#union #iww #occupy #ows #p2 #p21 #tlot #tcot #TeaParty Split Senate panel OKs Obama NLRB nominees http://www.peoplesworld.org/split-senate-panel-oks-obama-nlrb-nominees/ In split votes, the Senate Labor Committee on May 22 approved President Obama's five nominees – three Democrats and two Republicans – for seats on the National Labor Relations Board. While Democratic Board Chairman Mark Gaston Pearce and Republican board nominees Harry Johnson and Phillip Miscimarra sailed through, two others didn't. And the almost party-line votes on Democratic nominees Sharon Block and Richard Griffin, the former Operating Engineers general counsel, presage another partisan war on the Senate floor over the labor board and its future. Union leaders urged the full Senate to act quickly and approve all fi…http://www.twitpic.com/csqr6t
#union #iww #occupy #ows #p2 #p21 #tlot #tcot #TeaParty [VIDEO] Coburn: Medicare and Social Security ‘are things we don’t absolutely need’ http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2012/12/09/coburn-medicare-and-social-security-are-things-we-dont-absolutely-need/ Sen. Tom Coburn (R-OK) is encouraging Democrats to cut Social Security and Medicare benefits because the programs are “things we don’t absolutely need.” Speaking to ABC’s George Stephanopolous on Sunday about the so-called fiscal cliff, Coburn said that he would be willing to accept tax hikes for the top 2 percent of earners if Democrats and President Barack Obama agreed to reform Social Security and Medicare. The ABC host pointed out that Obama’s health care reform law had already achieved about 6 billion in Medicare savings and many Republicans — including former Republican pre…http://www.twitpic.com/csq722
#union #iww #occupy #ows #p2 #p21 #tlot #tcot #TeaParty [VIDEO] President Obama marks Memorial Day at Arlington National Cemetery http://www.dailykos.com/story/2011/05/30/980618/-President-Obama-marks-Memorial-Day-at-Arlington-National-Cemetery It is a great privilege to return here to our national sanctuary, this most hallowed ground, to commemorate Memorial Day with all of you. With Americans who’ve come to pay their respects. With members of our military and their families. With veterans whose service we will never forget and always honor. And with Gold Star families whose loved ones rest all around us in eternal peace. To those of you who mourn the loss of a loved one today, my heart breaks goes out to you. I love my daughters more than anything in the world, and I cannot imagine losing them. I can’t imagine losing a sister or b…http://www.twitpic.com/cspco6
#union #iww #occupy #ows #p2 #p21 #tlot #tcot #TeaParty The chilling reality of America's jobs crisis http://www.jimhightower.com/node/8036#.UZ1vD6L7JaY “Stock Market Soars,” exulted a typical headline in early May, when the Dow Jones Average topped 15,000. But this index of Wall Street wealth gives a false picture of our nation's true economic health. Yes, the privileged few are doing extremely well. But the workaday many are struggling – and falling further and further behind as the jobs market sinks steadily from mere recession down into depression. The monthly unemployment reports don't tell the depths of misery out here in the real world, beyond the view of Wall Street and Washington elites. For example, President Obama hailed the news that unemployment dipped to …http://www.twitpic.com/csi5sd
#union #iww #occupy #ows #p2 #p21 #tlot #tcot #TeaParty Black Students Flock to STEM Fields, Yet Business Lobby Pushes for More Temporary Workers http://www.aflcio.org/Blog/Political-Action-Legislation/Black-Students-Flock-to-STEM-Fields-Yet-Business-Lobby-Pushes-for-More-Temporary-Workers Over the weekend, young people watched or read about President Obama speaking at Morehouse College and first lady Michelle Obama addressing the graduates of Bowie State University. Hopefully they were inspired by seeing so many young and gifted people finishing the course they chose to follow. Well, here is a little known set of facts…http://www.twitpic.com/csid3p
#union #iww #occupy #ows #p2 #p21 #tlot #tcot #TeaParty Tesla Motors fully repays 5 million federal loan nine years early http://www.mercurynews.com/business/ci_23300602/tesla-motors-fully-repays-465-million-federal-loan In a huge boost for the Obama Administration and clean-energy firms, electric vehicle maker Tesla Motors (TSLA) announced Wednesday that it has paid back its 5 million government loan in full and nine years early. The Department of Energy oversees billion in taxpayer-funded loans for clean energy and other projects, but Tesla is the only United States car company in the vast portfolio of 33 projects to pay back its loan so far. The loan program faced fierce partisan fire in the wake of the high-profile 2011 bankruptcy of Fremont solar manufacturer Solyndra, and Republican presidential candi…http://www.twitpic.com/cshtrl
#union #iww #occupy #ows #p2 #p21 #tlot #tcot #TeaParty [PETITION] Campaign for Fair Settlement launches “Week of Action” to pressure Justice Department to “prosecuting the bankers who destroyed our economy. http://www.campaignforfairsettlement.org/week_of_action_petition?splash=1 End Too Big to Jail. Start prosecuting criminal bankers. Sign on to support hundreds of homeowners, foreclosure victims and allies from the Home Defenders League in bringing “Justice to Justice” in DC the week of May 18-25th. They are going to take dramatic action at the Dept. of Justice, demanding that AG Holder and Pres. Obama: Hold Wall Street accountable by prosecuting the bankers who destroyed our economy….http://www.twitpic.com/csbblx
#union #iww #occupy #ows #p2 #p21 #tlot #tcot #TeaParty Sign the Petition to Save the Postal Service http://wisaflcio.typepad.com/wisconsin-state-afl-cio-blog/2013/05/petition-postal-service.html On April 24, Rep. Peter DeFazio (D-OR) launched a “We the People” petition on the White House website. The congressman’s goal is to get President Obama to act to save the Postal Service. We can save American jobs by preserving delivery standards and ending the unfair mandate to aggressively pre-fund future retiree health benefits. Sign the petition. Recently, the White House quadrupled the number of signatures needed to trigger a response—to 100,000—and it imposed shorter time limits for collection of signatures. The deadline for this petition is THIS Friday, May 24, and thanks to letter carrier activists, more than 24…http://www.twitpic.com/cs1b73
#union #iww #occupy #ows #p2 #p21 #tlot #tcot #TeaParty After 39 Years, Steelworker Hands Off Local’s Ledger http://www.aflcio.org/Blog/Your-Turn/After-39-Years-Steelworker-Hands-Off-Local-s-Ledger2 Jim “Runt” Gregory served as the financial secretary of United Steelworkers (USW) Local 727 in Calvert City, Ky., during the tenure of eight presidents. “Presidents of the United States,” he says with a grin. Gregory, 68, plans to retire this year, so he chose not to seek another term. His union brothers and sisters elected him in 1974 and re-elected him every two years through 2012. Gregory started keeping his local’s books when Richard Nixon was in the White House. Gerald Ford, Jimmy Carter, Ronald Reagan, George H.W. Bush, Bill Clinton, George W. Bush and Barack Obama followed. Says Gregory: Being in the u…http://www.twitpic.com/crus7s
#union #iww #occupy #ows #p2 #p21 #tlot #tcot #TeaParty All this Obama hate out there – Lets put the facts out there with fellow Republican Bushhttp://www.twitpic.com/cqeyhv