#union #iww #occupy #ows #p2 #p21 #tlot #tcot #TeaParty [VIDEO] Vested Interest http://www.aflcio.org/atWork#/innovation/69051 Pension Funds Create Magic The old building that housed the Elizabeth Seton Pediatric Center in lower Manhattan was crowded by skyscrapers. The interior was dark and cramped and devoid of natural light. “The space we were in wasn’t meeting the needs of the children, each of whom has multiple chronic illnesses,” says Pat Tursi, CEO of the center. The Manhattan facility was designed based on more of a custodial care model—and when the center had to find a new space, it found a new opportunity. The center found space on a former golf course in Yonkers, N.Y., and the new facility was built quickly and efficiently with union labor. More than 80…http://www.twitpic.com/cmqtbz
#occupy #ows #p2 #p21 #tlot #tcot #TeaParty Interview with Ghazi Beji: atheism as a crime! http://atunisiangirl.blogspot.com/2013/04/interview-avec-ghazi-beji-latheisme.html TRANSLATED FROM FRENCH BY GOOGLE CHROME TRANSLATOR In Tunisia, two years after the popular uprising that led to the departure of the dictator ZABA, trials opinion multiply … Most of these cases are brought under the broad heading of damage to religious or moral damage to the sacred. One example is the trial of Al Ghazi Beji and Jabeur Majeri. Indeed, ” Monday, June 25, 2012, the Court of Appeal upheld the judgment Monastir the trial court that sentenced Mehdia Al Jabeur Mejri young surfer, to imprisonment for seven years and a half. The same judgment was given by default against Ghazi Beji that, he was forced to leave the country seeking political asylum abroad, following the indictment of two young surfers to have caused serious material damage by the publication of photographs and writings on their Facebook pages. “* I had the opportunity to interview Ghazi Beji via Facebook and here is the exchange that took place between us: 1) if you start by introducing yourself to International Opinion readers? Ghazi Beji, 28, holds a bachelor's degree in food and biotechnology. I am originally from the Tunisian city of Mahdia. I am the author of the book The Illusion of Islam. 2) With your friend Jabeur Mejri you end sentenced in March 2012 to 7 ½ years in prison, sentence upheld in June following the Court of Appeal reached Monastir to religious morality, defamation, and disturbing the public order. Can you return to this mishap? After the revolution, I wrote a book called the illusion of Islam and my friend Jabeur Mejri wrote a book in English called Dark Land, or have criticized the fascist religious Tunisia and the exclusion of others in the name of Islam. We were sentenced to 7 years and a half in prison and a fine of 1,200 dinars. Jabeur was arrested on 5 March 2012. As for me, I managed to run away and leave my country on 8 March 2012. I had an amazing career: Libya, Algeria – Turkey then I went to Turkey to Greece to swim. Thereafter, I had from Macedonia and Serbia and Romania and finallyI had the subsidiary protection. Unfortunately, I have been targeted and attacked by Islamic extremists while I continued to move me from one country to another: Hungary-Austria-Switzerland-France. 3) How do you see this verdict and the trial in general? This is an attack on my freedom of expression because the religious do not believe in democracy. Their goal in life is to destroy the lives of human beings. They can not digest the fact that someone is happy, they want everyone to livein the shit (lol) 4) You've managed to run away and leave Tunisia. However, we heard that you had to face many difficulties and problems. Can you talk about that? I met several constraints in Libya with jihadi groups in Algeria I spent 15 days in fear of the dictator regime in Greece I had to resist against the extreme right who was chasing strangers in the streets of Athens and racist hyper police, with its rotten laws. In Macedonia, I was in prison and I have had problems with thieves police. In Serbia, I have not had much luck and I was brutally tortured in prisons in the north you south. In Romania, I discovered that racism n has not been eradicated and I found myself in a refugee camp with the terrorists who attacked me. Now I'm moving in different countries of the Western Europe but still undocumented. 5) What is your current situation? Have you managed to rebuild your life? I managed to partially adjust my status but the biggest remains. 6) Your friend Jabeur Majeri languishing in a cell in Tunisia. Can you tell us about the situation and the conditions of his detention? Jabeur is imprisoned in the Mahdia. His situation is very delicate. Indeed, he is tortured by prison guards and other prisoners who accuse him of being an unbeliever. The conditions of his detention are terrible: he caught scabies and can no longer walk. In addition, he is forced to do the prayers in the prison infirmary. 7) Have you found support of Tunisian civil society? How civil society could it help you and how it could act to save Jabeur? I found the support of the Tunisian civil society in France. However, I was ignored by the Tunisian League of Human Rights. Tunisians-the-Tunisian people condemned me. I was vilified and I got several smear campaigns and threats on social networks. 
How do you see the situation in Tunisia now? Do you believe that the freedoms and human rights are in danger right now? I think this phase is an essential and crucial phase in the history of our country. Tunisians must pass through this phase to understand the meaning of democracy, citizenship, the separation between the state and I religion.Mais remain convinced that we will get out either through a civil war or another. 9) have announced the publication of a book. Can you talk about that? I have not yet published my new book, but it will be soon. I will tell all my journey from Tunisia to France I arrived, with a critical eye towards Europe and what they call human Rights which are lies and illusions. 10) I'll leave the last word. In the end I want to say to the people of Tunisia that the fault is not that of Ennahda. I think the majority of Tunisians are hard religious who are struggling to accept difference and digest democracy. The majority is made up of people who are against freedom of expression, and the difference against the gender. I also want to remind the people who shouted loudly thirst for freedom and dignity is the same who voted for the Islamists and fired from my job three times when I was still in Tunisia and my censored before, but I have no hatred towards my countrymen because they will always be my people, my people … * Excerpt from the press kit of the support committee Ghazi Beji and Jabeur Al Majeri. At a conference organized around the theme “Tunisia: the dangers threatening the freedom of expression after the revolution,” the Tunisian section of Amnesty announced its full support to Al Jabeur Majeri and Ghazi Beji. A campaign to collect signatures has already been launched and you can follow the latest developments on Twitter via the hashtag # FreeJabeur.http://www.twitpic.com/cl2ico
#occupy #ows #p2 #p21 #tlot #tcot #TeaParty First Global Labor Film Festival Launches on May Day http://blog.aflcio.org/Blog/Your-Turn/First-Global-Labor-Film-Festival-Launches-on-May-Day The first-ever Global Labor Film Festival (GLFF) kicks off on May Day, as festivals in the United States, Australia, England, Israel, Norway and Turkey host more than a dozen screenings of labor films. First conceived at the second annual International Conference of Labor Film Festival Organizers at the 2012 DC Labor FilmFest—organized by the Metropolitan Washington Council, AFL-CIO—the GLFF is an opportunity to showcase the growing worldwide scope of nearly two dozen film festivals focused on films about work, workers and their issues. Labor film festivals around the globe will screen a labor-themed film of …http://www.twitpic.com/cl2od8
#union #iww #occupy #ows #p2 #p21 #tlot #tcot #TeaParty Highlights from the New Immigration Reform Bill http://blog.aflcio.org/Blog/Political-Action-Legislation/Highlights-from-the-New-Immigration-Reform-Bill More than 11 million aspiring citizens will have the opportunity to access a road map to citizenship under the terms of a commonsense immigration reform bill that was introduced today. While immigration reform advocates are still examining the legislation’s 844 pages, here are highlights that address some of the united labor movement’s key immigration principles, including moving forward on creating a road map to citizenship…http://www.twitpic.com/ck3dz6
#union #iww #occupy #ows #p2 #p21 #tlot #tcot #TeaParty 25 East 77th Street, Upper East Side http://ny.curbed.com/marketplace/properties/273002-25-east-77th-street-upper-east-side-new-york The Five-Star Mark Hotel is widely considered the ultimate Luxury boutique hotel in the heart of Manhattan?s famous Upper East Side, long the residential neighborhood of choice for the elite of New York Society. The Mark Hotel?s owners are providing the unprecedented opportunity to own the entire private top floor and roof terrace of this landmark hotel and enjoy the permanent VIP status which that ownership affords. Deemed the crown jewel of The Mark, this property encompasses approximately 9,800 square feet (910 Square meters) of interior space and 2,400 square feet (223 Sq Mt) of finished terrace. In the space of the original..http://www.twitpic.com/ci9a5u
#union #iww #occupy #ows #p2 #p21 #tlot #tcot #TeaParty Tuesday # 9A, the PAH concentration-escrache front of the PP headquarters in Barcelona http://www.acampadadebarcelona.org/2013/04/07/dimarts-9a-concentracio-pah-seu-pp/ TRANSLATED FROM CATALAN SPANISH BY GOOGLE CHROME TRANSLATOR On Tuesday, the debate begins in Congress talk about ILP Platform Affected by the Mortgage, which was signed by recall of 1.5 million citizens The PP has announced amendments leave the ILP dead letter since it does not include any of the three basic demands Platform: payment in kind retroactive stop the evictions and rent capital. For that reason have been called for next Tuesday throughout Spain for their concentrations to PP. In Barcelona, the call at 19pm outside the headquarters of the PP (c. Comte Urgell 249 | Directions ). The following links on the ILP and PAH # primaveraverde. Remember that the process of law in Congress was social pressure to get to the street. Approval will depend largely the same . The actions are intended to raise awareness escrache the deputies and members of the PP to break party discipline by making common sense prevailed and human rights. Take this opportunity to remind the Court of Justice of the European Union declared that the enforcement procedure is illegal Spanish. In the absence of decisions on the subject of the Spanish Government Platform stopping evictions continue as the street (with the campaign Stop Evictions) as the courts and the banks themselves. Mailing concentration in Barcelona The concentration will be in Barcelona from 19pm at the gates of the headquarters of the PP (c. Comte Urgell 249 | Directions ). The PAH has created a Facebook event to disseminate to the concentrations. In Barcelona PAH blog has published a written explanation of the call and its reason. You can find it by following this link . # Primaveraverde The campaign of PAH # primaveraverde proposed green tinge to the streets of our cities and towns. Everyone at home and on the street can show support for the demands of the platform. Here are photos and a collection of ways to participate . For more information, please follow this link . If you can! But they do not want!http://www.twitpic.com/chtxkz
#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 Students venture to Iceland for Model U.N. http://www.gazette.com/articles/school-152683-students-group.html A group of Colorado Springs School high school students can call the world their classroom. Nine members of the private school’s Model United Nations club traveled to Iceland in February for an international competition. “We were really lucky to have this opportunity,” said 18-year-old Jordan Murphy, a senior and treasurer of the club. “It’s tough to pick out a highlight.” Iceland was just one stop. CSS students compete in many Model U.N. events during the school year. Team members will compete closer to home next month. About 30 students are in the Model U.N. club each year. They meet during lunch and spend time outsid…http://www.twitpic.com/cedoi3
#union #iww #occupy #ows #p2 #p21 #tlot #tcot #TeaParty 25 East 77th Street, Upper East Side http://ny.curbed.com/marketplace/properties/273002-25-east-77th-street-upper-east-side-new-york ,000,000 PROPERTY DETAILS Condop 9799 square feet 6 beds / 8 baths The Five-Star Mark Hotel is widely considered the ultimate Luxury boutique hotel in the heart of Manhattan?s famous Upper East Side, long the residential neighborhood of choice for the elite of New York Society. The Mark Hotel?s owners are providing the unprecedented opportunity to own the entire private top floor and roof terrace of this landmark hotel and enjoy the permanent VIP status which that ownership affords. Deemed the crown jewel of The Mark, this property encompasses approximately 9,800 square feet (910 Square meters) of interior space and 2,400 s…http://www.twitpic.com/c989t5
#union #iww #occupy #ows #p2 #p21 #tlot #tcot #TeaParty A Great Opportunity for the Land of Opportunity http://www.aflcio.org/Blog/Political-Action-Legislation/A-Great-Opportunity-for-the-Land-of-Opportunity President Obama made the case in his State of the Union address last week for swift passage of comprehensive immigration reform. His powerful call for Congress to “get this done” brought members on both sides of the aisle to their feet and made it clear that, after decades of congressional inaction and presidential timidity, comprehensive immigration reform finally has a solid chance to pass…http://www.twitpic.com/c5i5xc