Happy Tuesday (hey, at least it's not OGIM). JL will be away from her computer for a while, and asked me to stand in for her (replace her, I couldn't possibly, but stand in – maybe.) She sent me a starter and I have compiled a few related posts and sites.
Headline: Wal-Mart's reliance on Chinese imports has cost over 400,000 U.S. Jobs. So says a new report from the Economic Policy Institute. 
Headline: China: police crackdown on labour rights activists. Apparently even those 400,000 jobs aren't what they are cracked up to be. The IUF unites food, farm and hotel workers world wide.
Headline: Farm Worker Ministry Northwest Attends UFW's Darigold rally. This was a few months ago, but if I am not mistaken, it was over two YEARS ago that Randy drowned in a pool of Darigold manure, and Darigold has still not even started to look at improving worker safety – plus there are other issues.
And in Iran: Detained teacher unionist on hunger strike. He is in fact one of six from his union council who are detained just for being union officials.
There are of course groups working to help working people at least survive, and hopefully, succeed. This is a very NON-exhaustive list. Feel free to add groups in comments
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American Association of University Women (srsly)
Labour Start (international, helps unions run campaigns)
It is just as true now as it was when Joe Hill was alive – capital does not give up anything without a struggle. If you are working, and there is a union in your industry, and you don't belong, for heaven's sake JOIN already.
And if not, do what you can (and I realize that may be very little) to help unions and to help unionized workers. We still need to hang together in order not to all hang separately
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Thanks for replacing JL, Joanne, excellent job!
Wal-Mart: Wasn't Walmart one of the worst employers in America, driving most of their workers in theirs stores to welfare because they wouldn't pay a living wage?They'd pay even less if they had to get their goods from inside the country, because it's profits what count, not people. Their excuse to import so much from China is probably that their underpaid workers can't afford to dish out more on products from America. Most likely they are also very happy with China cracking down on labor rights activists otherwise their margins would get smaller and so would their profit.
Marigold apparently is another one of those companies who'd rather set up shop in China than pay their workers enough or look after their healthcare.
Unions are just about the only thing that keep the 1% holding sway over everything in our lives. They've already put their hands up the behinds of GOP puppets, unions are up next or they'll be pushed out of the loop completely.
Wonderful my friend and thanks ever so much!
You are welcome.
You're pretty Angellic too!!
Down with Wal-Fart!!
Aaaaw, thanks!
Joanne, you did an awesome job filling in for Judi. Kudos!!!
My lady friend works at Walmart, and she has two jobs to get through the month. It's awful, I don't support this store at all. I try to help her, by giving her extra food, sweaters, and blankets for her family. Their managers are the worst, rude and loud. Our little Main Street was ruined by this store, as the folks who rented the shops there couldn't afford to pay the rent, due to lack of customer support. Crying shame, really.