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| Articles about Working Class |
| The working class and the employing class have nothing in common | | 2008-05-11 01:51:43 | | This is the sorry state of business unions, from the WSJ-Two of the nation's largest labor unions [SEIU and UNITE HERE] have struck confidential agreements with large employers that give the companies the right to designate which of their locations, and how many workers, the unions can seek to organize. The agreements are raising questions about union transparency and workers' rights. A summary document put together by the unions says it is critical to the success of the partnership "that we honor the confidentiality and not publicly disclose the existence of these agreements." That includes not disclosing them to union members.The article goes on to mention that the deal demands the unions give up their right to strike as well. All this for a card check system, something that even has measurable political support. Andy Stern wanted off the Democratic Party's tit only because he wanted to latch on to corporate America's tit. That, of course, is nothing that wasn't known, but disgusting | | By: The Peace Tree | | |
| | Obama’s appeal to working-class whites faltering, polls show | | 2008-05-04 11:58:17 | | WASHINGTON (AP) - Barack Obama’s problem winning votes from working-class whites is showing no sign of going away, and their impression of him is getting worse.
Those are ominous signals as he hopes for strong performances in the coming week in Indiana and North Carolina primaries that would derail the candidacy of Hillary Rodham Clinton, his [...] | | By: TexasFred's | | |
| | Defender of the working class | | 2008-04-18 02:42:48 | | Hillary Clinton On Southern Working Class Whites In 1995: "Screw 'Em" - Politics on The Huffington Post In January 1995, as the Clintons were licking their wounds from the 1994 congressional elections, a debate emerged at a retreat at Camp David. Should the administration make overtures to working class white southerners who had all but forsaken the Democratic Party? The then-first lady took a less than inclusive approach. "Screw 'em," she told her husband. "You don't owe them a thing, Bill. They're doing nothing for you; you don't have to do anything for them."Well, well, well. The mighty defender of the working class, indeed. It's hard for me to imagine that Hillary Clinton might base her current views on the working and middle class because she knows she can't win without them. I mean, you'd almost think that she was completely full of sh*t!
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| A working class crisis | | 2008-02-14 17:53:00 | | Of the 25 cities with the highest concentrations of "creative class" workers, only one also ranks among the Top 25 in foreclosure rate. Richard Florida included very small cities on his list; RealtyTrac only looks at the 100 largest cities. So this is a modified list of his highest-ranked large cities (and in parenthesis, their rank on the RealtyTrac list):1. Washington (41)2. Raleigh-Durham (53)3. Boston (69)
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| | Efren Bata Reyes aka The Magician: Working-Class Hero by Ted Lerner | | 2007-11-14 12:21:24 | | I chanced upon this article on Filipino pool legend Efren Bata Reyes, aka The Magician, one of the most celebrated and charismatic pool players who ever wielded a cue stick. It is perhaps the best anecdote ever written on the Billiards Congress of America's Hall of Famer. The post's author is Ted Lerner, sports commentator and official correspondent for the 2007 World Pool Championship. It was first published in the daily newspaper Business World, on 4-13-1996. Hey, wait! This is my 413th post! Coincidence? Maybe. Faith? Definitely! And I kid you not!Working-class HeroEfren "Bata" Reyes is more than just one of the best pool players in the world. To many, he is a living legend, writes TED LERNER. IT IS A HOT and sunny Saturday afternoon in late March and Efren Reyes is putting on an exhibition. The town is Angeles City, Efren's home town, and the place is Margarita Ville, a popular bar and restaurant on Field's Avenue. Efren has come here a | | By: The AnitoKid Chronikos | | |
| | "working class" blogger | | 2007-07-23 19:17:00 | | As you might have noticed, I have not posted in a while.I wish I could tell you the reason for not posting was because I was away on a beautiful sandy beach... or because I was test driving my spanking new Corvette convertible up and down the East coast... or because I moved to a much bigger apartment...Unfortunately, the real reason is none of the above. I was just working (I know, boring!). Working during the day, and then some more during the evenings. Yep, the nyspender is working extra this summer!But I have not forgotten my blog, nor my readers. And I feel bad when I can't find the time to rant about something, or give you a tip on a product, or help you pick the right clothes for the season.The reality is that there are different kinds of fashion bloggers out there:1. The kind that do not have a job and get to post every day, asking for advice about which Louis Vuitton bag they should pre-order and talk about the ridiculous amount of pair of shoes they own (!!!)2. The kind that | | By: NY SPENDER | | |
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| Raising a Working-Class Culture | | 2007-03-20 21:47:00 | | Building a radical working class culture is part of the aim of many activists, unionists, and workers. For us in the Industrial Workers of the World, that idea is part of our very preamble: we say that “By organizing industrially we are forming the structure of the new society within the shell of the old.” But it is not only our workplaces that need reorganization and solidarity: it’s also our homes and families, no matter what they look like. Women and single parents are especially hard hit by the way in which capitalism considers childrearing a ‘personal choice’ with no bearing on employer responsibilities. Pregnant women are pressured to leave decent jobs, and after giving birth find it increasingly difficult to find a job that will pay their bills. No parent wants to give up their children, but our society makes it intensely difficult to both have children and care for them. This burden falls disproportionately on women. Working women are 41% more likely to live in povert | | By: Pirate Papa | | |
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