#union #iww #occupy #ows #p2 #p21 #tlot #tcot #TeaParty The European System Of Industrial Relations And The Dynamics Of Transnational Company Agreements http://www.social-europe.eu/2013/06/the-european-system-of-industrial-relations-and-the-dynamics-of-transnational-company-agreements/ European Works Councils (EWCs) and transnational company agreements are a cornerstone of the social dimension of the European Union. They constitute the most dynamic element of the European system of industrial relations which has emerged in the last decades in spite of the considerable differences between the industrial relations systems of the member states. The construction of this system started in 1984 when the European legislators vested the European Commission with the task of encouraging the development of a ‘social dialogue’ so as to promote contractual relations in the longer term. After a period of quasi tripartite European social dialogue that produced rather modest results, the European governments followed the agreement of 31 October 1991 signed by the ETUC, UNICE…http://www.twitpic.com/cxz6fk
#union #iww #occupy #ows #p2 #p21 #tlot #tcot #TeaParty [VIDEO] Police attack union strikes in Ankara http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=HYjVmUu4o64 On June 6, Prime Minister Erdoğan is scheduled to return from his four-day business tour of North Africa. Meanwhile, in Turkey, demonstrators, who Erdoğan called extremists and the trending term [tSa'puldZulAr] continue to protest, if not more intensely than when he left. On the morning of June 5, major union groups, such as the Confederation of Revolutionary Trade Unions (DISK), and the Confederation of Public Employees Unions (KESK), met in Ankara in Kızılay square. They were peaceful, chanting songs and slogans. Then this happened… RELATED: http://www.presstv.ir/detail/2013/06/04/307165/turkey-workers-on-strike-over-crackdown/http://www.twitpic.com/cvom3l
#union #iww #occupy #ows #p2 #p21 #tlot #tcot #TeaParty “The Strengthening Social Security Act of 2013 would: • Strengthen Benefits by Reforming the Social Security Benefit Formula: To improve benefits for current and future Social Security beneficiaries, the Act changes the method by which the Social Security Administration calculates Social Security benefits. This change will boost benefits for all Social Security beneficiaries by approximately per month, but is targeted to help those in the low and middle of the income distribution, for whom Social Security has become an ever greater share of their retirement income. • Ensure that Cost of Living Adjustments Adequately Reflect the Living Expenses of Retirees: The Act changes the way the Social Security Administration calculates the Cost of Living Adjustments (COLA). To ensure that benefits better reflect cost increases facing seniors, future COLAs will be based on the Consumer Price Index for the Elderly (CPI-E). Making this change to Social Security is expected to result in higher COLAs, ensuring that seniors are able to better keep up with the rising costs of essential items, like health care. • Improve the Long Term Financial Condition of the Trust Fund: Social Security is not in crisis, but does face a long-term deficit. To help extend the life of the trust fund the Act phases out the current taxable cap of 3,700 so that payroll taxes apply fairly to every dollar of wages.” http://www.harkin.senate.gov/press/release.cfm?i=341035http://www.twitpic.com/cvagq7
#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 Walker's WEDC a national embarrassment http://wisaflcio.typepad.com/wisconsin-state-afl-cio-blog/2013/05/walkers-wedc-a-national-embarrassment.html Gov. Walker ran on a promise to create 250,000 jobs in his first four years as Governor. Many economists argued that this goal was likely to be reached with little lifting from Gov. Walker due to natural upticks in the economy. Yet, more than halfway through Gov. Walker’s first term, he is spectacularly failing to meet his own job creation standards and his flagship “jobs agency” – the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation (WEDC) – has become a national embarrassment. WEDC’s mismanagement and incompetence falls squarely on the Walker Administration because it was the Governor’s brainchild to privatize the Department of…http://www.twitpic.com/cp1ks5
#union #iww #occupy #ows #p2 #p21 #tlot #tcot #TeaParty My Turn: Move forward in child poverty fight http://www.burlingtonfreepress.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2013305020006&gcheck=1 The Vermont Child Poverty Council was established by the Legislature in 2007 and charged with developing a plan to cut child poverty in half in 10 years. The Legislature recognized that the plan had to be long term. A problem as persistent as poverty cannot be solved overnight. Voices for Vermont’s Children has served on the council from the start, working with council members to collect information about the circumstances of Vermont’s poor and low-income children and their families and to develop poverty-reduction recommendations that were published in our January 2009 report. RELATED AUDIO: http://www.vpr.net/episode/54121/ranking-well-being-vermonts-children/http://www.twitpic.com/cnph1f
#union #iww #occupy #ows #p2 #p21 #tlot #tcot #TeaParty PSU students find lack of public restrooms in Portland for homeless population, city residents http://www.oregonlive.com/portland/index.ssf/2013/04/psu_students_find_lack_of_publ.html A group of Portland State University urban studies students is trying to revive conversation about the lack of public restrooms citywide, which disproportionately hurts homeless people. Students spent last term researching the issue and working with Public Hygiene Lets Us Stay Human, the Old Town-based advocacy group known as PHLUSH. They found that while the homeless population most consistently feels the lack of public facilities, just about everyone — bikers, joggers, tourists, park-goers, residents who visit other parts of the city, elderly and pregnant people — suf…http://www.twitpic.com/ci1gbw
#union #iww #occupy #ows #p2 #p21 #tlot #tcot #TeaParty Help make this Mitch McConnell's last term in the Senate https://secure.actblue.com/contribute/page/progresskentucky?refcode=fbvets1http://www.twitpic.com/ccrh9s
#union #iww #occupy #ows #p2 #p21 #tlot #tcot #TeaParty Scott Walker Proposes Budget That Cuts Taxes While Reducing Funding For Public Schools http://thinkprogress.org/economy/2013/02/21/1622451/scott-walker-proposes-budget-proposes-big-tax-cuts-and-big-cuts-to-public-education/ Governor Scott Walker (R-WI) is proposing a budget that would fund a variety of right-wing priorities by slashing support for public services and local communities, according to an outline of the plan given in Walker’s “State of the State” address Wednesday night. Walker, who had already cut taxes significantly in his first term, proposed an additional 0 million in cuts (about half of which come from income taxes): With this in mind, I am pleased to announce an income tax cut of 3 million. You, the hardworking taxpayers of this state helped to create the budget surplus, so i..http://www.twitpic.com/c5qx32
#union #iww #occupy #ows #p2 #p21 #tlot #tcot #TeaParty [VIDEO] What's happening in Turkey? http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2013/jun/05/whats-happening-in-turkey-occupy-gezi?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+theguardian%2Fcommentisfree%2Frss+(Comment+is+free) Text of the crowd-funded statement on Turkey's protests that is due to appear as a full-page ad in the New York Times People of Turkey have spoken: we will not be oppressed! Millions are outraged by the violent reaction of their government to a peaceful protest aimed at saving Istanbul's Gezi Park. Outraged, yet not surprised. Over the course of Prime Minister Erdoğan's ten-year term, we have witnessed a steady erosion of our civil rights and freedoms. Arrests of numerous journalists, artists, and elected officials and restrictions on freedom of speech, minorities' and women's rights all demonstrate that the ruling party is no…
#union #iww #occupy #ows #p2 #p21 #tlot #tcot #TeaParty [VIDEO] What's happening in Turkey? http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2013/jun/05/whats-happening-in-turkey-occupy-gezi?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+theguardian%2Fcommentisfree%2Frss+(Comment+is+free) Text of the crowd-funded statement on Turkey's protests that is due to appear as a full-page ad in the New York Times People of Turkey have spoken: we will not be oppressed! Millions are outraged by the violent reaction of their government to a peaceful protest aimed at saving Istanbul's Gezi Park. Outraged, yet not surprised. Over the course of Prime Minister Erdoğan's ten-year term, we have witnessed a steady erosion of our civil rights and freedoms. Arrests of numerous journalists, artists, and elected officials and restrictions on freedom of speech, minorities' and women's rights all demonstrate that the ruling party is no…http://www.twitpic.com/cvosc2