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<ol><li><b><font size="3"><span style="line-height: 17px; color: rgb(42, 42, 42); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">The War on Immigrant Women: Part of the Sweeping Crusade Against the Fundamental Rights of All Women</span> </font></b></li><li><b><font size="3"><span style="line-height: 17px; color: rgb(42, 42, 42); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">Why Obama's JOBS Act Couldn't Suck Worse</span> </font></b></li><li><h2 class="ReadMsgSubject" style="line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; color: rgb(42, 42, 42); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><font size="3">T-Mobile: Don't You Dare!þ </font></h2></li><li><h2 class="ReadMsgSubject" style="line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; color: rgb(42, 42, 42); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><font size="3">April 20 2012 : Organizing Workers in the Informal Economy ~ Panel - L.A </font></h2></li><li><h2 class="ReadMsgSubject" style="line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; color: rgb(42, 42, 42); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><font size="3">Women's Work Less Valued than Men's - AAUW Releases State-By-State Rankings for Equal Pay Day in u.s.þ </font></h2></li><li><b><font size="3"><a href="http://act.alternet.org/go/17787?akid=8558.16102.gLNJeg&t=8" target="_blank" style="line-height: 23px; color: rgb(0, 104, 207); cursor: pointer; ">Labor Leaders Join Civil Rights Groups to Fight Alabama's Draconian Immigration Law</a> </font></b></li><li><h2 class="ReadMsgSubject" style="line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; color: rgb(42, 42, 42); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><font size="3">Tax Wealth Not Work </font></h2></li><li><b><font size="3"><a href="http://act.alternet.org/go/17740?akid=8557.16102.41yA5a&t=15" target="_blank" style="line-height: 20px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: rgb(0, 104, 207); cursor: pointer; ">The Student Loan Crisis Everyone Saw Coming</a> </font></b></li><li><b><font size="3"><a href="http://act.alternet.org/go/17822?akid=8555.16102.Zj7l89&t=5" target="_blank" style="line-height: 23px; color: rgb(0, 104, 207); cursor: pointer; ">Disposable Professors? How the Labor Crisis Threatens Higher Education</a>
</font></b></li><li><b><font size="3"><a href="http://act.alternet.org/go/17829?akid=8555.16102.Zj7l89&t=32" target="_blank" style="line-height: 18px; color: rgb(0, 104, 207); cursor: pointer; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">Selling Blood, Scavenging Trash With Children in Tow: "Welfare Reform" is Utterly Failing in the Face of Recession</a> </font></b> </li></ol><div><br></div><div>@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@</div><div><br></div><div><a href="http://www.rhrealitycheck.org/article/2012/04/06/war-on-immigrant-women">http://www.rhrealitycheck.org/article/2012/04/06/war-on-immigrant-women</a>
</div><div><br></div><div><strong style="line-height: 17px; color: rgb(42, 42, 42); font-family: Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">The War on Immigrant Women: Part of the Sweeping Crusade Against the Fundamental Rights of All Women<br></strong><font color="#cc0000" style="color: rgb(0, 104, 207); cursor: pointer; font-family: Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); line-height: normal; "><a href="http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=QlOZzm2cmv9xtp0sQ/gUeHj%2BdwweV1Mm" target="_blank" style="line-height: 17px; color: rgb(0, 104, 207); cursor: pointer; font-family: Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">Read the Article at RH Reality Check</a></font>
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</div><div><br></div><div><strong style="line-height: 17px; color: rgb(42, 42, 42); font-family: Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">Why Obama's JOBS Act Couldn't Suck Worse<br></strong><font color="#cc0000" style="color: rgb(0, 104, 207); cursor: pointer; font-family: Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); line-height: normal; "><a href="http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=k6ttJvQqxsQRtCKe5JLze3j%2BdwweV1Mm" target="_blank" style="line-height: 17px; color: rgb(0, 104, 207); cursor: pointer; font-family: Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">Read the Article at Rolling Stone</a></font>
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Make your voice heard.<br><br><b><a href="http://act.aflcio.org/salsa/track.jsp?v=2&c=Q7q4yjbGybE4IE2yvD4Pdcsnze%2BpZuo0" target="_blank" style="font-weight: inherit; color: rgb(0, 104, 207); cursor: pointer; ">Click here to send a message to T-Mobile’s CEO Philipp Humm urging him to keep U.S. call centers open and save thousands of family-sustaining jobs</a>.</b></p></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td></tr></tbody></table><p style="margin-bottom: 1.35em; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 13px; "><br><br>Last month, T-Mobile announced plans to close seven major call centers nationwide. <br><br><b>T-Mobile’s decision means cutting 3,300 American jobs</b>, on top of hundreds already lost because of T-Mobile’s downsizing—and 6,000 lost because of outsourcing to the Philippines and Honduras. <br><br><b><a href="http://act.aflcio.org/salsa/track.jsp?v=2&c=/rKaWHBekIRxiZE7tEpG4csnze%2BpZuo0" target="_blank" style="font-weight: inherit; color: rgb(0, 104, 207); cursor: pointer; ">Click here to send a message to T-Mobile’s CEO Philipp Humm urging him to keep T-Mobile’s U.S. call centers open and bring back thousands of family-sustaining jobs</a>. </b><br><br>We will deliver your letter—along with tens of thousands of others—next week at the T-Mobile headquarters in Washington State.<br><br><b>T-Mobile’s workers and customers are connected—and if this job-cutting plan goes through, both lose.</b> Each lost T-Mobile job means another working family facing an uncertain future—and many customers facing uncertain service.<br><br>T-Mobile CEO Philipp Humm’s plan to lay off thousands is bad for T-Mobile workers who take pride in their work, bad for T-Mobile customers who count on top-notch service and bad for the U.S. economy. <br><br><b><a href="http://act.aflcio.org/salsa/track.jsp?v=2&c=4uiTRB41SjwM8mS/35p3r8snze%2BpZuo0" target="_blank" style="font-weight: inherit; color: rgb(0, 104, 207); cursor: pointer; ">Send T-Mobile’s CEO a message today and tell him to keep U.S. call centers open—and we’ll make sure he hears your message next week</a>.<br><br>When customers buy a T-Mobile cell phone, they count on T-Mobile workers to provide top-notch service. And T-Mobile workers do. They take pride in their work. </b><br><br>We know that dedicated service professionals whom T-Mobile customers count on—folks from Thornton, Colo., to Brownsville, Texas—will lose their jobs on June 22 if this plan goes forward. But we also know that if enough of us stand together and raise our voices, we can force the company to reconsider. <br><br>Please <a href="http://act.aflcio.org/salsa/track.jsp?v=2&c=oaa1ufJdzaP3/227jIoRHMsnze%2BpZuo0" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(0, 104, 207); cursor: pointer; "><b>make your voice heard today, and we’ll deliver your letter on April 16 in Bellevue, Wash</b></a>.<br><br>In Solidarity,<br><br>Manny Herrmann<br>Online Mobilization Coordinator, AFL-CIO</p></td></tr><tr><td><hr><p align="center" style="margin-bottom: 1.35em; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 13px; "><span style="line-height: 15px; font-size: 12px; ">To find out more about the AFL-CIO, please visit our website at <a href="http://act.aflcio.org/salsa/track.jsp?v=2&c=GYymrBocwNDLqixZcxzQqssnze%2BpZuo0" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(0, 104, 207); cursor: pointer; "><b>www.aflcio.org</b></a>.<br><br>Follow us on <a href="http://act.aflcio.org/salsa/track.jsp?v=2&c=nQ%2BfeW5Dn5vHqJm6z4FnVMsnze%2BpZuo0" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(0, 104, 207); 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border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-top-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-bottom-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-width: initial; "></a></span></p><p align="center" style="margin-bottom: 1.35em; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 13px; "><br></p></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div>@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@</div><div><br></div><div><br style="line-height: 17px; color: rgb(42, 42, 42); font-family: Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><br style="line-height: 17px; color: rgb(42, 42, 42); font-family: Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><div style="line-height: 17px; color: rgb(42, 42, 42); font-family: Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><hr id="ecxstopSpelling">Date: Mon, 9 Apr 2012 23:52:22 +0000<br>From: MMattock@IRLE.UCLA.EDU<br>Subject: [LALS] April 20: Organizing Workers in the Informal Economy<br>To: LA-LABOR@NEWLISTS.SSCNET.UCLA.EDU<br><br><div class="ecxWordSection1" style="page: WordSection1; "><p class="ecxMsoNormal" style="line-height: 19px; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><span style="line-height: 17px; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Corbel, sans-serif; "><img width="297" height="198" id="ecxPicture_x0020_7" src="" alt="Global Organizing.JPG"></span></p><p class="ecxMsoNormal" style="line-height: 19px; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><span style="line-height: 17px; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Franklin Gothic Book', sans-serif; "> </span></p><p class="ecxMsoNormal" style="line-height: 19px; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><b><span style="line-height: 17px; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Franklin Gothic Book', sans-serif; color: black; ">Organizing Workers in the Informal Economy<br>Brazil, China, Mexico, South Africa and … Los Angeles</span></b></p><p class="ecxMsoNormal" style="line-height: 19px; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><span style="line-height: 17px; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Franklin Gothic Book', sans-serif; "> </span></p><p class="ecxMsoNormal" style="line-height: 19px; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><span style="line-height: 17px; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Franklin Gothic Book', sans-serif; ">Friday, April 20, 2012 | 6-9:00 pm</span></p><p class="ecxMsoNormal" style="line-height: 19px; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><span style="line-height: 17px; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Franklin Gothic Book', sans-serif; ">UCLA Downtown Labor Center: 675 S. Park View Los Angeles 90057</span></p><p class="ecxMsoNormal" style="line-height: 19px; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><span style="line-height: 17px; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Franklin Gothic Book', sans-serif; ">(map & directions: <a href="http://labor.ucla.edu/contact/directions.html#DLC" target="_blank" style="color: purple; cursor: pointer; ">http://labor.ucla.edu/contact/directions.html#DLC</a>)</span></p><p class="ecxMsoNormal" style="line-height: 19px; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><span style="line-height: 17px; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Franklin Gothic Book', sans-serif; "> </span></p><p style="line-height: 20px; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span style="line-height: 17px; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Franklin Gothic Book', sans-serif; ">Across the globe, workers in the informal economy are organizing -- from trash recyclers in Brazil and day laborers in China, to street vendors in Mexico and domestic workers in South Africa. Researchers from these countries will join labor activists from Los Angeles on a panel discussion about these and other organizing efforts, and discuss how labor unions and governments have responded to these grassroots campaigns. </span></p><p class="ecxMsoNormal" style="line-height: 19px; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><span style="line-height: 17px; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Corbel, sans-serif; "> </span></p><p class="ecxMsoNormal" style="line-height: 19px; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><span style="line-height: 17px; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Corbel, sans-serif; ">More Info: <a href="http://www.irle.ucla.edu/events/2012/OrganizingtheInformalWorksforce.html" target="_blank" style="color: purple; cursor: pointer; ">http://www.irle.ucla.edu/events/2012/OrganizingtheInformalWorksforce.html</a></span></p><p class="ecxMsoNormal" style="line-height: 19px; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><span style="line-height: 17px; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Corbel, sans-serif; "> </span></p><p class="ecxMsoNormal" style="line-height: 19px; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><span style="line-height: 17px; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Corbel, sans-serif; "> </span></p><p class="ecxMsoNormal" style="line-height: 19px; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><em>This event is cosponsored by the UCLA Labor Center, and the UCLA Center for International Business Education and Research (CIBER)</em><span style="line-height: 17px; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Corbel, sans-serif; "></span></p><p class="ecxMsoNormal" style="line-height: 19px; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; 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font-family: helvetica, arial; ">-----Original Message-----<br>From: AAUW Public Policy and Government Relations Depart <Advocacy@aauw.org><br>To: john f martinez <inmart5@aol.com><br>Sent: Tue, Apr 10, 2012 8:49 am<br>Subject: AAUW Releases State-By-State Rankings for Equal Pay Day<br><br><div id="ecxAOLMsgPart_1_4f7f2f0b-9c45-486c-998a-f637785583e3"><table width="601" border="0" cellspacing="2" cellpadding="2" style="line-height: 17px; "><tbody><tr><td><div align="CENTER"><img src="http://images.capwiz.com/aauw/images/washingtonupdate091409.gif" border="0"></div></td></tr><tr><td><div></div><div id="ecxbodyContent"><div align="center" style="text-align: center; "><span style="line-height: 22px; font-family: helvetica; font-size: 17px; "><b>AAUW Releases State-By-State Rankings for Equal Pay Day</b></span></div><div align="center" style="text-align: center; "><span style="line-height: 19px; font-family: helvetica; font-size: 15px; ">D.C. Has Best Ranking, Wyoming Worst</span></div><div align="center" style="text-align: center; "><span style="line-height: 19px; font-family: helvetica; font-size: 15px; "><br></span></div><div><span style="line-height: 19px; font-family: helvetica; font-size: 15px; ">WASHINGTON – With the release of <a href="http://capwiz.com/aauw/utr/1/KGQXRPAHBX/BDKSRPAIFF/8151332416" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(0, 104, 207); cursor: pointer; "><i>The Simple Truth about the Gender Pay Gap</i></a><i>,</i> the American Association of University Women (AAUW) unveiled new <a href="http://capwiz.com/aauw/utr/1/KGQXRPAHBX/KJXKRPAIFG/8151332416" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(0, 104, 207); cursor: pointer; ">state-by-state equal pay rankings</a>. Updated for the national observance of Equal Pay Day, which marks how far into the current year women must work to match what their male counterparts earned last year,<i></i><i>The Simple Truth</i> charts the wage gap in the 50 states and the District of Columbia.</span></div><div><span style="line-height: 19px; font-family: helvetica; font-size: 15px; "><br></span></div><div><span style="line-height: 19px; font-family: helvetica; font-size: 15px; ">The wage gap is narrowest in the nation’s capital, where women have the best earning’s ratio — 91 cents, on average, for every dollar earned by their male counterparts. The state with the worst earnings ratio is Wyoming, where women make 64 percent of men’s earnings. The national average puts women at just 77 percent.</span></div><div><span style="line-height: 19px; font-family: helvetica; font-size: 15px; "><br></span></div><div><span style="line-height: 19px; font-family: helvetica; font-size: 15px; ">The wage gap costs working women and their families tens of thousands of dollars in lost wages and directly affects women’s retirement security. These numbers are worse for women of color, and<i> </i><i>The Simple Truth</i> examines racial and ethnic breakdowns. White and Asian women earn, respectively, 82 percent and 88 percent of white men’s earnings. African American and Hispanic women earn much less — just 70 percent and 61 percent of what white men earn, on average.</span></div><div><span style="line-height: 19px; font-family: helvetica; font-size: 15px; "><br></span></div><div><span style="line-height: 19px; font-family: helvetica; font-size: 15px; ">“Equal Pay Day, which this year falls on April 17, is an unfortunate reminder of how far we have to go to reach true pay equality. The wage gap hasn’t moved significantly in nearly a decade, and at this rate, we’ll be marking Equal Pay Day for the next 60 years,” said AAUW Executive Director Linda D. Hallman, CAE.</span></div><div><span style="line-height: 19px; font-family: helvetica; font-size: 15px; "><br></span></div><div><span style="line-height: 19px; font-family: helvetica; font-size: 15px; ">In addition to the release of<i> </i><i>The Simple Truth</i>, AAUW branches across the nation will mark Equal Pay Day by holding rallies, wearing red to symbolize how women’s wages are in the red, handing out Pay Day candy bars, and hosting bake sales with discounts for women.</span></div><div><span style="line-height: 19px; font-family: helvetica; font-size: 15px; "><br></span></div><div><span style="line-height: 19px; font-family: helvetica; font-size: 15px; ">“The gender pay gap is unlikely to go away on its own. Our publications and tools will empower our advocacy on behalf of women and their families,” said Catherine Hill, AAUW director of research. “<i>The Simple Truth</i> is a useful resource for women, the media, and society at large as we work to address this stubborn inequality.”</span></div><div><span style="line-height: 19px; font-family: helvetica; font-size: 15px; "><br></span></div><div align="center" style="text-align: center; "><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; ">###</span></div><div align="center" style="text-align: center; "><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><br></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; ">The American Association of University Women (AAUW) advances equity for women and girls through advocacy, education, philanthropy, and research. Since 1881, AAUW has been one of the nation’s leading voices promoting education and equity for women and girls. AAUW has a nationwide network of more than 100,000 members and donors, 1,000 branches, and 600 college/university institutional partners. Since AAUW’s founding 130 years ago, members have examined and taken positions on the fundamental issues of the day — educational, social, economic, and political. AAUW’s commitment to educational equity is reflected in its public policy advocacy, community programs, leadership development, conventions and conferences, national partnerships, and international connections.</span></div></div><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><table width="600" border="0" cellspacing="2" cellpadding="2" style="line-height: 17px; "><tbody><tr><td><div align="CENTER"><img src="http://ffs.capwiz.com/aauw/images/banner-footer.gif" alt="AAUW Breaking through Barriers" border="0"></div></td></tr><tr><td><font size="2" face="arial, helvetica" style="line-height: normal; "> If you no longer wish to receive e-mail from us, or you wish to update your contact information, please click <a href="http://capwiz.com/aauw/lmx/u/?jobid=208842813&queueid=8151332416" target="_blank" style="line-height: 17px; color: rgb(0, 104, 207); cursor: pointer; ">here</a>. <br style="line-height: 17px; "></font><br></td></tr></tbody></table><div align="center"><img src="http://capwiz.com/aauw/utr/i1/KGQXRPAHBX/8151332416/img/capwizlogo.gif"></div></div></div></div><div>@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@</div><div><br></div><div><a href="http://www.alternet.org/story/154914/labor_leaders_join_civil_rights_groups_to_fight_alabama%27s_draconian_immigration_law?akid=8558.16102.gLNJeg&rd=1&t=8">http://www.alternet.org/story/154914/labor_leaders_join_civil_rights_groups_to_fight_alabama%27s_draconian_immigration_law?akid=8558.16102.gLNJeg&rd=1&t=8</a>
</div><div><br></div><div><a href="http://act.alternet.org/go/17787?akid=8558.16102.gLNJeg&t=7" target="_blank" style="line-height: 17px; color: rgb(0, 104, 207); cursor: pointer; font-family: Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><img src="http://images.alternet.org/images/managed/storyimages_1330916698_screenshot20120304at10.04.13pm.png_640x543_150x107" alt="" width="150" height="106" border="0" style="border-style: initial; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-top-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-bottom-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-width: initial; "></a><span style="color: rgb(42, 42, 42); font-family: Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 17px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "></span><p class="ecxheadline2" style="line-height: 23px; margin-bottom: 1.35em; color: rgb(42, 42, 42); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 18px; "><a href="http://act.alternet.org/go/17787?akid=8558.16102.gLNJeg&t=8" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(0, 104, 207); cursor: pointer; ">Labor Leaders Join Civil Rights Groups to Fight Alabama's Draconian Immigration Law</a></p><p style="line-height: 15px; margin-bottom: 1.35em; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); ">Union leaders, Latino community organizations, and others are heading to foreign car companies' shareholder meetings to demand they denounce Alabama's anti-immigrant law. <a class="ecxreadmore" href="http://act.alternet.org/go/17787?akid=8558.16102.gLNJeg&t=9" target="_blank" style="line-height: 11px; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 104, 207); cursor: pointer; font-size: 9px; letter-spacing: 0.1em; ">READ MORE</a></p><p style="line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 1.35em; color: rgb(42, 42, 42); font-family: Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><span style="line-height: 13px; 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cursor: pointer; "><img border="0" src="https://afl.salsalabs.com/o/4001/c/18/images/aflcionowblog_700x100.jpg" alt="" style="border-style: initial; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-top-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-bottom-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-width: initial; "></a></td></tr><tr><td><table width="700" cellpadding="13" border="0" align="left" style="line-height: 17px; "><tbody><tr><td><p style="margin-bottom: 1.35em; "><span style="font-size: 13px; "><span style="font-family: Verdana; "><b>April 10, 2012</b></span></span></p><table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="7" border="0" align="right" style="line-height: 17px; width: 22px; height: 38px; "><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center; "><a href="http://act.aflcio.org/salsa/track.jsp?v=2&c=p98xnnU6PAzrPfQqKYyRUNsjjbBofwtp" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(0, 104, 207); cursor: pointer; "><img border="0" src="https://afl.salsalabs.com/o/4001/c/18/images/Get-Ready-for-99.jpg" title="CWA AT&T demonstration" alt="CWA AT&T demonstration" style="border-style: initial; 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</div><div><br></div><div><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="line-height: 17px; color: rgb(42, 42, 42); font-family: Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); width: 415px; "><tbody><tr><td valign="top"><a href="http://act.alternet.org/go/17740?akid=8557.16102.41yA5a&t=14" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(0, 104, 207); cursor: pointer; "><img src="http://images.alternet.org/images/managed/storyimages_studentloandebt.gif_95x68" alt="" width="112" height="81" align="left" border="0" style="border-style: initial; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-top-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-bottom-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-width: initial; "></a></td><td><span style="color: white; ">-</span></td><td valign="top"><p class="ecxheadline3" style="line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 1.35em; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 16px; "><a href="http://act.alternet.org/go/17740?akid=8557.16102.41yA5a&t=15" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(0, 104, 207); cursor: pointer; ">The Student Loan Crisis Everyone Saw Coming</a></p><p style="line-height: 15px; margin-bottom: 1.35em; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); ">President Obama has fought hard to ease the student-debt burden, but Republicans threaten his fragile gains. <a class="ecxreadmore" href="http://act.alternet.org/go/17740?akid=8557.16102.41yA5a&t=16" target="_blank" style="line-height: 11px; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 104, 207); cursor: pointer; font-size: 9px; letter-spacing: 0.1em; "><strong>READ MORE</strong></a></p><p style="line-height: 14px; margin-bottom: 1.35em; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 11px; font-style: italic; color: rgb(77, 77, 77); ">By Andrew Leonard / Salon</p></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div><br></div><div><a href="http://www.alternet.org/story/154824/access_denied%21_colleges_withhold_transcripts_from_grads_in_loan_default?akid=8557.16102.41yA5a&rd=1&t=21">http://www.alternet.org/story/154824/access_denied%21_colleges_withhold_transcripts_from_grads_in_loan_default?akid=8557.16102.41yA5a&rd=1&t=21</a>
</div><div><br></div><div><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="line-height: 17px; color: rgb(42, 42, 42); font-family: Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); width: 415px; "><tbody><tr><td valign="top"><a href="http://act.alternet.org/go/17610?akid=8557.16102.41yA5a&t=20" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(0, 104, 207); cursor: pointer; "><img src="http://images.alternet.org/images/managed/storyimages_1333469043_shutterstock3054660.jpg_640x640_95x68" alt="" width="112" height="81" align="left" border="0" style="border-style: initial; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-top-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-bottom-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-width: initial; "></a></td><td><span style="color: white; ">-</span></td><td valign="top"><p class="ecxheadline3" style="line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 1.35em; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 16px; "><a href="http://act.alternet.org/go/17610?akid=8557.16102.41yA5a&t=21" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(0, 104, 207); cursor: pointer; ">Access Denied! Colleges Withhold Transcripts From Grads in Loan Default</a></p><p style="line-height: 15px; margin-bottom: 1.35em; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); ">Universities and colleges are refusing to give graduates in default on student loans access to their transcripts. Does this herald a new caste system in the making? <a class="ecxreadmore" href="http://act.alternet.org/go/17610?akid=8557.16102.41yA5a&t=22" target="_blank" style="line-height: 11px; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 104, 207); cursor: pointer; font-size: 9px; letter-spacing: 0.1em; "><strong>READ MORE</strong></a></p><p style="line-height: 14px; margin-bottom: 1.35em; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 11px; font-style: italic; color: rgb(77, 77, 77); ">By Dave Lindorff / The Nation</p><p style="line-height: 14px; margin-bottom: 1.35em; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 11px; font-style: italic; color: rgb(77, 77, 77); "><br></p></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div>@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@</div><div><br></div><div><a href="http://www.alternet.org/story/154817/disposable_professors_how_the_labor_crisis_threatens_higher_education?akid=8555.16102.Zj7l89&rd=1&t=5">http://www.alternet.org/story/154817/disposable_professors_how_the_labor_crisis_threatens_higher_education?akid=8555.16102.Zj7l89&rd=1&t=5</a>
</div><div><br></div><div><a href="http://act.alternet.org/go/17822?akid=8555.16102.Zj7l89&t=4" target="_blank" style="line-height: 17px; color: rgb(0, 104, 207); cursor: pointer; font-family: Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><img src="http://images.alternet.org/images/managed/storyimages_1333460947_shutterstock85872097.jpg_640x480_150x107" alt="" width="150" height="106" border="0" style="border-style: initial; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-top-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-bottom-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-width: initial; "></a><span style="color: rgb(42, 42, 42); font-family: Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 17px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "></span><p class="ecxheadline2" style="line-height: 23px; margin-bottom: 1.35em; color: rgb(42, 42, 42); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 18px; "><a href="http://act.alternet.org/go/17822?akid=8555.16102.Zj7l89&t=5" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(0, 104, 207); cursor: pointer; ">Disposable Professors? How the Labor Crisis Threatens Higher Education</a></p><p style="line-height: 15px; margin-bottom: 1.35em; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); ">Adjunct faculty and grad students across America have had enough of service cuts and low wages. Should we expect an "Adjunct Spring"? <a class="ecxreadmore" href="http://act.alternet.org/go/17822?akid=8555.16102.Zj7l89&t=6" target="_blank" style="line-height: 11px; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 104, 207); cursor: pointer; font-size: 9px; letter-spacing: 0.1em; ">READ MORE</a></p><p style="line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 1.35em; color: rgb(42, 42, 42); font-family: Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><span style="line-height: 13px; color: rgb(77, 77, 77); font-family: Georgia, Times, serif; font-size: x-small; "><em>s.e. smith / AlterNet</em></span></p><p style="line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 1.35em; color: rgb(42, 42, 42); font-family: Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><span style="line-height: 13px; color: rgb(77, 77, 77); font-family: Georgia, Times, serif; font-size: 8pt; "><em><br></em></span></p></div><div>@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@</div><div><br></div><div><a href="http://www.alternet.org/newsandviews/article/879155/selling_blood%2C_scavenging_trash_with_children_in_tow%3A_%22welfare_reform%22_is_utterly_failing_in_the_face_of_recession/#paragraph3">http://www.alternet.org/newsandviews/article/879155/selling_blood%2C_scavenging_trash_with_children_in_tow%3A_%22welfare_reform%22_is_utterly_failing_in_the_face_of_recession/#paragraph3</a>
</div><div><br></div><div><a href="http://act.alternet.org/go/17829?akid=8555.16102.Zj7l89&t=32" target="_blank" style="line-height: 18px; color: rgb(0, 104, 207); cursor: pointer; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 14px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">Selling Blood, Scavenging Trash With Children in Tow: "Welfare Reform" is Utterly Failing in the Face of Recession</a><br style="line-height: 18px; color: rgb(42, 42, 42); font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 14px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><span style="line-height: 14px; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-size: 11px; font-style: italic; color: rgb(77, 77, 77); ">By Sarah Jaffe | AlterNet</span>
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