[Educationforall] spam con huevos, labor news, views and concerns, 12.08.11‏‏-I‏

Sun Dec 11 19:43:59 UTC 2011

"...we"re stealing their pensions."
UAW Concedes (as always) that the Fake Union Can't Organize "Foreign"
Auto Plants-complete Failure Again 
Nearly 15 Percent of Workers Projected to Be Unemployed at Some Point in 2012

Dec 12 - all out to ports -- Community picketlines‏

In Virginia, "No Justice" After Mining Disaster That Killed 29--and In North Carolina, Sterilization Victims Wait for Theirs
Can You Help Us Show How Work Connects Us All?‏
For 29 Dead Miners, No Justice
NPR Tries to Track Down Those Millionaire Job Creators
GOP Seeks to Cut Unemployment Benefits

Weigh in on CWA's presidential endorsement‏

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UAW Concedes (as always) that the Fake Union Can't Organize "Foreign"
Auto Plants-complete Failure Again 

The UAW decided today not to pick a so-called target foreign automaker to organize – a significant
change in its strategy for growing its membership. 
UAW President Bob King had set a goal to organize at least one foreign
automaker’s U.S. workers this year, but said today that the goal has
changed. 
“We are shifting our strategy htta little bit. We are not going to
pick or announce a target at all,” King said in an interview.  
http://www.freep.com/article/20111207/BUSINESS01/111207030/UAW-switches-strategy-won-t-single-out-foreign-automaker-union-organization

@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@Nearly 15 Percent of Workers Projected to Be Unemployed at Some Point in 2012
Read the Article at Daily Kos
@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@44 minute video link to Oakland, Calif. press conference supporting the D12 community pickets at the ports. Press release follows.See interview with longshore workers Clarence Thomas and Leo Robinson defending ILWU's 10 guiding principles http://www.workers.org/2011/us/ilwu_1215/#at_pco=cfs-1.0http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2011/12/09/18702267.php
Speakers at the press conference were Tim Simmons of Occupy Oakland; Boots Riley of Occupy Oakland, The Coup, and Street Sweeper Social Club; Betty Olson-Jones of the Oakland Education Association; Clarence Thomas of the ILWU and the Million Worker March; Mike King of Occupy Oakland; Jenna Woloshyn of Teamsters Local 70; Kimberly Rojas, Oakland Branch President of the National Postal Mail Handlers Union; Eddie Falcon of Iraq Veterans Against the War; Steve Zeltzer of the Committee to Defend the ILWU; and Bob Mandel of the Oakland Education Association. 

Press Release issued after the morning press conference: 

For Immediate release - Dec 9, 2011

Occupy Oakland & Organized Labor Plan to Shut Down Port 
Blockades Planned at Every Major West Coast Port on Monday 

Oakland, California -- Today, rank-and-file workers from the ILWU and Teamsters, local union leaders, veterans, and occupy organizers explained plans for the upcoming West Coast Port Shut Down on December 12 called for by the Occupy Oakland General Assembly. 

Community pickets and mass mobilizations to blockade the ports are being organized by Occupy movements in San Diego, LA, Oakland, Portland, Tacoma, Seattle, Vancouver, and Houston. Occupy Anchorage, Occupy Denver, and Occupy Wall Street are targeting Goldman Sachs and Walmart on the 12th. Solidarity actions are being planned as far away as in Japan. 

"Occupy Oakland called for this massive coordinated blockade as a way to strike back at the 1% after their attacks on the Occupy movement and their continued assault on working and poor people” said Boots Riley an organizer with Occupy Oakland. ”Our action is aimed directly at Wall Street on the Waterfront and is in solidarity with the struggles of port workers in LA and Longview, WA. ” 

Longeshoreman in Longview are currently in a bitter fight with the multinational grain exporter EGT, and port truckers in LA are fighting to unionize against Goldman Sachs-owned SSA.

While the community pickets of the port are being organized by the Occupy Oakland Port Shutdown Committee, rank-and-file unionists have been actively involved in every level of the organizing. 

"The rank and file of the ILWU I've talked to say there is no way they are going to cross a community picket line." said Anthony Lavierge, a member of ILWU Local 10. "When I'm working on the port, 90% of the truckers I talk to are enthusiastic." 

Organizers of the port blockade see the actions planned for next Monday as an important next step for Occupy. In recent weeks, Occupy activists across the country have expanded far beyond encampments and are now targeting large financial institutions, fighting foreclosures, reclaiming public space, and marching on valuable sources of profit for the 1%. 

“The December 12th port shutdown will be historic. In an unprecedented action we will bring the fight back to the 1% where they make a great deal of profit at the expense of the rest of 99%. We are part of a global movement seeking to take our lives back. In shutting down the ports we act in solidarity, not only with trade unionists under attack, but with the 89% of the working class with no trade union to represent them - the unemployed, the underemployed, the retiree.” said Mike King, an organizer with Occupy Oakland. “This coming Monday, port workers and all workers will stand with the 99%”. 

Scott Olsen, the Iraq War veteran critically injured by police during a November 25 attack on Occupy Oakland, issued a statement declaring "I plan on standing tall again on December 12, and I look forward to standing with our longshoremen.” He went on to say, “United we are stronger. As you say in your union, an injury to one is an injury to all. The only ones who will tell you otherwise are those that want to continue profiting off your backs." 

In Oakland, marches to the port will begin at 5.30am at West Oakland BART. At 3pm, there will be a rally 14th and Broadway, followed by a 4pm sharp march to the port. A 5pm march to the port will leave from West Oakland BART. 

for more information please visit: 
http://www.westcoastportshutdown
@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@In Virginia, "No Justice" After Mining Disaster That Killed 29--and In North Carolina, Sterilization Victims Wait for TheirsBy Sarah Seltzer | AlterNet
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You may not think often about how your work connects you to millions of people. But the fact is, the work you do has a huge impact—because the work of every person is built on the work of another.

We’re about to launch a fun, innovative tool with a “work cloud” that shows how people all across America are connected by the work they do. 

We’re hoping that our best friends will give us information to load into our work cloud in advance so it will have some people in it when it’s launched. Can you help by telling us the industry you work in and what you do? We’ll only use your first name, industry, occupation, city and state on our website.

Click here to let us know what you do.

Thanks for your help. We’ll let you know when the work cloud is ready, so you can see how work connects us all.

In Solidarity,

Manny Herrmann
Online Mobilization Coordinator, AFL-CIOTo find out more about the AFL-CIO, please visit our website at www.aflcio.org.
@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ For 29 Dead Miners, No JusticeBy DAVID M. UHLMANN Despite its questionable practices, Massey Energy will not be criminally prosecuted for a mine explosion that killed 29 workers in West Virginia.
@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ NPR Tries to Track Down Those Millionaire Job Creators
Peter Hart, Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting: "Republicans claim - usually without being challenged by reporters - that a surtax on millionaires would be an attack on job-creating small-business owners. So NPR decided to go to GOP officials and ask to speak with these small-business-owning, millionaire job-creators. Turned out there was trouble finding any." 
Read the Article 

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Read the Article at The Hill
@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ Dear Friend,Something big is happening.It's been happening all year: Working families are fed up with the corruption and greed of the 1% -- and we're fighting back.Years from now, 2011 will be seen as the moment when the 99% said, "Enough is enough," when working families rose up in defense of our rights and took back our country.But to do so, we must remain as united as ever. CWA is hosting a Union Hall Call on Thursday, December 15 at 7:30 PM EST, to update our activists on the latest developments in the fight to protect workers' rights, including the fight for fair contracts at Verizon and Verizon Wireless.We'll also give you a chance to share your choice for President, to provide input to the Executive Board as we weigh an endorsement of one of the candidates.Click here to sign up now to join the call on Thursday, December 15 at 7:30 PM EST.From the massive protests earlier this year in Wisconsin, Ohio, New Jersey and many other states, to the growing Occupy movements in every corner of the country, 2011 has seen working families take a united stand against the billionaires, corporate executives, and right-wing politicians who continue to attack our rights.Now we must keep gaining momentum and strengthening our movement for 2012. Join the CWA Union Hall Call on December 15 and learn what you can do to support our fight:http://www.cwa-union.org/cwacallIn Unity,Larry Cohen
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