#union #iww #occupy #ows #p2 #p21 #tlot #tcot #TeaParty Tell Us: How Can We Reverse the Trend of the Rich Getting Richer While Everyone Else Gets Less and Less? http://www.aflcio.org/Blog/Economy/Tell-Us-How-Can-We-Reverse-the-Trend-of-the-Rich-Getting-Richer-While-Everyone-Else-Gets-Less-and-Less Join Robert Reich on Thursday, June 20, noon–1 p.m. EDT for the seventh in the AFL-CIO series of live online discussions on how we build a movement for the future of working people. Reich, former secretary of labor under President Bill Clinton and Chancellor’s professor of public policy at the University of California at Berkeley—and the AFL-CIO—wants to hear your ideas on new ways the labor movement can change economic trends that hurt working people. He poses this question: “The rich keep getting a bigger share of the economic pie while everyone else’s share keeps shrinking. What should be done to reverse this trend?”http://www.twitpic.com/cxsr5u
#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/cxso7q
#union #iww #occupy #ows #p2 #p21 #tlot #tcot #TeaParty Kentucky Labor Movement Embraces Social Media http://www.aflcio.org/Blog/Your-Turn/Kentucky-Labor-Movement-Embraces-Social-Media This old reporter remembers when “social media” meant a bunch of newshounds bending elbows in a bar after work.Bo Johnson defines it differently. Social media, specifically text messaging, “Is the single best way for us to get the word out to our members,” says the vice president of the Paducah-based Western Kentucky AFL-CIO Area Council.Johnson made his point at a recent council meeting…http://www.twitpic.com/cxmtx6
#union #iww #occupy #ows #p2 #p21 #tlot #tcot #TeaParty Walmart Accepted Clothing from Banned Bangladesh Factories http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2013/06/13-2 Since the Rana Plaza building collapse killed more than 1,100 people in April, retailers have faced mounting pressure to improve safety at Bangladesh garment factories and to sever ties with manufacturers that don't measure up.The world's largest retailer, Walmart, last month released a list of more than 200 factories it said it had barred from producing its merchandise because of serious or repeated safety problems, labor violations or unauthorized subcontracting.But at least two of the factories on the list have continued to send massive shipments of sports bras and girls' dresses to Walmart stores in recent months, according to interviews and U.S. customs records.In June 2011, Walmart said, it banned the Bangladeshi garment factory Mars Apparels from producing goods for the retail giant. But over the last year, Mars has repeatedly shipped tons of sports bras to Walmart, according to U.S….http://www.twitpic.com/cx21x3
#union #iww #occupy #ows #p2 #p21 #tlot #tcot #TeaParty Ohio Union Members Stand with Fired Teacher Carla Hale http://www.aflcio.org/Blog/In-The-States/Ohio-Union-Members-Stand-with-Fired-Teacher-Carla-Hale It was her mom's obituary that got Carla Hale fired. The six words sealed the deal? “Survived by Carla & her partner.”Hale, who taught physical education at Bishop Watterson High School in Columbus, Ohio, for 19 years, was fired in March, weeks after the obit ran. Hale said she was fired for being in a gay relationship. Now, local unions represented by the Central Ohio Labor Council are supporting supporting Hale in her fight to be reinstated. People's World writer Bruce Bostick reports: Speaking for the AFL-CIO, Glen Skeen, an officer in CWA [Communications Workers of America] and president of Pride@Work Ohio, [said]:”We are here supporting Carla, not because we know her, like so many of you, but because nobody, whether we know them or not, should ever have to live in fear because their boss, whether it's a church or a company, can fire them for what they…http://www.twitpic.com/cx28nw
#union #iww #occupy #ows #p2 #p21 #tlot #tcot #TeaParty 2013 Wisconsin State AFL-CIO Summer Building and Construction Trades Conference http://wisaflcio.org/index.cfm?action=article&articleID=4cace10e-b1e8-46a5-ad28-c24720edad5a Tuesday and Wednesday – June 25 & 26, 2013 Radisson Paper Valley Hotel 333 West Colege Avenue Appleton, WI 54911 Click here for Conference Hotel Information & (Tentative) Meeting and Conference Schedule NOTE: June 25th there will be an all-day training seminar for organizers and labor leaders. The training will be organized by the Labor Combat Organizing College; there is afee of for everyone who is attending, this will cover the costs of the instructors, lunch and hotel meeting room expenditures. If you are interested please refer to the enclosed informative flyer and registration form and submit it with your payment. Special Rate: Delegates registering for both sessions will receive a rate of 5. Click here for Labor Combat Training Session informationhttp://www.twitpic.com/cwwmp1
#union #iww #occupy #ows #p2 #p21 #tlot #tcot #TeaParty Wisconsin worker advocates head to DC to lobby for immigration reform http://wisaflcio.typepad.com/wisconsin-state-afl-cio-blog/2013/06/mmigration-lobby.html As debate over immigration reform begins on the Senate floor Wisconsin State AFL-CIO Secretary-Treasurer Stephanie Bloomingdale and other working family advocates headed to Washington DC today to lobby Sen. Baldwin, Rep. Duffy and Rep. Kind on comprehensive immigration reform. Labor leaders and allies will call for a bill that includes a roadmap to citizenship for the more than 11 million aspiring Americans and strong protections for all workers.The lobby visit is part of a national lobby day involving working family advocates from across the country. The lobby visits will also coincide with a massive mobilization the week of June 10-14 encouraging millions of working families across the country to contact their members of Congress to demand fair and compassionate immigration reform. “The time is now for a fair and comprehensive immigration…http://www.twitpic.com/cwwnmn
#union #iww #occupy #ows #p2 #p21 #tlot #tcot #TeaParty Working Family Advocates Lobby Congress for Immigration Policy with Road Map to Citizenship http://www.aflcio.org/Blog/Political-Action-Legislation/Working-Family-Advocates-Lobby-Congress-for-Immigration-Policy-with-Road-Map-to-Citizenship On the first full day of the immigration reform debate in the U.S. Senate, more than 50 advocates and allies of working families flew to Washington, D.C., to ask members of Congress to support a plan that includes a road map to citizenship for aspiring Americans. Community leaders from nearly half the states in the union were in Washington to act as citizen lobbyists. Meanwhile, labor activists in numerous other states visited the offices of members of Congress in their home district to rally support for the bill…http://www.twitpic.com/cwwqah
#union #iww #occupy #ows #p2 #p21 #tlot #tcot #TeaParty Walker's Dismal Jobs Agenda Gets a Gold Star in ALEC's “Rich States, Poor States” Report http://www.prwatch.org/node/12124 Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker got a boost last week from the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) in its annual Rich States, Poor States report. Despite Bureau of Labor Statistics data putting Wisconsin in 44th place for private-sector job creation, ALEC placed the state as 15th in the country in its ranking of economic outlook, giving Walker — a former ALEC member — a boost as he lays the groundwork for a re-election campaign and a possible Presidential bid. The ALEC report ranks the states by “economic outlook,” based on factors including the existence of “right t…http://www.twitpic.com/cvoi26
#union #iww #occupy #ows #p2 #p21 #tlot #tcot #TeaParty Immigration Reform Would Unlock Temporary Foreign Workers from ‘Debt Bondage’ to Recruiters http://www.aflcio.org/Blog/Political-Action-Legislation/Immigration-Reform-Would-Unlock-Temporary-Foreign-Workers-from-Debt-Bondage-to-Recruiters Temporary foreign workers, from teachers to agriculture workers to au pairs, typically pay recruiting fees to individuals or agencies retained by U.S. employers seeking foreign labor. These fees can range from 0 to well over ,000, even for temporary jobs that pay little. That means these workers arrive in the United States deeply in debt because they must borrow money, often at high interest rates… RELATED: http://theadvocateonline.com/archives/3322http://www.twitpic.com/cvoq8r