[Educationforall] spam con huevos labor news, views and concerns, 5.13.12‏‏‏‏-I‏‏‏‏

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Mass Anti-Austerity Protests Sweep Through Spain  Watch: Working Women Say They Want Fairness, Dignity, Rights, For Mother's Day  Poland-unionists kidnap parliament   San Francisco School Workers vote to strike, sometime.... After Pink Slips to the Entire Teaching force, Detroit Hires principals, and TFA, for bad bank district Nearly 100 thousand Californians lose UCB This week's cultural news from the Labor Heritage Foundation‏Bolivia:Coco Growers announces protest against the COB, Health Care workers and anti-road marches‏ Rightwing ALEC Puts Wisconsin Anti-Labor Laws On May Agenda   Trumka on 'Newsmakers': Romney Policies Could Pull Us Back Into Recession 
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http://truth-out.org/news/item/9097-mass-anti-austerity-protests-sweep-through-spain

Mass Anti-Austerity Protests Sweep Through SpainStaff, RT News: "At least 100,000 protesters angered by the country's grim economic prospects turned out for street demonstrations in 80 cities across Spain. In the capital Madrid, thousands of protesters chanted and beat drums as they marched from different directions to converge on the central Puerta del Sol Square. Marches were also held in Barcelona, Bilbao, Malaga and Seville. The four day-long demonstration marks the one-year anniversary of the 'Indignants' protest movement, as Spain's economic woes deepen by the day."Read the Article 

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http://www.alternet.org/newsandviews/article/928603/watch%3A_working_women_say_they_want_fairness%2C_dignity%2C_rights%2C_for_mother%27s_day/#paragraph8

Watch: Working Women Say They Want Fairness, Dignity, Rights, For Mother's DayBy Sarah Seltzer | AlterNet

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Poland-unionists kidnap parliament Hundreds of Polish trade union
members protesting against plans to raise the retirement age chained
together barriers meant to keep them out of Parliament on Friday,
locking lawmakers in for more than an hour. “We will decide when
they will leave,”  
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San Francisco School Workers vote to strike, sometime.... San Francisco Unified School District teachers have voted to authorize a
strike in response to a stalemate in contract negotiations with the
district, union officials said Friday. 
About 97 percent of teachers on Thursday night approved the strike
vote, according to Matthew Hardy, a spokesman for the union United
Educators of San Francisco. 
The vote, according to Hardy, is the first part in a two-step process,
and teachers would need to vote a second time before going out on
strike.
 http://www.ktvu.com/news/news/education/sf-teachers-overwhelming-vote-strike/nN4Wn/
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After Pink Slips to the Entire Teaching force, Detroit Hires
principals, and TFA, for bad bank district Covington said he was
unable Friday morning to disclose how many students have enrolled for
EAA schools. EAA officials have said they hope about 12,000 students
will leave DPS schools and be counted as students in the new
authority. 
Covington said the principals will begin the teacher selection process
today and continue interviews on May 19 and June 2, 16 and 23. 
An estimated 500 teachers will need to be hired for the 16 EAA
schools. Covington said about 1,100 have applied for jobs. The
district has signed a contract with Teach for America for about 200
teachers, officials said. 
_The new principals declined to speak Friday, based on a request by
EAA officials._ 
Students attending the new school district can expect longer school
days, a longer school year and each will get an individualized
education plan.  
http://www.detroitnews.com/article/20120511/SCHOOLS/205110428/1026/schools/Principals-named-Michigan-s-new-recovery-school-district
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Nearly 100 thousand Californians lose UCB About 93,000 Californians
are scheduled to have their extended federal unemployment benefits cut
off Saturday because the state is no longer eligible for the long-term
aid. 
A drop in the state’s unemployment rate to 11 percent — a tenth of
a percent above its lowest mark in three years — is triggering the
cutoff.
 http://www.utsandiego.com/news/2012/may/09/unemployment-benefits-abruptly-cut-100k-california/
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Donate to LHF
Register for the Great Labor Arts Exchange
early bird registration ends May 13
GLAE Agenda
"Occupy Now!" Photo Contest
Artist Gallery
Add your event here
Colleen Kattau in concert in New York City
Collen is a fracking activist and songwriter from Central New York. Her songs aim to increase awareness about threats to environmental health and habitat and to inspire the consideration of conservation and alternatives to reliance on fossil fuels. The songs on her most recent CD address pressing environmental issues of hydro-fracturing, mountaintop removal, pipeline construction, mega-mining, and industrial tree farming in the Americas. They do not just critique, instead they offer hope and inspiration for a better way to meet our energy needs.
May 19 People's Voice Café show 8pm
with Some Guys (Jamie Yaman, sax, vocals, flute/ Mike Brandt, bass, Barry K., cello w/ special guest artist)
Community Church of New York Unitarian Universalist,
40 East 35th St. NY, NY (between Madison & Park) http://www.peoplesvoicecafe.org/

June 1 Singing Clear Benefit CD release 8pm
Good Coffeehouse Music Parlor
53 Prospect Park West, Brooklyn, NY 11215
with Bev Grant, Aro Veno, Sarah Underhill and Dave Lippman

Collen will be part of a set for the Singing Clear project at the Clearwater folk festival on June 17. There's an amazing line-up of performers, including Cirque du Sewer, the world's only rat circus!!
Wool & Grant in concert
Two veteran singer/songwriters with a mutual passion for songs, stories, harmonies and guitars. Bev Grant and Ina May Wool create a musical alchemy of fire and feistiness, wisdom and wit, rocking clear-eyed political songs along with a window on to their travels - on the road and around the heart
May 11 Two Moon Art House & Cafe,  Brooklyn
May 12 Barrington Coffee House and Cafe,  Barrington, NJ
May 19 Midtown Scholar Bookstore,  Harrisburg
May 20 Friendship House Concert,  Pittsburgh
June 1 The Good Coffee House Music Parlor,  Brooklyn
Visit Wool & Grant for tour details. Watch their video of Get The Frack Outta Here
NYC Labor Chorus Spring Concert :: May 12
more than 20 years of rating the power of song in peoples' struggles
Saturday, May 12th, 2012 at 8:00 PM
The Peoples' Voice Café / The Community Church of New York
40 East 35th Street, Manhattan (between Park Ave. & Madison Ave.)
Community Church is fully accessible
Doors open at 7:30 $15-18 at the door, pay what you can
Benefit Concert for Jon Fromer :: May 19
A series of fundraising concerts are coming up to help Jon.  We really invite you to turn out and turn up the support for Jon at these performances. Hope you can make one or more.  They're all going to be good.

Saturday, May 19th 8 pm
A benefit for Jon's medical expenses
Angelico Hall at Dominican College
50 Acacia Ave., San Rafael
More information about Jon can be found at Labor Heritage Foundation.

Teamster Women Facebook Group Conference :: May 25 & 26
The Teamster Women Facebook Group sponsored by the Berger Marks Foundation will be hosting a special union and working women's 2 day conference in Washington D.C. on May 25-26, 2012.
This conference will provide working women with information, educational workshops, and mentoring opportunities. We hope to inspire women to confidently step into leadership roles at work, in their unions, and in their lives.
For more information about the conference https://sites.google.com/site/wewerenotborntofollow2012/
Any questions please contact twwashingtonconference2012 at gmail.com
Mail your contributions to:
Teamster Women Facebook Group c/o Verena Riese
21106 Deep Furrow Court
Ashburn, VA 20147
Renew America Expo :: June 9
Artists Wanted
Lynn Marie Smith (the Motown Diva) is working on the entertainment for this event and would really like to give them a treat. If you're not familiar with Lynn Marie, watch a video of her leading a crowd in song.
How: If you are interested in participating contact LHF info at laborheritage.org or Lynn Marie Smith. This is time sensitive so a rapid response is requested.
Who: Labor and progressive artists and performers
WHAT: The Michigan State AFL-CIO Union Label services and Trade Council is hosting the Renew America Expo.
When: June 9, 2012 from 10:00 am until 6:00 pm
Where: UFCW Local 857 Headquarters
876 Horace Brown Drive
Madison Heights, Michigan
There will be vendors, education, raffles, give away's and Five (5)  $1,000.00 Grand Prizes to be raffled off. More information, including a vendor registration form can be found at Michigan Union Label.
What Else: The performance's will be scheduled throughout the day.
There are many opportunities for the artists to make money, gain exposure and support this worthy cause. Unfortunately there is no financial budget to pay the performers for their tremendous talents.
1. There will be 10 radio commercials spots that will be recorded by professionals and aired during prime listening times and on a variety of stations.
2. There will be an on air interview with radio personality Tony Tripliano a well-known radio jock and friend to labor.
3. Mass Advertisement throughout the state by way of the State AFL-CIO's Facebook and Twitter Resources
4. There will be printed advertisement that will list some of the featured and highlighted guest
What For: This is a charity event so the union artist would have to have a waiver signed by their union so that we are not guilty of disrespecting our own members. This is a wonderful opportunity to be a part of an event that will educate and inform the public at large, as well as organized labor about the importance of buying American Made products and exactly what products are made in the good ol' USA.
Artists Unite: It is up to us to help ourselves and rebuild confidence in the products that we make by doing our part and participating in this endeavor. Naturally the artist are free to sell their merchandise.
The Michigan State AFL-CIO Union Label Services and Trade Council is hosting the Renew America Expo. There will be vendors, education, raffles, give away's and  $5,000.00 in Grand Prizes to be raffled off. The event is free and open to the public.
We promote products and services produced in America by union members; including those identified by a union label. We educate union members, their families and their communities of the social and economic benefits gained through the trade union movement
June 9, 2012
10:00 AM - 6:00 PM
UFCW Local 857 Headquarters
876 Horace Brown Drive
Madison Heights, Michigan
More information, including a vendor registration form can be found at Michigan Union Label.

Woody Guthrie Centennial Birthday Bash
Saturday :: July 14

Round robin songfest celebrating Woody Guthrie's 100th birthday. Featured artists include Hillel Arnold, Don Friedman, Beth Kotkin, Joel Landy, Anne Price, Steve Suffet, and Gina Tlamsa. $10 admission + one drink minimum purchase. Visit the Birthday Bash web site or Facebook page for more information.

        The Bowery Poetry Club
308 Bowery
      New York, NY 10012-2802
       Don't forget about these news items ...
Trans-Pacific Partnership
TPP = Corporate Power Tool of the 1%
The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) is being negotiated in secret and the stakes for the 99% couldn't be higher. Go to www.TPP2012.com and click on TAKE ACTION today. Share Public Citizen Global Trade Watch's song parody to the tune of Jackson 5Åås ABC with friends and family and encourage them to take action too!
Additional information on the Trans-Pacific Partnership, including a music video, can be found on the Labor Heritage site.
Labor Comics Project
Paul Buhle is in the beginning stages of launching a labor comics project. If you're interested in helping let us know and we'll put you in touch with Paul.
May Day: A Graphic History of Protest
It's never too late to celebrate May Day!
A new graphic novel celebrating our holiday is hot off the presses. May Day: A Graphic History of Protest traces the development of International Workers' Day, May 1st, against the ever-changing economic and political backdrop in Canada and across North America. Recognizing the importance of work and the historical struggles of workers to improve their lives, with a particular focus on the struggles of May 1st, the comic includes the reader as part of this history, and the story concludes that "We are all part of this historical struggle; it's our history and our future."
It's available for purchase from the Union Communcation Services at their on-line store.
Buy one for your local ... buy one for yourself ... buy one for your children

Call for Singers & Instrumentalists
For the 2012 Tribute to Veterans and the Military on the Commemoration of the Bicentennial of the War of 1812. The performance will occur on June 13th at Turner Auditorium, Johns Hopkins University.
Contact Elizabeth Nunan at 202-797-0700 or vanmmg at hotmail.com for additional details
New George Mann CD "Patience in These Times" Released
I woke up this morning feeling blessed.

No, keep reading, this is not one of those scams or requests to send money because I am stranded in a foreign city without wallet, ID, etc.

I have finished the first "wave" of work regarding the release of "Patience in These Times," my new CD, and I am off to Oregon for a week of concerts and rest. This new CD, 13 songs that I have poured my life, money and abilities into, is now available and I am writing to tell you about it and to help explain why I am asking for orders and donations toward it. For the first time in my roughly 15 years of making music "seriously," I am truly working poor (and in debt!). But as I told you, I feel blessedŠ

The spring is coming, the people are waking up, and there is much music to be made.
I am "blessed" to be able to live this life and share the songs, stories and history of people who built this country, and fought for a better world. And I am fortunate to have new songs and a new CD of music to share-fortunate in that the inspiration keeps coming, even as I approach the half-century mark!

http://georgemann.org/Patience/
Call for Interns
DC's Own Entertainment Group seeks interns to assist with the upcoming production, A Mood for Ms. Eunice, to be featured in the 2012 DC Black Theater Festival.

Students majoring in Theater, Film, Writing, Communications, Marketing/PR or other arts related fields should apply for the following positions:

-Production Staff
-Prop/Costume Coordinator
-Videographer
-Assistant to the Director
-Street Team Coordinator
-Social Media Coordinator

Please send your resume to info at dcentertains.com with "Eunice Intern" in the subject, and tell us about yourself and artistic interests in the body of the email.

*Team meetings are held Saturday's at 1pm, beginning Saturday, May 19th.

Interpreted through the music of late jazz legend, Nina Simone, DC's Own Entertainment Group presents A Mood for Ms. Eunice, written and directed by Rahima Rice-Marsh. Born Eunice Kathleen Waymon, Nina Simone's music and metaphorical lyrics have captivated audiences for decades. Learning that Simone was diagnosed as bipolar in her later years, Rice-Marsh took on a greater understanding of Simone's music to possibly be the reflections of her many moods, and decided to write a story around some of Simone's most touching songs. A Mood for Ms. Eunice tells the story of an anxious Scheduler, named Drew Holloway, who is working for D.C.'s hot new Mayor, Graham Court. Drew is given the challenging task of handling the schedule of the Mayor's wife, Amanda Court, and finds she is rapidly falling in love with D.C.'s commanding and gorgeous First Lady. A tumultuous affair ensues, damaging Drew's heart and employment, and the image of D.C.'s top political family. DC's Own Entertainment Group won Best One-Act Drama in the 2010 DC Black Theater Festival's One-Act Battle, to much praise and acclaim, with Rice-Marsh's first play The Airport Piece. This unique entertainment company, on the fringe of DC's independent art scene will once again dazzle audiences with their slice-of-life tales from the Black LGBTQ community.
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Labour in Bolivia calls for general strike, wage increasePlay videoLabour unions have called for three days of general strike in this upcoming week. This is the main decision reached by the National Assembly of Labour Leaders, called by the Bolivian Central Workers'…00:00:45Added on 5/05/12Bolivia: Coco Growers announces protest against the COB, Health Care workers and anti-road marches By Cort Greene May,7, 2012 Labour in Bolivia calls for general strike for wage increase: video from Telesur english:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ecrDQ9UHZ3w As political tensions rise in Bolivia over wages and workers rights,the right to health care and hours worked and those indigenous groupings against the lack of prior consultation to, calling for the annulment of Act 222 and the opening of the Indigenous Territory and National Park Isiboro Sécure (TIPNIS)to the capitalist extraction model,the six federations of coco growers of the Federación del Trópico in concert with many leaders of the Movement Towards Socialism (MAS) have called for a protest march against all of above social movements on Wednesday, May 9th in the city of Cochamamba and to defend the neoliberal and reformist policies of President Evo Morales. Secretary general of the Federación del Trópico, Mario Castillo said after the federation meeting this past Saturday, which was originally scheduled around the anti-road march now taking place by the Confederation of Indigenous Peoples of Bolivia (CIDOB), that their protest march they are organizing is about rejecting the actions Bolivian Workers Central/Central Obrera Boliviana (COB)and the upcoming 72 hour general strike starting this Wednesday and the other sectors who have politicized their social demands. In his criticisms of the health care workers and doctors, he accused them of just wanting more money, even after President Morales suspended Decree 1126 on Friday after almost of a month strikes by them around the decree to extend their working day from 6 to 8 hours, road blockades and demonstrations continued to take place by the workers calling for the total repeal instead (video below) and more blockades were called for today, Monday. The vice president of the National Movement Towards Socialism (MAS), Concepcion Ortiz when as far as to accuse falsely ,slander and demonize the social,political movements and workers, saying they were being organized by the right and called for a rejection of their mobilizations. Video:  http://www.firstcoastnews.com/video/default.aspx?bctid=1622584173001&odyssey=mod%7Cnewswell%7Ctext%7CFRONTPAGE%7Cfeatured 
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Rightwing ALEC Puts Wisconsin Anti-Labor Laws On May AgendaMichigan's Koch-Funded Mackinac Center Is Bringing Wisconsin Act 10 Provisions to ALEC's spring meeting. READ MOREBrendan Fischer /
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May 7, 2012
New reports show if Congress doesn’t act, students will be hurt by big jump in Stafford student loans.Rather than pursuing bipartisanship to create jobs, congressional Republicans pushed their priority of making Obama a one-term president, AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka said yesterday on C-SPAN’s “Newsmakers.” In the wide-ranging interview, Trumka discussed the U.S. Supreme Court and the health care act, building a permanent campaign structure for all working people and why NLRB member Terence Flynn has to go.
Read more and comment.  Reports: How a Stafford Increase Would Impact States Trumka Featured at May 9 Forum on Economy, America’s Workers Trans-Pacific Trade Pact Could Close Doors on ‘Buy American’ Graduating? Check Out Your Health Care Options and Pass It On Krugman: Challenge to Nation’s Economy Political, Not Technical Celebrate Your Mother and the Women Who Pick Her Flowers Iraq: Nine Years After Ouster of Saddam Hussein, Workers Still Toil Under His Labor Law We All Do Better When We All Do Better Tune in to The Union Edge in D.C.Read more important news of the day on the issues working families care about.Follow the AFL-CIO:
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