I am currently fighting fires in northern California. SO while I'm away, take a look at this article. Seems like we were ahead of ourselves with this knowledge!
http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2014/08/06/lawrence-odonnell-wall-street-figured-out-that-income-inequality-is-bad-for-wall-street/
Another article for consideration that shows Canada labor is in the lead again!
http://unifor.org/en/whats-new/news/bombardier-workers-stand-young-workers
Here's another article to get your blood boiling.
http://minnesota.cbslocal.com/2014/08/05/minn-restaurant-charging-customers-minimum-wage-fee/
(my wife is taking care of the blog while I am away)
Here's an AP photo of me and my chief, Theresa Carroll, fighting one of the big fires in Northern California:
http://www.apimages.com/metadata/Index/Western-Wildfires/e4d26fd159b8474b9200acc309a98915/44/0
For more fire photos, some with my fellow MCVFC firefighters:
http://www.apimages.com/Search?query=western+fires&ss=10&st=kw&entitysearch&toItem=15&orderBy=Newest
Unions’ long game is to get all union contracts to expire on the same day nationwide. The United Auto Workers combines contracts ends on April 28, 2028. This could then result in a mass national strike starting on May Day beeginning that year. This could then put enormous pressure on employers, but also on lawmakers. It’s the muscle and sweat of the workers that keeps this country great, not the individual company or corporations. This May Day strike would be the time to change the workers’ world for the better by negotiating for a 32-hour week with the same pay, and the U.S. adopts a healthcare for all with no out of pocket costs. This would also help the employers as they would no longer have to provide healthcare. By striking, the UAW won same pay for new workers, all UAW contracts will end on the same date, a 25-percent pay increase, a cost of living adjustments, a guaranteed right to strike over potential plant closures, and also the right to vote to unionize through the card che
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