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Corporate Welfare: States Pay to Train Workers, Companies Benefit  Occupy movement joins with immigrant rights movement in call for May 1 general 
strike‏ Private Sector Gets Job Skills; Public Gets Bill Occupy Oakland Rallies in Support of Striking Workers (Livestream)  Must See Video | Organizing Victory | Healthcare 
Rallies | Nurse Talk Radio‏Caterpillar locks out Canadian Locomotive workers‏Canadian Auto Workers Union As Farmers in Georgia Struggle to Find Workers to Harvest Crops, Georgia's Agricultural Chief Calls for a 21st Century Guest Worker Program   
Why Obama Must Act Now to Save the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB)MAFO National Farmworker Conference EQUITY Building Stronger Rural Communities 
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Corporate Welfare: States Pay to Train Workers, Companies 
Benefit
Read the Article at The New York 
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Please forward widely:

Occupy Los Angeles, Occupy Long Beach, Occupy 
Riverside and Occupy the Hood, building on the "Occupy the Ports - A Day without 
Goldman Sachs!" action on December 12, have all issued calls for and started 
building towards a General Strike on May 1, 2012.

At a meeting of the 
General Strike Preparation Committee of Occupy LA today, with representation 
from Occupy Long Beach, Pasadena and Riverside as well as Occupy the Hood, 
consensus was reached to call for the formation of a broad, deep and larger 
coalition for a General Strike, first meeting to be held on Sunday, January 22 
at 2:00 PM, location to be announced, around the following provisional 
program:

FOR IM/MIGRANT RIGHTS
FOR ECONOMIC, SOCIAL, AND ENVIRONMENTAL 
JUSTICE AND LABOR RIGHTS
FOR PEACE WITH JUSTICE
FOR CIVIL LIBERTIES AND AN 
END TO THE POLICE STATE
FOR HOUSING, EDUCATION, AND HEALTH CARE AS HUMAN 
RIGHTS
FOR WOMEN'S RIGHTS AND GENDER EQUITY

A General Strike, Boycott 
and Day of Action on May 1, 2012, the anniversary of the historic general strike 
for the 8-hour day in Chicago IL in 1886.

We are seeking to unite with 
immigrant communities resisting oppression, organized and unorganized labor, the 
unemployed, prisoners, unwaged workers, students, and the rest of the 
99%.

The next sub-committee meetings of the Occupy LA general strike 
preparation committee (including media, labor, student and community outreach, 
research and resources) will take place Tuesday, January 10 at 7:30 PM at 
Corazon del Pueblo, 2003 E. First St., East L.A. 90033 (at Cummings, just east 
of the I-5). Check us out on-line at www.occupymay1st.org, by email at occupymay1st at gmail.com, or call 
323-250-MAY1.

Rolling actions are being planned for the coming months, 
including participation in the Martin Luther King Day parade on Monday, January 
16, and an "Occupy the Corporations" action on February 29 [based on a call from 
Occupy Portland focusing on ALEC (American Legislative Exchange Council, which 
spread prison privatization, Arizona's anti-immigrant SB 1070, and attacks on 
collective bargaining)] which will take up an action by Occupy Riverside and 
Warehouse Workers United aimed at non-union warehouses of Walmart in the Inland 
Empire area.

We invite you to get involved and make this struggle and 
manifestation of the collective power of working people your own!

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Private Sector Gets Job Skills; Public Gets Bill
By MOTOKO RICH 
Caterpillar is one of dozens of 
companies, many with growing profits and large cash reserves, that have come to 
expect states to pay for training for factory workers in return for creating 
jobs.
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Occupy Oakland Rallies in Support of Striking Workers 
(Livestream)
By 
AlterNet
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A 
Nightmare on Wall Street...

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Watch and share 
this video presented by the National Nurses United promoting a financial 
transaction tax on Wall Street trading to help restore the economy. The video 
portrays a banker whose greed…
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INSIDE THIS ISSUE:
1. ‘A Nightmare on Wall 
Street’ – Nurses Premiere New Video
2. Organizing Victory -- 
Jackson Park Hospital RNs Vote to Join NNU
3. Nurses to Join Call 
for Healthcare for the 99% in Monday Rallies
4. Nurse Talk Radio Year 
in Review 
- 2011 Nurse Activism 
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1. ‘A 
Nightmare on Wall Street’ – Nurses Premiere New Video
To Kick Off Stepped Up Campaign to Tax Wall Street
To Help Spur 
Actions for the 99% and a Wall Street Tax to Heal America

Watch and share this video directly from YouTube here: http://youtu.be/esJ4Up1qyiU
Kicking off the new year in which the ongoing economic crisis will continue 
to plague millions of American families, the nation’s largest nurses’ 
organization today unveiled a dramatic short video, “A Nightmare on Wall Street” 
to renew the push for a tax on Wall Street speculation to raise critically 
needed funds to heal America. Watch and share the video below.

Read the full press release

2. 
Chicago Landslide—Jackson Park Hospital RNs Vote By 85 Percent to Join Nation’s 
Largest RN Union
Registered nurses at Jackson Park Hospital and Medical Center on Chicago’s 
South Side voted by 85 percent Friday to join National Nurses United, the 
nation’s largest union and professional association of RNs. The Jackson Park RNs 
voted 94 to 16 to join NNU. The secret ballot election was conducted by the 
National Labor Relations Board. NNU will represent some 150 RNs at the 
hospital.
“This is a victory for the nurses and the South Side of Chicago. Together we 
realized unity is the best way to advocate for our patients and preserve respect 
for the registered nurse," said Jackson Park RN Leshaun Williams.
“I am so excited about our victory and what this means for the future of 
nursing at Jackson Park,” said Patricia Drake, a Jackson Park RN.

Read the full press release

3. 
Nurses to Join Call for Healthcare for the 99% in Monday 
Rallies
Actions in Sacramento, Los Angeles to Challenge Insurance 
Giants,
Seek Passage of Bill to Extend Guaranteed Care to All 
Californians
A broad coalition of activists – including registered nurses, medical 
students, seniors, physicians, members of the Occupy movement, and the recently 
formed Campaign for a Health California (CHC) – will hold marches and rallies 
Monday, January 9 in Sacramento and Los Angeles to step up the campaign to 
extend guaranteed healthcare coverage to all Californians.

Learn more at the all new "Campaign for a Healthy California" 
website

4. 
Nurse Talk Radio Year in Review - 2011 Nurse 
Activism 
So much happened this past year: nurses joined the protests in Madison, 
Wisconsin; went on to the nation’s capitol to march outside the U.S. Chamber of 
Commerce; hit Wall Street to demand a transaction tax—before Occupy even pitched 
a tent; announced the Main Street Contract; fought for RN-patient ratios; joined 
world leaders at the G-20 summit in Cannes; and 20,000 RNs staged a one-day 
walk-out against Sutter Health Corp. in Northern California…whew! And all the 
while spending 40+ hours a week caring for their patients.

Hear what NNU nurses did the change the world in 
2011
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Happy New Year Everyone!
Jean Ross, Karen Higgins, and 
Deborah Burger
Registered Nurses and NNU 
Co-Presidents
National Nurses United
8630 Fenton Street, Suite 
1100
Silver Spring, MD 20910
www.NationalNursesUnited.org

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Caterpillar locks out Canadian Locomotive workers

LABOUR PREPARES TO BAR SCABS FROM LONDON PLANT: 

http://ofl.ca/index.php/news/index_in/labour_prepares_to_bar_scabs_from_london_plant/

More militant defence of good jobs
could mean widespread labour unrest in 2012 

(TORONTO) -- Ontario Federation of Labour
President Sid Ryan today declared that Ontario's labour
movement will mobilize to help the Canadian Auto
Workers (CAW) stop scabs from crossing picket lines at
Electro-Motive Canada's London plant. Workers from
across Ontario will prepare to flood the picket lines
at the locomotive plant if called upon by the CAW.

"Workers across the province are angry and feel
betrayed by their government and they are ready to
fight together to defend good jobs," said OFL President
Sid Ryan. "We are putting corporations and all levels
of government on notice that 2012 will be marred by
labour unrest if they continue to destroy the
livelihoods of Ontario's middle class."

Electro-Motive, a subsidiary of U.S. industrial giant
Caterpillar Inc., issued a final offer to its London
workers that would cut hourly wages to $16.50 from $35
while slashing pensions and benefits, even though
Caterpillar has enjoyed record profits and a 20 percent
boost to production over the last year. The company
locked out its workers on New Year's Day and is
rumoured to be taking advantage of Ontario's lax labour
laws by bringing in scab labour to keep the plant
operational while bullying the union into devastating
concessions. Many fear that the company's hidden agenda
is to move production to a U.S. plant in Indiana.

"Caterpillar has a reputation for refusing to negotiate
and escalating labour disputes through the use of
scabs. This kind of confrontational negotiation tactic
is unnecessary and underscores the need for provincial
legislation to ban the use of replacement workers
during strikes and lock-outs," said Ryan. "Scab labour
destroys families, divides communities and protracts
labour disputes. Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty has
the power to de-escalate this dispute but we won't sit
by while good jobs are destroyed."

Ryan has offered CAW President Ken Lewenza the full
support of the province's labour movement to stare down
this greedy employer and pressure both levels of
government to defend good Canadian jobs. The union is
calling on federal Industry Minister Christian Paradis
to use his powers to retroactively order a full review
of Caterpillar's acquisition of Electro-Motive. At
issue is Harper's failure to strengthen the Investment
Canada Act and ensure a 'net Canadian benefit' by
obliging foreign companies to protect Canadian jobs,
quality of life and retirement security before
purchasing Canadian companies.

"Harper's corporate tax cuts are continuing to fuel
record profits that companies are keeping instead of
investing in new technologies and equipment that lead
to job creation. If Harper is refusing to protect the
interests of Canadian workers, then we'll have to do it
ourselves," said Ryan. "In 2012, workers are going to
start fighting together against greedy employers to
defend the good jobs that drive our economy. We are
angry, we are organized and we are at this union's
disposal. Essentially, we are just waiting for a call."

The Ontario Federation of Labour (OFL) represents 54
unions and one million workers in Ontario. OFL
President Sid Ryan is the voice of Ontario's labour
movement.

For More Information: Patrick (Sid) Ryan, President p:
416.441.2731 | m: 416.209.0066 | f: 416.441.0722

Joel Duff, Communications Director p: 416-443-7665 | m:
416-707-0349 | f: 416-441-1893 
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CAW Questions Government Claims Regarding Electro
Motive Assets, Calls for Full Disclosure of Sale

January 5, 2012, 3:32 PM EST

http://www.caw.ca/en/10830.htm

Canadian Auto Workers Union

The CAW is questioning federal government claims that
London, Ontario locomotive maker Electro-Motive's
assets were below the Investment Canada Act threshold
for government review.

CAW President Ken Lewenza was responding to media
reports today that a federal Industry Minister
spokesman said the value of the company's assets were
below the $299 million threshold when it was sold.

"There is no oversight and no transparency in this
whole process," Lewenza said. "Caterpillar declared a
gain of $1.3 billion in assets on its books following
the takeover of EMC. The federal government now says
that the takeover did not meet the threshold of $299
million for a full review, or to seek legally-binding
commitments to Canada."

"In a $1.3 billion deal, how can the Harper government
seriously believe that not even a quarter of those
assets are in Canada?" Lewenza asked.

"London is the largest manufacturing plant in the
company, and at the time of the takeover had nearly
half the company's employees. The Harper government
gave this sale a rubber stamp paving the way for this
disaster," Lewenza said. "This is a disservice to
Canadians."

Lewenza is now asking the Harper government to disclose
the value of assets in London declared by Caterpillar
and is asking what steps did the federal government
take to ensure the validity of the information provided
by Caterpillar?

"Will the federal government use its powers under the
Investment Canada Act to review this obviously faulty
decision to head off this job-destroying disaster?"
Lewenza asked.

He also blasted a statement by the federal government
spokesperson in the media today that the federal
government won't get involved in the lock-out of
Electro-Motive workers because it is a dispute between
a private company and the union.

"The federal government certainly had no problem
interfering in bargaining between Air Canada and the
CAW last year," Lewenza said.
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As Farmers in Georgia Struggle to Find Workers to Harvest Crops, 
Georgia's Agricultural Chief Calls for a 21st Century Guest Worker 
Program
Read the Article at The Associated 
Press
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Why Obama Must Act Now to Save the National Labor Relations Board 
(NLRB)
By 
Dave Johnson | Campaign for America's Future
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Registration 
is NOW OPEN! 

For 

MAFO
2012 
National Farmworker Conference
EQUITY: 
building stronger rural communities

April 22 – 
25, 2012

Hyatt Regency on 
the River Walk
San 
Antonio, 
Texas

www.mafofarmworker.com

MAFO 
is a national partnership of farmworker and rural 
organizations.

Special 
Monitor Advocate Session Training: April 22 – 26, 2012! 

Please 
contact your National Monitor Advocate for more 
information.

The 
Conference will officially start on Sunday, April 22, 2011 with several 
Roundtable Discussions! Please visit MAFO web 
site for more information! See ya’ll 
there!

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