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1600 volunteers as scabs in Seattle trash strike SEATTLE - More than 1,600 people have applied to work as replacement drivers for Waste Management in case of a strike by the Teamsters, a company spokesperson said Saturday.
"We're preparing to hire replacements in the event of a prolonged strike. It's part of our contingency planning," said Jackie Lang, spokeswoman for Waste Management....
Posted: Sat, Apr 3, 2010 12:44pm PDT
VIDEO: The crisis of neoliberalism Happy Fossil Fools Day! Confusing means and ends, part and whole, personal and public and real and imaginary are signs of hubris, not enlightenment.
Without the social contract, we become wolves to one another and mistake corporate profits with community health. Without alternative economics and radical rethinking, the call center is stylized as the "best of all possible worlds" and learning from O Canada becomes a luxury....
Posted: Thu, Apr 1, 2010 6:18am PDT
UGSOA President James Carney JUMPS SHIP. FCGOA is Ready to Take The Helm. Federal Contract Guards of America FCGOA President Guy James stated "FCGOA is ready and able to represent the many UGSOA Security Police Professionals who wish to leave the United Government Security Officers of America UGSOA to join our organization FCGOA"...
Posted: Wed, Mar 31, 2010 2:45pm PDT
Health Care Battle Ends; War on Social Security Begins Drunk with success over their Health Care bill passing, the Democrats are now lusting after even greater conquests. With the celebratory hangover still aching, the Democrats lurch forward towards a hasty drive to “reform” Social Security.
The Social Security reform will no doubt resemble the health care reform, the details of which remain a mystery to most Americans. The essence of both policies will be based on one principle: reduce the debt of the United States by any means necessary....
Posted: Mon, Mar 29, 2010 8:25pm PDT
Extra Tax Refund for Workers: Sch M: Making Work Pay Be sure to complete Schedule M for Line 40 on your 1040 income tax return to get your economic stimulus if your adjusted gross income is less than $95,000 a year ($190,000 on joint return) or you are not a dependent on another return. It is called Making Work Pay and Government Retireee Credits....
Posted: Fri, Mar 26, 2010 7:29am PDT
Nuclear Power Plants Vulnerable to Attack, Former CIA Officer Says One of the biggest problems is the fact that the union who presently represents these nuclear security officers the United Government Security Officers of America UGSOA has failed to negotiate for better wages, benefits and a higher standard of training for these nuclear security officers stated FCGOA President Guy James....
Posted: Thu, Mar 25, 2010 6:19pm PDT
MARCH FOR JOBS, JUSTICE, EDUCATION, IMMIGRATION REFORM, NO "BRACERO" "AG-JOBS" GUEST WORKERS LABOR & COMMUNITY CALL FOR 3 DAY MARCH...
Posted: Tue, Mar 23, 2010 7:20am PDT
Mexico: Federal Police Attack Five More Electricians' Blockades, One Electrician Shot In October 2009, President Calderon unilaterally fired 44,000 Luz y Fuerza del Centro workers. Mexican Electrical Workers Union (SME) declared March 16 the beginning of a National Strike. Striking workers from the Union blockading their former workplaces in Ecatepec county were attacked by 100 federal police...
Posted: Thu, Mar 18, 2010 9:18pm PDT
Democracy on Trial: SEIU's lawsuit against union reformers goes to court For the last year, SEIU officials in Washington, D.C. have been suing 29 local union reformers and whistleblowers who exposed the union's corruption and backroom deals and helped healthcare workers protect their democratic right to join a new union after a hostile takeover....
Posted: Wed, Mar 17, 2010 4:30pm PDT
VIDEO: Remaking the Economy or Geithner's Image? Robert Johnson is an economist who can be heard at www.therealnews.com/
Les Leopold is an economist whose latest book is "The Looting of America."...
Posted: Tue, Mar 16, 2010 6:03pm PDT
Freedom and Basic Income Given the productivity of the economy, global upheavals of labor markets and the growing gap between poor and rich, it is a delusion to assume full employment could be remotely attainable in 30 to 50 years as in the 1970s. Paid jobs in the classical sense will be available for 20 to 30 percent of persons able to work. Basic income gives everyone the free space to worry about the really important things including the possibility of regular paid work....
Posted: Tue, Mar 16, 2010 7:07am PDT
Workers at 10 more nursing homes to switch unions and join NUHW Caregivers at GranCare homes call on SEIU to stop misusing dues to harass and coerce members...
Posted: Mon, Mar 15, 2010 9:44am PDT
YouTube - M4 Day of Action-On The March For Public Education This video presents part of the massive protest in Northern California of education students and workers to defend public education in California on March 4, 2010. It is part of a longer documentary on this struggle....
Posted: Sun, Mar 14, 2010 3:06pm PDT
FCGOA Pres calls For Tougher Background Checks after Terror Suspect Infiltrated Nuke Sites Guy James President of The International Union, Federal Contract Guards of America stated that “we must always be on the alert at nuclear facilities, federal buildings , airports and other high profile buildings where terrorist groups like Al-Qaida continue to target our infrastructure. The question we face each and everyday is not if a terrorist attack like 9/11 will happen again but when will it happen....
Posted: Sun, Mar 14, 2010 9:28am PDT
Use of Private Federal Contract Security Guards at Gov Buildings Comes Under Scrutiny. Guy James President of the International Union, Federal Contract Guards of America FCGOA disagrees. The problem is not that these contract guards need to be federalized, the problem is better training". "There really are no federal standards for security guards," said James.
"These individuals should be trained at the federal level since they are the first line of defense against a terrorist attack, just like federal police officers," he said....
Posted: Sat, Mar 13, 2010 9:37am PST
Drastic Budget Cuts Protest today 11:30 School District 555 Franklin MEDIA ALERT
For Immediate Release Contact:
March 11, 2010 Andrea Marta
SFOP
415.699.9259
Parents and Families from Monroe Elementary School and others join together to Demand Budget Process is Slowed and Alternative Cuts are Considered.
WHAT: SFUSD is facing $113 Million in education cuts and students, families and teachers want be...
Posted: Fri, Mar 12, 2010 9:09am PST
Judge verifies NUHW landslide vote at Doctors Medical Center SEIU kept workers from bargaining a contract for ten months by crying unfair; judge rules SEIU, not NUHW, had unfair advantage...
Posted: Thu, Mar 11, 2010 9:02am PST
Dialogue between Nicaragua Sugar, Grupo Pellas and ASOCHIVIDA regarding CKD Report from the Compliance Advisor and Ombudsman (CAO) of the World Bank: Dialogue process between the San Antonio Sugar Mill and ASOCHIVIDA advances....
Posted: Thu, Mar 11, 2010 7:34am PST
With regard to ANAIRC’s campaign against NSEL and the boycott against Flor de Caña To this date, there is no recognized formal scientific study that establishes a relationship of causality between sugarcane cultural practices and chronic kidney disease (CKD)....
Posted: Thu, Mar 11, 2010 7:31am PST
Factory worker executed by macabre North Korean Stalinist tyranny The bizarre zenophobic Stalinist tyranny of North Korea goes the extra mile to show it's anti-working class character....
Posted: Fri, Mar 5, 2010 2:54pm PST
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