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<div dir="ltr"><div><ol><li><font size="3"><b><span style="color: rgb(42, 42, 42); line-height: 17px; ">Mass Anti-Austerity Protests Sweep Through Spain</span> </b></font></li><li><font size="3"><b><a href="http://act.alternet.org/go/19006?akid=8772.16102.Jny-fL&t=30" target="_blank" style="line-height: 18px; color: rgb(202, 133, 0); cursor: pointer; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">Watch: Working Women Say They Want Fairness, Dignity, Rights, For Mother's Day</a> </b></font></li><li><font size="3"><b><span style="color: rgb(42, 42, 42); line-height: 17px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">Poland-unionists kidnap parliament</span> </b></font></li><li><font size="3"><b><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: rgb(42, 42, 42); line-height: 17px; ">San Francisco School Workers vote to strike, sometime....</span> </b></font></li><li><pre style="line-height: 17px; white-space: normal; color: rgb(42, 42, 42); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><font face="Tahoma" size="3"><b>After Pink Slips to the Entire Teaching force, Detroit Hires principals, and TFA, for bad bank district </b></font></pre></li><li><font size="3"><b><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: rgb(42, 42, 42); line-height: 17px; ">Nearly 100 thousand Californians lose UCB</span> </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">This week's cultural news from the Labor Heritage Foundation</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">Bolivia:Coco Growers announces protest against the COB, Health Care workers and anti-road marches </font></h2></li><li><font size="3"><b><a href="http://act.alternet.org/go/18612?akid=8727.16102.rG7E1e&t=8" target="_blank" style="line-height: 23px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); cursor: pointer; ">Rightwing ALEC Puts Wisconsin Anti-Labor Laws On May Agenda</a> </b></font></li><li><h2 class="ReadMsgSubject" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><font color="#2a2a2a" size="3"><span style="line-height: 24px; ">Trumka on 'Newsmakers': Romney Policies Could Pull Us Back Into Recession</span></font></h2> </li></ol><div><br></div></div><div>@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@</div><div><br></div><div><a href="http://truth-out.org/news/item/9097-mass-anti-austerity-protests-sweep-through-spain">http://truth-out.org/news/item/9097-mass-anti-austerity-protests-sweep-through-spain</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; ">Mass Anti-Austerity Protests Sweep Through Spain</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); ">Staff, 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."</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=x2ythgRdngi7LVA8S4AHHw1RFmCC3htX" 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>
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</div><div><br></div><div><a href="http://act.alternet.org/go/19006?akid=8772.16102.Jny-fL&t=30" target="_blank" style="line-height: 18px; color: rgb(202, 133, 0); cursor: pointer; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 14px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">Watch: Working Women Say They Want Fairness, Dignity, Rights, For Mother's Day</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 Seltzer | AlterNet</span>
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EAA officials have said they hope about 12,000 students<br>will leave DPS schools and be counted as students in the new<br>authority. <br>Covington said the principals will begin the teacher selection process<br>today and continue interviews on May 19 and June 2, 16 and 23. <br>An estimated 500 teachers will need to be hired for the 16 EAA<br>schools. Covington said about 1,100 have applied for jobs. The<br>district has signed a contract with Teach for America for about 200<br>teachers, officials said. <br>_The new principals declined to speak Friday, based on a request by<br>EAA officials._ <br>Students attending the new school district can expect longer school<br>days, a longer school year and each will get an individualized<br>education plan. <br><a href="http://www.detroitnews.com/article/20120511/SCHOOLS/205110428/1026/schools/Principals-named-Michigan-s-new-recovery-school-district" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(0, 104, 207); cursor: pointer; ">http://www.detroitnews.com/article/20120511/SCHOOLS/205110428/1026/schools/Principals-named-Michigan-s-new-recovery-school-district</a></pre><pre style="line-height: 17px; white-space: normal; color: rgb(42, 42, 42); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><br></pre></div><div>@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@</div><div><br></div><div><pre style="line-height: 17px; white-space: normal; color: rgb(42, 42, 42); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><b><font size="4">Nearly 100 thousand Californians lose UCB</font></b> </pre><pre style="line-height: 17px; white-space: normal; color: rgb(42, 42, 42); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">About 93,000 Californians<br>are scheduled to have their extended federal unemployment benefits cut<br>off Saturday because the state is no longer eligible for the long-term<br>aid. <br>A drop in the state’s unemployment rate to 11 percent — a tenth of<br>a percent above its lowest mark in three years — is triggering the<br>cutoff.<br> <a href="http://www.utsandiego.com/news/2012/may/09/unemployment-benefits-abruptly-cut-100k-california/" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(0, 104, 207); cursor: pointer; ">http://www.utsandiego.com/news/2012/may/09/unemployment-benefits-abruptly-cut-100k-california/</a></pre><pre style="line-height: 17px; white-space: normal; color: rgb(42, 42, 42); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><br></pre></div><div>@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@</div><div><br></div><div><div align="center" style="line-height: 17px; color: rgb(42, 42, 42); font-family: Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><img src="https://afl.salsalabs.com/o/4001/c/700/images/banner_basic_aflcio_626.jpg"></div><div 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://act.aflcio.org/salsa/track.jsp?v=2&c=VuMHqGK5zm2KJUb0W95VtbTKEMTHGIda" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(0, 104, 207); cursor: pointer; "><b>Donate to LHF</b></a><br></div><div 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://act.aflcio.org/salsa/track.jsp?v=2&c=AGpAm%2B8kUfEYi8gRY98w9uqcqNOSifwO" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(0, 104, 207); cursor: pointer; "><b>Register for the</b></a><b> Great Labor Arts Exchange</b><br>early bird registration ends May 13<br></div><div 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://act.aflcio.org/salsa/track.jsp?v=2&c=9SXYxaVvfFXdKR2xhIzTjuqcqNOSifwO" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(0, 104, 207); cursor: pointer; "><b>GLAE Agenda</b></a><br></div><div 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://act.aflcio.org/salsa/track.jsp?v=2&c=6AJo/PfE8NBGwBo7Nt/AoeqcqNOSifwO" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(0, 104, 207); cursor: pointer; "><b>"Occupy Now!" Photo Contest</b><br></a></div><div 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://act.aflcio.org/salsa/track.jsp?v=2&c=WrCSzMVDcmCahw2oPsC6ceqcqNOSifwO" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(0, 104, 207); cursor: pointer; "><b>Artist Gallery</b><br></a></div><div style="line-height: 17px; color: rgb(42, 42, 42); font-family: Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><a href="mailto:info@laborheritage.org" style="color: rgb(0, 104, 207); cursor: pointer; "><b>Add your event here</b></a></div><div style="line-height: 17px; color: rgb(42, 42, 42); font-family: Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><br></div><hr 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); "><img src="http://act.aflcio.org/c/700/images/kattau_c.jpg" align="right" width="290" height="412" border="1" hspace="5" vspace="5"><font size="+2" style="line-height: normal; "><b style="line-height: 31px; ">Colleen Kattau in concert in New York City</b></font><br></div><div 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://act.aflcio.org/salsa/track.jsp?v=2&c=6BzjWG2I2siMJ3IdnJjipOqcqNOSifwO" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(0, 104, 207); cursor: pointer; ">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.<br></a></div><div style="line-height: 17px; color: rgb(42, 42, 42); font-family: Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><b>May 19 People's Voice Café show 8pm</b><br>with Some Guys (Jamie Yaman, sax, vocals, flute/ Mike Brandt, bass, Barry K., cello w/ special guest artist)<br>Community Church of New York Unitarian Universalist,<br>40 East 35th St. NY, NY (between Madison & Park) <a href="http://act.aflcio.org/salsa/track.jsp?v=2&c=GsomXq8HJA8Qu6F3/xmAquqcqNOSifwO" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(0, 104, 207); cursor: pointer; ">http://www.peoplesvoicecafe.org/<br><br><b>June 1 Singing Clear Benefit CD release 8pm</b><br>Good Coffeehouse Music Parlor<br>53 Prospect Park West, Brooklyn, NY 11215<br>with Bev Grant, Aro Veno, Sarah Underhill and Dave Lippman<br><br>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 </a><a href="http://act.aflcio.org/salsa/track.jsp?v=2&c=yxx1gWxTmtGyeu2DsajGEuqcqNOSifwO" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(0, 104, 207); cursor: pointer; ">Cirque du Sewer, the world's only rat circus!!<br></a></div><hr 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); "><img src="http://act.aflcio.org/c/700/images/Wool-Grant.png" align="right" width="293" height="274" border="1" hspace="5" vspace="5"><font size="+2" style="line-height: normal; "><b style="line-height: 31px; ">Wool & Grant in concert</b></font><br></div><div style="line-height: 17px; color: rgb(42, 42, 42); font-family: Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">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</div><div style="line-height: 17px; color: rgb(42, 42, 42); font-family: Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><br></div><div style="line-height: 17px; color: rgb(42, 42, 42); font-family: Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><b>May 11</b> Two Moon Art House & Cafe, Brooklyn<br><b>May 12</b> Barrington Coffee House and Cafe, Barrington, NJ<br><b>May 19</b> Midtown Scholar Bookstore, Harrisburg<br><b>May 20</b> Friendship House Concert, Pittsburgh<br><b>June 1</b> The Good Coffee House Music Parlor, Brooklyn<br></div><div style="line-height: 17px; color: rgb(42, 42, 42); font-family: Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">Visit <a href="http://act.aflcio.org/salsa/track.jsp?v=2&c=Mmsy0Qv8sJzawd/9S96QTuqcqNOSifwO" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(0, 104, 207); cursor: pointer; ">Wool & Grant for tour details. </a><a href="http://act.aflcio.org/salsa/track.jsp?v=2&c=hwEa9Z9IhZ0Dw0gB1AD/TOqcqNOSifwO" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(0, 104, 207); cursor: pointer; ">Watch their video of Get The Frack Outta Here<br></a></div><hr 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); "><img src="http://act.aflcio.org/c/700/images/nyc-labor-chorus.gif" align="left" width="600" height="61" border="1" hspace="5" vspace="5"></div><div style="line-height: 17px; color: rgb(42, 42, 42); font-family: Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><font size="+2" style="line-height: normal; "><b style="line-height: 31px; ">NYC Labor Chorus Spring Concert :: May 12</b></font><br></div><div style="line-height: 17px; color: rgb(42, 42, 42); font-family: Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><i><b>more than 20 years of rating the power of song in peoples' struggles</b></i><br></div><div style="line-height: 17px; color: rgb(42, 42, 42); font-family: Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><b>Saturday, May 12th, 2012 at 8:00 PM</b><br>The Peoples' Voice Café / The Community Church of New York<br>40 East 35th Street, Manhattan (between Park Ave. & Madison Ave.)<br></div><div style="line-height: 17px; color: rgb(42, 42, 42); font-family: Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">Community Church is fully accessible<br>Doors open at 7:30 $15-18 at the door, pay what you can</div><div style="line-height: 17px; color: rgb(42, 42, 42); font-family: Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><br></div><hr 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); "><font size="+2" style="line-height: normal; "><b style="line-height: 31px; ">Benefit Concert for Jon Fromer :: May 19</b></font><br></div><div style="line-height: 17px; color: rgb(42, 42, 42); font-family: Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><img src="http://act.aflcio.org/c/700/images/jon-300x225.jpg" align="right" width="300" height="225">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.<br> <br><br><b>Saturday, May 19th 8 pm</b><br>A benefit for Jon's medical expenses<br>Angelico Hall at Dominican College<br>50 Acacia Ave., San Rafael<br></div><div style="line-height: 17px; color: rgb(42, 42, 42); font-family: Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">More information about Jon can be found at <a href="http://act.aflcio.org/salsa/track.jsp?v=2&c=J32yQHZM8WIS9KxW748HHuqcqNOSifwO" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(0, 104, 207); cursor: pointer; ">Labor Heritage Foundation.<br></a></div><div style="line-height: 17px; color: rgb(42, 42, 42); font-family: Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "> <br></div><hr 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); "><img src="http://act.aflcio.org/c/700/images/teamster-women.jpeg" align="right" width="333" height="151" border="1" hspace="5" vspace="5"><font size="+2" style="line-height: normal; "><b style="line-height: 31px; ">Teamster Women Facebook Group Conference :: May 25 & 26</b></font><br></div><div 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://act.aflcio.org/salsa/track.jsp?v=2&c=qb84kFEt%2BgUTyJvy4mA7d%2BqcqNOSifwO" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(0, 104, 207); cursor: pointer; ">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<b> May 25-26, 2012.</b><br></a></div><div style="line-height: 17px; color: rgb(42, 42, 42); font-family: Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">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.<br></div><div style="line-height: 17px; color: rgb(42, 42, 42); font-family: Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">For more information about the conference <a href="http://act.aflcio.org/salsa/track.jsp?v=2&c=N4jAnVgVOc6rLxjgLp5h8rTKEMTHGIda" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(0, 104, 207); cursor: pointer; ">https://sites.google.com/site/wewerenotborntofollow2012/<br></a></div><div style="line-height: 17px; color: rgb(42, 42, 42); font-family: Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">Any questions please contact <a href="mailto:twwashingtonconference2012@gmail.com" style="color: rgb(0, 104, 207); cursor: pointer; ">twwashingtonconference2012@gmail.com<br></a></div><div style="line-height: 17px; color: rgb(42, 42, 42); font-family: Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">Mail your contributions to:<br>Teamster Women Facebook Group c/o Verena Riese<br>21106 Deep Furrow Court<br>Ashburn, VA 20147<br></div><hr 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); "><font size="+2" style="line-height: normal; "><b style="line-height: 31px; ">Renew America Expo :: June 9<br>Artists Wanted</b></font><br></div><div style="line-height: 17px; color: rgb(42, 42, 42); font-family: Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><img src="http://act.aflcio.org/c/700/images/2012-Renew-America-Flyer-30.jpg" align="right" width="300" height="388" hspace="5" vspace="5">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, <a href="http://act.aflcio.org/salsa/track.jsp?v=2&c=72G5MXcIM%2BefQRWgu/geseqcqNOSifwO" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(0, 104, 207); cursor: pointer; ">watch a video of her leading a crowd in song.<br></a></div><div style="line-height: 17px; color: rgb(42, 42, 42); font-family: Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><b>How:</b> If you are interested in participating contact LHF <a href="mailto:info@laborheritage.org" style="color: rgb(0, 104, 207); cursor: pointer; ">info@laborheritage.org or </a><a href="mailto:lynnmariesmith@gmail.com" style="color: rgb(0, 104, 207); cursor: pointer; ">Lynn Marie Smith.<i><b> This is time sensitive so a rapid response is requested.</b></i><br></a></div><div style="line-height: 17px; color: rgb(42, 42, 42); font-family: Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><b>Who:</b> Labor and progressive artists and performers<br></div><div style="line-height: 17px; color: rgb(42, 42, 42); font-family: Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><b>WHAT:</b> The Michigan State AFL-CIO Union Label services and Trade Council is hosting the Renew America Expo.<br></div><div style="line-height: 17px; color: rgb(42, 42, 42); font-family: Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><b>When:</b> June 9, 2012 from 10:00 am until 6:00 pm<br></div><div style="line-height: 17px; color: rgb(42, 42, 42); font-family: Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><b>Where:</b> UFCW Local 857 Headquarters<br>876 Horace Brown Drive<br>Madison Heights, Michigan<br></div><div style="line-height: 17px; color: rgb(42, 42, 42); font-family: Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">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.<br></div><div style="line-height: 17px; color: rgb(42, 42, 42); font-family: Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><b>What Else:</b> The performance's will be scheduled throughout the day.<br></div><div style="line-height: 17px; color: rgb(42, 42, 42); font-family: Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">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.<br></div><div style="line-height: 17px; color: rgb(42, 42, 42); font-family: Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">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.<br></div><div style="line-height: 17px; color: rgb(42, 42, 42); font-family: Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">2. There will be an on air interview with radio personality Tony Tripliano a well-known radio jock and friend to labor.<br></div><div style="line-height: 17px; color: rgb(42, 42, 42); font-family: Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">3. Mass Advertisement throughout the state by way of the State AFL-CIO's Facebook and Twitter Resources<br></div><div style="line-height: 17px; color: rgb(42, 42, 42); font-family: Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">4. There will be printed advertisement that will list some of the featured and highlighted guest</div><div style="line-height: 17px; color: rgb(42, 42, 42); font-family: Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><br></div><div style="line-height: 17px; color: rgb(42, 42, 42); font-family: Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><b>What For:</b> 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.<br></div><div style="line-height: 17px; color: rgb(42, 42, 42); font-family: Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><b>Artists Unite:</b> 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.<i><b> Naturally the artist are free to sell their merchandise.</b></i><br></div><div style="line-height: 17px; color: rgb(42, 42, 42); font-family: Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><b>The Michigan State AFL-CIO Union Label Services and Trade Council</b> 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.</div><div style="line-height: 17px; color: rgb(42, 42, 42); font-family: Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><br></div><div style="line-height: 17px; color: rgb(42, 42, 42); font-family: Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">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<br></div><div style="line-height: 17px; color: rgb(42, 42, 42); font-family: Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><b>June 9, 2012<br>10:00 AM - 6:00 PM<br>UFCW Local 857 Headquarters<br>876 Horace Brown Drive<br>Madison Heights, Michigan</b><br></div><div style="line-height: 17px; color: rgb(42, 42, 42); font-family: Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">More information, including a vendor registration form can be found at <a href="http://act.aflcio.org/salsa/track.jsp?v=2&c=zqG7QvTuXY9H43k89x3%2BYuqcqNOSifwO" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(0, 104, 207); cursor: pointer; ">Michigan Union Label.<br></a></div><hr 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); "> <br></div><div style="line-height: 17px; color: rgb(42, 42, 42); font-family: Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><img src="http://act.aflcio.org/c/700/images/WGBB2001.jpg" align="right" border="1" hspace="5" vspace="5"><font size="+2" style="line-height: normal; "><b style="line-height: 31px; ">Woody Guthrie Centennial Birthday Bash<br>Saturday :: July 14</b></font><br></div><div style="line-height: 17px; color: rgb(42, 42, 42); font-family: Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "> <br></div><div style="line-height: 17px; color: rgb(42, 42, 42); font-family: Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">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 <a href="http://act.aflcio.org/salsa/track.jsp?v=2&c=O78M7S5W%2B6i/CoV%2BDlzQzOqcqNOSifwO" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(0, 104, 207); cursor: pointer; ">web site or </a><a href="http://act.aflcio.org/salsa/track.jsp?v=2&c=/4HDKl3k4zyy%2BFGqFVdIaOqcqNOSifwO" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(0, 104, 207); cursor: pointer; ">Facebook page for more information.<br></a></div><div style="line-height: 17px; color: rgb(42, 42, 42); font-family: Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "> <br></div><div style="line-height: 17px; color: rgb(42, 42, 42); font-family: Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><br> <a href="http://act.aflcio.org/salsa/track.jsp?v=2&c=2G3dTYjPEsbCWD1c/D9XbuqcqNOSifwO" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(0, 104, 207); cursor: pointer; ">The Bowery Poetry Club<br>308 Bowery<br> New York, NY 10012-2802<br></a></div><div style="line-height: 17px; color: rgb(42, 42, 42); font-family: Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "> </div><hr 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); "><font size="+2" style="line-height: normal; "><i style="line-height: 31px; "><b>Don't forget about these news items ...</b></i></font><br></div><hr 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); "><font size="+2" style="line-height: normal; "><b style="line-height: 31px; ">Trans-Pacific Partnership</b></font><br></div><div style="line-height: 17px; color: rgb(42, 42, 42); font-family: Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><b>TPP = Corporate Power Tool of the 1%</b><br></div><div style="line-height: 17px; color: rgb(42, 42, 42); font-family: Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">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!<br></div><div style="line-height: 17px; color: rgb(42, 42, 42); font-family: Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><b>Additional information on the Trans-Pacific Partnership, including a music video, can be found on the</b> <a href="http://act.aflcio.org/salsa/track.jsp?v=2&c=sRe%2B/nVvEH/XSvengGPKp%2BqcqNOSifwO" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(0, 104, 207); cursor: pointer; "><b>Labor Heritage site.</b><br></a></div><hr 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); "><font size="+2" style="line-height: normal; "><b style="line-height: 31px; ">Labor Comics Project</b></font><br></div><div style="line-height: 17px; color: rgb(42, 42, 42); font-family: Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">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.<br></div><hr 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); "><img src="http://act.aflcio.org/c/700/images/mayday.jpg" align="right" width="200" height="257" border="1" hspace="5" vspace="5"><font size="+2" style="line-height: normal; "><b style="line-height: 31px; ">May Day: A Graphic History of Protest</b></font><br></div><div style="line-height: 17px; color: rgb(42, 42, 42); font-family: Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><i><b>It's never too late to celebrate May Day!</b></i><br></div><div style="line-height: 17px; color: rgb(42, 42, 42); font-family: Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">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."<br></div><div style="line-height: 17px; color: rgb(42, 42, 42); font-family: Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">It's available for purchase from the Union Communcation Services at their <a href="http://act.aflcio.org/salsa/track.jsp?v=2&c=7wwR5jL6UQrSY1nIIlMNf%2BqcqNOSifwO" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(0, 104, 207); cursor: pointer; ">on-line store.<br></a></div><div style="line-height: 17px; color: rgb(42, 42, 42); font-family: Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><i><b>Buy one for your local ... buy one for yourself ... buy one for your children</b></i><br></div><div style="line-height: 17px; color: rgb(42, 42, 42); font-family: Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "> <br></div><hr 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); "><font size="+2" style="line-height: normal; "><b style="line-height: 31px; ">Call for Singers & Instrumentalists</b></font><br></div><div style="line-height: 17px; color: rgb(42, 42, 42); font-family: Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">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.<br></div><div style="line-height: 17px; color: rgb(42, 42, 42); font-family: Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">Contact Elizabeth Nunan at 202-797-0700 or <a href="mailto:vanmmg@hotmail.com" style="color: rgb(0, 104, 207); cursor: pointer; ">vanmmg@hotmail.com for additional details</a></div><div style="line-height: 17px; color: rgb(42, 42, 42); font-family: Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><br></div><hr 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); "><font size="+2" style="line-height: normal; "><b style="line-height: 31px; ">New George Mann CD "Patience in These Times" Released</b></font><br></div><div style="line-height: 17px; color: rgb(42, 42, 42); font-family: Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><img src="http://act.aflcio.org/c/700/images/patience-cover2.jpg" align="left" width="300" height="261" border="1" hspace="5" vspace="5">I woke up this morning feeling blessed.<br><br>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.<br><br>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<br><br>The spring is coming, the people are waking up, and there is much music to be made.</div><div style="line-height: 17px; color: rgb(42, 42, 42); font-family: Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><br>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!<br><br><a href="http://act.aflcio.org/salsa/track.jsp?v=2&c=R2qBZ7%2BZdXF4YkdOWMVmWOqcqNOSifwO" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(0, 104, 207); cursor: pointer; ">http://georgemann.org/Patience/<br></a></div><hr 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); "><font size="+2" style="line-height: normal; "><b style="line-height: 31px; ">Call for Interns</b></font><br></div><div style="line-height: 17px; color: rgb(42, 42, 42); font-family: Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">DC's Own Entertainment Group seeks interns to assist with the upcoming production,<i><b> A Mood for Ms. Eunice</b></i>, to be featured in the 2012 DC Black Theater Festival.<br><br>Students majoring in Theater, Film, Writing, Communications, Marketing/PR or other arts related fields should apply for the following positions:<br><br>-Production Staff<br>-Prop/Costume Coordinator<br>-Videographer<br>-Assistant to the Director<br>-Street Team Coordinator<br>-Social Media Coordinator<br><br>Please send your resume to <a href="mailto:info@dcentertains.com" style="color: rgb(0, 104, 207); cursor: pointer; ">info@dcentertains.com with "Eunice Intern" in the subject, and tell us about yourself and artistic interests in the body of the email.<br><br><b>*Team meetings are held Saturday's at 1pm, beginning Saturday, May 19th.</b><br><br>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. 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"></font></strong> </div><div><strong><font face="Courier New" style="line-height: normal; ">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.</font></strong></div><div><strong><font face="Courier New" style="line-height: normal; "></font></strong> </div><div><strong><font face="Courier New" style="line-height: normal; ">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.</font></strong></div><div><strong><font face="Courier New" style="line-height: normal; 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