedom and better lives for themselves and their families. Most of Tran’s family and friends experienced similarly dangerous journeys on their path to America and Tran says it gave him a greater appreciation of the goals Vietnamese immigrants were pursuing…http://www.twitpic.com/cam3gm
#union #iww #occupy #ows #p2 #p21 #tlot #tcot #TeaParty Judge Calls Occupy Protesters The 'Most Affable Defendants' She'd Ever Seen Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/occupy-philadelphia-protesters-acquited-2013-3#ixzz2NBuqNZWS A judge made an unusual move after a jury acquitted a dozen Occupy Philadelphia protesters of trespassing Tuesday, the Philadelphia Inquirer reports. Judge Nina N. Wright Padilla stepped off the bench and asked all the defendants if she could shake their hands. She called them the “most affable group of defendants I've ever come across.” The Occupy defendants were arrested while protesting Wells Fargo mortgage policies they deemed “racist predatory lending,” according to the Inquirer. Last summer Wells Fargo paid the federal government 5 million to settle claims that it gave …http://www.twitpic.com/cacr3i