#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 Kansas tax cuts are causing chest pains, as expected ‘shot of adrenaline’ falls short http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/2/2f0cdb0c-d1db-11e2-b17e-00144feab7de.html#ixzz2VuxFWVqZ … The Kansas Center for Economic Growth ran projections on the final tax bill and budget with the help of Washington, DC-based Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, and found that they actually constitute a tax increase on the poorest 20% of the population. Starving the beast? Even if politicians were to disregard spending on social programs and education, Francis said, employers want to relocate to places with solid infrastructure. The budget passed this weekend includes a USD 300m cut over two years to the Kansas Department of Transportation, which the state has raided in past years, as previously reported. “People continue to lie to themselves and the Kansas public,” McKay said. “We are back to a revenue crisis. It’s not all unicorns and sunshine. You can only cut so much.” …http://www.twitpic.com/cwwju7
#union #iww #occupy #ows #p2 #p21 #tlot #tcot #TeaParty The Quiet Closing of Washington http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/the_quiet_closing_of_washington_20130609/ Conservative Republicans in our nation’s capital have managed to accomplish something they only dreamed of when tea partyers streamed into Congress at the start of 2011: They’ve basically shut Congress down. Their refusal to compromise is working just as they hoped: No jobs agenda. No budget. No grand bargain on the deficit. No background checks on guns. Nothing on climate change. No tax reform. No hike in the minimum wage. Nothing so far on immigration reform. It’s as if an entire branch of the federal government — the branch that’s supposed to deal directly with the nation’s problems, not just execute the law or interpret the law b…http://www.twitpic.com/cwcj89
#union #iww #occupy #ows #p2 #p21 #tlot #tcot #TeaParty Report: Lowering Corporate Tax Rates Won't Boost Economy http://www.aflcio.org/Blog/Economy/Report-Lowering-Corporate-Tax-Rates-Won-t-Boost-Economy A new report from the Economic Policy Institute (EPI) shatters several bits of conventional wisdom embraced by the media and many in Washington, D.C., including the oft-repeated Republican mantra that lower corporate taxes boost the economy. The analysis found no evidence that changes in the statutory or effective tax rate on corporations are correlated with economic growth… RELATED: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economy_of_the_United_Stateshttp://www.twitpic.com/cviada
#union #iww #occupy #ows #p2 #p21 #tlot #tcot #TeaParty Ironworkers Call on Congress to Fix Crumbling Infrastructure http://www.aflcio.org/Blog/Political-Action-Legislation/Ironworkers-Call-on-Congress-to-Fix-Crumbling-Infrastructure After the collapse of the Skagit River Bridge in Washington State, Ironworkers General President Walter Wise called on Congress to break the unprecedented gridlock and make immediate investment in rebuilding the country's crumbling infrastructure. Wise noted numerous reports in recent years highlight addressing America's infrastructure is long overdue. Most recently, the American Society of Civil Engineers gave United States infrastructure a grade of D+…http://www.twitpic.com/cvabg7
Washington Charities At Center Of Complaint To IRS #WIunion #1U #OWS #RickBerman http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Center_for_Union_Facts http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Berman_%26_Co.http://www.twitpic.com/cuuljh
#union #iww #occupy #ows #p2 #p21 #tlot #tcot #TeaParty Here Are Your Ideas on New Ways to Organize http://www.aflcio.org/Blog/Organizing-Bargaining/Here-Are-Your-Ideas-on-New-Ways-to-Organize From jobless worker organizing to better and more communication and stronger union solidarity, you had a lot to say yesterday about new ways to organize to build a stronger movement for working people. Harold Meyerson, editor-at-large of The American Prospect and op-ed columnist for The Washington Post, moderated the fourth in a series of online discussions to help us set a course for the future at the 2013 AFL-CIO Convention, which will focus on how the labor movement can meet the current and future needs of all working people. Here are excerpts from the chat. Go to the discussion for the full conversation…http://www.twitpic.com/cudwau
#union #iww #occupy #ows #p2 #p21 #tlot #tcot #TeaParty CNN: DOJ Has Proof It Alerted News Corp. Of Rosen Subpoena http://livewire.talkingpointsmemo.com/entry/cnn-doj-has-proof-it-alerted-news-corp The Department of Justice claims it has proof it alerted the parent company of Fox News of a subpoena used to obtain the phone log records of Washington correspondent James Rosen as part of an investigation into a 2010 leak of classified information, according to CNN. “The Justice Department is telling us here at CNN….that it showed a Fox News notification according to the Justice Department of this James Rosen investigation nearly three years ago,” CNN's Jim Acosta reported on air Wednesday, per a rush transcript. “To back that up, earlier this afternoon Justice and law enforcement producer Carol Cratty …http://www.twitpic.com/cu6dwm
#union #iww #occupy #ows #p2 #p21 #tlot #tcot #TeaParty Occupy Lives On! http://www.capecodtoday.com/blogs/my-day/2013/05/27/19537-occupy-lives Many of us are familiar with the Chinese proverb “women hold up half the sky” that Mao Tse-tung gave new life to in order to raise the status of women in the new China. Perhaps fewer people have heard “Let a hundred flowers bloom,” a slogan from the same period that encourages people to come forward with lots of ways of doing things as well as being creative! If we look back at the past couple of weeks, we can get a glimpse that the second generation of Occupy is taking on a hundred ways to work for change. For example, a couple of weeks ago in Seattle, Washington, Superintendent of Schools Jose Banda announced that… RELATED: http://www.1199seiu.org/occupy_movement_lives_on_lawsuits_filed_to_restore_free_speech_and_assemblyhttp://www.twitpic.com/cty3ap