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Austerity Doesn’t Work

November 3rd, 2012 | Posted by admin in Web - (0 Comments)

In Greece, Europe’s austerity poster child, austerity has shrunk the economy and increased the national debt … Austerity only increased inequality in Portugal. Now, after painful austerity measures that hit ordinary Portuguese and public sector workers hardest failed to reduce the deficit, Portuguese citizens are planning to rally against new tax increases … All across the EU, austerity has driven joblessness to a record high … Yet the austerians demand even more.

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Veterans Day Free Meals

November 3rd, 2012 | Posted by admin in Did you know? | Web - (0 Comments)

There are plenty of Veterans Day free meals to be had this year as well as some other additional discounts on items other than food. You’ll be able to stop into a number of restaurants below on or around Veterans Day this year to get your free meal.

Participating Sizzlers will be serving veterans and active military members a Veterans Day free meal until 4:00 p.m. on Monday, November 12, 2012.

You’ll get to choose between a 6 oz. Steak, Malibu Chicken, or Half Dozen Fried Shrimp.

Bring proof of service such as your U.S. Uniform Services ID Card, U.S. Uniform Services Retired ID Card, Current Leave and Earnings Statement, Veterans Organization Card, DD214, a photograph of yourself in uniform, or wear your uniform.

Use the link above to see if the Sizzler near you is participating in the Veterans Day free meal.

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Federal workers are falling farther behind on pay, study shows

November 1st, 2012 | Posted by admin in Did you know? | Web - (0 Comments)

White collar federal employees are underpaid on average by about 35 percent compared with the private sector, a widening of the “pay gap” that stood at about 26 percent last year, an advisory group said Friday.

The Federal Salary Council based that number on data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics that by law are supposed to be used in setting annual General Schedule pay raises that vary by locality. However, in practice federal pay raises are negotiated in the congressional budget process.

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AFGE’s response to reduced office hours at the Social Security Administration

October 23rd, 2012 | Posted by admin in News | Web - (0 Comments)

Tune in now to AFGE’s “Inside Government” for the union’s response to reduced office hours at the Social Security Administration (SSA). The show, which originally aired on Friday, Oct. 19, is now available on demand.

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Chicago Teachers Union – Delegates Bulletin

October 22nd, 2012 | Posted by admin in Events | Solidarity - (0 Comments)

Learn about charter schools, their expansion, what it means for our work, and how we can help charter school teachers form unions in their schools.

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Am I registered to vote in Illinois?

October 22nd, 2012 | Posted by admin in Did you know? | Vote | Web - (0 Comments)

Illinois citizens may check to see if they are registered to vote.

The link below will also give you your polling location:

http://www.elections.il.gov/votinginformation/RegistrationLookup.aspx

The Ed Show in “Bainport”

October 18th, 2012 | Posted by admin in Events | Solidarity - (0 Comments)

On Friday, October 19th, Ed Schultz of the Ed Show http://tv.msnbc.com/shows/the-ed-show is airing his television show live from Freeport, Illinois. The show will be aired across the street from the Sensata Plant which is owned by Bain Capitol. Bain Capitol is closing the plant and moving operations to China. The workers at the Freeport Sensata plant have been forced to train their Chinese counterparts. During the training, Bain Captial order the American Flag taken down so the Chinese would not be offended.

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Don’t Pass the Sugar

October 16th, 2012 | Posted by admin in News | Solidarity | Web - (0 Comments)

Because of American Crystal Sugar’s continued refusal to end its 14-month lockout of more than 1,300 workers and return to the bargaining table, working families across the country today launched a boycott against American Crystal Sugar (ACS) products. AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka says:

“Making record profits while giving working families and communities the shaft is just plain wrong.”

You can view the entire article here.