#union #iww #ows #occupy #p2 #p21 #tlot #tcot Shop With the 99% in Your Pocket https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/bizvizz/id595785692?mt=aflcioemail When I go to the store, I try to “shop my values.” I try to buy products I can recycle, organic fruits and vegetables, and of course, union-made products whenever I can. But what about buying from a company that, say, didn’t pay any taxes last year? Or one that donates to candidates who have voted against working families? Or that takes government subsidies but wants to cut worker benefits? It’s pretty tough to find information like that, but it definitely matters to working families. We’ve partnered with BizVizz, a free app for iPhone users that allows you to snap a picture of a brand’s logo or bar code and see a simple, graphic screen that tells you the truth about America’s largest corporations. https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/bizvizz/id595785692?mt=aflcioemail Folks who’ve already downloaded the app are saying it “puts more power in the consumer’s hand than ever to make informed choices about where your money is going and the economic responsibility of the companies who are getting it.” We think that matters, too. You might buy “American,” “union made,” “organic,” “recycled” or “green” products. Wouldn’t it help to buy “99%” products? Download the app now: go.aflcio.org/bizvizz In Solidarity, Nicole Aro Director of Digital Strategies, AFL-CIOhttp://www.twitpic.com/c1zyzf
OH SNAP!!! Banner drop just now at the Sheraton where Cuomo is having summit! #ows #antifrackinghttp://www.twitpic.com/amis38
WHY AMERICA IS SEVERELY BROKEN… #p2 #ows #tcot YES YOU DO WANT TO KNOW THIS! Are Corporations and Big Banks Making a Windfall From Food Stamps? How much food stamp money are Coca-Cola, General Mills and Walmart getting? The government isn't telling. Perhaps you've heard: At a time of record need for food assistance among America's poor, the U.S. Senate is poised to cut roughly .5 billion from food stamps, the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), which 46 million Americans — one in seven of us — rely upon. While Congress is obsessed with saving money by cutting assistance to our poorest citizens, there's been nary a peep about how major banks and food corporations profit from food stamps, and what that means for recipients and the rest of the taxpaying public. With minimal oversight or accountability, banks such as JPMorgan Chase administer SNAP in each state, reaping big contracts that reveal little about how they turn a profit off these public benefits. You'd think the austerity-minded Congress might want to know. Consider a few facts, revealed in an in-depth report released Tuesday by California-based Eat Drink Politics (of which Michele Simon is president and Christopher Cook a contributing researcher): JPMorgan Chase holds contracts in 24 states to administer SNAP benefits, indicating concentrated power and a lack of competition; In New York, a seven-year deal originally paid JPMorgan Chase 2 million for EBT services, and was recently amended to add .3 million–an increase of 13 percent. Read More: http://www.alternet.org/story/155849/are_corporations_and_big_banks_making_a_windfall_from_food_stamps?akid=8941.220629.CB1oeD&rd=1&t=2http://www.twitpic.com/9xn5vw
AOTEAROA IS NOT FOR SALE! WE WANT A SNAP ELECTION! What Parliament Does, the Streets Can Undo = Power to the People! #OWS #OWGTN @OccupyNZDhttp://www.twitpic.com/9esjqa