[Educationforall] spam con huevos labor news, views and concerns, 5.05.12-III
Carlos Pelayo
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Private Prison Corporations Are Modern Day Slave Traders Is It Possible To Build An Economy Without Jobs? Is Your Stuff Falling Apart? Thank Wal-Mart Colombia Trade Deal Finalized Over Protests From Labor, Human Rights Groups Sign the Petition: No More Back Room Trade Deals for the 1%(CWA) Central Obrera Boliviana calls for 72 hour General Strike Next Week 115,000 Jobs Created in April A Little Treat ...from Michael Moore Disappointing April Jobs Report: Public Sector Layoffs and Shrinking Labor Force
April's Unemployment Numbers: Younger Workers Pushed into Low-Wage Service Jobs
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http://www.alternet.org/story/155199/private_prison_corporations_are_modern_day_slave_traders?akid=8722.16102.A6xBEI&rd=1&t=5
Private Prison Corporations Are Modern Day Slave TradersBy Glen Ford, Black Agenda ReportThe Corrections Corporation of America believes the economic crisis has created an opportunity to become landlord, as well as manager, of a chunk of the American prison gulag. READ MORE »
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http://www.alternet.org/story/155186/is_it_possible_to_build_an_economy_without_jobs_?akid=8722.16102.A6xBEI&rd=1&t=11
Is It Possible To Build An Economy Without Jobs?By Frank Joyce, AlterNetHumans will always work. But that whole employee-employer thing is optional. It's time to start looking for another model. READ MORE »
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http://www.alternet.org/story/155238/is_your_stuff_falling_apart_thank_wal-mart?akid=8722.16102.A6xBEI&rd=1&t=29
Is Your Stuff Falling Apart? Thank Wal-MartBy Stacy Mitchell, Grist.orgWal-Mart's cheap stuff is hugely costly - right where it matters most. READ MORE »
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http://www.alternet.org/story/155200/colombia_trade_deal_finalized_over_protests_from_labor%2C_human_rights_groups_?akid=8721.16102.4jAwCS&rd=1&t=24
-Colombia Trade Deal Finalized Over Protests From Labor, Human Rights GroupsLabor and human rights groups in both countries argue that the agreement would effectively condone violence against activists and economic oppression.READ MOREBy Michelle Chen / In These Times
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Dear Friend,Back room trade deals benefit big corporations at the expense of working people. We need your help demanding that U.S. officials move the Trans-Pacific Free Trade Agreement negotiations into the light of day.The Trans-Pacific Free Trade Agreement is a massive new trade deal for the Pacific Rim. After eleven major rounds of negotiations, the United States has reportedly introduced proposals for most, if not all, of an estimated 26 separate chapters for this pact — proposals that will likely affect jobs, wages, agriculture, migration, consumer safety, the environment, financial regulations, access to medicine, indigenous rights, public procurement and more in our communities and throughout the world.Despite the far-reaching nature of the Trans-Pacific FTA, the U.S. Trade Representative has refused to release any of its negotiating proposals for public scrutiny. One corporate trade attorney with decades of experience in international trade negotiations recently gloated that, "This is the least transparent trade negotiation I have ever seen." That isn't right and has to change.What's even worse, however, is that while you, I and the majority of Americans are barred from knowing what's taking place in the Trans-Pacific FTA negotiations, approximately 600 corporate lobbyists have been named "cleared advisors," giving them regular access to the negotiating documents and negotiators.This type of back-room deal making is unacceptable in a democracy, and it is even outside of the norm for international trade negotiations. Even the World Trade Organization (WTO) publishes its draft negotiating proposals online for public review and comment.Please sign our online petition urging U.S. Trade Representative Ron Kirk to publicly release the negotiating proposals for the Trans-Pacific FTA. All petitions will be delivered to U.S. trade negotiators prior to the start of the next negotiating round in Dallas this May.You deserve the right to know what U.S. trade negotiators are negotiating in your name. Please take action now.http://action.cwa-union.org/c/1372/p/dia/action/public/?action_KEY=4310In Unity,Beth Allen
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>From many news services of Bolivia:Central Obrera Boliviana calls for 72 hour General Strike Next Week May 4th
In an extended emergencey meeting of the Bolivian Workers Central/Central Obrera Boliviana (COB) union decided yesterday to call for a 72-hour general strike next week in all 9 departments in Bolivia against the 8% wage increase decreed by the national government and to demand the repeal of Decree 1126. The executive of the COB, Juan Carlos Trujillo, made the announcement after a closed door meeting and that the union has called for a 72-hour strike mobilization nationwide next week on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, rejecting the governments offer on wage increases and calling for the abrogation of the Decree 1126.The decree states that health care professionals and workers increase their work to eight hours from 6 hours a day.This is the 3rd round of strikes within the last 6 weeks by the union.They also called for a a national summit of workers on May 15th in the city of Oruro, to define what future measures and actions are needed to pressure the Government .On 1 May, the Executive, President Evo Morales, ordered a wage increase of 8% for health and education by decree.
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May 4, 2012
Firefighter Mahlon Mitchell, the dynamic activist who helped lead the 2011 Wisconsin spring, is running for lieutenant governor in the state’s recall elections.Job growth in April rose by 115,000, above the 100,000 needed to keep up with new job entrants. The unemployment rate improved a tad, from 8.2 percent in March to 8.1 percent in April, as did the number of jobless, which declined from 12.7 million in March to 12.5 million in April, according to U.S. Department of Labor data released this morning. But the one-tenth of a percent improvement in the nation’s jobless rate is “due to people dropping out of the labor force, not an increase in the share of the working-age population with jobs,” notes the Economic Policy Institute. Read more and comment. Wisconsin Firefighter Mahlon Mitchell Launches Campaign for Wis. Lt. Governor Workers and Allies Barnstorm Verizon Shareholder Meeting Farm Workers Rally for Rights at Reynolds’ Shareholder Meeting APALA Welcomes Next Gen with Launch of Young Leaders Council End of Arizona Legislative Session Mixed Bag for Working Families Cuts to Public-Sector Jobs Harm Women, African Americans Most Republican National Committee Attacks Obama on Jobs—from Overseas Call CenterRead more important news of the day on the issues working families care about.Follow the AFL-CIO:
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A Little Treat ...from Michael MooreFriday, May 4th, 2012Friends, Here's a free song for you.It's my contribution to "Occupy This Album", a compilation CD (99 songs!) featuring David Crosby & Graham Nash, Steve Earle, Tom Morello, Willie Nelson, Ani DiFranco, Third Eye Blind, Immortal Technique and Jackson Browne to be released Tuesday, May 15th. All proceeds from this album will go to fund the Occupy Wall Street movement (all the musicians and songwriters have donated their time and music). They asked me if I'd like to record a poem or maybe make a music video of some of the songs. I said, "I could just sing a song." When the laughter died down, I recorded this.I hope you enjoy my first try at this new profession (though I have no intention of giving up my day job). And thank you, Bob Dylan, for your contribution, and for approving this, my debut. Enjoy! Michael MooreMMFlint at MichaelMoore.com@MMFlintMichaelMoore.com Join Mike's Mailing List | Follow Mike on Twitter | Join Mike's Facebook Group | Become Mike's MySpace Friend
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http://www.alternet.org/newsandviews/article/912136/disappointing_april_jobs_report%3A_public_sector_layoffs_and_shrinking_labor_force/#paragraph3
Disappointing April Jobs Report: Public Sector Layoffs and Shrinking Labor ForceBy Meteor Blades | Daily Kos
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http://www.alternet.org/rss/breakingnews/912477/april%27s_unemployment_numbers%3A_younger_workers_pushed_into_low-wage_service_jobs/?akid=8719.16102.XThjc6&rd=1&t=13
April's Unemployment Numbers: Younger Workers Pushed into Low-Wage Service JobsBy Jorge Rivas | ColorLines
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