tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31066891989509351122024-03-13T07:14:35.793-05:00Labor UpFrontUpdates, information, news, analysis and organizing materials in solidarity with workers around the world.Scott Marshallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06805214862892958087noreply@blogger.comBlogger186125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3106689198950935112.post-74201924750886041672010-11-07T16:02:00.002-06:002010-11-07T16:06:44.936-06:00For the well-dressed Tea Party PatriotBuyCostumes.com, a national online retailer, is seeing a spike in sales of its $16.99 “Colonial Man Economy Wig,” which has wavy white synthetic hair and a ponytail. It is made in China.Also moving nicely is the $7.99 tricorn hat, also manufactured in China, and the “Generic Colonial Man” costume for $84.99, says Dotty Zolper, merchandise manager. “He comes with knickers, pants, a vest and a Bill Appelhanshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14920152994959866456noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3106689198950935112.post-36155864336734756592010-09-01T12:14:00.001-05:002010-09-01T12:37:57.873-05:00Chicago's Unemployed Action Centerby Bill AppelhansThe Unemployed Action Center in Chicago has been working in the community organizing folks to join the fight for jobs around the belief that a job that pays a living wage is a right not a privilege.The following is about one of those folks who came by in July to see what we were about.Janet entered the building moments before I got there. I saw her go in. She was looking at the Scott Marshallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06805214862892958087noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3106689198950935112.post-1808229627147040212010-08-09T07:04:00.005-05:002010-08-09T07:11:36.943-05:00Locked-out Honeywell workers reject KryptoniteBy Scott MarshallMetropolis, Illinois - Over 2500 steelworkers and supporters converged on Metropolis Illinois for a mass rally and march against Honeywell this past Saturday. (see video here) Metropolis calls itself the home of Superman.The Metropolis Honeywell nuclear conversion plant starts the process of making nuclear fuel and uses some of the most dangerous chemicals on earth. The plant Scott Marshallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06805214862892958087noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3106689198950935112.post-10944515441680232432010-08-02T14:01:00.002-05:002010-08-02T14:45:48.392-05:00Kellogg's latest "prize" in the boxWashington PostMonday, Aug. 2, 2010"This summer, when Kellogg recalled 28 million boxes of Froot Loops, Apple Jacks, Corn Pops and Honey Smacks, the company blamed elevated levels of a chemical in the packaging.Dozens of consumers reported a strange taste and odor, and some complained of nausea and diarrhea. But Kellogg said a team of experts it hired determined that there was "no harmful Bill Appelhanshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14920152994959866456noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3106689198950935112.post-61197313906586960472010-07-22T12:56:00.003-05:002010-07-22T14:05:59.371-05:00Shirley Sherrod and the killing of hope and changeThe broader tragedy of this incident is the extent to which the feelings of national pride and hope for the future that elected our country's first minority President have been corrupted by those who resist and fear change.Sowing fear, distrust and anger is a simple matter. All that those who would sow those seeds need do is abandon their beliefs in honesty, principle and integrity and Bill Appelhanshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14920152994959866456noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3106689198950935112.post-15043834731790212602010-07-20T17:04:00.003-05:002010-07-20T17:58:11.784-05:00Love me, love me, I'm a Free MarketeerBreaking News:An oil producing corporation announced the oil spill in Gulf of Mexicohas become part of its ongoing commitment to support Green programsthat conserve energy.The company's scientists and engineers have found the oil in thewater acts like a lubricant between the water and the hulls ofwatercraft operating in the contaminated areas thus reducing dragwhich saves fuel.The company has Bill Appelhanshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14920152994959866456noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3106689198950935112.post-49750096979050738962010-06-30T10:58:00.001-05:002010-06-30T11:02:26.555-05:00Mexican Miners fight back: An Interview with Napoleon GomezBy Scott MarshallVancouver, Canada - In this wide ranging video interview (below), Napoleon Gomez Urrutia, President of Los Mineros, the Independent National Miners, Metallurgical and Steelworkers Union of Mexico, talks about the Mexican government's recent strike-breaking attack on copper miners in Cananea, Mexico. He describes some of the international solidarity the miners are getting from Scott Marshallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06805214862892958087noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3106689198950935112.post-58676984707062979782010-06-23T11:45:00.003-05:002010-06-30T15:06:11.115-05:00World Labor Leaders: Reject Dictatorship of MarketsInuit Throat Singers welcome delegates to the second congress of the International Trade Union ConfederationBy Scott MarshallVancouver, Canada – World labor leaders gathered here in the second congress of the International Trade Union Confederation, are of one mind in rejecting the so-called “Washington consensus” that calls for deregulation of the banks and financial markets. In his opening Scott Marshallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06805214862892958087noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3106689198950935112.post-11662990738186053822010-06-21T16:04:00.008-05:002010-06-21T16:36:29.775-05:00Global Union Leaders Blast Financial GreedBy Scott MarshallVancouver, Canada - The second world congress of the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) opened Monday in Vancouver. Guy Ryder(center), ITUC general secretary and Sharan Burrow, ITUC president, were joined by Ken Georgetti, president of the Canadian Labour Congress in a pre-congress press conference.Each gave a brief opening statement. Each blasted different aspects ofScott Marshallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06805214862892958087noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3106689198950935112.post-31895221242397358702010-06-15T15:30:00.002-05:002010-06-15T15:33:20.455-05:00Workers of the World Uniting for JusticeBy Scott MarshallThe second world congress of the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) is a significant event. Taking place in Vancouver, Canada, June 21 through 25th, the congress theme is “The People Now: From the Crisis to Global Justice.”(You can help us with our coverage – see below *)The congress comes on the heels of the ITUC’s Annual Survey of violations of trade union rights. Scott Marshallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06805214862892958087noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3106689198950935112.post-30744682034031400062010-06-06T11:54:00.003-05:002010-06-06T13:22:47.020-05:00BP Gulf Gusher and Coleridge"Water, water everywhere, nor any drop to drink."In 2000 British Petroleum set out on a campaign to promote the new bp "as the choice for the environmentally-aware motorist.The lower-case letters were chosen because focus groups said bp is friendlier than the old imperialistic BP, which reminded folks of the old "Rule Britannia! Britannia rules the waves."Buckets of paint appeared Bill Appelhanshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14920152994959866456noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3106689198950935112.post-68223320171116233892010-05-27T14:39:00.003-05:002010-05-27T15:07:29.583-05:00Republican Website UpdateIt looks like the Republicans have struck gold in their effort to get their base to send ideas for a future Republican agenda to their new website, America Speaking Out. The ideas are pouring in."End Child Labor Laws, we coddle children too much. They need to spend their youth in the factories.""How about if Congress actually do thier job and VET or Usurper in Chief, Obama is NOT a Natural Born Bill Appelhanshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14920152994959866456noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3106689198950935112.post-56002062298694735012010-05-27T13:52:00.005-05:002010-05-27T14:32:45.796-05:00Republicans Uncover More False Science In SchoolsHouse Republicans have launched a website called America Speaking Out. They are inviting public input with the idea to build grassroots support and get some ideas about crafting a new agenda for the coming elections in November.One of the first posts was a complaint from a parent about the continuing problem of false science being taught in our schools: a problem near and dear to the Republican Bill Appelhanshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14920152994959866456noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3106689198950935112.post-37371565785867989062010-05-23T16:06:00.000-05:002010-05-23T16:07:04.262-05:00Rand PaulIs Rand Paul, a: prejudiced, b: a chauvinist, c: a racist?First we should define these three words in context with the discussion.Chauvinism - unreasoning devotion to ones race, sex, etc. with contempt for other races, sex, etc.Prejudices - suspicion, intolerance, or irrational hatred of other races, sex, creeds, regions, occupations, etc.Racism - any programs or practices of discrimination Bill Appelhanshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14920152994959866456noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3106689198950935112.post-43437537189169059962010-04-23T12:01:00.000-05:002010-04-23T12:05:13.792-05:00Just so.A sort of CliffsNotes guide to understanding the minds of Democrats and Republicans:Democrats and Obama said to Wall Street elites - "Unless your business model depends on bilking people, there's little to fear from these new rules." April 22, 2010Republicans and Bush said to Wall Street elites - "This is an impressive crowd — the haves and the have-mores. Some people call you the eliteBill Appelhanshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14920152994959866456noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3106689198950935112.post-85107548817879504522010-04-22T19:42:00.000-05:002010-04-22T19:55:58.375-05:00Main Street, Wall Street and the Big AppleIn the city of New York there is a street named Wall and a district called Wall Street. The district is home to the influential financial interests of the American financial industry. There are banks, investment houses, stock exchanges such as the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) and other related entities.Confusing the picture further, a discussion about Wall Street can mean all, some or any one Bill Appelhanshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14920152994959866456noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3106689198950935112.post-14956962229882277212010-01-29T17:20:00.002-06:002010-01-29T17:23:38.757-06:00Reds put jobs fight at top of to-do listFrom the People's WorldThe fight for jobs, and for the unemployed, is central to any economic recovery and to any forward motion for a people's agenda. With this in mind, last week the national board of the Communist Party, USA (CPUSA) took steps to beef up its work on the economic crisis. "Labor, civil rights, women, youth and all the progressive core forces in our country are now moving to Scott Marshallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06805214862892958087noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3106689198950935112.post-59388711745567818322010-01-12T09:19:00.001-06:002010-01-12T09:21:25.417-06:00Political courage to create jobs is lacking, AFL-CIO Trumka chargesby: John WojcikPeoples WorldRichard Trumka, president of the AFL-CIO, in a major address today at the National Press Club in Washington, said the jobs crisis "cries out for political courage but that courage is not much in evidence. Too many people in Washington seem to think that now that we have bailed out the banks, everything will be okay." The president of the 12-million-member labor Scott Marshallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06805214862892958087noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3106689198950935112.post-1162604610484657162009-12-27T14:03:00.002-06:002009-12-27T14:08:22.498-06:00Republican v. RepublicanBy Scott MarshallThere he was on Christmas Eve on the TV news. Arizona Senator John Kyl, pumped with anger, calling the just passed Senate health care reform bill "a massive, very bad assault on liberty." You got to ask, whose liberty is he so concerned about? The insurance companies "liberty" to gouge us, cut benefits, exclude those who might really need coverage, and tell us in the middle of Scott Marshallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06805214862892958087noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3106689198950935112.post-78946407100388561842009-12-06T12:07:00.006-06:002009-12-06T12:17:50.864-06:00Steelworker's Union Hall Rededicated to Workers Killed Building the Unionby Scott MarshallEast Chicago, In. - Local 1010 of the United Steelworkers Union (USW) is proud of its militant history. It is also proud of its newly renovated union hall. Hundreds of 1010 members and other USW members from the surrounding area attended a spirited and festive rededication meeting this past Friday.The ceremony featured the unveiling of a large and stunning black granite slab on Scott Marshallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06805214862892958087noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3106689198950935112.post-42812043018050464122009-11-04T09:27:00.001-06:002009-11-04T09:30:01.647-06:00‘One Worker, One Vote:’ US Steelworkers to Experiment with Factory Ownership, Mondragon Style By Carl Davidson Cross posted from Beaver County Blue Oct. 27, 2009–The United Steel Workers Union, North America’s largest industrial trade union, announced a new collaboration with the world’s largest worker-owned cooperative, Mondragon International, based in the Basque region of Spain. News of the announcement spread rapidly throughout the communities of global justice activists, trade unionScott Marshallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06805214862892958087noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3106689198950935112.post-46316934094643012482009-10-22T11:06:00.001-05:002009-10-22T11:09:16.683-05:00Nurses ready to strike over swine flu safetyBy John WojcikPeople's World“When nurses are exposed to tuberculosis, the hospital notifies us. When nurses are exposed to head lice, the hospital notifies us. Why then are we not told when we are exposed to H1N1? Staff need to know if they have been exposed in order to keep our patients from further unnecessary exposure,” said Carol Koelle, an RN at St. Bernardine Medical Center in San Scott Marshallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06805214862892958087noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3106689198950935112.post-27789520550716969732009-10-16T08:30:00.002-05:002009-10-16T08:38:04.298-05:00100,000 march for jobs in Puerto Ricoby José A. CruzPeople's World"Today we declare a State of Peaceful Insurrection of the people of Puerto Rico", declared Juan Vera, Methodist bishop of Puerto Rico, as he called for going from "protests to resistance to civil disobedience" against the neoliberal economic policies of Gov. Luis Fortuño which have resulted in the laying-off of 25,000 public sector employees. Fortuño had announced Scott Marshallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06805214862892958087noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3106689198950935112.post-8765556835196106442009-10-15T12:50:00.001-05:002009-10-15T12:54:00.619-05:00Hundreds of Thousands of Puerto Rican Workers, Faith Leaders, Students and Citizens in General Strike todayNational March Will Protest Massive Cuts in Essential Public Services; Republican Administration Under Investigation for Civil Rights Violations Against High School StudentsWASHINGTON - October 14 - AsScott Marshallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06805214862892958087noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3106689198950935112.post-54980376523689088442009-09-21T08:24:00.018-05:002009-09-21T09:48:58.646-05:00Jobs Demonstration @ G20 in PittsburghPittsburgh labor and community coalitions held two marches today (Sunday 9.20.09) demanding jobs and immediate relief for the unemployed aimed at the G20 meetings starting on Thursday. The marches are part of a week of demonstrations, cultural events, teach-ins and workshops protesting global economic policies that benefit transnational corporations and capital at the expense of labor, workers, Scott Marshallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06805214862892958087noreply@blogger.com0