May 21, 2005
blog on hiatus
i'm plottting
will post up
again
in july
if
betwwen now and then
i can get a few guest posters i will
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May 20, 2005
adventures of the yankee social contract episode 15
"the share of US national income
that goes toward corporate profits
is at its highest levels since World War II,
while the share of national income
that goes to wages and salaries
is at a record low"
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make it large but keep it local
dues should take a handsome whack
but they should remain
just one close by bank account away
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the more i think the more i believe
yes this autonomous locality system
works best
a self orged nucleus hirers an indi orger pro
to help out
till
they win company recognition
then the local
makes the rounds
to decide who to affiliate with
and negotiate a " bargaining services contract"
two way contracting commences between union and company
and between "local" and union
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never let em due u in
rank fuckers listen up
keep your dues pool local
if the uppers reach down
make the transfer of funds voluntary
in fact
the fewer grants the better
if theres an org drive underway some where
be generous
but
loan it to em
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the press the purse and patronage
been readin up on old John L
his top down machine ran on the three Ps
and what a sorry hackery he ran
okay there's his moments
but hey
polyphemous had moments i bet too
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May 14, 2005
one half the average
end the guess work
the min wage should be ratioed
to the average wage
ie
at
say
one half
that was
the "great society" 60's ratio
not the one third it is today
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May 12, 2005
competition ? get used to it ass holes
jesus
does fuckin ford fart glass
everytime toyota
whips em
in the market place ?
no
why?
cause they may play dirty
and
fix what they can
but they fuckin know
oligop -comp
is the name of the game
and they're livin with it
why can't these fuckin
pie cards do the same ...?
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stop assing off
like studio wrestlers
hop the ring ropes
and trade real punches
with each other
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this no mas no comp shit
like intra-klass comp
means for sure
klass defeat
bull fuck
the wagery wants
a chance
to change
rides here
a choice
they hardly want
andy's franchise brand
burned into their butt
andy
take yer twisted
purple pussy
brand
and burn your balls with it
shit
try some
"for..
"by....
and "of....
pal
not
"to..
" over..
and
" through ....
we gotta let
the wagery ride here
and scrap us
when we falter
May 11, 2005
rhu-barb grows taller in vegas
teamster con
here's a few
big turd
out takes
"
LAS VEGAS -
"I honestly believe it,
and I'm ashamed to say it:
The labor movement is on
life support,"
the president of the Laborers, Terence O'Sullivan,.
"We are at a crossroads
as a movement and as a country.
I believe that
without dramatic,
far-reaching,
and radical change,
the American labor
movement
will become insignificant
in the lives
of American working
families,......It's gut check time."
"dissident union chiefs,
who represent about 40% of the 12.5
million workers in the labor federation,
made clear yesterday that they do
not believe Mr. Sweeney has gone far enough"
Wilhelm of
Unite Here, a campaign
speech?
"The American labor movement
at the level of the AFL-CIO
has lost its way.
lost its vision
lost its energy.
lost its hope. ...
And
that's a crime...
Too much of the leadership
of the labor movement
in this country
- the so-called leadership -
thinks
that we have to accept
the fact that workers
in this country are in
trouble....
We aren't going to accept it
You're not going to accept it.
None of these unions
are going to accept it.
And we're going to teach
the AFL-CIO
that they shouldn't accept it either."
Andrew Stern, challenged Mr.
Sweeney by name.
"John Sweeney and the AFL-CIO
need to understand:
We're not
going to grow stronger
if our numbers grow smaller,"
the conclave grew quiet and even gasped
as Mr. Stern
showed a PowerPoint-type presentation
that dramatized labor's retreat
from a national power
to a movement
that is significant
only a few states
"and to boot as we shrink
there are simply too many unions
and our divisions
allow businesses
to pit one union against another....
This is not organized labor.
This is disorganized labor...
Unions are undercutting each other."
.
"There are bottom-feeding unions around
like the Machinists
that are out
there trying to steal
our members from the Teamsters
with lower, sweetheart
contracts," Mr. Hoffa said.
"It's time for the AFL-CIO
to stand up and do
what's right
and adjudicate these things
so we protect good wages
and we
make sure
that these other people
don't come around
and steal our jobs."
Asked about the bitter comment
a spokesman for the Machinists
Richard
Sloan, said only
, "In all of these matters
you have to consider the source."
The Machinists have been some
of sweeney's most loyal allies,
"We're going to fight
at the convention in July
for what's right," Mr. Hoffa
said.
Mr. Stern reiterated an earlier threat
to leave the AFL-CIO
if serious
reforms aren't implemented.
"It is so long overdue
that we either change
this AFL-CIO
or we build
something stronger
that really can change workers lives...."
The other labor leaders
did not endorse Mr. Stern's threat
though Mr.O'Sullivan predicted
that a number of unions
would quit if the AFL-CIO
did
not address a perception
of "apathy" at the top.
"How can it be that the political program
of the AFL-CIO has become captured
by the Democratic Party?" Mr. Wilhelm asked.
"I'm sure we'll endorsed
Democrats most of the time
if they do the right thing
for working people.
But the America labor movement
should not be a captive of any party."
The general president of Unite Here,
Bruce Raynor,
said workers have gotten
little relief from the federal government
under Presidents Clinton or Bush.
"American working people
took it on the chin
through both administrations,"
Mr. Raynor said.
In one of Mr. Stern's feistier moments,
he declared,
"If unions think that
the labor movement
can allow this to happen,
they can kiss my a-."
Mr. O'Sullivan said,
"Where the hell is Moses
when you need him?
I mean parting the Red Sea
is nothing compared
to the
challenges that we face
as a movement."
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it strikes me
this monopoly carve up of sterns
is like
lucky luchiano
saying we need to get this laid out better
all a big rustlers ball
lets end these senseless
celtic cattle raids
members as two hooved dues- bags
the conflict
always about sweet hearting the company
not competition to "out deliver "
to the jobbled
why is not the choice
the jobbles' to make eh?
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better then mine
yup i lost
not even close
400 folks entered
one winner and these alsos
by the way the winner
is wildly stale
and
i can't copy the copy
starting gun sounds)
"And they're off!"
(galloping sfx)
"Out of the chute it's...
Americanworker, Americanworker
gets off to a good start,
followed by the late entry Sweatshop.
They're nearing the first turn
and it's Sweatshop the Chinese entrant
gaining fast on Americanworker...
it looks like Walmart yes Walmart
is helping Sweatshop
pursue Americanworker ...I...
I'm not sure
but it looks like Bush
the jockey on Americanworker's back
is reining his horse
in I I can't believe it!
Bush is actually whipping
American worker
AND holding him back
as they head down
the back straitaway!
The three leaders Americanworker,
Sweatshop and Walmart
head around the final turn!!
Bush is still holding
Americanworker back
while flogging him FEROCIOUSLY!!
Walmart and Sweatshop take
the lead heading around
the final turn!
I think that I see
the jockeys atop Walmart
and Sweatshop holding HANDS!
Yes... They're gonna take it folks,
Sweatshop and Walmart
are going to win!
Jockeys Neil Bush and Dick Cheney
are patting one another on the back
as they cross the finish line
and VICTORY for Sweatshop and Walmart
as American worker
won't be able to finish the race.
Jockey George Bush
climbs off the fallen Americanworker
with a shrug and a smile
but The cheers from the Congress
gathered in the sky boxes
tell him all is forgiven
for running Americanwoker
to the ground.
That's the way it ends folks
, Sweatshop and Walmart are first and second
in the Innaugural Race
for the Bottom derby!"
"Not funny? PurpleOcean.org."
Kathleen:
I’m Al Franken
and I want to talk to you
today about the Working Poor.
Working Poor.
Once upon a time in America
you either worked
or you were poor.
Now corporate greed brings us
the Working Poor.
You work 40 hours
or more a week
(keep that overtime off the books!)
but fall beneath the poverty line.
Working Poor?
Welcome to the Walmarting of America.
Working Poor means
you struggle to pay
for rent and food.
Working Poor means
you avoid doctors and dentists
and other medical luxuries.
Working Poor means
you have no money for gas,
no money to fix the car
and no money for the train.
Working Poor means
spending your days
sad and angry
but you’d better keep
that Walmart Happy Face smiling.
Working Poor means
you have little power
and absolutely no collective bargaining power
to improve your wages and benefits.
For the Working Poor
the dream and promise
of America is crushed so Walmart
executives can line
their pockets and balance their budgets.
PurpleOcean.org is working today
for the Working Poor
Nobody who works should be poor. Nobody.
Click on – purpleocean.org
and help eliminate
the phrase “working poor”
Help free the Working Poor
from their poverty
and return to them
what Walmart has stolen: hope.
Rebecca:
Entry music
Darth Lord(don't say Vader)
Yes, my master.
Emperor:
There's been a great disturbance.
DL: I have felt it, my master.
Emperor: It is a group of people
trying to protect
the rights of workers
and destroy our EVIL EMPIRE.
They are purpleocean.org
and this rebellion needs
to be crushed swiftly.
DL: As you wish.
Emperor:
They are building
the nation's largest grassroots movement
to ensure work is valued and rewarded.
If only we could use clones,
then this purpleocean.org
would be destroyed.
DL: It is unfortunate, master.
(regular voice)Purpleocean.org.
Fighting the evil empire
for worker's rights.
Anthony:
Al speaks in Dick Cheney’s Voice:
"Ahem. The liberals made a big to-do
about me telling Sen. Leahy
to ‘go (bleep) himself,’
but where’s their outrage
over PurpleOcean’s claims
to being ‘PO’d’ all of the time?
What’s America coming to when a group
of—ahem—laborers
can claim to be ‘PO’d’
at corporations
who rack up record profits
by squeezing workers
and refusing to offer quality,
affordable health care?
Are they impuning
the integrity of Wal-Mart
for raking in $10 billion
in profits last year
but still refuseing
to provide health care
to most of its workers?
And they’re PO’d at politicians
who say one thing
at election time
and promptly forget
their promises the moment
they take office?
Fooey on you for believing
that we wouldn’t spend
more than $200 billion in Iraq
while trying to dismantle Social Security.
Please don’t joing forces
with the 1.8 million members
of America’s most
exciting and fastest growing workers’ organization,
SEIU,
to demand a better future
for our nation.
After all,
you wouldn’t want to join
the likes of--ahem--
Mother Jones, Cesar Chavez, and John L. Lewis,
would you?
Trust me, if they were in charge,
we’d probably get ‘hit’ again"
Please don’t visit purpleocean.org.
ahem. Please.
If you do,
you can go (bleep) yourself.
And I’ll send John Bolton after you.
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more on my lard ass lethargy
" herb yer grand pop
was an activist extra ordinary
hard day after long day
he got out there
and slugged away ...
for the betterment of all us jobbled boys and gals
whats your excuse for hiding
inside this digital institute of yern ?"
" i've got neurons
with hideously fast re up take "
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more like leiibniz then grand dad
a back stager
a go to guy not a in their face guy
besides in a scrap i'm all mouth
thats fine for a bar at closing time
but picket duty
when the cops or the goons tip toe toward ya
more knucles that land flush is what ya need
not my gall-ful garble
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A NEW wpa ?
i like the meany way
high rate low hours
new 24 hour max per week
three 8's at $10
any citizen over 16
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the roman catholic new deal AFL and the security wage strike
heres a good story.....
george meany's only strike
its 1935 harry hopkins wants to pay
nyc area unemployed plumbers 63 cents
per hour
on WPA projects
union wage locally 1.50
MEANY SAID NYET
SURE WE DON'T WORK REGULAR BUT WHEN WE DO ITS AYT 1.50
TAKE IT UNCLE HARRY OR WE STRIKE YA
AND BY THE WAY NO PREFERENCE IN HIRING FOR DOLE ROLLERS
AND NO ONE HIRE PER HOUSEHOLD
----- PLUMBERS ARE CLANISH AND TOO
PROUD TO BE DOLE TAKERS ----------
NOW THESE PROJECTS WERE ALREADY UNDERWAY
SO A WALK OUT IF NO IRON OUT....
MEANY ET ALL SET THEIR JAWS AND...
THE HARRY BOY REP
POPS HIS CORK CRIES "COMMIE DUPES" AND ....
AFTER A FEW LOUD NOSES
A NEW YORK WPA STRIKE IS VOTED...
AND GEORGE ON NATIONAL RADIO
SEZ
" AND THERE'S NOT EVEN ONE
COMMUNIST ELEMENT AMONG UZ"
" WE FIGHT ONLY
TO PRESERVE
THE STANDARD RATE OF WAGE..DEAR TO EVERY UNION MAN "
MEANY SEZ TO HARRY
OKAY
SO YOU CAN GIVE US ONLY 60 BUCKS A MONTH
FINE
WHATEVER
JUST UNDERSTAND THIS
U DIVIDE THAT 60 BUCKS BY A BUCK FIFTY
AND THATS HOW MANY NEW YORK PLUMBERS' HOURS
YOU BOUGHT UNCLE SAM
PER MONTH
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the hard hat ultimo
here's a few quotes
from
george meany
"undefeated strong man of labor"
1946-1980
"the union member
is dtermined to secure
the good things of life
for himself and his family
and hopeful of accumulating
enough to provide reasonable security
he belives in free enterprise
and capitalism
and wants to earn a piece of it
he believes in private property
and wants to have some of it
he believes that everyone should work
for wha he gets
he is ready to help his colleagues get along
but he refuse to carry a slacker on his shoulders “
1944
“ our goals are modest
we do not seel to recast american society
in any particular ideological image
we seek an ever rising standard of living
more money more leisure
a richer cultural life “
1955
“the one word that best describes day to day
opeation of the union movement is practical
one set of problem at a time
we do not preconceive
we do not fit our program
into some theoretical all embracing structure “
1966
“ i don’t know ..i don’t care
we have never had
a large proportion
of the work force organized
nothing like northern europe or britain ...
we’ve do quite well without it ...
why organize groups of people
who do not appear
to want to be organized?....
i used to worry
but quite frankly
i just stopped worrying ..."
" i run the only people's lobby in town"
“i kept the boys together ”
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herb on this shit ....
“the nations biggest and most cloutful lobby ? “
" stick together
play by the rules and we can't lose ? "
“ legislation reform lifts all jobs ? ”
“ when it comes to yer orged parts
size doesn’t matter ?”
“trickle down unionism ? “
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is there really some relationship
between org wages and unorged wages
at one time meany was against a min wage
and supported child labor and lady labor
restrictions
cause it
"keep em
off the job market"
a hard guy indeed
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May 10, 2005
if mycroft were sherlock
sleeves got me zingling
what can i say.....
yes oh great one
i lard ass
too much
urgin on the orgs ?
instead of being
one of same ....
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most times
my bits
amount
to shit on a shingle
not to tasteful
and hard to pack
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May 09, 2005
CBS update : the star quest
rolling out soon
the five point CBS
star network
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the points
seattle
san antonio
chicago
atlanta
baltimore
CBS:
( hello
collective bargaining service
how can i help u? )
the
regional centers idea
suits the set up well
even if they end up
running the whole thing
as a floater
out of one creeped up
low rider
motel room
hey
i know a nice pit stop
in encino ....
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all those regional flagships?
think
culture comfort
get me ?
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May 08, 2005
mashed yams
i'm tired of the endless slurry
of afl-xxx mush melllows
check out this mass blurb
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heres the a-f-l-onians
idea of speaking up
and with vision
"about labor's future"
vide this bowel action
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"One activist from Washington, D.C
wrote us
“The union movement
of the future
should be concerned about
a fair and living wage
for all
and a safe and healthy
working environment.
Justice and fairness
should be accorded
both sides of the negotiation.
A campaign to raise
Americans’ consciousness
about exploitation
of others in this country
and abroad
should be mounted.
It is not right
to exploit others
for a cheap product.
We must be moral
and just and feel
solidarity with all.”
does this help ?
like a pork chop coat
in a lions cage
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THE AFL HUTCH GUTS A FEW CRUSADER RABBITS
IT OCCURS TO ME
ALL THAT LAY OFF RUMPUS AT AFL-XXX HQ
IS LESS THEN A WOODEN FARCE
ITS PUPPET HOUSE CAMP
A ROMP OVER
A SOAP OPERA SEND UP
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I'LL MAN THAT CHOPPIN BLOCK MY SELF...
WHO ARE THESE PETTY CAREERESTS ANY HOW?
STAFF INFECTIONS
BY ANY OTHER NAME
ARE STAFF INFECTIONS
AND
DON'T
WE GOT ENOUGH OF THAT SHIT ALREADY
RIGHT HERE ON THE JOB
" LIKE SOME HR MENTALITY
CAN PLAY IT BOTH WAYS
SORRY STAFF FUCKERS
ARE AGAINST US
MOST OFF
WHEN THEY'RE WITH US "
LOBBY THE GUB
GO TO THE BOARD
WHAT CLOWN PARADE BOGOSITY
DO U THINK GATHERING FACTS AND FIGURES
AND HURLING EM AT
A CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEE
OR
A BOARD OF DIRECTORS
MEANS SHIT AT THIS POINT?
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NO NO NO
WE GOTTA
GET COOKIN
CREATE SOME ACTUAL RESULTS
ON SITE
AT THE POINT OF PROFIT
NOT PAGES AND PAGES
OF PROBABLE CAUSE
FIRST TO GET ATTENTION
AND RESPECT
U GOTTA CREATE
A PROFIT PROBLEM
JOB ACTION
GOTTA COME
BEFORE KONGRESS
OR THE BOARD WILL DO A RE ACTION
May 07, 2005
unhappy mortals : army recruiters
how much
more can 5,500 guys do
to protect our liberties?
by
son of sam
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" it is the fate of those who toil
at the lower employments of life
to be exposed to censure
without hope of praise
to be disgraced by miscarriage
or punished for neglect
where success
would have been without applause..."
samuel johnson
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the recruiter "can only hope to escape reproach"
and yet even this negative recompense
has lately
been granted to fewer and fewer ....
somethin in the news last week ...
"By the Army's own count
there were 320 substantiated
cases of what it calls
recruitment improprieties
in
2004
up from 199 in 1999
the last year it missed its
active-duty recruitment goal
and 213 in 2002
the year
before the war in Iraq started
The offenses varied
from threats and coercion
to false promises
that
applicants would not
be sent to Iraq
Many incidents
involved more than one recruiter
and the number of
those investigated rose
to 1,118 last year
or nearly
one in five of all recruiters
up from 913 in 2002
or
one in eight"
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where does all this sass a frass start?
with facts on the ground like these :
" Last month the U.S. Army failed
to meet its goal of 6,800 new troops"
your army needs nearly
80,000 warm new bodies each year
and thats where the recruiters come in .....
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real job story
la times
" although wages grew slightly
they continued
to lag behind inflation......"
" salaries and wages
rose 2.4%
in the first three months
of the year
while inflation rose 4.3%"
"the economy still
is not producing
enough jobs..... "
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u know i hate
the sour blah blah blah
i'm the last guy
to say the worse it gets the better it gets
i'm a day by day player
win as much now as you can...
if not
i'd join one of those
red moon rising
social catastrophe klubs
hence
this bush miller's recovery
keeps
me feeling shit faced
as this new world wage order
evolves
top world wagery
seems to move forward only
to the next cataract
periods of level or rising real wages?
a fond memory
shared among
the bald fatso's
only
down at the local tavern
"fuck its barely
VICTORIAN
around here these days"
THE DYNAMICS WE'RE INTO HERE ?
" LIKE RUNNING BACKWARDS
INTO YER OWN FARTS "
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job dynamics
280 k net jobble growth
banner numbers...?
bull shit
given the stage
of the cycle .......
thats fuckin barely normal
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la times:
a mixed bag
bad :
"Jobs were added
in
every sector
except
the long-battered
manufacturing field "
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thats like saying
i feels good
every where but in my dick -------------
but to the good:
" The average workweek expanded
to 33.9 hours
the highest since 2001 "
and....
"The unemployment rate
remained at 5.2%..."
why good
" The rate didn't fall
because many jobless people
resumed their job hunts"
------------ key turn around moment
from a ghastly trend.... ------------------
" The percentage of people
who stopped looking
for work
hit a 17-year high
in January "
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---------- but here's the geeter meter ------------------
" three or Four years
into
a normal economic recovery
we should be adding
about 300,000 jobs a month"
" job growth
has averaged 181,000
a month
over the last 12 months....
not nearly enough
to absorb new entrants
while e re absorbing
those recently laid off "
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May 06, 2005
personal service contract
how bad is it that
almost all of us
( 6 out of 7 )
negotiate our wage
per hour alone ?
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use to be said the whole of us have a limit
a social wage fund
and the more some get the less for the rest
later came the idea
theres a certain
ratio between
jobbled and jobless
and attempts to go beyond
that ratio
spelled price spiral doom
as wages chase prices up the stairs
the two concepts
are closely related
according
to the lady eve
but heres the pisser of pissers
we can segment ourselves
from the global system
yup
kick the capital flight calaboose
just
drop the dollar
and keep on droppin it
much much further then we have
eve sez
orged wagery
oughta be calling
for three things
wage min max
and hour max min
and
for closin the trade gap
forget the fuckin
federal budget gap
thats aces
as to point three
todays belated topic
we oughta
just call for the imperial dollar
to do the heavy work involved
the old comparative advantage shit is dead
machines make there own conditions
factories operate the same world wide
we have no reason to import
any thing we don't choose to
until we have the exports to swap for em
till we're
beyond the advantages
of domestic scale
or can't reach em before cost per unit turn north
this is exageration but not foolishness
and far closer to reality then ricardo's
old port for wheat parables
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as to my up top question
again i turn to eve
about 80 % across the board
for the lower range
6 bucks to 8
stepping down as we go up
to 30% at 20 per hour
if we cut the top progressively
ie
50 per hour and up
and hold the middle income
20-50 per hour
to a 10- 20 % range
all social cap raised out of a vat
profits or losses per firm
would marketeer out
to each outfits
position
along the industry and innovation gap
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more walton empire shit
i know
i'm just goin round
and round here
but i can't stop
its like the gillions
of hacked up clip-ings
of john lenon
on that wacho
that shot him's
toilet seat
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With most of Wal-Mart's workers
earning less than $19,000 a year
a number of community groups
and lawmakers have recently teamed up
with labor unions
in mounting an intensive campaign
aimed at prodding Wal-Mart
into paying
its 1.3 million employees higher wages
"Wal-Mart is doing the polar opposite
of Henry Ford
Wal-Mart brags about how
its low prices help poor Americans
but its low wages are helping
increase the number
of Americans in poverty.
Is It a Living?
retailers with narrow profit margins
face a different competitive situation
and cannot afford to be as generous
to their workers
as automakers
and other capital-intensive companies.
Many of those assailing Wal-Mart
argue that the company can
and should, pay its workers
at least $2 more an hour
and add $1 or $2 an hour
beyond that to improve
its health benefits
A Harvard Business School study
found that Wal-Mart paid $3,500 a year
for each employee for health care
while the typical American corporation
paid $5,600.
If Wal-Mart spent $3.50 an hour more
for wages and benefits
of its full-time employees
that would cost the company
about $6.5 billion a year
At less than 3 percent
of its sales in the United States
critics say
Wal-Mart could absorb these costs
by slightly raising its prices
or accepting somewhat lower profits
Wal-Mart had a profit margin
on sales last year
of around 3.5 percent.
( $10 billion in profit
on about $288 billion in sales)
Wal-Mart argues
that, as retailing companies go
it treats its workers
better than average
It says 74 percent
of its employees work full time
compared with fewer than 40 percent
at many other retailers
But critics note that a leading competitor
Costco, pays $16 an hour
- 65 percent more than the average wage
at Wal-Mart stores
and 33 percent
more than the $12 average
at its Sam's Club stores
At Costco, 82 percent of the workers
are covered by company health insurance
compared with 48 percent at Wal-Mart
"Retail has always paid poorly
and it probably always will,"
"Wal-Mart has a responsibility
to serve their customers
to give them a good product
and to their shareholders
They don't have a responsibility
to society to pay
a higher wage
than the law says you have to pay."
"Wal-Mart's turnover
will be close to
half a million workers this year,
"
"By paying higher wages
Wal-Mart will make
its employees happier
and will reduce turnover
A lot of its new workers
don't know where to stock things
Higher wages will mean
more productivity per person
and that should help raise profits."
A new group of Wal-Mart critics
ran a full-page advertisement
on April 20 contending
that the company's low pay
had forced tens of thousands
of its workers to resort
to food stamps and Medicaid
costing taxpayers billions of dollars
in a book to be published this fall
a group of scholars
will argue that Wal-Mart Stores
having replaced General Motors
as the nation's largest company
has an obligation
to treat its employees better.
Among workers at Wal-Mart's
3,700 stores across the United States
the debate is also heating up.
Labor groups and their allies
are focusing on Wal-Mart
because they say that
the campaign will not just benefit
its workers but also reduce
the existing pressure
on unionized competitors
to reduce their own wages and benefits.
"Wal-Mart should pay people
at a minimum enough
to go above the U.S. poverty line,"
"A company this big
and this wealthy
has the ability to pay higher wages."
Wal-Mart says its full-time workers average $9.68 an hour
and with many of them working
35 hours a week
their annual pay comes to
around $17,600
. That is below the $19,157 poverty line
for a family of four
but above the $15,219 line
for a family of three.
Wal-Mart critics often note that corporations like Ford and G.M. led a race to the top, providing high wages and generous benefits that other companies emulated. They ask why
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trumka vision is tunnel vision
here's our trumka-rd ....
a real player
these days
tiltin
with the tower titans
shadows no less
from mine shaft
to ass shaft
today
trumpee's bent over
to receive the full load
===============================================
Richard Trumka
a third-generation coalminer
------------
god bless ya for yer back ground richie
and
may yer ancestors
please forgive me
for what you are about to receive ----------------------
trumka
directs
afl xxx
" strategy
towards US business"
------------------------------ notice "strategy"
thats
a nice wordthat
especially good
to use
when you're taking
a vicious beating
it sez
things were planned that way ---------------------
trumka is sitting in
the gloomy half-light
of an office
that should offer
one of Washington's
best views
of the White House
"I'm not opening
the window blind again
until that man
is out of office,"
he says
jabbing at a
"W Is For Weasel" placard
------------------ "that man " .....impressive ---------------------
in spite of plunging
membership
and
a hostile political climate
US trade unionists
have gained a knack
for getting their voice
heard
------------ heard by who
and to what end
-------------
From Social Security reform
to trade with China
the AFL-CIO
is playing
an important role
in increasingly mainstream
battles.
----------------
sez who ?
important on what?
important as a fifth rube wheel
on winning coaches
and on the losers?
who fuckin cares....---------------------
In campaigns
such as those against
Wal-Mart
or
excessive executive pay
past setbacks
have encouraged
a change of tactics:
targeting customers
and investors
rather than tackling
big companies head-on
------------- see where
this vallentine's comin from ?
when the press makes a pass at ya like this
saying yer scorin points
makin the tower boys ouch
best watch yer ass trum-kabble
wall street's behind it all
message clear
" don't throw us in the briar patch trum trum " ------------------
scarce resources
have been spent
on political
campaigns
causeing internal criticism
particularly
from rebels
who would prefer
to see John Sweeney
AFL-
CIO president
spend more on recruiting
------------------
but thats tough going
----------------
-------------------------------------------------------------
anti-
capitalist guerrilla tactics
mark the campaign against
Wal-Mart.
----------------------------- what none sense
"this be peoples war agin the walton empire" -------------------
Unions have long struggled
to gain a foothold
in wal mart's
North American stores
but
Whenever they come close
retaliation
from the retailer's head office
has been
swift and devastating
So instead of focusing
on recruitment
unions have
formed
a coalition
of environmentalists
and community
groups
to oppose almost everything
the company does
from new store openings
to procurement
and
hiring
practices
-------------------------- hit em where they ain't ------------------
Trumka :
"Wal-Mart is much more
than just an
organising drive"
-------------- and much less too -----------------
Trumka:
" The Wal-Mart model
is a threat to
the American way of life."
---------------------------- what ? -----------------------
Even the labour department
seems alarmed
---------------------- MORE BRIAR PATCH ------------------
Government
regulators recently
launched
a crack-down
on union
financing
driven
by a desire
to see unions
held accountable
for
campaigns
where members interests
are
not obviously directly involved
--------------------------------------------------
some campaigns have finally
begun to resonate
among a wider audience
----------- really ?
read on and see -----------------
Last year
union petitions
on Chinese currency
manipulation
and factory working conditions
were
rejected by the government
within hours of being filed
------------------ right strike out number one -------------------
This year
the unions have supported
a cross-party
congressional effort
to tackle the trade deficit
----------------------- and ? -------------------------
Trumka:
"People call me protectionist
and I say:
that's right
protecting the American worker
What's wrong with
that?"
Union success on China
-------------what success?
they lost big time ---------------
matched in executive pay
union pension funds
are used to advocate
corporate governance reform
by tabling votes
at company
annual meetings
Last year
they won 34 proposals
on
pay
this year they have filed
more than 140
-------------- great where's the wagery's win here? -------------
Executive pay
is still rising
now about 300 times
that of average workers
-----------------so no win second strike out
not even a hit for
the stock rubes ---------
but the unions
have sought to
convince
other investors
of a shared interest
in
linking pay to performance
----------- complete
ffth wheel shit
grab some pine bat boy --------------------
Trumka :
"Excessive pay
is often a warning
to
all shareholders
that the management
is out of
control".
------------------------------- wond-er-fuli
i bet the stock rubes
really needed to hear that Rich -------------
Many campaigns may fail
----------------------- yup thats for fuck sure ---------------------
but that
does not make them
a failure
------------ oh no ? ----------------------------
in the grand scheme
------------ grand scheme eh
we're pretty far
from the coal face
now aren't we
richie me boy ------------
the impetus
comes from the battle
for the next presidential election
--------------- what ? --------------------
Trumka:
"We need a permanent
mobilisation effort
not just
on- and-off campaigns,"
---------------- reminds me
of goebles
screaming into the radio microphone
after the surrender at stalingrad
"now its total war "
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May 05, 2005
may five
no word from puebla in months
well
no official word any way ...
======================================
ya
here it comes round to the day
that put puebla
on the struggle map ...
and
whats up with team chig?
all i can say publically
is
" he no dead amigo "
May 03, 2005
el swino oinks
heres another paper salvo
from johnny trough meister
the july pig fest approaches
and boss hog braces
for the gauntlet
of wet noodles
he'l have to run
formed by "the fab five"
================================
la times april 29 2005
"Hoping to blunt criticism
from dissidents
in the labor
movement
AFL-CIO President John J. Sweeney
on Thursday
proposed pouring
additional funding
into organizing and
politics"
"The federation would pay
for it
by laying off as many
as one-fourth
of its 420 staff members
and eliminating
some departments"
---------
jesus mike and andy
100 plus
lay offs
all at once
off the top?
at the klown pound ?
lets figure
50k a pop
thats only 5 mill
so it must be
100k a pop
geezs
ya plan on
throwin'
out a lot a gold teeth
there sweenzo -----------------
------- butt fuck -----------
"the plan wasn't enough
to
satisfy the presidents
of the five major unions
that have
openly challenged
Sweeney's leadership"
"the five presidents :
from
the Teamsters
the Laborers
the United Food
and
Commercial Workers
the Service Employees
International Union
and
Unite Here
complained
of
"many unanswered questions"
" John Wilhelm
president
of the hospitality division
for
Unite Here
(and rumored to be
after Sweeney's
job)
said the proposal :
"is verbally
embracing
the call for change....
without changing
anything.....
That's the style
of this administration."
-------- hey
he's got my vote..
for
peanut brittle mouth anyway ....-----------------
"Sweeney stil plans
to run for reelection in July"
------- god love ya johnny
i hope they castrate ya ---------------
" questions
of financial mismanagement
are
being raised"
-------- dum dee dum dum ----------------
"A document obtained
from
one of the five unions
claimed that internal audits
show
that under Sweeney
"the AFL-CIO
has spent itself
into the sewer "
and this is
even as its income has grown
(mainly
through commissions
on union credit cards)"
"Sweeney would increase
the federation's organizing fund
by $10 million
to $22.5 million"
" About $15 million
of that would be in dues
rebates
to national unions
with strategic organizing
plans"
"Sweeney also would add
$7.5 million to political
efforts
mainly educating
union members
about issues
and mobilizing them to vote"
------ is that 17.5 mill in toto
from lay offs?
now we're talkin
more then 150 k per copy -----------------
"the new plan
would still
leave
campaign politics
with nearly twice
as much funding
as
job site organizing "
------- no comment -----------
-----------------------------
------- heres a reporter with a decent take
check out
his end -quote
last grab ----------------
"From talking
to peers in my circle
we figure we've got
eight to 10
years of a career left
After that
we'd better retire
because
we won't have anything
left to do "
-------- he's quoting a guy
who earns his keep
by fucking over
union organizing
drives
for corporate amerika--------
bye bye
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May 01, 2005
may day
face the music klass
and kick up hard
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