Thousands of union activists in 70 sites from New York to San Francisco, Boston to Austin, demonstrated on March 31 to demand that Wall Street brokerage firm Charles Schwab and financial giant Wachovia Bank withdraw their support for President Bush's plan to privatize...
Gov. Faces Widening Network of Opposition
A diverse band of foes is using a blend of tactics to put Schwarzenegger on the defensive. By Peter Nicholas Times Staff Writer March 16, 2005 SACRAMENTO ‹ Inspired by what began as an isolated protest by California nurses, opponents of Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger are...
Outsourcing Innovation… And Everything Else America’s Has-Been Economy
By Paul Craig Roberts former Assistant Secretary of the Treasury in the Reagan administration. A country cannot be a superpower without a high tech economy, and America's high tech economy is eroding as I write. The erosion began when US corporations outsourced...
AFTGuild to Begin Process of Recall for Governor Schwarzenegger
From: Jim Mahler <aftjim@pacbell.net> Date: Wed, 16 Mar 2005 23:27:42 -0700 Subject: We Need Your Help re: Recalling Schwarzenegger Our local (AFT 1931) is going to begin the recall process for Schwarzenegger. Here's why we think it can work...
THIS WEEK’S ACTIONS
We have been having great success at running the signature gatherers off the college campuses! Yesterday, we ran a total of five different individuals off the Mesa College campus, without letting them collect a single signature! (The current record for getting...
ANTI-INITIATIVE ACTION ITEMS
Now that you all have had a week's rest from political activities, it's time to re-engage. We need to be extremely active for the next several weeks to hopefully forestall the Schwarzenegger initiatives from making it onto a special election ballot. THIS WEEK'S...
Labor History Week Celebration
In conjunction with the City of San Diego Public Library’s “California Labor History” exhibition, actor Ian Ruskin will perform the one-man play “From Wharf Rats to Lord of the Docks” on April 2 at 1 p.m. in the third floor auditorium of the Central Library, 820 E St....
AFT PLUS OFFERS HEALTH CLUBS DISCOUNT
Keep that commitment to start exercising with some help from AFT PLUS Member Benefits. The AFT PLUS health club discount program offers prenegotiated 20 percent to 60 percent discounts on monthly fees at more than 1,500 health clubs nationwide. Your membership can be...
Deficits and Deceit
March 4, 2005 OP-ED COLUMNIST By PAUL KRUGMAN Four years ago, Alan Greenspan urged Congress to cut taxes, asserting that the federal government was in imminent danger of paying off too much debt. On Wednesday the Fed chairman warned Congress of the opposite fiscal...
GOV. SOFTENS PENSION STANCE
This is why we need to keep those calls and letters flowing. We can have an impact, but it is going to be a tough fight. The latest polling numbers show a majority would support the Governor's proposal to change our pensions....