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Greenspan Sounds Alert on Social Security THERE WILL BE NONE FOR YOU!! For at least the fourth time this year, Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan issued his warning that the White House and Congress need to come up quickly with a plan to trim the Social Security and Medicare benefits that 77 million baby boomers are scheduled to receive when they retire....
Posted: Sun, Aug 29, 2004 8:28am PDT
Massive pay cuts, longer hours loom for 6 million workers as Bush guts overtime Next time you go to Burger King, you may find that the cashier ringing up your order has been promoted to an executive. But just like the BK crown doesn’t make you a king, the cashier’s new title doesn’t get her CEO pay. In fact, the new job title will result in lower pay and longer hours....
Posted: Sat, Aug 28, 2004 11:05pm PDT
MILLION WORKER MARCH--meetings, t-shirts Come to the planning meeting for the Million Worker March, every Sunday (except 9/12) at 5:30 at ILWU, Local 10 (400 North Point, SF). MWM t-shirts hot off the presses! Buy some, sell some, to support the march....
Posted: Sat, Aug 28, 2004 3:33pm PDT
New Overtime Laws Devastating to Middle- and Lower-Income Americans "Today, over 6 million working Americans will begin to feel the effects of the Bush administration's latest American holiday—'Wal-Mart Appreciation Day,'" said NOW President Kim Gandy, who joined Senators Tom Harkin and Arlen Specter, AFL-CIO President John Sweeney, and hundreds of union employees in a joint press conference this afternoon outside of the Department of Labor....
Posted: Fri, Aug 27, 2004 10:45pm PDT
"The Young Must Have a Chance" "The whole financial regime between the country, territories and communities is out of order. The communes were sacrificed on the altar of tax reform. Enough money is there.. Lengthening working hours in a time of weak growth and high unemployment is absurd.."...
Posted: Fri, Aug 27, 2004 9:39am PDT
Million Worker March Event & Other Great Activist Events This great list of community events is from Faye Kennedy, Sacramento Area Black Caucus. I hope to see you at some of them - put them on your calendar!...
Posted: Thu, Aug 26, 2004 9:02pm PDT
The Social Infrastructure "Our central argument is that this society is rich enough to finance such an infrastructure.. Redistributions must occur between capital and labor and rich and poor.. People should no longer be forced to accept any work under all conditions."...
Posted: Tue, Aug 24, 2004 5:33am PDT
S. KOREA, "Summer Struggle"... ...a great experience of unity and solidarity...
Posted: Mon, Aug 23, 2004 10:11pm PDT
Petition to Save Overtime Pay When was the last time the government cut your paycheck? That’s what’s going to
happen to millions of workers because of President Bush’s overtime pay take-away.
Starting today, employers can reclassify some 6 million workers as ineligible for
overtime pay....
Posted: Mon, Aug 23, 2004 8:48pm PDT
8/29SF Forum "The Selling Off Of SF" San Francisco bosses are seeking to privatize the entire city. This forum will include reports and discussions on the privatizatoin of all city services....
Posted: Sun, Aug 22, 2004 5:04pm PDT
Building Bridges Radio - 1.Paul Krugman 2. Flood Devastates Bangladesh Building Bridges Radio presents this 29 minutes Radio program. TO LISTEN CLICK ON WEB LINK BELOW...
Posted: Sun, Aug 22, 2004 4:03pm PDT
The Democratic Party, Unions, and Israel Is there a line of attack that can potentially unite leftists interested in a campaign to divest from the Israeli occupation, a rank-and-file campaign to promote union democracy, and a campaign to create a political party of the working class and our allies? Misuse of pension funds....
Posted: Wed, Aug 18, 2004 2:47pm PDT
Craig Rosebraugh, ALF spokesman, tried to bust union Craig Rosebraugh is the former spokesman for ALF and ELF. He owns a vegan restaurant chain, with one main restaurant on SE Hawthorne Portland which has high-middle prices and is typically filled. He fired several striking workers and this has brought his ethics under question....
Posted: Wed, Aug 18, 2004 8:56am PDT
Wild Oats goes bananas over union organizer The Wild Oats natural food chain claims to be progressive, enlightened, worker- and environment-friendly. The truth is, Wild Oats is anti-union....
Posted: Wed, Aug 18, 2004 1:46am PDT
California Passes Gay Labor Law he California Senate Monday passed the Omnibus Labor and Employment Non-Discrimination Act. The law standardizes over 30 labor and employment non-discrimination provisions to make them consistent with the Fair Employment and Housing Act (FEHA). The bill now moves to the Governor's desk....
Posted: Wed, Aug 18, 2004 1:06am PDT
Worker-owner Opportunity at 6th Street Books SF Worker-owned business is an effective mode not only of personal economics but also an individual part in efforts to shift the global economy toward regional stability and economic sustainability. So why, then, is Tommy at Sixth Street Books having trouble finding people who want to enter into a worker-owned book shop/lunch stop/education & entertainment venue?...
Posted: Wed, Aug 18, 2004 12:28am PDT
S. KOREA, Last Week's Struggle Report Now since 277 migrant workers in Seoul, S. Korea are in sit-in strike. MSSC's (Myeong-dong Sit-in Struggle Collective) weekly report...
Posted: Tue, Aug 17, 2004 11:25pm PDT
Crisis at KPFA (updated) This is a reposting of a letter from pro-democracy, pro-reform staff members at KPFA, with an updated signature list of 37 staff members. It is well worth reading. Please stay tuned....
Posted: Tue, Aug 17, 2004 8:35pm PDT
Bonjour paresse! The number one reason why most Americans avoid political organizing is probably lack of free time. Can they take a page from the latest slacker manifesto from France?...
Posted: Tue, Aug 17, 2004 4:31pm PDT
Globalization and Employment Corporations often repress falling purchasing power and the weak domestic economy by takeovers, foreign investments and exports. The neoliberal myth that increased profits lead to more investments and more jobs must be cleared away....
Posted: Tue, Aug 17, 2004 5:51am PDT
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