Wednesday, June 9, 2010
Friday, June 4, 2010
special event on Tuesday, June 8
Dear g, At a special event on Tuesday, June 8, Alliance members are invited to ask the President health care questions by telephone! A few members of the Alliance will be attending the event - which will include information on benefits for seniors under the new health care law - live, in Wheaton, Maryland. Other members are invited to ask the President questions by phone. Please read your Friday Alert newsletter tomorrow for the special phone number Alliance members can call to talk to President Obama! This one-time, national "tele-town hall" can also be seen and heard on television by watching C-SPAN, or on-line via web streaming at www.healthreform.gov. If you live in one of the following communities and would like to join a local watch party, please contact us at: ARAORGANIZING@retiredamericans.org
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http://www.healthreform.gov Medicare & The Affordable Care Act What the Affordable Care Act means for Medicare recipients
--------- ------- Health Reform & Medicare (05/26/2010 Web chat) From: USHealthReform | May 26, 2010 |
http://www.healthreform.gov Medicare & The Affordable Care Act What the Affordable Care Act means for Medicare recipients
Tuesday, June 1, 2010
Leo Gerard on corporations--Ed show
Leo has some observations on corporations and politics
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http://link.brightcove.com/services/player/bcpid1569844277?bclid=1557819967&bctid=88793730001
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http://link.brightcove.com/services/player/bcpid1569844277?bclid=1557819967&bctid=88793730001
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Monday, May 31, 2010
this date in steelworker history Memorial Day massacre of 1937
sad day for workrs and this is not in many history books.
Memorial Day massacre of 1937
In the Memorial Day massacre of 1937, the Chicago Police Department shot and killed ten unarmed demonstrators in Chicago, on May 30, 1937. The incident took place during the "Little Steel Strike" in the United States.
The incident arose after U.S. Steel signed a union contract, but smaller steel manufacturers (called 'Little Steel'), including Republic Steel, refused to do so. In protest, the Steel Workers Organizing Committee (SWOC) of the Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO) called a strike. On Memorial Day, hundreds of sympathizers gathered at Sam's Place, headquarters of SWOC. As the crowd marched across the prairie towards the Republic Steel mill, a line of Chicago policeman blocked their path. When the foremost protestors argued their right to continue, police fired on the crowd. As the crowd fled, police bullets killed ten people.
Years later, one of the protesters, Mollie West, recalled a policeman yelling to her that day to, "Get off the field or I'll put a bullet in your back." No police were ever prosecuted.
Today, on the site of Sam's Place stands the union hall of the United Steelworkers and a memorial to the 10 people who died in 1937.
In the book Collected Writings by Dorothy Day (who was present), the events of the protest are summarized thus: 'On Memorial Day, May 30, 1937, police opened fire on a parade of striking steel workers and their families at the gate of the Republic Steel Company, in South Chicago. Fifty people were shot, of whom ten later died; one hundred others were beaten with clubs'.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Memorial_Day_massacre_of_1937
http://www.kentlaw.edu/ilhs/memorial.htm
has more info
"As a show of support, hundreds of SWOC sympathizers from all around Chicago gathered on Memorial Day at Sam's Place, where the SWOC had its strike headquarters. After a round of speeches, the crowd began a march across the prairie and toward the Republic Steel mill. They were stopped midway by a formation of Chicago police. While demonstrators in front were arguing for their right to proceed, police fired into the crowd and pursued the people as they fled. Mollie West, a Typographical Union Local 16 member and a youthful demonstrator at the time, still recalls the command addressed to her: "Get off the field, or I'll put a bullet in your back."
Memorial Day massacre of 1937
In the Memorial Day massacre of 1937, the Chicago Police Department shot and killed ten unarmed demonstrators in Chicago, on May 30, 1937. The incident took place during the "Little Steel Strike" in the United States.
The incident arose after U.S. Steel signed a union contract, but smaller steel manufacturers (called 'Little Steel'), including Republic Steel, refused to do so. In protest, the Steel Workers Organizing Committee (SWOC) of the Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO) called a strike. On Memorial Day, hundreds of sympathizers gathered at Sam's Place, headquarters of SWOC. As the crowd marched across the prairie towards the Republic Steel mill, a line of Chicago policeman blocked their path. When the foremost protestors argued their right to continue, police fired on the crowd. As the crowd fled, police bullets killed ten people.
Years later, one of the protesters, Mollie West, recalled a policeman yelling to her that day to, "Get off the field or I'll put a bullet in your back." No police were ever prosecuted.
Today, on the site of Sam's Place stands the union hall of the United Steelworkers and a memorial to the 10 people who died in 1937.
In the book Collected Writings by Dorothy Day (who was present), the events of the protest are summarized thus: 'On Memorial Day, May 30, 1937, police opened fire on a parade of striking steel workers and their families at the gate of the Republic Steel Company, in South Chicago. Fifty people were shot, of whom ten later died; one hundred others were beaten with clubs'.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Memorial_Day_massacre_of_1937
http://www.kentlaw.edu/ilhs/memorial.htm
has more info
"As a show of support, hundreds of SWOC sympathizers from all around Chicago gathered on Memorial Day at Sam's Place, where the SWOC had its strike headquarters. After a round of speeches, the crowd began a march across the prairie and toward the Republic Steel mill. They were stopped midway by a formation of Chicago police. While demonstrators in front were arguing for their right to proceed, police fired into the crowd and pursued the people as they fled. Mollie West, a Typographical Union Local 16 member and a youthful demonstrator at the time, still recalls the command addressed to her: "Get off the field, or I'll put a bullet in your back."
Thursday, May 27, 2010
june 2010 meeting soar st. louis
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/obamasdeal/view/ is the online link for "Obama's Deal" and we continue discussion of what happened and why on the healthcare front.
canmaker reunion is also a topic and a bit of politics. I will give report on Organizing America in St. Louis
canmaker reunion is also a topic and a bit of politics. I will give report on Organizing America in St. Louis
Tuesday, May 25, 2010
The 15 Numbers You Need to Know
AmericanMfg has a new video on trade problem. I am not in total agreement, but vid is good and facts correct. Without reforming the entire trade structure, currency reform by itself will not return lost jobs.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a-5wcBYwJM8&feature=digest
AmericanMfg — May 21, 2010 — Alliance for American Manufacturing Executive Director Scott Paul highlights AAM's 2010 U.S.-China Strategic and... AmericanMfg — May 21, 2010 — Alliance for American Manufacturing Executive Director Scott Paul highlights AAM's 2010 U.S.-China Strategic and Economic Dialogue Index which can be found on www.americanmanufacturing.org. Here are 15 numbers that help explain the flawed trade relationship between the U.S. and China.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a-5wcBYwJM8&feature=digest
AmericanMfg — May 21, 2010 — Alliance for American Manufacturing Executive Director Scott Paul highlights AAM's 2010 U.S.-China Strategic and... AmericanMfg — May 21, 2010 — Alliance for American Manufacturing Executive Director Scott Paul highlights AAM's 2010 U.S.-China Strategic and Economic Dialogue Index which can be found on www.americanmanufacturing.org. Here are 15 numbers that help explain the flawed trade relationship between the U.S. and China.
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Monday, May 24, 2010
We are steelworkers
new vid from Usw.
Steelworkers — May 19, 2010
— We're steelworkers. We slurry and smelt aluminum. We mine for iron ore and create cement. We make glass and meta... Steelworkers — May 19, 2010 — We're steelworkers. We slurry and smelt aluminum. We mine for iron ore and create cement. We make glass and metals of many kinds. We produce paper and paper products. And we craft energy-saving wind turbines that help save our Earth.
We're nurses and nurses' aides. We make Harley Davidson motorcycles and Carrier air conditioners. We're rubber workers who make your tires; metal workers who make the materials that go into buildings, homes, automobiles, planes and roads.
We serve you at banks and teach at universities. You'll find us in oil refineries and grocery stores. At utility companies and in chemical plants. We work in the public sector and in forestry. We drive taxi cabs and work in airports. We're security guards and electricians. We're miners and pharmaceutical workers.
We're 1.2 million active and retired members strong. You'll find us fighting for a better life for all workers in union halls, at the work place, in the courts and in legislatures. We're global, we're local and we're online.
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Steelworkers — May 19, 2010
— We're steelworkers. We slurry and smelt aluminum. We mine for iron ore and create cement. We make glass and meta... Steelworkers — May 19, 2010 — We're steelworkers. We slurry and smelt aluminum. We mine for iron ore and create cement. We make glass and metals of many kinds. We produce paper and paper products. And we craft energy-saving wind turbines that help save our Earth.
We're nurses and nurses' aides. We make Harley Davidson motorcycles and Carrier air conditioners. We're rubber workers who make your tires; metal workers who make the materials that go into buildings, homes, automobiles, planes and roads.
We serve you at banks and teach at universities. You'll find us in oil refineries and grocery stores. At utility companies and in chemical plants. We work in the public sector and in forestry. We drive taxi cabs and work in airports. We're security guards and electricians. We're miners and pharmaceutical workers.
We're 1.2 million active and retired members strong. You'll find us fighting for a better life for all workers in union halls, at the work place, in the courts and in legislatures. We're global, we're local and we're online.
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-------http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8kwo3qGf7b4
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