#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 Princess Madeleine of Sweden Marries American Banker http://www.buckinghampost.com/2013/06/12/princess-madeleine-of-sweden-marries-american-banker/ Swedish Princess Madeleine and New York banker Christopher O’Neill are married!The couple were married in a lavish wedding ceremony in Stockholm on June 8, in front of around 470 European royals and top New York socialites.Madeline wore a dress by Valentino Garavani and was walked down the aisle by her father, King Carl XVI Gustaf, to a traditional Swedish wedding march performed by a children’s choir.Madeleine chose to read her wedding vows in Swedish, while the British-American O’Neill read his in English.The Princess, 30, is the youngest of Carl XVI Gustaf and Queen Silvia’s three children. She is the fourth in the line for the throne. Meanwhile, the 38-year-old O’Neill works as a partner and head of research at Noster Capital, a hedge fun with offices in London and New York.The couple met in New York and were first spotted together having lunch in…http://www.twitpic.com/cx1ftw
#union #iww #occupy #ows #p2 #p21 #tlot #tcot #TeaParty Scaife-Funded Network Works Hard to Kill Immigration Reform http://www.prwatch.org/node/12128 With immigration reform advancing through Congress, an anti-immigrant network funded by a small group of right-wing foundations is trying to kill reform by pressuring moderate Republicans and appealing to the party's xenophobic wing. The groups could stymie efforts by some Republicans to appeal to the country's growing Latino population by moving to the center on immigration. The anti-immigration Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR) and others are using shoddy research methods to claim that immigration is at fault for a whole host of problems in America, from crime to income inequality. ProEng…http://www.twitpic.com/cvohgu
#union #iww #occupy #ows #p2 #p21 #tlot #tcot #TeaParty Kentucky Couple's ‘Ride for Respect’ at Walmart http://www.aflcio.org/Blog/Organizing-Bargaining/Kentucky-Couple-s-Ride-for-Respect-at-Walmart James and Trina Vetato knew about the freedom riders from history books. This week, the Paducah, Ky., couple expects to join a civil rights movement-style protest against the world's largest retailer. The Vetatos are activists in the employees’ group Organization United for Respect at Walmart, or OUR Walmart for short. Trina currently works at a Walmart store and James is a former Walmart employee. Called the “Ride for Respect,” the demonstration at Walmart corporate headquarters in Bentonville, Ark., will be modeled on civil rights volunteers who rode buses into the South in the 1960s to protest Jim Crow racial in…http://www.twitpic.com/cuzpqu
#union #iww #occupy #ows #p2 #p21 #tlot #tcot #TeaParty [VIDEO] Eve Ensler on connecting to the world through a cancer diagnosis http://www.today.com/books/eve-ensler-connecting-world-through-cancer-diagnosis-6C9659428 Video: “The Vagina Monologues” author opens up to NBC’s Maria Shriver about how fighting cancer helped her become connected to her body again and her new memoir, “The Body of the World.” Renowned for her theatrical works like “The Vagina Monologues,” Eve Ensler turns her focus to her own struggle to connect with a broken world. In “In the Body of the World,” she tells the story of how a diagnosis of uterine cancer helped her perceive her body and the world around her in a whole new way. Here's an excerpt. DIVIDED A mother’s body against a child’s body makes a place. It says you are here. Wit…http://www.twitpic.com/cotov6
#union #iww #occupy #ows #p2 #p21 #tlot #tcot #TeaParty [VIDEO] Where Does Nationals Player Bryce Harper Get His Work Ethic? His Ironworker Dad, That's Where http://blog.aflcio.org/Blog/Other-News/Where-Does-Nationals-Player-Bryce-Harper-Get-His-Work-Ethic-His-Ironworker-Dad-That-s-Where Washington Nationals wunderkind outfielder Bryce Harper works hard. Where does he get that work ethic? His father, a union ironworker from Las Vegas, who installs rebar on construction sites in sometimes extreme conditions. Check out this clip from ESPN's “Bryce Begins.” The entire special aired Tuesday night…http://www.twitpic.com/cnh3op
Yes this pic shows how Mega Corporate “logic” really works #usuncut #OWS #anon #u1http://www.twitpic.com/cm5eun
#union #iww #occupy #ows #p2 #p21 #tlot #tcot #TeaParty Treasury standing in the way of banking regulation: http://prospect.org/article/banking-regulation-closed-business “Under Timothy Geithner, Treasury was openly hostile to far-reaching congressional proposals to constrain mega-banks. Despite the change in leadership at the department, many holdovers from the Geithner era, including Miller, still hold high-level positions. In his confirmation hearings, Treasury Secretary Jack Lew stated flatly that Dodd-Frank had dealt with the Too Big to Fail problem. Most important, Lew works for President Obama: Reaching an agreement to break up mega-banks by forcing them to carry more capital would represent a tacit admission that Dodd-Frank, widely touted as a centerpiece of the preside…”…http://www.twitpic.com/clovgn
#occupy #ows #p2 #p21 #tlot #tcot #TeaParty Looting Main Street http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/looting-main-street-20100331 How the nation's biggest banks are ripping off American cities with the same predatory deals that brought down Greece If you want to know what life in the Third World is like, just ask Lisa Pack, an administrative assistant who works in the roads and transportation department in Jefferson County, Alabama. Pack got rudely introduced to life in post-crisis America last August, when word came down that she and 1,000 of her fellow public employees would have to take a little unpaid vacation for a while. The county, it turned out, was more than billion in debt — meaning that courthouses, jails and sheriff's precincts had to be closed so that Wall …http://www.twitpic.com/ckap0l
#union #iww #occupy #ows #p2 #p21 #tlot #tcot #TeaParty The Growing Sentiment on the Hill For Ending 'Too Big To Fail' http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/blogs/taibblog/the-growing-sentiment-on-the-hill-for-ending-too-big-to-fail-20130403 First, a quick housekeeping note: About a month ago, I got a call out of the blue from Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders, who's one of my favorite people and something of a political hero of mine. Bernie helped me many years ago, back when he was still a congressman, by letting me tag along for weeks for a story about how the House works that ultimately was called “Four Amendments and a Funeral” – an experience that taught me an enormous amount about how our government operates, and also in a weird way left me less cynical, as it showed there were still plenty of avenues where a determined individual could …http://www.twitpic.com/cgsf4b