Showing posts with label union. Show all posts
Showing posts with label union. Show all posts

Monday, May 2, 2011

UN Fires Union Employees Just In Time For International Workers Day


UN Fires Union Employees Just In Time For International Workers Day

Et tu, Brute?

"It’s May Day, not the Ides of March, but the betrayal stings no less. The United Nations fired ABM, a union contractor and its longtime contractor Friday and replaced them with the nonunion A-1 Office Services Management. Members of the Local 32BJ were told Thursday that Friday would be their last day, oh, and their health insurance was bye-bye to boot. Happy International Worker’s Day." Full Article |politicususa

Saturday, April 30, 2011

Firefighters Union President Shaitberger Cuts Off Federal Political Contributions Until Congressional Reps FIght Back For Workers


Union President Shaitberger | Rachel Maddow Show | Video Here

Firefighters Union President Shaitberger Cuts Off Federal Political Contributions Until Congressional Reps Fight Back For Workers- 04/28/11 Source | Workers Independent News


Additonal Info Link | Boston May Day Rally

Boston May Day Coalition

Boston May Day Coalition

B O S T O N

RALLY | TOMOR
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After the rally we will take the T to East Boston to join in the East Boston March to the May 1 rally in Chelsea.


We demand:Boston May Day Coalition
  • 1.Stop attacks on workers!
  • 2. Stop the detention and deportation of migrant workers and their families!
  • 3. Immediate permanent residency for all undocumented migrant workers!
  • 4. No racist profiling Secure Communities programs!
  • 5. Money for jobs and education, not for war and occupation!
  • 6. Unity of all workers to defend our rights!
  • 7. International unity for immigrant rights.
Special performance by the radical theater group Bread and Puppet

Boston May Day 2011 Event on Facebook

Our event is live on Facebook. To indicate if you are planning to attend or simply to visit the event page click here. If you have a Facebook account please pass the information on to your friends.



Sponsored by the Boston May Day Committee (Mass. Global Action, ANSWER Coalition, Socialist Workers Party, Socialist Alternative, Socialist Party, July 26 Coalition, Tecschange, Latinos for Social Change) Full Post

Video | and News source International Association of Firefighters President Harold Shaitberger says the union is turning off the spigot of millions of dollars to federal candidates and federal political parties because politicians aren’t doing enough to stand up for labor in the face of intense attacks. Link to Maddow Video | and news source

Thursday, April 28, 2011

The unions are holding "lobby week" at the state house!



The unions are holding "lobby week" at the state house!

US Uncut Boston


"All workers and retirees from all unions are welcome and encouraged to be at the State House to defend collective bargaining as many days and as much time as possible. Before going into State House, check in at Massachusetts Teachers Association 5th... Floor at 20 Ashburton Place on Beacon Hill. Suggested hours: 10am to 10pm We have also organized specific lobby days by group: Monday (4/25): All Unions Day - Public, Building Trades, Private Sector, CLCs, Union E-boards, Officers & Staff Tuesday (4/26): AFSCME and all non-education, non-public safety workers Wednesday (4/27): Public Safety Day Thursday (4/28): Education Day Friday See the note by | Chris Priest|


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AFSCME | Facebook page
Public service workers are under attack | Stop The Lies

Monday, April 4, 2011

Chris Hedges: This Is What Resistance Looks Like - Chris Hedges' Columns - Truthdig

Chris Hedges: This Is What Resistance Looks Like - Chris Hedges' Columns - Truthdig



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Chris Hedges: This Is What Resistance Looks Like - Chris Hedges' Columns - Truthdig
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The phrase consent of the governed has been turned into a cruel joke. There is no way to vote against the interests of Goldman Sachs. Civil Disobedience is the only tool we have left. - 2011/04/03

"We don’t need leaders. We don’t need directives from above. We don’t need formal organizations. We don’t need to waste our time appealing to the Democratic Party or writing letters to the editor. We don’t need more diatribes on the Internet. We need to physically get into the public square and create a mass movement. We need you and a few of your neighbors to begin it. We need you to walk down to your Bank of America branch and protest. We need you to come to Union Square. And once you do that you begin to create a force these elites always desperately try to snuff out—resistance.

Chris Hedges’ column appears every Monday at Truthdig. Hedges, a fellow at The Nation Institute and a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, is the author of “Death of the Liberal Class.”