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Paid Work and Basic Income The goal of basic income advocates is to neutralize capitalism in one of its central premises: the generalization of paid labor as the only or at least dominant path of securing existence. The future would be brighter if this were on the agenda....
Posted: Wed, Dec 22, 2004 9:21am PST
EYE ON UGSOA Visit EYE ON UGSOA and See The Real Truth about UGSOA...
Posted: Wed, Dec 22, 2004 9:09am PST
Press Conference Announcement The United Workers Association will be participating in the release
of the Day Laborer Report "Their Stolen Sweat"... the first ever in
depth report on the day labor industry in Baltimore, produced by our
allies Homeless Persons Representation Project and Casa De Maryland.
This report uncovers the day labor industry's systematic abuses:
poverty wages, off-the-charts safety issues, and ill treatment
including gender discrimination....
Posted: Tue, Dec 21, 2004 2:27pm PST
S. KOREA. 12.20/Last Day's Struggle Report After MSSC (Myeong-dong Sit-in Struggle Collective) finished the sit-in strike the fight against exploitation and opression is continuing....
Posted: Mon, Dec 20, 2004 6:24am PST
CA Mass Protest Of Injured&Disabled Workers Called The San Francisco Labor Council and other injured workers and health and safety groups have called for a mass protest on Workers Memorial Day April 28, 2005 in Sacramento to protest the attack on injured and disabled workers and to demand single payer healthcare....
Posted: Mon, Dec 20, 2004 2:42am PST
workers self-organization outside of and against the unions in Paris The Experience of the Paris Solidarity Collectives — A new Stage
Wildcat No. 71, Autumn 2004, pp. 15–17
Thoughts on the strikes at Pizza Hut, McDonalds and Frog Pub
The article was published in the first issue of the new French revue La Question Social — Revue Libertaire de Réflexion et de Combat (The Social Question — Libertarian Journal for Reflection and Struggle). The following is the part of the text dealing with the strikes at Frog Pub, a strike that was less internationally k...
Posted: Sun, Dec 19, 2004 4:07pm PST
SF Mayor Shows Interest in Sweatfree Ordinance Mayor Gavin Newsom has directed San Francisco procurement officials
to begin crafting a sweatfree approach to the city/county’s purchasing procedures.
Initial talks between anti-sweatshop advocates and local officials began this week,
and could affect as much as one billion dollars yearly in total purchasing
decisions....
Posted: Sun, Dec 19, 2004 12:56am PST
ISO and Phillip Morris The ISO, operates as a recipient of grants from the Center for Economic Research and Social Change. The latter's assets comprised largely of Wall Steet stock...until they sold it to pay themselves....
Posted: Sat, Dec 18, 2004 10:00pm PST
SF SWEATFREE CAMPAIGN BEGINS! Mayor Gavin Newsom has directed San Francisco procurement
officials to begin crafting a sweatfree approach to the city/county¹s
purchasing procedures. Initial talks between anti-sweatshop advocates and
local officials began this week, and could affect as much as one billion
dollars yearly in total purchasing decisions....
Posted: Thu, Dec 16, 2004 11:22pm PST
IWW Truckers Go Out On Strike Again 20 Independent Stockton Truckers organized under the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW), went on strike today, against unfair practices of the Kach trucking company....
Posted: Thu, Dec 16, 2004 10:12pm PST
Who Can Afford to "Buy Blue"? Take a look at BuyBlue.org's "Blue Christmas" campaign list of "red" and "blue" companies, and you'll see that BuyBlue Democrats play right into the hands of Republicans, who have been trading on an idea that the Democratic Party is the party of the coastal "liberal elite" and misrepresenting themselves as the party of mythical "Middle America."...
Posted: Thu, Dec 16, 2004 9:30am PST
First Day of Fare Strike Decends on chicago 
first day of fare strike in chicago against service cuts, job layoffs and fare hikes...
Posted: Thu, Dec 16, 2004 12:36am PST
California Healthcare Workers Form New Statewide Union The National Leadership of Service Employees International Union and Locals 250 and 399 today announced the results of a membership vote by both locals, approving a new constitution uniting them into a new statewide union with more than 130,000 members...
Posted: Wed, Dec 15, 2004 9:30pm PST
Open Letter to President Bush from IAEFF IAEFF wants Bush to extend freedom medal to AFL-CIO leaders...
Posted: Wed, Dec 15, 2004 11:52am PST
Attacking Wal-Mart's Supply Chain Wal-Mart's zeal to "hold the lowest feasible [inventory] level while avoiding the risks of 'stock outs,'" its competitive advantage, is also the weak link in its anti-union empire....
Posted: Wed, Dec 15, 2004 7:47am PST
Protest persecution of Italian anarchist Massimo Passamani Italian anarchist, Massimo Passamani is going on trial on December 16 for "multiple aggravated injury" to a fascist city councilor. Here is his statement about the incident:...
Posted: Tue, Dec 14, 2004 1:50pm PST
The Boss Who Stole Christmas (A Christmas Tale For Workers) A very merry Christmas tale....
Posted: Mon, Dec 13, 2004 7:51pm PST
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