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I Like Leaders Who Hire Peopleþ Smart Growth Conference in San Diego, 02/01/12 Building Workforce Partnerships Conference, March 14-15. Early Bird Deadline January 31, 2012.þ RTW Not OK in Oklahoma or IndianaþInside Our Supposedly "Humane" Immigrant Detention Centers  ACN Haiti Assesses Entry into the ALBA as Full Memberþ It's Scott Walker's Party: How Anti-Union Zealotry Defines the GOP RaceþPregnant and Fired: Despite the 1978 Pregnancy Discrimination Act, Employers Still Treat Expectant Mothers in Outrageous WaysGallup: Jobs and the economy a much bigger concern than deficits   Car wash workers in Folsom, Fair Oaks to share in $1 million settlement

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  Former corporate raider and presidential hopeful Mitt Romney recently said “I like being able to fire people”—and his record as a corporate raider backs that up. 

He supports laws that attack workers’ rights and make it easier to fire people. 

Sign our petition. It says: “I like leaders who hire people.”     Dear Carlos,

Presidential hopeful Mitt Romney—who killed thousands of jobs as a corporate raider—recently said he “likes being able to fire people.” 

Romney’s record as a corporate raider backs up his words: He supports laws that attack workers’ rights and make it easier to fire people. Laws like the so-called “right to work” bill being considered in Indiana that targets collective bargaining, robbing workers of union protection.

If Indiana’s so-called “right to work” bill passes, the state’s unions no longer will stand between corporate raiders like Mitt Romney and many of the workers they like to fire to boost short-term profits.And it will become much harder for everyday workers to improve their wages, benefits and retirement security. 

If you agree with the AFL-CIO that our leaders need to work together on an agenda that actually creates jobs—and stop following the lead of corporate raiders like Mitt Romney—add your name to our “I like leaders who hire people” petition.

In 2011, we saw the beginnings of a new democratic movement for economic justice. We had the most solidarity I’ve seen at any time during my career in the labor movement. We shifted the debate. And we’ll keep doing it. 

But to translate this movement into lasting change, politics matter. Not just who we elect for president, but our choices at the state and local levels, too. 

America wants to work—and it is politics as usual, not economic obstacles, standing in the way of putting people back to work. That’s why we’re promoting a job-creating agenda in statehouses around the country this year, focusing on priorities like:Making sure state tax dollars are used to keep jobs in that state and in America.Buying state-made and American-made goods—so we create jobs in our communities and in America.Stopping corporate tax loopholes and tax breaks for millionaires—so our states no longer are starved of the revenue they need for critical services.Please make sure your lawmakers—from the statehouse to the White House—know where you stand. Add your name to our “I like leaders who hire people” petition. 

Even though ruthless, corporate-backed attacks on workers continue, make no mistake: Our message—the message of the 99%—is taking root. Many politicians haven’t caught up yet. But they will. They’ll have to. Because people all across the country are saying our economy and our democracy are out of balance. They’re saying it’s time to create jobs forevery person who wants to work—jobs that can support our families and that can support our dreams. 

Sign the “I like leaders who hire people” petition. Make sure our leaders know you expect them to build a better America—and drop the attacks on working families.

Thank you for all the work you do.

In Solidarity,

Richard L. Trumka
President, AFL-CIOTo find out more about the AFL-CIO, please visit our website at www.aflcio.org.
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11th Annual New Partners for Smart Growth Conference
February 2-4, 2012  -  San Diego, CA

EHC FEATURED!  

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             Today we face economic, environmental, and social challenges that will shape our future, and test our resilience -  as neighborhoods, as cities, and as a nation.  Join leaders from across the U.S. to tackle these challenges head-on and demonstrate smart growth solutions that will reduce our dependence on foreign oil, create a more resilient economy, assure a healthy population, foster more equitable development, and expand transportation and housing options for all Americans.

Visit the New Partners for Smart Growth Conference Website and register now for this exciting conference!

 EHC and other environmental health and justice organizations will be featured in sessions throughout the conference:

Advancing Equity through Planning:
Challenges and opportunities workshop, featuring panel titled -
"Jobs, Wealth and Environmental Justice" moderated by EHC Executive Director, Diane Takvorian
February 1, 1:00pm - 5:30 pm, followed by social hour

Across the country, communities and regions are finding that inclusive, equitable planning processes empower them to address the economic, environmental, health, and other challenges they face. However, integrating social equity, affordability, economic/workforce development, and environmental justice into local and regional planning is not always straightforward.

A Tour of Environmental Injustice to Community Uprising:
How the built enviornment affects residents' health - Led by staff of Environmental Health Coalition and International Rescue Committee
February 1, 8:00 am - 12:00 pm

Community-driven innovative solutions are slowly transforming Barrio Logan, Old Town National City and City Heights. In Old Town National City and Barrio Logan, participants will be able to see industrial uses located near homes, schools and churches. A visit to City Heights will show the community's lack of access to healthy food. Despite the challenges, organized residents in these communities have been able to relocate toxic non-conforming uses through an amortization ordinance (phase-out process), construct a new 201-unit affordable housing project, update the oldest community plan in San Diego, and create an exemplary community garden.

Green Energy, Green Jobs Update! 
Build healthier communities and your green career

Cuyamaca College:  Free Green Construction Training with Cuyamaca College's one-month overview course titled "Introduction to Green Building Careers". It's FREE, plus the program offers a $300 stipend! The next available class starts in May, but make sure to attend one of the orientation sessions February - April. Visit Cuyamaca's website for more information and registration.
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The UC Berkeley Labor Center is forwarding the following announcement on behalf of the California Labor Federation: Register today or visit www.wed-works.org for more info Early Bird Registration Deadline – January 31, 2012
The Early Bird Rate of $295 ends TUESDAY, January 31, 2012
After January 31, registration increases to $395 Building Workforce Partnerships 2012 – Los Angeles
Unemployed in America: Causes, Consequences, Solutions
(in partnership with BlueGreen Alliance Good Jobs, Green Jobs West) America’s working people are still experiencing the profound impacts of the Great Recession.  To get back to pre-recession employment levels, we must move at least 7 million unemployed people to full time work. Meanwhile, millions remain unemployed and our support systems are groaning under the strain. This intensive training event will focus on the macroeconomics of our current economy and the elements of policies, programs, and strategies that proactively and effectively address the worst employment crisis since the Great Depression. The content will challenge participants to think creatively, or rethink the roles of community advocates, labor, the private sector, and government. GET a TWO-FER!  BWP attendees attend the March 15 & 16 BlueGreen Alliance Conference for FREE! This year we are proud to partner with the BlueGreen Alliance, a national environmental-labor partnership unions dedicated to creating a sustainable climate future for our country.  All BWP registrants can attend the BlueGreen conference on March 15 & 16 for FREE.  Simply select the BlueGreen add-on at registration – do not register separately.  Event RegistrationRegister ONLINE!We accept Credit Cards ONLINE!No limit to registrations                                                                            
Hotel AccommodationsWestin Bonaventure Hotel & Suites404 South Figueroa StreetLos Angeles, CA 90071Phone: 1.888.627.8520
* This is a special reservations number for our event.  Ask for the Building Workforce Partnerships Conference.  Do not call the hotel directly. Conference Hotel Rate $169. Deadline for room reservations at the $169 conference rate is Feb 29! Click here to book your hotel reservations online! Questions? 
Contact Martha at 510.663.4082, or email mbader at calaborfed.org.
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Eight California carwashes agreed to a historic $1 million back pay settlement for routinely failing to pay carwash workers minimum wage or overtime and other violations.Two Oklahoma workers told an Indiana press conference that since the Sooner State passed a so-called right to work (RTW) bill in 2001, wages have fallen and the promised new jobs never materialized. “There is absolutely no anecdotal or empirical evidence that RTW has benefited Oklahoma’s state economy in any way,” said Jesse Isbell, who lost his job of 36 years after his tire plant was shut down and the jobs were shipped to Mexico in 2006.
Got comments? Post them at blog.aflcio.org. Calif. Carwashes Agree to $1 Million Back Pay Settlement 100th Anniversary of Bread and Roses Strike Shows—Was It the First Occupy? NFL Players Urge Indiana to Vote ‘No’ on RTW Chamber’s ‘Jobs’ Agenda Ignores the 99% State Legislatures Attack Jobless Workers Rather than Create JobsRead more important news of the day on the issues working families care about.Follow the AFL-CIO:
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-Inside Our Supposedly "Humane" Immigrant Detention CentersThe interiors of detention centers might as well be black sites, cast off the map except for the Political rare instances of abuse so egregious That They blip onto our radar. READ MOREBy Seth Wessler / ColorLines

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It's Scott Walker's Party: How Anti-Union Zealotry
Defines the GOP Race
John Nichols on January 9, 2012 - 1:09am ET
http://www.thenation.com/blog/165514/its-scott-walkers-party-how-anti-union-zealotry-defines-gop-race

Manchester, NH--When I asked Newt Gingrich if he planned
to campaign for Scott Walker in the recall election the
labor-bashing governor of Wisconsin will almost
certainly face, Newt answered, "Sure!"

"Scott Walker's fight in Wisconsin has made him a
national leader on issues [that are] important to
Republicans," said the former Speaker of the House. "Of
course I would campaign for him."

The Republicans who would be president disagree on some
issues. But they are pretty much united in their
affection for the nation's most embattled governor.

After Walker attacked public-employee unions last
February, Mitt Romney announced that he was donating
$5,000 to support the Wisconsinite. And Rick Santorum
hails Walker's "tremendous courage."

What is it about Walker--who is so unpopular that
hundreds of thousands of Wisconsinites are petitioning
for his recall and removal--that makes him so appealing
to the leading figures in the national Republican Party?

That's simple. Scott Walker is an anti-union zealot. And
anti-union zealotry has become a core premise of the
twenty-first-century Republican Party.

Attacks by Walker and Ohio Governor John Kasich on
public-employee unions may have gotten the most
publicity. But other governors, most notably Indiana's
Mitch Daniels, are striving to undermine the collective
bargaining rights of private-sector workers.

But nowhere is the disdain for organized labor more
evident than on the Republican presidential campaign
trail. Never in the modern history of the Republican
Party, which once made a serious effort to compete with
Democrats for labor endorsements and the votes of union
members, has a field of GOP presidential candidates been
so united and so aggressive in opposing
collective-bargaining rights for public-sector and
private-sector workers. As recently as 2008, former
Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee appeared at the annual
convention of the International Association of
Machinists and received the industrial union's
endorsement in the Republican primaries. Today, just
four years later, the Republican contenders are not just
refusing union invitations. They are using every
opportunity to explain their opposition to labor's
agenda, along with their support for legislative
initiatives that are designed to undermine
collective-bargaining rights.

At Sunday's final debate before the New Hampshire
primary, a question about efforts to enact antilabor
laws unleashed a furious bout of union bashing. Passing
laws that make it harder for unions to organize workers
and bargain on their behalf "makes a lot of sense,"
chirped Romney, while Texas Governor Rick Perry argued
that erecting structural barriers to union organizing
can make a state a "powerful magnet" for job creation.

Here in New Hampshire, Romney has endorsed efforts to
pass so-called "right-to-work" legislation, which would
legally bar unions from collecting dues from all the
workers they serve, and which would make
collective-bargaining virtually impossible in many
workplaces. Gingrich is an enthusiastic proponent of
right-to-work laws. Even the supposed "moderate" among
the GOP contenders, former Utah Governor Jon Huntsman,
is urging New Hampshire legislators to gain a
"competitive advantage over your neighbors" by passing
anti-union legislation.

But the Republicans candidates don't stop there.

Gingrich says: "One of the things the Congress should do
immediately is defund the National Labor Relations
Board." Not to be outdone, Romney is airing a new ad in
South Carolina that declares: "The National Labor
Relations Board [is] now stacked with union stooges
selected by the president."

Santorum, who has tried to present himself as an ally of
working Americans with talk of renewing our
manufacturing base, is as militant as Walker when it
comes to attacking the collective bargaining rights of
public employees. "I do not believe that state, federal
or local workers...should be involved in unions," says
Santorum. "I would actually support a bill that says
that we should not have public-employee unions for the
purposes of wages and benefits to be negotiated."

Aren't there any prominent Republicans who think unions
make a positive contribution to society?

I found one. This guy says: "Collective bargaining...has
played a major role in America's economic miracle.
Unions represent some of the freest institutions in this
land. There are few finer examples of participatory
democracy to be found anywhere. Too often, discussion
about the labor movement concentrates on disputes,
corruption and strikes. But while these things are
headlines, there are thousands of good agreements
reached and put into practice every year without a
hitch."

Who is this Republican outlier who spoke about "the
sacred right of American workers to negotiate their
wages"?

A fellow named Ronald Reagan. Some people used to think
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Pregnant and Fired: Despite the 1978 Pregnancy Discrimination Act, Employers Still Treat Expectant Mothers in Outrageous Ways
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Gallup: Jobs and the economy a much bigger concern than deficitsBy rss at dailykos.com (DemFromCT) | Daily Kos
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Car wash workers in Folsom, Fair Oaks to share in $1 million settlement

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