Following Huge Protest in Missouri, Senators drop Right to Work Bill
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Thursday, March 31, 2011
Vermont and single payer progress
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more hillbilly actions from Jefferson City
how do you get child labor law repealed in Missouri? simply do not enforce the law. ditto that any other violation.
no regulator, no violation. how wonderfully simple for those that passed the sixth grade
Wednesday, March 30, 2011
GOP unnecessarily targets professor - The Daily Cardinal - Opinion
GOP unnecessarily targets professor - The Daily Cardinal - Opinion
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professor observer and writer of labor/political history. gopers targeting anything and anyone that might have fair word to say about labor, including historians, teachers and the like.
this is not a new item in current American history.
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professor observer and writer of labor/political history. gopers targeting anything and anyone that might have fair word to say about labor, including historians, teachers and the like.
this is not a new item in current American history.
Tuesday, March 29, 2011
Secret Contributors new music treatment
ditto this for st. louis vote yes on prop e next week.
remember, if we do not get to the polls; we lose
Monday, March 28, 2011
Hospital pricing structure targeted
Hospital pricing structure targeted
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hope this fellow wins, basic unfairness issue in hospital might get fixed
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hope this fellow wins, basic unfairness issue in hospital might get fixed
short text of right-to-work bill in Missouri
Missouri hillbillies at work yet once again:
in Missouri, not too much a rush; gop using as a campaign donation cause for the most part
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SB 1 Bars employers from requiring employees to engage in or cease engaging in certain labor practices
Sponsor: Ridgeway
LR Number: 0216S.02C Fiscal Note: 0216-02N.ORG
Committee: General Laws
Last Action: 3/28/2011 - S Informal Calendar S Bills for Perfection--SBs 1 & 206-Ridgeway, with SCS & SA 1 (pending) Journal Page:
Title: SCS SBs 1 & 206 Calendar Position:
Effective Date: August 28, 2011
Full Bill Text | All Actions | Available Summaries | Senate Home Page | List of 2011 Senate Bills
Current Bill Summary
SCS/SBs 1 & 206 - Employers are barred from requiring employees to become or refrain from becoming a member of a labor organization or pay dues or other charges required of labor organization members as a condition of employment. Employers who do so commit a class C misdemeanor. Prosecuting attorneys and the Attorney General are charged with investigating complaints.
This act is identical to HB 877 (2005), and SB 888 (2010).
CHRIS HOGERTY
SA 1 - EXEMPTS EMPLOYEES WHO HAVE TERMINATED 200 OR MORE EMPLOYEES AND HIRED MORE THAN 200 EMPLOYEES THAT ARE NOT UNITED STATES CITIZENS.
in Missouri, not too much a rush; gop using as a campaign donation cause for the most part
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SB 1 Bars employers from requiring employees to engage in or cease engaging in certain labor practices
Sponsor: Ridgeway
LR Number: 0216S.02C Fiscal Note: 0216-02N.ORG
Committee: General Laws
Last Action: 3/28/2011 - S Informal Calendar S Bills for Perfection--SBs 1 & 206-Ridgeway, with SCS & SA 1 (pending) Journal Page:
Title: SCS SBs 1 & 206 Calendar Position:
Effective Date: August 28, 2011
Full Bill Text | All Actions | Available Summaries | Senate Home Page | List of 2011 Senate Bills
Current Bill Summary
SCS/SBs 1 & 206 - Employers are barred from requiring employees to become or refrain from becoming a member of a labor organization or pay dues or other charges required of labor organization members as a condition of employment. Employers who do so commit a class C misdemeanor. Prosecuting attorneys and the Attorney General are charged with investigating complaints.
This act is identical to HB 877 (2005), and SB 888 (2010).
CHRIS HOGERTY
SA 1 - EXEMPTS EMPLOYEES WHO HAVE TERMINATED 200 OR MORE EMPLOYEES AND HIRED MORE THAN 200 EMPLOYEES THAT ARE NOT UNITED STATES CITIZENS.
Sunday, March 27, 2011
We're all trapped - Opinion - ReviewJournal.com
We're all trapped - Opinion - ReviewJournal.com
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I do not totally agree with article, but the facts are important
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I do not totally agree with article, but the facts are important
Friday, March 25, 2011
Wednesday, March 23, 2011
Triangle Fire-mostly forgotten 100 years later
for the most part, forgotten history. kudos to pbs and hbo this year for their docs
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Saturday, March 19, 2011
O'keefe and npr
good clips from npr
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Labor in full roar again, but it's not the same
Labor in full roar again, but it's not the same
click link above---comment: dems have double crossed labor a number of times in my lifetime. Employee free choice act, healthcare are just two of the most recient.
the list is long, very long.
Next week when the dems and others pat themselves on the back for the fine healthcare bill, I will not participate for the healthcare bill passed is deeply flawed; a subsidy for big pharm and special interests.
compared to universal healthcare (which the Obama healthcare bill is not), quite lacking. Who is going to explain to the folks that died for lack of insurance in last couple years why their sacrifice was needed?
What has been done and planned to be done with public service workers is deplorable, but where was the outrage when pension benefits and healthcare cuts were done in private sector?
click link above---comment: dems have double crossed labor a number of times in my lifetime. Employee free choice act, healthcare are just two of the most recient.
the list is long, very long.
Next week when the dems and others pat themselves on the back for the fine healthcare bill, I will not participate for the healthcare bill passed is deeply flawed; a subsidy for big pharm and special interests.
compared to universal healthcare (which the Obama healthcare bill is not), quite lacking. Who is going to explain to the folks that died for lack of insurance in last couple years why their sacrifice was needed?
What has been done and planned to be done with public service workers is deplorable, but where was the outrage when pension benefits and healthcare cuts were done in private sector?
Friday, March 18, 2011
nuke debate
if the us regulators of nuclear energy are like those on wall street, we got a serious problem
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jobs offshoring vs creation
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Wednesday, March 16, 2011
USW Blog » Blog Archive » Health Care Reform Must Be Implemented
USW Blog » Blog Archive » Health Care Reform Must Be Implemented
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obamacare is lame, very lame
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obamacare is lame, very lame
Tuesday, March 15, 2011
AFL-CIO President Trumka @ Rally to Keep The Promise
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cutting workers retirement benefits is old news ask any of the workers who were displaced by plant closing.
really not new news that folks wish to cut public worker's benefits. what is new is the scale.
folks should have know this when they voted republican last election or stayed home to teach Obama a lesson
Monday, March 14, 2011
Wisconsin Union Protest: Myth vs. Fact
anti-union take --- know the pros and cons of issues
note: not a whole lot of national attention to demonstrations this weekend in Mo, Wisc, Ohio, Indiana and more.
MURDOCK: Time for a national right-to-work law - Washington Times
MURDOCK: Time for a national right-to-work law - Washington Times
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current right-to-work babble know the arguments of the opposition and whom are making them, what politicans using part or whole of argument.
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current right-to-work babble know the arguments of the opposition and whom are making them, what politicans using part or whole of argument.
Sunday, March 13, 2011
Saturday, March 12, 2011
Show Me Progress:: The Post-Dispatch fails St. Louisans again
Show Me Progress:: The Post-Dispatch fails St. Louisans again
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note Post was not the only media that does not cover many union events.
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note Post was not the only media that does not cover many union events.
rally downtown 3-11-11 ksdk--crooks and liars
http://videocafe.crooksandliars.com/heather/thousands-attend-working-families-rally-st
Friday, March 11, 2011
Expert Warns of Health Risks Associated With New Light Bulbs | CNSnews.com
Expert Warns of Health Risks Associated With New Light Bulbs | CNSnews.com
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there is no such thing as a quick fix. one woe can and usually does lead to another problem, sometimes potentially more serious
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there is no such thing as a quick fix. one woe can and usually does lead to another problem, sometimes potentially more serious
ed show gas prices and wall street
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Laborday in March St. Louis, up in arms
busy day for politics in St. Louis. see some you downtown this afternoon. follow the cigar smoke
http://www.stlbeacon.org/voices/blogs/political-blogs/beacon-backroom/108830-business-vies-with-labor-for-attention
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Business, labor compete for attention at various local events today
By Jo Mannies, Beacon political reporter
Posted 2:06 am, Fri., 3.11.11
Today will be all about labor -- but from starkly different perspectives.
U.S. Chamber of Commerce president Thomas Donahue will be in town, addressing the Regional Chamber and Growth Association at a lunch today in which he will discuss "the critical job creation and competitiveness issues facing Congress and the Obama Administration," according to the RCGA.
Donahue will be greeted outside by protesters with Missourians Organizing for Reform and Empowerment (MORE). Organizers contend that the national chamber -- which was politically visible last fall -- "has been a major force increasing the disparity in wealth and income in this country, as well as destroying workplace democracy..."
It's unclear if Donahue will discuss the "right to work'' issue now before the General Assembly, which would bar closed-union shops. The RCGA is among several St. Louis area businesses or groups who have opted to stay out of the battle, which is about to boil over in Jefferson City when the issue comes up for a Senate vote next week.
But Mark Mix, president of the National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation, will certainly highlight his views on the subject during an 11 a.m. event today at The Columns in St. Charles.
Mix is in Missouri on Thursday and Friday at the invitation of the Associated Builders and Contractors, one of several business groups lobbying the legislature to pass a "right to work'' measure.
Mix said in an interview earlier this week that the "right to work" issue is not just of economics, but also of "individual worker freedom."
All "right to work'' does, he said, "is give workers the choice of whether to join a union." He contended that closed-union shops, which require that all workers pay dues, amount to "compulsory unionism'' and should be banned.
Mix added that union membership actually has increased lately in "right to work'' states, while declining in states that allow closed-union shops.
Regardless of how the "right to work'' bill fares in the legislature, Mix predicts that the issue will be important to voters and Missouri candidates in the 2012 election.
"I think the people in Missouri need to know who stands for freedom and who stands for coersion,'' Mix said.
Area labor unions, St. Louis Democrats, allied church groups and others plan to seek to do just that -- from their perspective -- at a rally slated for 4 p.m. today at Kiener Plaza.
Organizers say the rally is " against corporate greed, for Missouri working families."
"Working Missourians, religious leaders, community groups and students will stand united against the onslaught of state and federal legislation that have been filed to pay back greedy CEOs and shadowy interest groups," the state AFL-CIO said in its release.
The labor group highlights various bills in the state Senate or House this session. "Slashing the minimum wage, a push to repeal child labor laws and 'right to work for less legislation' are legislative priorities of out-of-control Wall Street banks and corporate CEOs, not Missouri voters," the AFL-CIO said.
The St. Louis Democratic committee is encouraging its activists and supporters to attend.
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Business, labor compete for attention at various local events today
By Jo Mannies, Beacon political reporter
Posted 2:06 am, Fri., 3.11.11
Today will be all about labor -- but from starkly different perspectives.
U.S. Chamber of Commerce president Thomas Donahue will be in town, addressing the Regional Chamber and Growth Association at a lunch today in which he will discuss "the critical job creation and competitiveness issues facing Congress and the Obama Administration," according to the RCGA.
Donahue will be greeted outside by protesters with Missourians Organizing for Reform and Empowerment (MORE). Organizers contend that the national chamber -- which was politically visible last fall -- "has been a major force increasing the disparity in wealth and income in this country, as well as destroying workplace democracy..."
It's unclear if Donahue will discuss the "right to work'' issue now before the General Assembly, which would bar closed-union shops. The RCGA is among several St. Louis area businesses or groups who have opted to stay out of the battle, which is about to boil over in Jefferson City when the issue comes up for a Senate vote next week.
But Mark Mix, president of the National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation, will certainly highlight his views on the subject during an 11 a.m. event today at The Columns in St. Charles.
Mix is in Missouri on Thursday and Friday at the invitation of the Associated Builders and Contractors, one of several business groups lobbying the legislature to pass a "right to work'' measure.
Mix said in an interview earlier this week that the "right to work" issue is not just of economics, but also of "individual worker freedom."
All "right to work'' does, he said, "is give workers the choice of whether to join a union." He contended that closed-union shops, which require that all workers pay dues, amount to "compulsory unionism'' and should be banned.
Mix added that union membership actually has increased lately in "right to work'' states, while declining in states that allow closed-union shops.
Regardless of how the "right to work'' bill fares in the legislature, Mix predicts that the issue will be important to voters and Missouri candidates in the 2012 election.
"I think the people in Missouri need to know who stands for freedom and who stands for coersion,'' Mix said.
Area labor unions, St. Louis Democrats, allied church groups and others plan to seek to do just that -- from their perspective -- at a rally slated for 4 p.m. today at Kiener Plaza.
Organizers say the rally is " against corporate greed, for Missouri working families."
"Working Missourians, religious leaders, community groups and students will stand united against the onslaught of state and federal legislation that have been filed to pay back greedy CEOs and shadowy interest groups," the state AFL-CIO said in its release.
The labor group highlights various bills in the state Senate or House this session. "Slashing the minimum wage, a push to repeal child labor laws and 'right to work for less legislation' are legislative priorities of out-of-control Wall Street banks and corporate CEOs, not Missouri voters," the AFL-CIO said.
The St. Louis Democratic committee is encouraging its activists and supporters to attend.
Unions frame bargaining as civil rights issue
Unions frame bargaining as civil rights issue
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Unions frame bargaining as civil rights issue
By SAM HANANEL | Posted: Friday, March 11, 2011 3:23 am
Labor unions at the heart of a burning national disagreement over the cost of public employees want to frame the debate as a civil rights issue, an effort that may draw more sympathy to public workers being blamed for busting state budgets with generous pensions.
As part of that strategy, unions are planning rallies across the country on April 4 _ the anniversary of Martin Luther King Jr.'s assassination. Union officials want the observances in dozens of cities to remind Americans that King was supporting striking sanitation workers in Memphis, Tenn., the night he was shot.
By portraying collective bargaining as a human rights issue, union officials hope the rallies can help fuel a backlash against Republicans in Wisconsin and other states trying to curb collective bargaining rights for public employees.
"This is a fight for workers, this is a fight for the middle class, this is a fight to try to stave off the shift in power and wealth that is starting to become gross," said Harold Schaitberger, president of the International Association of Fire Fighters.
The planned rallies on the 43rd anniversary of King's death are part of a coordinated strategy by labor leaders to ride the momentum of pro-union demonstrations and national polls showing most Americans support collective bargaining rights as Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker and other GOP leaders in states fight to reduce or strip those benefits.
Walker has argued that collective bargaining is a budget issue. He says the bill the state Legislature passed Thursday stripping most collective bargaining benefits will give local governments flexibility in making budget cuts needed to close the state's $3.6 billion deficit. He is expected to sign it soon.
"That's something people forget about Dr. King," said Liz Shuler, secretary-treasurer of the AFL-CIO, the nation's largest labor federation. "We all know about his work in the civil rights movement, but he was also a workers' rights advocate."
It's also another signal that labor leaders are trying to broaden the coalition of groups speaking out against efforts to limit collective bargaining rights for public employee unions. Unions are coordinating the rallies with the NAACP, the Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights and other civil rights, religious and progressive groups.
"Dr. King lost his life struggling to help sanitation workers _ public sector employees _ achieve their goals for a dignified existence as workers," said Wade Henderson, president of the Leadership Conference. "We think that's an extraordinary backdrop in which to frame the debate over what's taking place in the country today."
When King traveled to Memphis in 1968, he was lending support to more than 1,100 black sanitation workers who were on strike seeking better working conditions, higher wages and benefits, and union recognition.
Daniel Walkowitz, a labor historian at New York University, said the gesture was typical of King's later years, in which the targets of his activism were less often the legal barriers to civil rights for blacks. More often, King was focused on lack of employment and educational opportunities for African-Americans.
"Tying the rallies to King is an interesting strategy because it does draw upon King's understanding that the problems of labor were problems of civil rights," Walkowitz said.
Walker argues that the sweeping step against collective bargaining is necessary to balance the budget not only over the next two years but into the future. He said he wouldn't compromise on the issue or on anything that saves the state money.
But union leaders see it as a fight for middle class rights. Wisconsin unions had agreed to cuts in pension and health benefits as long as they could keep collective bargaining rights. Labor leaders say Walker's refusal to compromise shows he wants to leave unions toothless and cripple their political clout.
While unions are on the verge of losing power in Wisconsin, Ohio and other states, union leaders believe they are winning the war of public opinion and pulling in broader support.
"The movement is bigger than just the labor movement," United Steelworkers President Leo Gerard said. "What we're seeing is an awakening about the importance of collective bargaining."
Labor leaders already have pledged to pour more than $30 million into a push to stop legislation in dozens of states that seeks to limit bargaining rights of public worker unions or otherwise curb union power. Union officials are also helping mobilize demonstrations in state capitols and spending money on recall campaigns against GOP officials who support efforts to curb union rights.
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Unions frame bargaining as civil rights issue
By SAM HANANEL | Posted: Friday, March 11, 2011 3:23 am
Labor unions at the heart of a burning national disagreement over the cost of public employees want to frame the debate as a civil rights issue, an effort that may draw more sympathy to public workers being blamed for busting state budgets with generous pensions.
As part of that strategy, unions are planning rallies across the country on April 4 _ the anniversary of Martin Luther King Jr.'s assassination. Union officials want the observances in dozens of cities to remind Americans that King was supporting striking sanitation workers in Memphis, Tenn., the night he was shot.
By portraying collective bargaining as a human rights issue, union officials hope the rallies can help fuel a backlash against Republicans in Wisconsin and other states trying to curb collective bargaining rights for public employees.
"This is a fight for workers, this is a fight for the middle class, this is a fight to try to stave off the shift in power and wealth that is starting to become gross," said Harold Schaitberger, president of the International Association of Fire Fighters.
The planned rallies on the 43rd anniversary of King's death are part of a coordinated strategy by labor leaders to ride the momentum of pro-union demonstrations and national polls showing most Americans support collective bargaining rights as Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker and other GOP leaders in states fight to reduce or strip those benefits.
Walker has argued that collective bargaining is a budget issue. He says the bill the state Legislature passed Thursday stripping most collective bargaining benefits will give local governments flexibility in making budget cuts needed to close the state's $3.6 billion deficit. He is expected to sign it soon.
"That's something people forget about Dr. King," said Liz Shuler, secretary-treasurer of the AFL-CIO, the nation's largest labor federation. "We all know about his work in the civil rights movement, but he was also a workers' rights advocate."
It's also another signal that labor leaders are trying to broaden the coalition of groups speaking out against efforts to limit collective bargaining rights for public employee unions. Unions are coordinating the rallies with the NAACP, the Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights and other civil rights, religious and progressive groups.
"Dr. King lost his life struggling to help sanitation workers _ public sector employees _ achieve their goals for a dignified existence as workers," said Wade Henderson, president of the Leadership Conference. "We think that's an extraordinary backdrop in which to frame the debate over what's taking place in the country today."
When King traveled to Memphis in 1968, he was lending support to more than 1,100 black sanitation workers who were on strike seeking better working conditions, higher wages and benefits, and union recognition.
Daniel Walkowitz, a labor historian at New York University, said the gesture was typical of King's later years, in which the targets of his activism were less often the legal barriers to civil rights for blacks. More often, King was focused on lack of employment and educational opportunities for African-Americans.
"Tying the rallies to King is an interesting strategy because it does draw upon King's understanding that the problems of labor were problems of civil rights," Walkowitz said.
Walker argues that the sweeping step against collective bargaining is necessary to balance the budget not only over the next two years but into the future. He said he wouldn't compromise on the issue or on anything that saves the state money.
But union leaders see it as a fight for middle class rights. Wisconsin unions had agreed to cuts in pension and health benefits as long as they could keep collective bargaining rights. Labor leaders say Walker's refusal to compromise shows he wants to leave unions toothless and cripple their political clout.
While unions are on the verge of losing power in Wisconsin, Ohio and other states, union leaders believe they are winning the war of public opinion and pulling in broader support.
"The movement is bigger than just the labor movement," United Steelworkers President Leo Gerard said. "What we're seeing is an awakening about the importance of collective bargaining."
Labor leaders already have pledged to pour more than $30 million into a push to stop legislation in dozens of states that seeks to limit bargaining rights of public worker unions or otherwise curb union power. Union officials are also helping mobilize demonstrations in state capitols and spending money on recall campaigns against GOP officials who support efforts to curb union rights.
Thursday, March 10, 2011
more on walker and teachers union
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Fear Is Driving Gasoline Prices - KTVI
Fear Is Driving Gasoline Prices - KTVI
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big topic at todays breakfast. many 'Jackoheads" with group. Jaco is the man for many of the folks in local news.
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big topic at todays breakfast. many 'Jackoheads" with group. Jaco is the man for many of the folks in local news.
Wednesday, March 9, 2011
wisconsin news not good for unions
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Tuesday, March 8, 2011
new teabag St. Louis vid
classic set-up of prounion folks. beware of making negative comments on film. note the cutting and editing of video.
Monday, March 7, 2011
Wednesday, March 2, 2011
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