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Retirement Security: One of Biggest Casualties of Financial Crisis Thursday, October 9, 2008 : Fueled by Wall Street greed and Bush-McCain deregulation fever, today's crashing economy, tumbling home prices and stock market nosedive has cost American workers as much as $2 trillion in retirement security savings during the past 15 months....
Posted: Thu, Oct 9, 2008 7:42am PDT
A Time for Union Power! (audio/mpeg 1.4MB) It's been over a year since two members of the International Longshore & Warehouse Union (ILWU), Local 10, were harassed, beaten and busted while trying to call their union rep on a cell phone.
The men, Aaron Harrison and Jason Ruffin, were beaten by maritime security and West Sacramento cops, for the fake offense of parking -- while Black.
They are days away from trial in Yolo County, California on bogus "resisting arrest" charges, really cover charges--to cover up the fact tha...
Posted: Wed, Oct 8, 2008 11:47pm PDT
Global Unions Join for World Day for Decent Work Tuesday, October 7, 2008 : Around the world, thousands of workers will observe the first World Day for Decent Work today to focus attention on global solidarity and a joint action to ensure that every worker has a job that provides basic needs for themselves and their families. The AFL-CIO Solidarity Center and its partners worldwide will participate in a range of activities focusing on three themes: rights at work, solidarity and ending poverty and inequality....
Posted: Tue, Oct 7, 2008 7:28am PDT
Republican Dirty Tricks, Secret Purges Aimed at Suppressing Votes Monday, October 6, 2008 : In four weeks, millions of voters will go to the polls to choose our next president, Congress and state and local officials. But even if you are eligible to vote, you could be denied a ballot, illegally purged from the voting rolls or face challenges to your voting status....
Posted: Mon, Oct 6, 2008 7:25am PDT
In the eye of the storm New York City workers condemn Wall Street bailout Monday, October 6, 2008 :The efforts of the Democrats and Republicans to rescue the financial oligarchy on Wall Street with hundreds of billions of dollars of public money have provoked a wave of revulsion and hostility from workers across the United States....
Posted: Mon, Oct 6, 2008 7:19am PDT
Interview to Leonel Rivero Rodriguez, lawyer of the migrantes workers of FLOC 
Of passage by FLOC in September, we asked Rivero Rodriguez to him on the bond that establishes Monterrey, Mé xico, in the flow of the migrantes workers of Ohio; we requested to him that Rafael Cruz in the context of Mé speaks to us of the case of Santiago; xico and of the Inter-American Commission of the Right Smoke; and finally, that paints a picture to us of the human rights in México....
Posted: Mon, Oct 6, 2008 1:47am PDT
Facts For Working People 
The latest issue of Facts For Working People. To revive the FFWP in pdf format about every weeks send you e mail address to: erin@bringdownbush.org...
Posted: Thu, Oct 2, 2008 10:31am PDT
Activists Foreclose on Wall Street with 150 Square Foot Banner 
Activists Scale Flagpole Behind Iconic Wall Street Bull, Raise 150-Square Foot American Flag with ‘Foreclosed?’ Stamped Over It...
Posted: Wed, Oct 1, 2008 1:33pm PDT
No to the Bailout of the Capitalist Speculators! The financial crisis that has been heating up since early 2007 reached the boiling point in late September. Credit markets virtually stopped functioning. A full-blown panic swept stock markets worldwide. The U.S. economy is in the throes of a recession that could turn into a Depression lasting for years. In these dire straits, the Wall Street speculators who set off this crisis are demanding that the government rescue them with a bailout priced at $700 billion. The actual costs will be far hi...
Posted: Sun, Sep 28, 2008 9:00am PDT
No Life Support to Capitalism Pulling the plug won't mean the end of the world; there is an alternative.
Let's do a Kevorkian on this rotten system!...
Posted: Wed, Sep 24, 2008 4:00pm PDT
Riot Cops Detain IWW Starbucks Workers Union Supporters in Train at Mall of America (video/quicktime 5.5MB) 3min45sec.
IWW Starbucks Workers Union supporters are sealed into a train by riot cops en route to the first union Starbucks in Minnesota, and the first union shop in the Mall of America....
Posted: Tue, Sep 23, 2008 12:42am PDT
Stand Up For ILWU 10 Members Jason Ruffin and Aaron Harrison:Drop The Bogus Charges Now! 
The Transport Workers Solidarity Committee will be mobilizing with ILWU Local 10 to defend two young Black members who were beaten and arrested by Sacramento police on August 23, 2008. There will be a rally at the Yolo County Court House on Monday October 6....
Posted: Mon, Sep 22, 2008 1:57pm PDT
The Fed, AIG, Congress, Third Party Candidates and the Debt 
“The Fed,” William Greider said, “decides who shall prosper and who shall fail.” American International Group (AIG), Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac and Bear Stearns, all private entities, will be bailed out by the taxpayers. Third Party candidates want an audit and investigation of “The Fed,” an unelected clique. “The Fed,” and the Treasury Dept., are currently submitting a Mother of All Bailout schemes to the Congress. It may cost the public $1 trillion!...
Posted: Sat, Sep 20, 2008 11:27am PDT
The Homeless Move to BushVille. This is what I have been watching the wires for, a report revealing the
21st. century Hooverville....
Posted: Fri, Sep 19, 2008 5:51pm PDT
Amidst Wall Street Woes, Labor Activist & Writer Bill Fletcher on "Solidarity Divided: The Crisis in Organized Labor" Friday, September 19, 2008 :While the press has extensively covered the Wall Street meltdown, little attention has been paid to what this means to the American worker. We speak to longtime labor activist and writer Bill Fletcher, co-author with Fernando Gapasin of the new book Solidarity Divided: The Crisis in Organized Labor and a New Path toward Social Justice. Fletcher is the executive editor of BlackCommentator.com and the former president of TransAfrica Forum....
Posted: Fri, Sep 19, 2008 8:20am PDT
Socialist Candidates to File Lawsuit for Inclusion on Louisiana Ballot U.S. Presidential Candidate Brian Moore blast Louisiana officials for “shamelessly obstructing minor party access to ballot in aftermath of Hurricane Gustav;” accuses Governor Jindal and Secretary of State Dardenne of using natural disaster to protect John McCain and the GOP....
Posted: Sat, Sep 13, 2008 9:27am PDT
SEIU Denounces Anti-immigrant Hate Speech Tuesday, September 9, 2008 :...
Posted: Wed, Sep 10, 2008 7:26am PDT
To All UFCW Members U.S. & Canada: A Call To Action Dear UFCW Sisters & Brothers:
The UFCW held it’s International convention August 18, 2008 thru August 22, 2008 in Montreal, Canada. All decisions, elections, constitution changes and dues increases for the UFCW International Union are decided at these conventions....
Posted: Tue, Sep 9, 2008 6:47am PDT
The Downey Toxic Hell Hole: Injured Workers, Liability & The Business Of Stewart Lichtner 
One of the first privatized government toxic dump site in Downey, California has now led to the serious injuries of hundreds of movie workers and Kaiser workers. The site developed by toxic site developer Stuart Lichter has also sued injured workers and their advocates to silence them going public about this highly toxic military dump site in Southern California...
Posted: Wed, Sep 3, 2008 9:37pm PDT
Video Of Puerto Rican Teachers 
Two videos about the struggle of Puerto Rican teachers are now on line and also a statement of support for for them...
Posted: Wed, Sep 3, 2008 3:27pm PDT
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