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The purpose of this group is to create solidarity among the left & to take action by any means necessary.
Location: The frontline is everywhere!
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How to Promote Solidarity? 1 Reply
I think this group is a great idea and a worthy goal, but the question is how do we achieve this or at least how do we take practical steps to it?I know of many different attempts to unify various…Continue
Started by Rhys Harrison. Last reply by Joe Balkis Sep 30, 2012.
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Comment by Joe Balkis on April 24, 2012 at 6:07
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Comment by Joe Balkis on April 24, 2012 at 6:06
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Rhode Island Pension Cuts Set Chilling Precedents
If you thought retiring would help you avoid the ruination of living standards brought on by the economic crisis, Rhode Island's pension overhaul just proved you wrong. Pension cuts are hurting every worker: current, retired, and future.
The Labor Notes national conference will be held May 4-6 at the Crowne Plaza O'Hare in Chicago. Come get a dose of inspiration at our biggest conference yet. The conference offers a series of essential skills-building workshops along with sessions that probe big-picture topics. Here's just two of the scores of workshops you can look forward to:Crucial Skills, Big Ideas Labor Notes Conference: May 4-6
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Comment by Joe Balkis on April 24, 2012 at 6:05
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Secrets of a Successful Organizer. How do you get your co-workers to join you in building union strength and taking on the boss at work? Learn proven strategies that get more members involved. How to have effective organizing conversations; how to identify issues in the workplace; and how to spot other potential leaders.
Assessing Strike Strategies. Using labor's ultimate weapon has become harder as corporations and the law place ever greater restrictions on the strike, and make the risks of striking ever higher. Several unions have emphasized short walkouts and rolling actions to respond to this difficult climate. What are the strengths and weaknesses of these strategies?
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Steward's Corner: Everything You Were Afraid to Ask about Lockouts
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Comment by Joe Balkis on April 24, 2012 at 6:05
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Asleep at the Wheel
Common Ground on the Kill Floor: Organizing Smithfield
Organizing the union at the Smithfield Foods plant in Tar Heel, North Carolina, was a bruising 16-year battle. The fight brought together African American, white, and Mexican immigrant workers, who were able to find common ground despite the company's attempts to use racial div... to try to defeat them.
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Comment by Joe Balkis on April 24, 2012 at 6:04
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Review: Autoworkers under the Gun
Help Bring Low-Wage Workers to the Labor Notes ConferenceWe depend on our readers to help us fund the participation of low-wage, young, and striking workers at our May 4-6 gathering.
Please help them get to Chicago with a tax-deductible donation to t....
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Comment by Joe Balkis on April 24, 2012 at 6:02
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Mining giant Rio Tinto’s reputation doesn’t even come close to the lofty ideals of the Olympic movement - friendship, solidarity and fair play. Instead Rio Tinto is infamous for increasing profits by driving down wages. Rio’s latest move is the months-long lockout of smelter workers in Quebec Canada because they refuse to let Rio Tinto replace retiring workers with contract employees who would earn half the wages for doing the same work. Despite this, when the athletes take the podium at the London Olympics, the medals they take home will have been manufactured from metals supplied by Rio Tinto. No athlete should have to wear a medal tarnished by Rio Tinto’s practices. The United Steelworkers is leading a global campaign to have the International Olympic Committee (IOC) reject Rio Tinto’s participation in the Olympic Games, helping to draw attention to Rio Tinto’s abuse of workers, their families and communities around the world. In just 20 seconds you can send a message asking IOC President Jacques Rogge to get Rio Tinto off the podium! Just go HERE.
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Comment by Joe Balkis on April 24, 2012 at 5:57
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Remove All Western Troops from Afghanistan
To support a peace petition by citizens of NATO countries, please s...The text of the petition is below:
"The war in Afghanistan costs thousands of lives and trillions of dollars in defense of a corrupt and unpopular regime, one that is entirely dependent on Western troops and aid.
"The war has inflamed Muslim opinion and failed to make Europe or the United States safer. Morality is undermined by recent NATO claims of no "confirmed" civilian casualties.
"We, the undersigned, as peace advocates from NATO countries, call on the US government and NATO to accelerate the withdrawal of all Western troops from Afghanistan, and announce a diplomatic offensive at the Chicago Summit of May 18-20.
"NATO must accept a power-sharing arrangement and diplomacy with nations in the region including Pakistan, India, Iran, Turkey, and China."
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Comment by Joe Balkis on April 24, 2012 at 5:55
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Sometimes my six-year-old son asks me: “Why did they kill daddy, why did they kill him?” That’s the same question that I have been asking myself for nearly two years. In 2010 near San Diego, my husband Anastasio Hernandez-Rojas was brutally beaten and tasered by Border Patrol agents while more than a dozen other agents provided cover. They hogtied and handcuffed him; made him lie face down on the pavement and tortured him to death, despite his repeated pleas for help. Over the last two years, Border Patrol has refused to release the names of the agents responsible for the brutal beating, and refused to reveal whether those involved have been disciplined. Anastasio was not their only victim. Since 2010, the year Anastasio was killed, Border Patrol agents have killed or seriously injured at least 9 people from San Diego to Texas. My family is demanding that the Department of Justice conduct an open and thorough investigation of all the killings committed by the Border Patrol since 2010. Will you join us by signing this petition to the DOJ to bring justice to my family and the other families that have been victimized? http://presente.org/anastasio Anastasio was a loving father of five and was the pillar of strength that held our family together. My children and I want to know the truth, and we want justice for Anastasio and all the other families that have lost a loved one at the hands of the Border Patrol. When he came to this country, he sought greater opportunity in order to support his family. He did not deserve to be tortured and dehumanized. We are human beings and our immigrant lives as just as important as any other life. Please join my family, alongside the Southern Border Communities Coalition, and over 20,000 Presente.org members in asking that the Department of Justice bring justice home. After you sign this petition, please ask your friends and family to do the same. http://presente.org/anastasio I can only hope that the day will come when I can give an answer to my six year old son and all my children. Only justice can bring peace to our home. Anastasio deserves to have his dignity restored even after death. Thank you for helping me and my children get one step closer to justice and peace, Maria Puga Widow of Anastasio Hernandez-Rojas
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Comment by Joe Balkis on April 23, 2012 at 17:21
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College of Complexes, "The Playground for People Who Think" since 1951 weekly free speech forum on social issues and current events www.collegeofcomplexes.org Complete Schedule of Upcoming Programs All meetings open to the public.
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Comment by Joe Balkis on April 23, 2012 at 17:20
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