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CWA Newsletter: Bargaining for Four AT&T Contracts Continues‏ How We Cured "the Culture of Poverty," Not Poverty Itself  As Obama Picks Up Union Endorsements, a Debate on Labor's Role in 2012 Campaign (Video)  Unions Urge Curtailment of 'Super PACs' 3 Surprising Shopping Habits That Are Bad for the World  In Aftermath of ICE Operation, Wyoming Woman Burns Herself and Her Daughter to Death  Should Joining a Union Be a Civil Right?  Minnesota the Next State to Go "No Rights at Work"?  Arizona Bill Would Allow Employers to Fire You For Using Birth ControlHelp us win, and you can winNew Economic Model Would End 30 Years of Control by the 1%‏ Aveda's unionbusting strategy needs a makeoverMigrantWorkersRights Canada Newsletter (15 March 2012)‏ ‏

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@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@March 15, 2012Bargaining for Four AT&T Contracts ContinuesAre You Ready for March 22?AFL-CIO Endorses Re-election of President ObamaCWAers Stand Strong for Immigrant, Voting Rights in AlabamaAFA-CWA Reaches Tentative Pact at Hawaiian; Asks NMB to Declare Impasse at SpiritBargaining for Four AT&T Contracts ContinuesMembers of CWA Locals 9400, 9404, 9413, 9419, 9421 and 9431 have a message for AT&T West: "We are Ready."CWA bargaining teams are continuing separate negotiations with AT&T Midwest, AT&T West, AT&T Legacy and AT&T East. CWA negotiators are reporting tough bargaining at every table and are urging members to keep mobilizing to make certain that the companies know we're not backing down from our fair contract fight. Those contracts expire April 7. In the summer, CWA District 3 will begin negotiations with AT&T Southeast; that contract expires in early August.Get the latest bargaining updates and mobilization reports at http://www.cwa-union.org/issues/entry/c/att.Are You Ready for March 22?There's still time to find an event in your community and join in the National Day of Action, that hits "1 percent" Verizon for its corporate greed, and brings union and progressive activists together to stand up for each other's fights on March 22.Go to www.stopverizongreed.com to find an event or post information about what your local has planned. Across AFL-CIO unions, across the labor movement, with support from Jobs with Justice and lots of progressive groups, activists are joining together on March 22.There will be hundreds of events and actions across the country. Many CWAers and supporters will leaflet at Verizon Wireless stores to support the fair contract fight of VZW workers. Union activists, Occupiers and others will rally to focus attention on the corporate greed of companies like Verizon, Wells Fargo and more.Some highlights:In San Francisco, numerous unions, the SF Labor council, elected officials and activists across the area have endorsed the March 22 action. The action starts at noon outside a big shopping area on Market St., where janitors and Retail Clerks members will talk about their fight for fairness and a fair contract, followed by a march past the Verizon Wireless store and a Wells Fargo bank branch, to support Service Employees members.In New York, CWA and Transport Workers Union members are joining forces for actions at Verizon and the Metropolitan Transit Authority.Check out the full list of events at www.stopverizongreed.com, and make sure you're a part of the action on March 22.And tune in to CWA's national telephone town hall on Thursday, March 22 at 7:30 EDT. Go to www.cwa-union.org/cwacall to sign up.AFL-CIO Endorses Re-election of President ObamaMeeting this week, the AFL-CIO Executive Council endorsed the re-election of President Obama, stressing that the President "honors the values of hard work, of mutual respect and of solving problems together — not every person for himself or herself...Each of the Republican presidential candidates, on the other hand, has pledged to uphold the special privileges of Wall Street and the 1% — privileges that have produced historic economic inequality and drowned out the voices of working people in America."CWA endorsed President Obama's re-election on Feb. 2, following more than two months of online voting and information provided to members on all the candidates. By a 5-1 margin, CWAers chose President Obama over the Republican field."Over the past year, the Republican field of candidates made clear its position that when it comes to losing a job, contracting a serious illness, sending a child to college or looking forward to retirement, in today's United States, working families should be on their own. This is especially true when it comes to workers' rights. No Republican candidate stood up for the rights of workers to organize and bargain collectively," CWA's Executive Board said in a statement."We've seen the start of a growing movement to take back our country and to end the control of corporations and the wealthy that truly threatens our democracy. We need elected leaders who support this movement to restore democracy. President Obama is that leader."President Cohen said CWA will focus on member-to-member communications and contacts in the months leading up to the November elections. CWA's legislative-political actions teams, which have been working on legislative issues like the bill to stop the offshoring of call center jobs, will play a critical part in CWA's campaign work.CWAers Stand Strong for Immigrant, Voting Rights in AlabamaStanding on the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, where 47 years ago civil rights activists were met with police dogs and clubs, are CWA members and leaders who joined this year's week-long march to Montgomery. The CWA group included Local 3204 President Walter Andrews, D6 Vice President Claude Cummings and D3 Organizing Coordinator Sheila Williams-Cain.CWA members and leaders made the week-long march from Selma to Montgomery, Ala., last week, ending in a big rally on the steps of the state capitol.The route recreated the historic march of 47 years ago, but also focused on Alabama's recent assault on voting rights and immigrants. Alabama enacted the most vicious, anti-immigrant law in the nation last year, and also approved new measures to suppress the voting rights of the elderly, people of color, students and low-income persons.President Cohen and CWA marchers spent the night in churches on the way to Montgomery.Among CWAers joining the march were CWA President Larry Cohen; Vice Presidents Judy Dennis, D3, Claude Cummings, D6, and Brooks Sunkett, Public Healthcare and Education Workers; Local 3204 President Walter Andrews and a CWA contingent from Atlanta; and CWA Human Rights and Special Projects Director Chris Kennedy.CWA President Larry Cohen's remarks at the capitol were broadcast as part of "Politics Nation," the MSNBC television program hosted by Rev. Al Sharpton; Sharpton's program was broadcast from the rally."The march brought out high school students, Latinos, union members, civil rights activists, and lots of regular folks fed up with the attack on ordinary people. There was singing and chanting and lots of solidarity," Cohen said.Along the way, marchers slept in churches and rallied in communities. About 125 CWA activists and leaders joined the march and rally.AFA-CWA Reaches Tentative Pact at Hawaiian; Asks NMB to Declare Impasse at SpiritAFA-CWA reached a tentative agreement with Hawaiian Airlines covering 1,200 Flight Attendants.The agreement was reached with the assistance of the National Mediation Board, using a "Facilitated Problem Solving" approach to negotiations."This agreement recognizes the contributions that AFA-CWA Flight Attendants make on a daily basis to the tremendous success of our airline," said Sharon Soper, AFA President at Hawaiian.If approved by AFA-CWA leadership at Hawaiian, the tentative settlement goes to the membership for a ratification vote.At Spirit Airlines, Flight Attendants, fed up with management delay and demands for givebacks, are calling on the NMB to declare an impasse in negotiations and requested a proffer of arbitration. AFA-CWA represents about 870 Flight Attendants at Spirit.That's the first step to the NMB setting a 30-day cooling-off period, the time during which intense negotiations usually take place and lead to a settlement or a strike.A nearly unanimous 98.4 percent of voting Spirit Flight Attendants authorized a strike if management fails to negotiate a new contract. Flight Attendants tried to deliver a petition signed by hundreds of Flight Attendants to Spirit's CEO, calling on management to engage in meaningful and productive discussions, but they were turned away."It's long past time for management to take these negotiations seriously. We filed for mediation two years ago in order to speed up negotiations and get management's attention. We want an agreement that recognizes our contributions, and we are prepared to strike if that is what it takes to get this management focused on reaching an agreement," said Todd St. Pierre, Spirit AFA President.AFA-CWA members will hold an informational picket next week in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., following negotiations. Learn more at http://spiritafa.com/wp/.You have received this message through your subscription to a Communications Workers of America e-mail list.  If you did not subscribe or would like to unsubscribe click here.Communications Workers of America, AFL-CIO, CLC. All Rights Reserved.
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How We Cured "the Culture of Poverty," Not Poverty ItselfBarbara Ehrenreich, TomDispatch: "Fifty years later, a new discovery of poverty is long overdue. This time, we'll have to take account not only of stereotypical Skid Row residents and Appalachians, but of foreclosed-upon suburbanites, laid-off tech workers, and America's ever-growing army of the working poor. And if we look closely enough, we'll have to conclude that poverty is not, after all, a cultural aberration or a character flaw. Poverty is a shortage of money." Read the Article 

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As Obama Picks Up Union Endorsements, a Debate on Labor's Role in 2012 Campaign (Video)Juan Gonzalez and Amy Goodman, Democracy NOW!: "We host a debate on Big Labor's endorsement of President Obama's re-election between labor reporter Mike Elk and Arthur Cheliotes, president of Communications Workers of America Local 1180, a union that has pledged support of President Obama. This week the AFL-CIO, the nation's largest labor organization, endorsed Obama following earlier statements of support from several unions, including the Service Employees International Union; the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees; the American Federation of Teachers; and the Communications Workers of America." Watch the Video and Read the Transcript 

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Unions Urge Curtailment of 'Super PACs'By STEVEN GREENHOUSEUnions may be benefiting from a ruling allowing for "super PACs," but they still want their activities curtailed.
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3 Surprising Shopping Habits That Are Bad for the WorldWhile most progressives are aware of Wal-Mart's labor problems, they may not know about the way workers at an Amazon shipping facility are treated. READ MORELauren Kelley / AlterNet
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-In Aftermath of ICE Operation, Wyoming Woman Burns Herself and Her Daughter to DeathFriends say that after the ICE agents came, Delgado was terrified she would be separated from her daughter, and equally frightened she might be found by her abuser. READ MOREBy Shelby Kinney-Lang / AlterNet
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-Should Joining a Union Be a Civil Right?A new book proposes amending the Civil Rights Act to cover labor organizing, so workers can press for real penalties against bosses who fire them for trying to unionize. READ MOREBy Jake Blumgart / AlterNet
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Minnesota the Next State to Go "No Rights at Work"?By Sarah Jaffe | AlterNet

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Arizona Bill Would Allow Employers to Fire You For Using Birth ControlBy Jodi Jacobson | RH Reality Check

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The public services that you and other AFSCME members provide day in and day out matter a lot. And so do the brief moments you take out of your day to take action with us, as one of our most valuable online activists.

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With election dates set, Wisconsin working families will have a chance to reclaim their state when they go to the polls later this spring to recall Gov. Scott Walker (R).The AFL-CIO Executive Council yesterday offered a blueprint for a new model of economic growth to rebuild an economy that had  crashed following three decades of economic policies designed by and for Wall Street and the wealthiest Americans. See the links below for other action from the council’s annual winter meeting in Lake Buena Vista, Fla. Read more and comment.  Wisconsin Recall Election Dates Set AFL-CIO Calls for Overturning Citizens United Case AFL-CIO Calls for Across-the-Board Raise in Social Security Benefits Council Urges Action on Deadly Silica Dust Rule, Condemns N.Y. Pension Cuts Meany-Kirkland Human Rights Award Honors Labor in the Arab Spring Quality Health Care for Women Includes Contraceptive Equity Council Supports State DREAM Acts, Urges Congressional Action AFL-CIO Council: Organizing, Bargaining Key to Reversing Inequality Senate OKs Bipartisan Transportation Bill N.H. ‘Right to Work’ Not Veto-Proof—Again Obama Takes on China’s Export Restraints on Rare-Earth MineralsRead more important news of the day on the issues working families care about.Follow the AFL-CIO:
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Unionbust??Tell Aveda and Dosha: Unionbusting isn't stylish. Negotiate a fair contract now!
Aveda may take great care of your hair, but it's not taking great care of some of its employees.Nearly 12 months ago, workers at Dosha, a Portland, Oregon, chain of five Aveda-licensed salons, voted to form a union. But instead of working with employees to make Dosha both a great salon chain and a great place to work, management has pulled every trick in the book to avoid negotiating a contract.Worse, two pro-union workers have been fired, and others say they've been retaliated against, spied on, and threatened.Tell Dosha management and Aveda executives that unionbusting isn't stylish – negotiate a fair contract immediately!These salon workers are counting on your support. They've been through the ringer trying to secure more respect and fair standards on the job. The company owners think the longer they put off negotiating, the greater the chance that their employees will give up their fight. And we can't let them get away with it.In the beauty industry, image is everything. Let's make Aveda rethink its image as a unionbuster. The next bargaining session is Tuesday – so we urgently need you to express your outrage to Aveda and Dosha management.They need to hear from you NOW. Tell Aveda and Dosha to cut the unionbusting.The hair stylists, nail technicians, skin care specialists, and masseuses at this upscale chain are trying hard not be intimidated. They're committed to sticking it out and negotiating a contract because they love what they do. They just want a voice at work.Explains esthetician Rachel Voorhies, "I love my job. I want Dosha to be extremely successful, and in return, I want to be able to make a fair living... and better serve my clients."Unfortunately, that loyalty isn't being rewarded. In fact, things have continued to get worse for employees, and the National Labor Relations Board even issued an official complaint against the salon for the reported firing and retaliation. But that hasn't stopped management from installing surveillance cameras in the salon where support for the union is strongest and firing another pro-union employee just two weeks ago.Whether on the shop floor or the salon floor, workers have a right to stick together, without their employer retaliating against them. If you agree, write to Aveda and Dosha today!Thanks for all that you do for workers,Hilary, Liz, Susan, Zoe, Michael, and the American Rights at Work team
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Email not displaying correctly? View it in your browser.Canada15 March 2012Home page · Become an active member · Donate nowTable of contentsNew CampaignsLatest NewsUpcoming EventsOngoing CampaignsOther material recently added to MWR databasesNew Campaigns2009.05.20
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