[Educationforall] spam con huevos labor news, views and concerns, 3.18.12‏‏‏‏‏-1I

[Carlos Pelayo]

THE LIVING WAGE‏CTA boss Dean Vogel gets Dancing instructions from Governor Brown Jeffrey Perry vs Racist NYC AFT Plan to Cut Benefits for Injured Federal Workers Stirs Concern  Not All Labor Leaders Happy With AFL-CIO's Obama Endorsement  Mike Daisey Lying to Audiences Is Bad, But the Unethical Factory Conditions at Foxconn Are Worse  Undercover Boss and the Decline of the Working Class  Urgent: The JOBS (killing) Act‏How FreshDirect Delivers Misery Along With Your Groceries--And How Workers and the Community are Fighting Back
Waffle House Executive Pushes Georgia Anti-Picketing Law That Would Put Founding Fathers in Jail   
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THE LIVING WAGE MOVEMENThttp://www.blackcommentator.com/wage_1.html MINIMUM WAGE INCREASE WIPED OUT BY INFLATIONhttp://www.dollarsandsense.org/archives/2008/0508toon.html WORKERS WIN A LIVING WAGEhttp://www.psea.org/general.aspx?id=3824 LABOR AND WORKER JUSTICEhttp://www.umc-gbcs.org/site/apps/nl/content3.asp?c=frLJK2PKLqF&b=3631781&ct=3957949 WHAT IS A LIVING WAGE?http://www.nytimes.com/2006/01/15/magazine/15wage.html?pagewanted=all LIVING WAGE CAMPAIGN AT UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIAhttp://usas.org/2012/02/15/waging-until-the-end-the-living-wage-campaign-at-the-university-of-virginia/ FACULTY DELIVER LIVING WAGE PETITIONhttp://www.cavalierdaily.com/2012/02/09/faculty-rally-deliver-living-wage-petition/ A JOB SHOULD KEEP YOU OUT OF POVERTYhttp://letjusticeroll.org/ THE PARTNERSHIP FOR WORKING FAMILIEShttp://www.communitybenefits.org/section.php?id=154
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CTA boss Dean Vogel gets Dancing instructions from Governor Brown 

*AFT Leader Denounces CFT Betrayal on Tax Scam* 

Dear Colleagues,

I am extremely disappointed to have to inform you that our statewide
CFTPresident Josh Pechthalt and Secretary/Treasurer Jeff Freitas
unilaterally, and without any prior consultation with our CFT
Executive Council (of which I am member), cut a deal with the Governor
to stop collecting signatures on the Millionaires' Tax.

They are under the delusion that the "compromise" offered by the
Governor to reduce the sales tax component of his proposal from
1/2cent to 1/4 cent, along with increasing the tax on those earning
over $1 million to 3%, would make the Governor's initiative palatable
enough to the voters to pass. The reality is, whether it's a 1/2 or
1/4 cents ales tax, any proposal that raises taxes on all voters in
this economy is domed for defeat. I say this not just based on
my"gut" or a "hunch" which is apparently what theGovernor admitted
drove the writing of his initiative, but on eight statewide polls, and
dozens of focus groups we conducted throughout theState.

Locally, your AFT Guild leadership is sickened to learn of this back
room deal. One of our AFT student interns summed it up best when he
stated:

_*"I hope I'm not the only one who feels kind of used after all of
this, like we were just pawns in some game played by guys in fancy
suits. We all put ourselves on the line to make this thing happen ---
and we were doing it too! I know I felt like I was a part, if just a
small one, in creating real, concrete change. To then have our legs
cut out from under us, well it leaves me feeling sick to my stomach,
and more than a little ashamed- as though I lied to all the people I
tried to sell on this measure."*_* * 
In order to get the so-called"compromise" measure qualified for the
ballot, they will need to write the new initiative, send it to the
Attorney General's office to be approved and receive the Title and
Summary that goes at the top of the initiative petition signature
forms, and then begin collecting signatures starting from scratch. 
None of the signatures collected to date can be used for this new
"compromise" plan. It should also be noted that with so little time
remaining to get the initiative qualified,no initiative has ever
qualified in this short of time period-ever.

If that's not enough to make you doubt the viability of this brilliant
"compromise" plan, here's what was reported in the LATimes yesterday
afternoon:

"[Senate Leader] Steinberg said Brown will continue to gather
signatures on his original measure --- which includes a half-cent
sales tax hike for four years and a smaller, five-year upper-income
tax increase --- "as an insurance policy" in case the new measure
cannot gather the signatures in time. Steinberg said the
[CFT]teachers' federation has agreed to drop its tax initiative, which
would have raised taxes on incomes of only $1 million or more.

Do you feel as if we have just been played for fools? That's because
we have. Words can't describe how disappointed we are here locally in
our CFT leadership's lack of resolve to do the right thing for all
Californians in general, and for the labor movement specifically.* * 
What's our prediction of what will make it to the ballot and the
consequence? The "compromise" initiative won't gather the required
number of signatures in time (surprise) so the Governor's original
plan will be the only measure making it to the ballot. It will fail,
just as his brilliant strategy to secure four votes in the legislature
last year for a tax extension miserably failed, and we will all suffer
another round of devastating cuts as a result. That means more class
sections cuts, a continued hiring freeze, and an evengreater budget
deficit for each District to try to manage.

This is why leadership, and elections, matter. If you have strong
visionary leaders who truly care about the people they serve, and not
their own egos and agendas, you can make real social progress.
Unfortunately, because of the utter lack of will at the State level,
from the Governor, from the leaders of other unions who lined up
behind him only to to curry favor regardless of the demerits of his
proposal, and ultimately our own CFT leadership who sold us out,
hundreds of thousands more Californians will feel real economic pain
due to the ego driven actions of our "leaders" in Sacramento.* *It's a
sad day for progressive unionism, and I have to say that today I am
ashamed to be a member of the CFT.

Sincerely, 
Jim 
Jim Mahler, President 
AFT Guild, Local 1931 
San Diego & Grossmont-Cuyamaca 
Community Colleges* *
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Jeffrey Perry vs Racist NYC AFT
The United Federation of Teachers
leadership’s support for mayoral control today follows from the
Unity Caucus’ longstanding opposition to community control and
affirmative action, which dates from the late 1960’s and the 1968
strikes in particular but which of course has much deeper roots in US
history. Support for the mayoral dictatorship follows a 30-year effort
by the UFT to control community school boards and defuse and discredit
Black and Latino teacher, parent and community leaders who do not
accept UFT leadership. 
A positive alternative to the current leadership’s continued support
for mayoral control is in the immediate self interest of the large
majority of active union members, the large majority of students,
parents, and the working class people of New York City   ...The
rationale for decades of trade offs, givebacks, and betrayals is
always that “it could have been worse” and “we did the best we
could.” The alternative to capitulation and triangulation is a mass
based resistance that shifts the balance in the favor of the people.
The UFT’s historic opportunism and dogged defense of its legacy
leaves them stuck in their own quagmire even while individual leaders
may privately admit the inadequate defensive posture which the union
currently finds itself in. It is here that an opposition may play a
legitimate and positive role by speaking the unspeakable, breaking
ranks with a self-defeating white supremacist legacy. In short to show
how and why it is in the immediate self-interest of the large majority
of the membership to stop acting “white” and join in a people’s
movement to end the mayoral dictatorship and create a credible defense
against attacks from the white oligarchy.  
http://www.jeffreybperry.net/blog.htm?post=844261 [34]
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Plan to Cut Benefits for Injured Federal Workers Stirs Concern
Jim Morris, iWatch News: "Federal prison worker Jason Unwin was twice attacked by a furious, muscle-bound inmate on Dec. 21, 2010…. Under the Federal Employees Compensation Act of 1916 (FECA), he receives 75 percent of his former salary, tax-free; his monthly income is within a few hundred dollars of his previous salary. Legislation pending in the U.S. Senate, however, ultimately would cut Unwin's benefits and could affect many other government workers - especially those with modest incomes - in the future." 
Read the Article 

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Not All Labor Leaders Happy With AFL-CIO's Obama Endorsement
Mike Elk, In These Times: "AFL-CIO President Trumka declared labor's political independence by pledging to use the power of Super PACS to reach out to nonunion voters and build labor's own political organization and message outside of the Democratic Party. The leaders of the labor federation unanimously endorsed President Obama for re-election … A few labor leaders are complaining that the way the AFL-CIO handled the endorsement does not represent a new trend in ‘political independence' for the labor movement, but rather a return to business as usual." 
Read the Article 

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Mike Daisey Lying to Audiences Is Bad, But the Unethical Factory Conditions at Foxconn Are WorseBy Lauren Kelley | AlterNet
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Undercover Boss and the Decline of the Working ClassBy Rich Yeselson | Washington Monthly
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Urgent: Congress is rushing to deregulate Wall Street—pushing a cynically named “JOBS Act.” This bill could pass as early as Monday.

Senate Democrats, including Jack Reed, Carl Levin and Mary Landrieu, have offered the "INVEST in America Act" to amend the "JOBS Act" and make it less harmful. We need to support these amendments while making it clear that working families oppose the so-called JOBS Act bill.

Please urge your senators to vote FOR the "INVEST in America Act" to make the JOBS Act less harmful to workers and consumers—and AGAINST the cynically named "JOBS Act" bill.

America needs jobs. Yet Congress has not yet passed basic legislation like a measure to reauthorize surface transportation programs, which would create hundreds of thousands of jobs. Instead, next week Congress once again will look to deregulate Wall Street.

Workers’ retirement savings will be at greater risk of fraud and speculation if securities market deregulation once again is railroaded through Congress. Our economy will be at risk from the folly of policymakers promoting financial bubbles and ignoring the needs of the real economy. 

The AFL-CIO calls on Congress to set aside the politics of the 1%, the old game of special favors for Wall Street, and turn to the business of real job creation. 

Urge your senators to vote FOR the "INVEST in America Act," which will amend the JOBS Act to make it less harmful to workers and consumers—and AGAINST the cynically named "JOBS Act" bill.

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.Click here to unsubscribe.

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-How FreshDirect Delivers Misery Along With Your Groceries--And How Workers and the Community are Fighting BackThe upscale grocery delivery service pays less than $9 an hour, has faced discrimination complaints, and is a union-buster--so why is New York giving it a handout?READ MOREBy Sarah Jaffe / AlterNet
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Waffle House Executive Pushes Georgia Anti-Picketing Law That Would Put Founding Fathers in JailBy Zaid Jilani | Republic Report

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