<html>
<head>
</head>
<body class='hmmessage'><div dir='ltr'>
<div dir="ltr">
<div dir="ltr">
<style><!--
.hmmessage P
{
margin:0px;
padding:0px
}
body.hmmessage
{
font-size: 10pt;
font-family:Tahoma
}
--></style>
<div dir="ltr"><div><ol><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">A Week of Action Supporting Workers Rights 4/16 through 4/20þ (San Diego, CA)</font></h2></li><li><font size="3"><b><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 14px; text-align: left; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><a href="http://www.policyalternatives.ca/publications/commentary/inequalities-trade-unions-and-virtuous-circles" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" style="cursor: pointer; color: rgb(59, 89, 152); text-decoration: none; ">Inequalities, Trade Unions and Virtuous Circles | Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives</a></span> </b></font></li><li><font size="3"><b><a href="http://act.alternet.org/go/18044?akid=8598.16102.cCjMeN&t=18" target="_blank" style="line-height: 20px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: rgb(0, 104, 207); cursor: pointer; ">50 Percent Pay Cuts at GE's Plants: Is This the Future of American Jobs?</a> </b></font></li><li><font size="3"><b><span style="color: rgb(42, 42, 42); line-height: 17px; ">The War on Public-Sector Workers</span> </b></font></li><li><font size="3"><b><span style="line-height: 17px; color: rgb(42, 42, 42); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">The Ill Wind of Death That Races Across the Mexican Border Into the US</span> </b></font></li><li><font size="3"><b><a href="http://act.alternet.org/go/18060?akid=8595.16102.t8WcJN&t=17" target="_blank" style="line-height: 18px; text-align: -webkit-left; color: rgb(0, 104, 207); cursor: pointer; ">Housework as Work: Selma James on Unwaged Labor and Decades-Long Struggle to Pay Housewives</a> </b></font></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">Colombia Trade Pact 'Deeply Disturbing'þ </font></h2></li><li><font size="3"><b><a href="http://act.alternet.org/go/18036?akid=8594.16102.hGLv86&t=2" target="_blank" style="line-height: 26px; color: rgb(202, 133, 0); cursor: pointer; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">How Organized Labor Helped Win Marriage Equality in Maryland and Washington--And What We Can Learn</a>
</b></font></li><li><font size="3"><b><a href="http://act.alternet.org/go/18042?akid=8594.16102.hGLv86&t=8" target="_blank" style="line-height: 23px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); cursor: pointer; ">New Organizing Campaign Aims to Change the Way We Think About Work--And Each Other</a>
</b></font></li><li><a href="http://act.alternet.org/go/17971?akid=8594.16102.hGLv86&t=18" target="_blank" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); line-height: 20px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); cursor: pointer; "><font size="3"><b>Is "Micro-Labor" Helping People Make Extra Cash--Or Creating a New Way to Exploit Struggling Workers?</b></font></a> </li></ol><div><br></div></div><div>@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@</div><div><br></div><div><div style="line-height: 17px; color: rgb(42, 42, 42); font-family: 'Segoe UI', Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry</div><hr style="line-height: 17px; color: rgb(42, 42, 42); font-family: 'Segoe UI', Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><div style="line-height: 17px; color: rgb(42, 42, 42); font-family: 'Segoe UI', Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><b> </b></div><div style="line-height: 17px; color: rgb(42, 42, 42); font-family: 'Segoe UI', Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><br></div><p style="line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 1.35em; color: rgb(42, 42, 42); font-family: 'Segoe UI', Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "></p><p style="line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 1.35em; color: rgb(42, 42, 42); font-family: 'Segoe UI', Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><span style="font-size: small; "><span style="font-family: Arial; "></span></span></p><table align="center" width="700" border="0" style="line-height: 17px; color: rgb(42, 42, 42); font-family: 'Segoe UI', Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><tbody><tr><td><a href="http://act.aflcio.org/salsa/track.jsp?v=2&c=/qRJH7ej6gyQlvdqeI%2Bx0MAeOwE16hF2" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(0, 104, 207); cursor: pointer; "><img width="700" height="260" alt="" src="http://unionyes.org/files/images/a new msg from the SDLC.preview.jpg" 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><br><h2 style="line-height: 24px; font-size: 22px; font-weight: normal; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-left: 0px; color: rgb(0, 110, 18) !important; text-align: center; ">Join Us!</h2><p style="margin-bottom: 1.35em; "></p><p class="ecxMsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 1.35em; ">Brothers and Sisters,<br>We would like to invite you to join us at the upcoming events on the week of April 16-20:</p><p class="ecxMsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 1.35em; ">Monday, April 16: Center on Policy Initiatives Budget Press Conference 1:00pm discussing the newly released budget and it’s impacts on working families.<br>@ Civic Center Plaza, 202 C Street in Downtown San Diego.</p><p class="ecxMsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 1.35em; ">Tuesday, April 17: AFGE Tax Day “Tax the Wealth” Action, part of national day of action to demand the 1% pay their fair share.<br>@ Office of Brian Bilbray, 380 Stevens Avenue in Solana Beach.</p><p class="ecxMsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 1.35em; ">Wednesday the 18<sup style="line-height: 14px; ">th</sup>: AFGE Picket and Rally 11:45am-12:30pm, opposing a USCIS office move that would make immigration services less accessible to the public.<br>@ Union and Broadway (we will be marching to Front St.) in Downtown San Diego.</p><p class="ecxMsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 1.35em; ">Thursday the 19<sup style="line-height: 14px; ">th</sup>: MTS Board Meeting Supporting Bus Drivers 9:00-10:30 a.m., to speak against MTS Board’s approval of CEO pay raise, during ongoing contract negotiations, that could leave workers without sick pay. <br>@ James R. Mills Building 1255 Imperial Avenue San Diego, CA 92101 on 10th Floor in Downtown San Diego. </p><p class="ecxMsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 1.35em; ">Friday the 20<sup style="line-height: 14px; ">th</sup>: A Better San Diego Breakfast 8:30-9:30am, Topic: The War on Workers at the June Ballot Box. <br>@ United Food and Commercial Workers Local 135, 2001 Camino del Rio South in Mission Valley. </p><p class="ecxMsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 1.35em; ">For any more information please contact Marco Briones at (619) 228-8101 Ext. 5</p><p class="ecxMsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 1.35em; ">We look forward to seeing you at these events!</p></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div>@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@</div><div><br></div><div><a class="external uiAttachmentMedia UIImageBlock_Image UIImageBlock_MED_Image" aria-hidden="true" href="http://www.policyalternatives.ca/publications/commentary/inequalities-trade-unions-and-virtuous-circles" rel="nofollow" target="_blank" data-ft="{"type":41}" tabindex="-1" style="cursor: pointer; color: rgb(59, 89, 152); float: left; margin-right: 10px; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 14px; text-align: left; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><img class="img" src="http://external.ak.fbcdn.net/safe_image.php?d=AQAZCR-isUigLoAp&w=90&h=90&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.policyalternatives.ca%2Fsites%2Fdefault%2Ffiles%2Fuploads%2Fpublications%2Ffarley_donate.jpg" alt="" style="border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; display: block; max-height: 90px; max-width: 90px; "></a><div class="UIImageBlock_Content UIImageBlock_MED_Content fsm fwn fcg" style="display: table-cell; vertical-align: top; width: 10000px; font-size: 11px; color: gray; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 14px; text-align: left; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><div class="uiAttachmentTitle" data-ft="{"type":11}" style="word-break: break-word; word-wrap: break-word; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "><strong><a href="http://www.policyalternatives.ca/publications/commentary/inequalities-trade-unions-and-virtuous-circles" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" style="cursor: pointer; color: rgb(59, 89, 152); text-decoration: none; ">Inequalities, Trade Unions and Virtuous Circles | Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives</a></strong></div><span class="caption"><a href="http://www.policyalternatives.ca/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow nofollow" style="cursor: pointer; color: rgb(59, 89, 152); text-decoration: none; ">www.policyalternatives.ca</a></span><div class="mts uiAttachmentDesc translationEligibleUserAttachmentMessage" style="word-break: break-word; word-wrap: break-word; margin-top: 5px; ">In a recent posting on this site - "Thinking Alternatives” we suggested that the Scandinavian countries - Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden - provided examples of more collective, egalitarian and inclusive societies that could serve as models for Canada. We based this conclusion on the considera...</div><div class="mts uiAttachmentDesc translationEligibleUserAttachmentMessage" style="word-break: break-word; word-wrap: break-word; margin-top: 5px; "><br></div></div></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@</div><div><br></div><div><a href="http://www.alternet.org/story/154990/50_percent_pay_cuts_at_ge%27s_plants%3A_is_this_the_future_of_american_jobs_?akid=8598.16102.cCjMeN&rd=1&t=18">http://www.alternet.org/story/154990/50_percent_pay_cuts_at_ge%27s_plants%3A_is_this_the_future_of_american_jobs_?akid=8598.16102.cCjMeN&rd=1&t=18</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/18044?akid=8598.16102.cCjMeN&t=17" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(0, 104, 207); cursor: pointer; "><img src="http://images.alternet.org/images/managed/storyimages_1332699718_screenshot20120325at2.21.09pm.png_640x429_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/18044?akid=8598.16102.cCjMeN&t=18" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(0, 104, 207); cursor: pointer; ">50 Percent Pay Cuts at GE's Plants: Is This the Future of American Jobs?</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); ">The company President Obama called a "model for America" is squeezing its workers, cutting pensions, wages and benefits--but workers are organizing to fight back. <a class="ecxreadmore" href="http://act.alternet.org/go/18044?akid=8598.16102.cCjMeN&t=19" 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 Mischa Gaus / Labor Notes</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://truth-out.org/news/item/8539-the-war-on-public-sector-workers">http://truth-out.org/news/item/8539-the-war-on-public-sector-workers</a>
</div><div><br></div><div><font style="color: rgb(42, 42, 42); font-family: Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><strong style="line-height: 17px; ">The War on Public-Sector Workers</strong></font><br style="line-height: 17px; color: rgb(42, 42, 42); font-family: Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><span style="color: rgb(42, 42, 42); font-family: Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 17px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">Dean Baker, Truthout: "Politicians across the country are using heaping doses of the politics of envy to try to arouse the anger of workers.... The targets of these politicians' wrath are school teachers, firefighters, and other public-sector workers.... They are outraged that many of these workers still earn enough to support a middle-class family. Even more outrageous, many of these workers have traditional defined-benefit pensions that assure them a modicum of comfort in retirement."</span><br style="line-height: 17px; color: rgb(42, 42, 42); font-family: Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><a href="http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=3MaN2oy4YHObEEwWVmL26KkeTLv4YsXg" 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); "><font color="#cc0000" style="line-height: normal; ">Read the Article</font></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>
</div><div><span style="color: rgb(42, 42, 42); font-family: Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 17px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><br></span></div><div>@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@</div><div><br></div><div><a href="http://blog.buzzflash.com/node/13442">http://blog.buzzflash.com/node/13442</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 Ill Wind of Death That Races Across the Mexican Border Into the US</strong><br style="line-height: 17px; color: rgb(42, 42, 42); font-family: Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><span style="color: rgb(42, 42, 42); font-family: Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 17px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">Mark Karlin, BuzzFlash at Truthout: "The statistics are almost certainly an undercount, because a lot of bodies are never found, but data reveals that hundreds of undocumented migrants each year die seeking economic refuge in the United States."</span><br style="line-height: 17px; color: rgb(42, 42, 42); font-family: Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><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=rDPu6Lgeh7gFBXeC1L3coqkeTLv4YsXg" 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 BuzzFlash Commentary</a></font>
</div><div><br></div><div>@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@</div><div><br></div><div><a href="http://www.alternet.org/rss/breakingnews/896460/housework_as_work%3A_selma_james_on_unwaged_labor_and_decades-long_struggle_to_pay_housewives/?akid=8595.16102.t8WcJN&rd=1&t=17">http://www.alternet.org/rss/breakingnews/896460/housework_as_work%3A_selma_james_on_unwaged_labor_and_decades-long_struggle_to_pay_housewives/?akid=8595.16102.t8WcJN&rd=1&t=17</a>
</div><div><br></div><div><div style="line-height: 18px; color: rgb(42, 42, 42); font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: -webkit-left; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><a href="http://act.alternet.org/go/18060?akid=8595.16102.t8WcJN&t=17" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(0, 104, 207); cursor: pointer; ">Housework as Work: Selma James on Unwaged Labor and Decades-Long Struggle to Pay Housewives</a></div><div style="line-height: 14px; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; text-align: -webkit-left; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-size: 11px; font-style: italic; color: rgb(222, 73, 0); ">By mail@democracynow.org (Democracy Now!) | Democracy Now!</div></div><div style="line-height: 14px; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; text-align: -webkit-left; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-size: 11px; font-style: italic; color: rgb(222, 73, 0); "><br></div><div>@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@</div><div><br></div><div><table align="center" width="626" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="1" 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); "><tbody><tr><td bgcolor="FFFFFF"><table width="700" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" align="center" style="line-height: 17px; "><tbody><tr><td><table width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" align="center" style="line-height: 17px; "><tbody><tr><td><a href="http://act.aflcio.org/salsa/track.jsp?v=2&c=H/jNs9h5VlaZfMOOrPSDm826hAEJhkS3" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(0, 104, 207); cursor: pointer; "><img border="0" alt="" src="https://afl.salsalabs.com/o/4001/c/18/images/aflcionowblog_700x100.jpg" 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 16, 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=fj5oPAh4kM7GsotzQC1HD826hAEJhkS3" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(0, 104, 207); cursor: pointer; "><img border="0" alt="UA apprentice" title="UA apprentice" src="https://afl.salsalabs.com/o/4001/c/18/images/Pipe-Fitters-and-Dancers.jpg" 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><br><span style="line-height: 13px; font-size: 10px; "><span style="font-family: Verdana; "><a href="http://act.aflcio.org/salsa/track.jsp?v=2&c=OlammDamlA04q2pRgtKVCc26hAEJhkS3" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(0, 104, 207); cursor: pointer; "><font color="navy" style="line-height: normal; ">New features at www.aflcio.org look at an innovative training program from Chicago Plumbers and Pipe Fitters Local 597 and the campaign music video dancers are waging for a fair contract</font></a>.</span></span></td></tr></tbody></table><p style="margin-bottom: 1.35em; "><span style="font-size: 13px; "><span style="font-family: Verdana; ">In a joint statement yesterday, AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka and Colombian trade union leaders called the White House announcement that the <a href="http://act.aflcio.org/salsa/track.jsp?v=2&c=Aq8z5IcWRoo3TwpbxbA3v9Fdzq9oWVPf" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(0, 104, 207); cursor: pointer; "><b><font color="navy" style="line-height: normal; ">U.S.–Colombia Free Trade Agreement (FTA)</font></b></a> will enter into force on May 15 “deeply disappointing and troubling.” Colombia remains the deadliest nation in the world for trade unionists, with two dozen killed last year alone.<br><a href="http://act.aflcio.org/salsa/track.jsp?v=2&c=5WrNMoQO4fp7iJibPg6me826hAEJhkS3" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(0, 104, 207); cursor: pointer; "><b><font color="navy" style="line-height: normal; ">Read more and comment</font></b></a><b><font color="navy" style="line-height: normal; ">.</font></b> <img src="https://afl.salsalabs.com/o/4001/c/18/images/navy_arrow.jpg" alt=""></span></span></p><hr width="30%" color="#cccccc" align="left"><p style="margin-bottom: 1.35em; "><img src="https://afl.salsalabs.com/o/4001/c/18/images/button_most-recent-blog-posts_225.jpg" alt=""></p><p style="margin-bottom: 1.35em; "><img border="0" alt="" src="https://afl.salsalabs.com/o/4001/c/18/images/blog_arrow-blt.gif"> <a href="http://act.aflcio.org/salsa/track.jsp?v=2&c=5goM9j/go49GbBLAWMrICM26hAEJhkS3" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(0, 104, 207); cursor: pointer; "><font face="Arial" color="navy" style="line-height: normal; font-size: 13px; "><strong style="line-height: 17px; ">Pipe Fitters and Dancers: Innovative and Creative</strong></font></a></p><p style="margin-bottom: 1.35em; "><img border="0" alt="" src="https://afl.salsalabs.com/o/4001/c/18/images/blog_arrow-blt.gif"> <a href="http://act.aflcio.org/salsa/track.jsp?v=2&c=N2R6MbTfXvBcs0SYQbw6Cs26hAEJhkS3" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(0, 104, 207); cursor: pointer; "><font face="Arial" color="navy" style="line-height: normal; font-size: 13px; "><strong style="line-height: 17px; ">Tax Day and Equal Pay Day Will Make Tuesday a ‘Twofer</strong></font></a><font face="Arial" color="navy" style="line-height: normal; font-size: 13px; "><strong style="line-height: 17px; ">’</strong></font></p><p style="margin-bottom: 1.35em; "><img border="0" alt="" src="https://afl.salsalabs.com/o/4001/c/18/images/blog_arrow-blt.gif"> <a href="http://act.aflcio.org/salsa/track.jsp?v=2&c=6tuGDPm7EioP4xysXXFrJs26hAEJhkS3" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(0, 104, 207); cursor: pointer; "><font face="Arial" color="navy" style="line-height: normal; font-size: 13px; "><strong style="line-height: 17px; ">White House Names IUE-CWA’s Clark ‘Champion of Change</strong></font></a><font face="Arial" color="navy" style="line-height: normal; font-size: 13px; "><strong style="line-height: 17px; ">’</strong></font></p><p style="margin-bottom: 1.35em; "><img border="0" alt="" src="https://afl.salsalabs.com/o/4001/c/18/images/blog_arrow-blt.gif"> <a href="http://act.aflcio.org/salsa/track.jsp?v=2&c=R/BVhbjnxMQ7k5rZOOUPPc26hAEJhkS3" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(0, 104, 207); cursor: pointer; "><font face="Arial" color="navy" style="line-height: normal; font-size: 13px; "><strong style="line-height: 17px; ">The American Workplace?</strong></font></a></p><p style="margin-bottom: 1.35em; "><img border="0" alt="" src="https://afl.salsalabs.com/o/4001/c/18/images/blog_arrow-blt.gif"> <a href="http://act.aflcio.org/salsa/track.jsp?v=2&c=IBcQNh6y9UyirufG4b2No826hAEJhkS3" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(0, 104, 207); cursor: pointer; "><font face="Arial" color="navy" style="line-height: normal; font-size: 13px; "><strong style="line-height: 17px; ">Nationwide Rallies Call on Senate to Save Postal Service</strong></font></a></p><p style="margin-bottom: 1.35em; "><img border="0" alt="" src="https://afl.salsalabs.com/o/4001/c/18/images/blog_arrow-blt.gif"> <a href="http://act.aflcio.org/salsa/track.jsp?v=2&c=V169krrWdkAqm8/fdhdo/s26hAEJhkS3" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(0, 104, 207); cursor: pointer; "><font face="Arial" color="navy" style="line-height: normal; font-size: 13px; "><strong style="line-height: 17px; ">Auto Parts Workers Organizing in Mexico Score Win with International Solidarity</strong></font></a></p><hr width="30%" color="#cccccc" align="left"><p style="margin-bottom: 1.35em; "><span style="font-size: 13px; "><a href="http://act.aflcio.org/salsa/track.jsp?v=2&c=Yiwd3oQPpAU1yAwRjr3Nks26hAEJhkS3" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(0, 104, 207); cursor: pointer; "><span style="font-family: Verdana; "><strong><font color="navy" style="line-height: normal; ">Read more important news</font></strong></span></a></span><span style="font-family: Verdana; "><span style="font-size: 13px; "> of the day on the issues working families care about.</span></span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 1.35em; "></p><table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="7" bordercolor="#cccccc" border="1" align="center" style="line-height: 17px; "><tbody><tr><td><table width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" align="center" style="line-height: 17px; "><tbody><tr><td valign="middle" align="center"><p style="margin-bottom: 1.35em; "><nobr><span style="font-size: 13px; "><span style="font-family: Arial; "><strong>Follow the AFL-CIO:</strong></span></span><strong><br></strong><a href="http://act.aflcio.org/salsa/track.jsp?v=2&c=/d28oJkQJ/YO84pFn/Oh6826hAEJhkS3" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(0, 104, 207); cursor: pointer; "><img border="0" src="https://afl.salsalabs.com/o/4001/images/icon_24x24_facebook.jpg" alt="Facebook" title="Facebook" 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> <a href="http://act.aflcio.org/salsa/track.jsp?v=2&c=D0HPa7PkZCkGHNMwblhfSM26hAEJhkS3" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(0, 104, 207); cursor: pointer; "><img border="0" src="https://afl.salsalabs.com/o/4001/images/icon_24x24_twitter.jpg" alt="Twitter" title="Twitter" 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> <a href="http://act.aflcio.org/salsa/track.jsp?v=2&c=OkHY6J7EdlK8HfnIVZI6UtFdzq9oWVPf" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(0, 104, 207); cursor: pointer; "><img border="0" src="http://afl.salsalabs.com/o/4001/c/18/images/icon_24x24_googleplus.jpg" alt="Google+" title="Google+" 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> <a href="http://act.aflcio.org/salsa/track.jsp?v=2&c=%2BLE8l6hRPxCdDkzN%2B8n0T826hAEJhkS3" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(0, 104, 207); cursor: pointer; "><img border="0" src="https://afl.salsalabs.com/o/4001/images/icon_24x24_youtube2.jpg" alt="YouTube" title="YouTube" 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> <a href="http://act.aflcio.org/salsa/track.jsp?v=2&c=vy26M9NgEXGeOttnkg79T826hAEJhkS3" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(0, 104, 207); cursor: pointer; "><img border="0" src="https://afl.salsalabs.com/o/4001/images/icon_24x24_rss.jpg" alt="RSS" title="RSS" 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></nobr></p></td></tr><tr><td><p align="center" style="margin-bottom: 1.35em; "><span style="font-family: Arial; "><span style="font-size: 13px; "><em><nobr>Take the next step. Become a mobile activist</nobr><br><nobr>by joining the AFL-CIO Rapid Action Text Team.</nobr><br><nobr>Text <strong>NEWS</strong> to <strong>AFLCIO (235246)</strong> to receive action alerts and more.</nobr><br>(Message and data rates may apply.)<br></em></span></span></p></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><p align="center" style="margin-bottom: 1.35em; "><span style="font-family: Verdana; "><span style="font-size: 13px; ">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=yfEFYMUwEgNqBJIF6agsyM26hAEJhkS3" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(0, 104, 207); cursor: pointer; "><b><font color="navy" style="line-height: normal; ">www.aflcio.org</font></b></a>.</span></span></p><p align="center" style="margin-bottom: 1.35em; "><span style="font-family: Verdana; "><span style="font-size: 13px; "><br></span></span></p></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div>@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@</div><div><br></div><div><a href="http://www.alternet.org/story/154925/how_organized_labor_helped_win_marriage_equality_in_maryland_and_washington--and_what_we_can_learn?akid=8594.16102.hGLv86&rd=1&t=2">http://www.alternet.org/story/154925/how_organized_labor_helped_win_marriage_equality_in_maryland_and_washington--and_what_we_can_learn?akid=8594.16102.hGLv86&rd=1&t=2</a>
</div><div><br></div><div><a href="http://act.alternet.org/go/18036?akid=8594.16102.hGLv86&t=1" target="_blank" style="line-height: 17px; color: rgb(0, 104, 207); cursor: pointer; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><img src="http://images.alternet.org/images/managed/storyimages_lgbt.jpg_310x220" alt="" width="313px" height="196px" 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: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 17px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "></span><p class="ecxheadline1" style="line-height: 26px; margin-bottom: 1.35em; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 20px; color: rgb(42, 42, 42); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><a href="http://act.alternet.org/go/18036?akid=8594.16102.hGLv86&t=2" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); cursor: pointer; ">How Organized Labor Helped Win Marriage Equality in Maryland and Washington--And What We Can Learn</a></p><p style="line-height: 15px; margin-bottom: 1.35em; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-size: 12px; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); ">The labor and LGBT rights movements are natural allies, and have won some key victories working together.<a href="http://act.alternet.org/go/18036?akid=8594.16102.hGLv86&t=3" class="ecxreadmore" target="_blank" style="line-height: 11px; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(202, 133, 0); 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: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><font face="Georgia, Times, serif" size="2" color="#4D4D4D" style="line-height: normal; "><i style="line-height: 17px; ">James Cersonsky / AlterNet</i></font></p><p style="line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 1.35em; color: rgb(42, 42, 42); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><font face="Georgia, Times, serif" size="2" color="#4D4D4D" style="line-height: normal; "><i style="line-height: 17px; "><br></i></font></p></div><div>@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@</div><div><br></div><div><a href="http://www.alternet.org/story/154989/new_organizing_campaign_aims_to_change_the_way_we_think_about_work--and_each_other_?akid=8594.16102.hGLv86&rd=1&t=8">http://www.alternet.org/story/154989/new_organizing_campaign_aims_to_change_the_way_we_think_about_work--and_each_other_?akid=8594.16102.hGLv86&rd=1&t=8</a>
</div><div><br></div><div><a href="http://act.alternet.org/go/18042?akid=8594.16102.hGLv86&t=7" target="_blank" style="line-height: 17px; color: rgb(0, 104, 207); cursor: pointer; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><img src="http://images.alternet.org/images/managed/storyimages_1334585247_screenshot20120416at10.05.14am.png_640x428_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: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 17px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "></span><p class="ecxheadline2" style="line-height: 23px; margin-bottom: 1.35em; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 18px; color: rgb(42, 42, 42); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><a href="http://act.alternet.org/go/18042?akid=8594.16102.hGLv86&t=8" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); cursor: pointer; ">New Organizing Campaign Aims to Change the Way We Think About Work--And Each Other</a></p><p style="line-height: 15px; margin-bottom: 1.35em; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-size: 12px; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); ">America's aging population is going to need care in the coming years--Caring Across Generations aims to create millions of good jobs and redefine our relationships to one another. <a href="http://act.alternet.org/go/18042?akid=8594.16102.hGLv86&t=9" class="ecxreadmore" target="_blank" style="line-height: 11px; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(202, 133, 0); 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: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><font face="Georgia, Times, serif" size="2" color="#4D4D4D" style="line-height: normal; "><i style="line-height: 17px; ">Laura Flanders / The Nation</i></font></p><p style="line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 1.35em; color: rgb(42, 42, 42); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><font face="Georgia, Times, serif" size="2" color="#4D4D4D" style="line-height: normal; "><i style="line-height: 17px; "><br></i></font></p></div><div>@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@</div><div><br></div><div><table width="415px" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="line-height: 17px; color: rgb(42, 42, 42); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><tbody><tr><td valign="top"><a href="http://act.alternet.org/go/17971?akid=8594.16102.hGLv86&t=17" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(0, 104, 207); cursor: pointer; "><img src="http://images.alternet.org/images/managed/storyimages_picture9_1266993590.jpg_95x67" alt="" width="112" height="81" border="0" align="left" 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><font color="white" style="line-height: normal; ">-</font></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; "><font style="line-height: normal; "><a href="http://act.alternet.org/go/17971?akid=8594.16102.hGLv86&t=18" target="_blank" style="line-height: 20px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); cursor: pointer; ">Is "Micro-Labor" Helping People Make Extra Cash--Or Creating a New Way to Exploit Struggling Workers?</a></font></p><p style="line-height: 15px; margin-bottom: 1.35em; font-size: 12px; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); "><font style="line-height: normal; ">New websites that connect people to odd jobs raise questions about the future of work: are these the new home-based sweatshops, exploiting desperation for next to no pay? <a href="http://act.alternet.org/go/17971?akid=8594.16102.hGLv86&t=19" class="ecxreadmore" target="_blank" style="line-height: 11px; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(202, 133, 0); cursor: pointer; font-size: 9px; letter-spacing: 0.1em; "><b>READ MORE</b></a></font></p><font style="line-height: normal; "><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); "><font style="line-height: normal; ">By Michelle Chen / In These Times</font></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); "><font style="line-height: normal; "><br></font></p></font></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div>@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@</div><br><div><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><font size="2">Material appearing here is distributed without profit or monitory gain to those who have expressed an interest in receiving the material for research and educational purposes. This is in accordance with Title 17 U. S. C. section 107..<br></font><a href="http://www4.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.html" target="_blank"><font color="#0066cc" size="2">http://www4.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.html</font></a></font></div>
<font face="Times New Roman" size="3"></font> <br>
<font face="Times New Roman" size="3">Listen to Native Voice One <a href="http://www.publicbroadcasting.net/nv1/ppr/index.shtml" target="_blank">http://www.publicbroadcasting.net/nv1/ppr/index.shtml</a><br>
<div> </div></font></div>
</div>
</div>
</div></body>
</html>