[Educationforall] spam con huevos, labor news, views and concerns, 1.06.12-I‏

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Report: Unemployment Level Dropped Significantly, But Serious Economic Problems Loom  Bank Of America Nearly Forecloses On Home Because Owner Was Short 80 Cents On Mortgage Payment  Help Us Hold Prime Healthcare Accountable!‏January 12 2012 12PM: Working for Nothing: The Latest Fast Growth Sector? UCLA‏Matt Damon and Mother Reject Union's Award Over Teach for America ControversyUnemployment Falls to 8.5 Percent, but Job Growth Remains WeakObama Makes Recess Appointments to NLRB. Is It Enough for AFL-CIO Endorsement?  On the News with Thom Hartmann: Public Sector Layoffs Nibbling Away at Employment Recovery, and MoreWalmart Blacklisted by Major Pension Fund Over Poor Labor Practices  NFL Players Urges Indiana to Sack 'Right to Work' Bill‏ 
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Report: Unemployment Level Dropped Significantly, But Serious Economic Problems LoomBy Kristen Gwynne | AlterNet
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Bank Of America Nearly Forecloses On Home Because Owner Was Short 80 Cents On Mortgage PaymentBy Pat Garofalo | Think Progress
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Dear SEIU-UHW Member,We know that Prime Healthcare, a system of 14 hospitals in California, picks on employees—and now we know they pick on patients too. The LA Times just revealed that Prime hospital directors didn’t like what a patient said about their hospital so they brought her private medical records to the local newspaper.Yes, you read that correctly. If you violated HIPAA what would happen? No one messes with HIPAA . . . except Prime Healthcare.Read the LA Times column here. There’s something quick you can do to blow the whistle on Prime: please contact Linda Whitney, executive director of the Medical Board of California, at (916) 263-2389 or lwhitney at mbc.ca.gov. Tell her to investigate the HIPAA violations and potential fraud committed by Prime Healthcare.We want to improve the quality of healthcare in California, right? We’re going to raise a flag when a healthcare corporation violates the law, invades people’s privacy and mistreats workers, right? Join me by making a call or sending an email today.In unity,Martha AlvarezCentinela Hospital,Inglewood, California    SEIU United Healthcare Workers - West @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@
To: LA-LABOR at NEWLISTS.SSCNET.UCLA.EDUWorking for Nothing: The Latest Fast Growth Sector? Presented by:Andrew RossNew York University Thursday, January 12, 201212:30 - 2:00 pmBunche Hall 11377 (11th Floor) Corporate  profits have never been higher, at a time when the real  unemploymenthas  soared.  Have bosses learned how to get  by without  workers? Not really,but the evidence suggests a growing reliance on   new kinds of free labor to boostthe balance sheet of companies that are  canny  enough to harvest it. Free, or token-wage,labor is increasingly  available  through a variety of channels: crowdsourcing, data-mining,prosumerism,  or other sophisticated digital techniques for  extracting  rentsfrom user/participants; expanded prison labor programs; the   explosion of unpaidnear-obligatory internships in every white-collar  sector;  and the whole gamutof contestant volunteering that has  transformed so much of  our commerce in cultureinto an amateur talent  show, with jackpot stakes for a  few winners and hard-luckschwag for  everyone else. About the Speaker: Andrew Ross is a Professor of  Social and Cultural Analysis at NYU. A contributorto the Nation, the Village  Voice, and Artforum, he is the author of many books,including Nice Work if You  Can Get It: Life and Labor in Precarious Times, FastBoat to China--Lessons from  Shanghai, Low Pay, High Profile: The  Global Pushfor Fair Labor,  No-Collar: The Humane Workplace and its Hidden Costs, and The CelebrationChronicles: Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Property Value in Disney's New  Town.He has also edited several collections, including No Sweat:  Fashion, Free Trade,and the Rights of Garment Workers, and The  University Against Itself: The NYU Strikeand the Future of the Academic  Workplace. His most recent book is Bird On Fire:Lessons from the World's Least  Sustainable City.~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ This event is co-sponsored by the UCLA Department of Sociology~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ -----------------------Maegan MattockInstitute for Research on Labor and EmploymentUniversity of California, Los Angeles10945 Le Conte Ave, Suite 2107Los Angeles, CA 90095 Direct: (310) 206-5506 www.irle.ucla.eduwww.facebook.com/IRLEUCLAwww.twitter.com/UCLAIRLE attachment (124.0 KB)IRLE Coll...pdfDownload(124.0 KB)Download as zip
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Matt Damon and Mother Reject Union's Award Over Teach for America ControversyAnna M. Phillips, The New York Times News Service: "In the opinion piece that Dr. Carlsson-Paige referred to, Dennis Van Roekel, president of the N.E.A., and Wendy Kopp, founder of T.F.A., urged the importance of evaluating and improving teacher training programs across the country. Yet in her e-mail to Mr. Van Roekel, Dr. Carlsson-Paige said she finds this message somewhat disingenuous on the part of T.F.A." Read the Article 

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Unemployment Falls to 8.5 Percent, but Job Growth Remains WeakDean Baker, Center for Economic and Policy Research: "The pattern of weak job growth in the establishment survey suggests that the drop in unemployment reported in recent months is a fluke. We can expect to see rising unemployment in the months ahead." Read the Article 

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Obama Makes Recess Appointments to NLRB. Is It Enough for AFL-CIO Endorsement?Mike Elk, In These Times: "President Obama's rapid fix to the NLRB's problem stands in stark contrast to the beginning of his term in January 2009, when the board was also inoperable. The speed in making the appointments may be a move by the White House to gain the support of the AFL-CIO, which has yet to endorse Obama, unlike other major unions like AFSCME, NEA, UFCW and SEIU." Read the Article 

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On the News with Thom Hartmann: Public Sector Layoffs Nibbling Away at Employment Recovery, and MoreIn today's On the News segment: the Republicans' anti-abortion agenda, no corporate taxes for some of the largest US multinational firms, voter fraud hypocrisy in Iowa, the Church of Kopimism, and more. Watch the Video and Read the Transcript 

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Walmart Blacklisted by Major Pension Fund Over Poor Labor Practices
Read the Article at The Huffington Post

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Jan. 6, 2012
Indiana workers continue to make their voices heard as the Republican-controlled state legislature attempts to ram through a “right to work” for less bill.The NFL Players Association (NFLPA) today urged the Indiana state legislature to reject a so-called right to work bill. “As Indianapolis proudly prepares to host the Super Bowl,” says the union, “it should be a time to shine in the national spotlight and highlight the hardworking families that make Indiana run instead of launching political attacks on their basic rights.”
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