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America’s Ports: The Place Where Old Trucks Go To Die
Aynalem Moba doesn’t want to kill anyone. He doesn’t want to injure anyone. He certainly doesn’t want to poison anyone. No, he is not a draftee in a horrible war he doesn’t believe in. He is an American truck driver who drives loads at the Port of Seattle.“Every day, I haul two or three loads that are overweight, possibly putting myself and others at risk. The truck could tip over. I’m afraid I might kill myself or someone else. Sometimes we’re carrying hazardous materials, and we don’t know…See More
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Joe Balkis liked Bob Simpson's blog post 'Alice Peurala: A Woman of Steel'
Alice Peurala: A Woman of Steel
“They’re telling workers they’ve got to step back and do with less. What does that mean? Not having a car? Not being able to make the payments on their house? Not being able to send their kids to college? Not having any money for recreation? I thought that what’s it all about–to make the life of the worker decent and with dignity and the ability to enjoy the things of society like culture and recreation. Now they’re saying we’ve taken too much from the corporations.” —Alice Puerala 1928-1986.…See More
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Hard work deserves more respect
R-E-S-P-E-C-TFind out what it means to meR-E-S-P-E-C-TTake care, TCB---- from the song "Respect" by Otis ReddingIf you drive down I-55 or I-80 out of Chicago toward Joliet, they are hard to miss. Sprawling boxy-looking buildings, often windowless, but with constant activity as semi's pull up to disgorge their contents. These are the warehouses of Will County, where goods meant mostly for North America's big box stores are routed to their ultimate destinations. They employ thousands of…See More
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Republican Economics: Failure Is Not An Option. It's a Requirement.
Republicans are very good at confusing people about the economy. Our economic problems are variously blamed on immigrants, blacks, liberals, environmentalists, unions, China, Democrats, women, government regulation or whatever else is the GOP flavor of the week. Conspicuously absent from this are the very wealthy who actually dominate the US economy. Republicans say that if we only stick to the tried and true policies of their dear departed Ronald Reagan, all will come up roses. But it’s the…See More
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No Poor Man Ever Gave Me a Job
“No poor man ever gave me a job.” How many times have you heard that one? Sadly, these words are often spoken by a working class person who should know better. It’s always said with a self-satisfied sneer, sometimes accompanied by some racial or gender slurs. Maybe you’ve heard people repeating the cruel sound bites from TV about how lazy and irresponsible poor people supposedly are.I’m not much good at snappy comebacks, so here is what I would like to say in response to these individuals.If…See More
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Occupy Woolworth's: A Labor Story from the Great Depression
“Get up, stand up: stand up for your rights! Get up, stand up: don't give up the fight!”----Bob Marley The legendary reggae artist Bob Marley gave us some good advice. There are times when people do have to stand up for their rights. But there are also other times when it pays to sit down for your rights. In 1937, during one of the worst years of the Great Depression, sitting down for one’s rights…See More
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Andy Funnell liked Bob Simpson's blog post 'Can a new labor movement save American civilization?'
Can a new labor movement save American civilization?
“What does labor want? We want more schoolhouses and less jails; more books and less arsenals; more learning and less vice; more leisure and less greed; more justice and less revenge; in fact, more of the opportunities to cultivate our better natures,” Samuel Gompers, President of the American Federation of Labor- 1915I would love to live in a civilized country in a civilized world. Really. But truth be told, we’re not there yet. Not even close. Some of us may live in places that have the…See More
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America’s Ports: The Place Where Old Trucks Go To Die
Posted on February 23, 2012 at 2:59pm 0 Comments 0 Likes
Aynalem Moba doesn’t want to kill anyone. He doesn’t want to injure anyone. He certainly doesn’t want to poison anyone. No, he is not a draftee in a horrible war he doesn’t believe in. He is an American truck driver who drives loads at the Port of Seattle.
“Every day, I haul two or three loads that are overweight, possibly putting myself and others at risk. The truck could tip over. I’m afraid I might kill myself or someone else. Sometimes we’re carrying hazardous materials,…Continue
Alice Peurala: A Woman of Steel
Posted on February 12, 2012 at 1:05pm 0 Comments 1 Like
“They’re telling workers they’ve got to step back and do with less. What does that mean? Not having a car? Not being able to make the payments on their house? Not being able to send their kids to college? Not having any money for recreation? I thought that what’s it all about–to make the life of the worker decent and with dignity and the ability to enjoy…
Continue Hard work deserves more respect
Posted on January 26, 2012 at 1:51am 0 Comments 0 Likes
R-E-S-P-E-C-T
Find out what it means to me
R-E-S-P-E-C-T
Take care, TCB---- from the song "Respect" by Otis Redding
If you drive down I-55 or I-80 out of Chicago toward Joliet, they are hard to miss. Sprawling boxy-looking buildings, often windowless, but with constant activity as semi's pull up to disgorge their contents. These are the warehouses of Will County, where goods meant mostly for North America's big box stores are routed…
Continue Republican Economics: Failure Is Not An Option. It's a Requirement.
Posted on January 20, 2012 at 9:36pm 0 Comments 0 Likes
Republicans are very good at confusing people about the economy. Our economic problems are variously blamed on immigrants, blacks, liberals, environmentalists, unions, China, Democrats, women, government regulation or whatever else is the GOP flavor of the week. Conspicuously absent from this are the very wealthy who actually dominate the US economy.
Republicans say that if we only stick to the tried and true policies of their dear departed Ronald Reagan,…
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