Jul 24 2008
The Los Angeles City Council voted on Tuesday to ban the use of all plastic bags in the city by retail and grocery stores by 2010. According to the unanimous decision the ban will go into effect if the state fails to impose a minimum 25 cent per use fee for …
Jul 24 2008
The highly organized teachers of Puerto Rico have faced violent repression in their fight for labor rights and quality education. The Federacion de Maestros de Puerto Rico or FMPR, represents over 40,000 teachers and is the largest independent union in Puerto Rico. In February 2008 teachers voted to strike after working without a …
Jul 24 2008
The Federal Minimum Wage is set to increase 70 cents today bringing the mandated hourly pay rate to a whopping $6.55 per hour. Today’s minimum wage raise is the second of three annual increases set forth by Congress after a decade of no such action. With the U.S. economy in a fragile state, diverging views are …
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Jul 24 2008
Glen Ford is a writer and radio commentator and the Executive Editor of The Black Agenda Report. This week’s commentary is about Afghanistan.
Visit www.blackagendareport.com for more information. …
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Jul 24 2008
“No business which depends for existence on paying less than living wages to its workers has any right to continue in this country” –- Franklin Delanore Roosevelt …
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Jul 24 2008
We’ll find out why Puerto Rico’s highly organized teachers face violent repression in their struggle for labor rights and quality education. And, as the LA city council agrees on an historic plastic bag ban, we’ll hear from one local activist how the struggle was waged and won. Plus, the federal minimum wage increases to a whopping $6.55. We’ll speak with Holly Sklar, author of “A Just Minimum Wage.” …
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Former Greek Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis Is Coming To Los Angeles!
Come and hear Varoufakis speak in person on Saturday April 23rd in Pasadena, California, at his ONLY Los Angeles-area event!
WHEN: Saturday April 23rd, Reception at 12 noon, Event at 1 pm
WHERE: Neighborhood Unitarian Universalist Church, 301 N. Orange Grove Blvd, Pasadena, CA 91103
Yanis Varoufakis of the Syriza Party took the European political establishment by storm a year ago when he was appointed Finance Minister of Greece by Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras. Varoufakis is an ……
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