Labor Movement
Labor Movement
U.S. MIDDLE~CLASS DESERVE CARING ELITE RULERS
LAWYERS FOR POOR AMERICANS, 18-07-2010 - 13:50
U.S.WEALTHY ELITE FOUNDATIONS R OUT OF TOUCH WITH REALITY OR JUST DO NOT CARE ENOUGH ABOUT OUR OWN MIDDLE~CLASS-POORER AMERICANS DIRE NEEDS ....
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Community Rally Supports Jackson County Services
DO NOT CUT QUALITY PUBLIC SERVICES !, 15-07-2010 - 14:11
July 14, 2010 -- Medford, Oregon
Jackson County citizens rallied with strong support for county workers & for county services. Local organizations such as the Southern Oregon Central Labor Council, Oregon Action and Jobs with Justice stood side by side with workers in front of the old Jackson County Courthouse. "Enough is enough: We Demand Quality Public Services."
- CONTRACT BARGAINING PROBLEMS -
The harsh, unreasonable and unwarranted demands of county negotiators do NOT have community support. The taxes we pay get the best bang for the buck when we invest in a workforce that provides top notch services. Jackson County employees have done their share in downsizing government this last few years. At its peak several years ago the Jackson County budget supported a workforce of over 700 employees while today the numbers are below 550. Fewer workers work harder while at the same time this workforce has made concessions year after year.
Photos of Rally (click to make larger)
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Move Your $MONEY$ Southern Oregon
SWITCH TO A LOCAL BANK OR CREDIT UNION!, 09-07-2010 - 00:48
Ashland, Oregon * Independence Day, 2010
Southern Oregon's MOVE YOUR MONEY campaign debuted on the main drag during Ashland's Fourth of July parade. The parade entry from Southern Oregon Jobs with Justice (SOJwJ) included the Jefferson State Rollers. The helpful swarm of female roller derby skaters blasted Ashland with thousands of tri-fold Move Your Money brochures which rank regional banks and credit unions with the big Wall Street banks. Any guess which work best for the local economy?
People want to support local economic development and are tired of Wall Street excesses that have crippled our country. Move Your Money is a campaign to move money away from the big greedy Wall Street Banks and put the bucks where they will do the most good right here at home.
Check out July 4 parade photos and look at the PDF brochure for a detailed description of Move Your MONEY Southern Oregon.
(click any photo makes it larger)
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"Transcending" -- Labor Landmark in Detroit
Correspondents Wes Brain and Ivend Holen, 01-07-2010 - 06:49
Detroit, Michigan -- Photos taken 6/24/10, time of the United States Social Forum
“Transcending,” the Michigan Labor Legacy Landmark, is a gift to the public from the labor movement. It informs visitors about the heritage of our labor movement, honors the working women and men who built our city, and inspires all with labor's vision of a world of justice.
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Save our Postal Service! -- Southern Oregon 5-Day, No Way Picket July 1st
Jim Alexander, 27-06-2010 - 00:00
On July 1st, postal workers and letter carriers are converging on several southern Oregon post offices to rally against United States Postal Service efforts to reduce postal services by eliminating Saturday mail delivery.
Pickets, informational handbills and drinking water will be provided.
JUST SHOW UP!
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Southern Oregonian report - USSF in Detroit
Ivend Holen and Wes Brain, 25-06-2010 - 13:07
Southern Oregonians Ivend Holen and Wes Brain are in Detroit, Michigan for the United States Social Forum. Here is a description of the first part of their MoTown adventure.
Most of the photos are from the opening day march
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Wobbly Free Speech Monument -- New campaign announced
SOUTHERN OREGON JOBS WITH JUSTICE, 11-06-2010 - 14:28
WHAT: Free Speech Monument Proposed for State of Jefferson
WHEN: 2011 -- the Centennial of the Wobbly Walk Through the Siskiyous
WHO: Wobbly Walk Free Speech Committee
WHY: “Those Wobblies warrant memory”
Once you know the history you will understand why a blue ribbon committee has been assembled to commemorate the 1911 Wobbly Walk Through the Siskiyous
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Wobbly Free Speech Monument
Wobbly, 09-06-2010 - 02:23
HERE IS THE SCOOP ON A NEW CAMPAIGN THAT IS UNFOLDING
* * I N S I D E * S T O R Y * *
WHAT: Free Speech Monument Proposed for State of Jefferson
WHEN: Press Release Wednesday, June 9, 2010
WHO: Wobbly Walk Free Speech Committee
WHY: 2011 is the centennial of the Wobbly Walk Through the Siskiyous
Coinciding with the Press Release on Wednesday will be the Ashland Library noon presentation "Wobbly Walk Through the Siskiyous" by SOU History ProfessorJay Mullen.
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Leading th Philippine armed revolution astray
Ka Rosa Fahne, 25-05-2010 - 03:36
The Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP-Maoist) has spent a tremendous amount of manpower, financial and materials resources in the electoral campaign, in the process forging a tactical alliance with the landlord-bureaucrat capitalist Manuel Villar, the Nacionalista Party--and indirectly with the family of the late fascist puppet dictator Ferdinand Marcos.
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Puerto Rico: Beatings at the Sheraton
Internationalist Group, 22-05-2010 - 02:47
On the evening of May 20, the notorious Shock Force of the Puerto Rican Police brutally attacked a demonstration of hundreds of students and workers protesting against Governor Luis Fortuño. The assault took place in the luxurious Sheraton Hotel, where the privatizing, anti-worker governor was presiding over a fancy fundraising dinner. As our reporter recounts, the police brutally beat demonstrators with riot clubs and pepper-sprayed everyone with tear gas and pepper gas. This was the response of the government to the workers strike two days ago in support of the student strike at the University of Puerto Rico, which has lasted almost a month. It is urgently necessary to translate the worker-student unity that was on display on May 18 into powerful strike actions that shut down key sectors of the economy of the U.S.' Caribbean island economy. We publish here the on-the-spot report from our correspondent who witnessed and participated in the protest.
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