Friday, May 24, 2013
Thursday, May 23, 2013
Today in Labor History
May 23 -- Union Communications Services, Inc.
An estimated 100,000 textile workers, including more than 10,000 children, strike in the Philadelphia area. Among the issues: 60-hour workweeks, including night hours, for the children - 1903
The
Battle of Toledo begins today: a five-day running battle between
roughly 6,000 strikers at the Electric Auto-Lite company of Toledo,
Ohio, and 1,300 members of the Ohio National Guard. Two strikers died
and more than 200 were injured. The battle began in the sixth week of
what ultimately became a successful two-month fight for union
recognition and higher pay. One guardsman told a Toledo Blade reporter: "Our high school graduation is ... tonight and we were supposed to be getting our diplomas” – 1934
U.S. railroad strike starts, later crushed when President Truman threatens to draft strikers - 1946
The Granite Cutters Int’l Association of America merges with Tile, Marble, Terrazzo, Finishers & Shopmen, which five years later merged into the Carpenters - 1983
An estimated 100,000 textile workers, including more than 10,000 children, strike in the Philadelphia area. Among the issues: 60-hour workweeks, including night hours, for the children - 1903
The
Battle of Toledo begins today: a five-day running battle between
roughly 6,000 strikers at the Electric Auto-Lite company of Toledo,
Ohio, and 1,300 members of the Ohio National Guard. Two strikers died
and more than 200 were injured. The battle began in the sixth week of
what ultimately became a successful two-month fight for union
recognition and higher pay. One guardsman told a Toledo Blade reporter: "Our high school graduation is ... tonight and we were supposed to be getting our diplomas” – 1934U.S. railroad strike starts, later crushed when President Truman threatens to draft strikers - 1946
The Granite Cutters Int’l Association of America merges with Tile, Marble, Terrazzo, Finishers & Shopmen, which five years later merged into the Carpenters - 1983
Thursday Night in the Blogosphere
Downtown Los Angeles
Daily Mail publisher's print revenues slide - The Guardian
Acorn newspapers launch free photo blog - Camarillo Acorn
SF Chronicle gets new publisher Jeffrey Johnson - SF Chronicle
82 Years Ago, an Electric Newspaper is Unveiled - Newspaper Alum
Broward may be Koch brothers’ own ‘deal from hell' - Miami Herald
GE Says: Thanks for the Profits, Your Job is Gone - Broadcast Union News
Andrew Davis would help Warren Buffett save newspaper industry - Romenesko
Woman delivering newspapers run over three times by her own car - The Record
LA Times Community News Reinstates Managing Editor Position - Fishbowl LA
Wednesday, May 22, 2013
Today in Labor History
May 22 -- Union Communications Services, Inc.
Eugene V. Debs imprisoned in Woodstock, Ill., for role in Pullman strike - 1895
(The Bending Cross: A Biography of Eugene V. Debs: Eugene V. Debs was a labor activist in the late 19th and early 20th centuries who captured the heart and soul of the nation’s working people. He was brilliant, sincere, compassionate and scrupulously honest. A founder of one of the nation’s first industrial unions, the American Railway Union, he went on to help launch the Industrial Workers of the World -- the Wobblies. A man of firm beliefs and dedication, he ran for President of the United States five times under the banner of the Socialist Party, in 1912 earning 6 percent of the popular vote.)
While white locomotive firemen on the Georgia Railroad strike, blacks who are hired as replacements are whipped and stoned—not by the union men, but by white citizens outraged that blacks are being hired over whites. The Engineers union threatens to stop work because their members are being affected by the violence - 1909
Civil Service Retirement Act of 1920 gives federal workers a pension - 1920
President Lyndon B. Johnson announces the goals of his Great Society social reforms: to bring “an end to poverty and racial injustice” in America - 1964
Eugene V. Debs imprisoned in Woodstock, Ill., for role in Pullman strike - 1895
(The Bending Cross: A Biography of Eugene V. Debs: Eugene V. Debs was a labor activist in the late 19th and early 20th centuries who captured the heart and soul of the nation’s working people. He was brilliant, sincere, compassionate and scrupulously honest. A founder of one of the nation’s first industrial unions, the American Railway Union, he went on to help launch the Industrial Workers of the World -- the Wobblies. A man of firm beliefs and dedication, he ran for President of the United States five times under the banner of the Socialist Party, in 1912 earning 6 percent of the popular vote.)
While white locomotive firemen on the Georgia Railroad strike, blacks who are hired as replacements are whipped and stoned—not by the union men, but by white citizens outraged that blacks are being hired over whites. The Engineers union threatens to stop work because their members are being affected by the violence - 1909
Civil Service Retirement Act of 1920 gives federal workers a pension - 1920
President Lyndon B. Johnson announces the goals of his Great Society social reforms: to bring “an end to poverty and racial injustice” in America - 1964
Alice in Cooperland playing in Fullerton, CA. June 1st
Friends please support my friend Larry Cornwall, next Saturday at the Slidebar, his Alice in Cooperland band will be rocking a FREE ALL AGES day show at 4PM in the outside patio. It's a killer place with great food and atmosphere.
Come out have lunch soak some suds and Rock out the "The most AMAZING tribute SHOW....ever.
They're bringing the guillotine the girls the ghouls the kitchen sink. It's a very fun show and you WILL know most if not all of these classic ALICE COOPER songs.
Big fun SUPPORT LIVE MUSIC.
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Tuesday, May 21, 2013
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Tuesday Morning in the Blogosphere
State Assembly candidate Jeff Ebenstein
A Talk With MarÃa Elena Durazo, Part 2 - Steven Mikulan
Warren Buffett is investing in newspapers. Should you? - NPR
How director Shapiro kowtowed to a Koch brother - Gannett Blog
Border newspaper stops covering cartels after repeated attacks - Poynter
Newspaper industry experiences many changes during 150 years - WDN
Koch brothers acquiring Tribune newspapers? I’d bet against it - Poynter
Latest Register Hires Share Maryland Newspaper Connection - Fishbowl LA
New press regulation could kill local newspapers, say publishers - The Times
Washington Post copy editor Bill Walsh’s bike-cam video goes viral - Romenesko
New York Times CEO Lauds Digital Pay Model in Columbia Address - Bloomberg
Monday, May 20, 2013
Pledge to vote for Eric Garcetti for Mayor
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Vote Eric Garcetti Mayor of Los Angeles 2013
Olivia Rubio
At Eagle Rock connecting with voters my favorite call of the day was the EG supporter that said " Eric para mi es el mejor para ser Nuestro alcalde"
(English translation: "For me Eric is the best to be our Mayor")
A solid yes! Makes my day!
Go Team Garcetti! —
Today in Labor History
May 20 -- Union Communications Services, Inc. 
The Railway Labor Act takes effect today. It is the first federal legislation protecting workers’ rights to form unions - 1926
(Understanding the Railway Labor Act: The title of this book says it all. Wilner is the ultimate authority on labor-management relations in the railroad industry. His latest book is incredibly helpful to those seeking to learn more about rail labor history, the mechanics of rail labor law, and how railroads and their multiple unions bargain collectively under the RLA's provisions. It is hugely helpful as well to those familiar with the RLA but seeking a reference work providing greater detail on the law's provisions and how they impact negotiations at the national and local levels.)
Some 9,000 rubber workers strike in Akron, Ohio - 1933
Some 9,000 rubber workers strike in Akron, Ohio - 1933
The Railway Labor Act takes effect today. It is the first federal legislation protecting workers’ rights to form unions - 1926
(Understanding the Railway Labor Act: The title of this book says it all. Wilner is the ultimate authority on labor-management relations in the railroad industry. His latest book is incredibly helpful to those seeking to learn more about rail labor history, the mechanics of rail labor law, and how railroads and their multiple unions bargain collectively under the RLA's provisions. It is hugely helpful as well to those familiar with the RLA but seeking a reference work providing greater detail on the law's provisions and how they impact negotiations at the national and local levels.)
Some 9,000 rubber workers strike in Akron, Ohio - 1933
Some 9,000 rubber workers strike in Akron, Ohio - 1933
Sunday, May 19, 2013
Eric Garcetti for Mayor of Los Angeles 2013
An
excited crowd of Eagle Rock volunteers called voters reminding them to
vote may 21st and sharing their stories for supporting Garcetti for
Mayor. After some spirited words by Eric, Emmanuel and Jimmy Eagle Rock
strikes a "V" for Victory!
Vote May 21st Garcetti for Mayor!
Vote May 21st Garcetti for Mayor!
Saturday, May 18, 2013
Applying for Food Stamps - Los Angeles County
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Friday, May 17, 2013
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100 Hours - Eric Garcetti for Mayor of Los Angeles 2013
In just under 100 hours
from now, the polls will close.
The votes will be cast.
The pollworkers will pack up and start shipping the ballots
downtown to be counted.
A new mayor will have been selected by the voters of Los Angeles
and we will eagerly await the final results.
And this race will be a very close one.
You have been the most incredible group of dedicated volunteers -
thousands of Angelenos who believe that our best days are still ahead
of us and who donated so much time.
You know who I am - someone who has been focused for 12 years on
neighborhood turnaround, a legislator who has written
nationally-recognized initiatives to improve the quality of life for
LA residents, and a public servant who has made the tough choices
necessary to be an effective and independent leader.
This has always been a people-powered campaign and that people
power has never been more important than over the next 100 hours.
Finally, thank you for being alongside me on this journey. It has
been an honor, a privilege, and the best experience of my life.
With deep gratitude,
Eric
Los Angeles, CA, United States
St. Nicholas Orthodox Cathedral Men's Fellowship
St.
Nicholas Orthodox Cathedral Men's Fellowship is proud to announce Dad's
FAMILY Night with special guests Motivational Speaker and Vietnam
Veteran Bob "Mr. Inspiration" Wieland, Hollywood Stuntman, speaker and
author Sammy Maloof and Singer/ Songwriter Janeen Ferdinand.
Join us for an unforgettable evening of dinner, fellowship, music, prizes, raffles and life-changing TESTIMONY! This event / dinner will take place in the St. Nicholas Heritage Hall at 2300 W. 3rd Street, Los Angeles CA 90057.
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Today in Labor History
May 17 -- Union Communications Services, Inc.
First women’s anti-slavery conference, Philadelphia - 1838
Supreme Court outlaws segregation in public schools - 1954
Twelve Starbucks baristas in a midtown Manhattan store, declaring they couldn’t live on $7.75 an hour, signed cards
demanding
representation by the Industrial Workers of the World, or Wobblies.
Management roadblocks continue to deny the workers their union to this
day -
Supreme Court outlaws segregation in public schools - 1954 ~De
Brown v. Board of Education, 347 U.S. 483 (1954), was a landmark United States Supreme Court case in which the Court declared state laws establishing separate public schools for black and white students unconstitutional. The decision overturned the Plessy v. Ferguson decision of 1896 which allowed state-sponsored segregation. Handed down on May 17, 1954, the Warren Court's unanimous (9–0) decision stated that "separate educational facilities are inherently unequal." As a result, de jure racial segregation was ruled a violation of the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment of the United States Constitution. This ruling paved the way for integration and was a major victory of the civil rights movement.
First women’s anti-slavery conference, Philadelphia - 1838
Supreme Court outlaws segregation in public schools - 1954
Twelve Starbucks baristas in a midtown Manhattan store, declaring they couldn’t live on $7.75 an hour, signed cards
demanding
representation by the Industrial Workers of the World, or Wobblies.
Management roadblocks continue to deny the workers their union to this
day -Working Class Heroes -- via -- www.unionist.com
Supreme Court outlaws segregation in public schools - 1954 ~De
Brown v. Board of Education, 347 U.S. 483 (1954), was a landmark United States Supreme Court case in which the Court declared state laws establishing separate public schools for black and white students unconstitutional. The decision overturned the Plessy v. Ferguson decision of 1896 which allowed state-sponsored segregation. Handed down on May 17, 1954, the Warren Court's unanimous (9–0) decision stated that "separate educational facilities are inherently unequal." As a result, de jure racial segregation was ruled a violation of the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment of the United States Constitution. This ruling paved the way for integration and was a major victory of the civil rights movement.
Thursday, May 16, 2013
Thursday Night in the Blogosphere
George Maloof enters closet to avoid reporters - SI.com
Washington Post Co. shuts 2 Maryland papers - Poynter
Activists turn to Indiegogo to buy Tribune's newspapers - Crain's
New site aims to be ‘a smarter version of MediaBistro’ - Romenesko
What ailing newspapers can learn from themselves - The Media Online
The old days of newspapers are gone, but the characters remain - The Province
Consumers rely on newspapers making purchasing decisions - El Dorado Spring
Honda Workers Become Latest Victims of Enterprise Zone - CA Labor Federation
How To Jail More People And Make More Money For The State - Advice Goddess
The Wave endorses Garcetti - Los Angeles Wave: Editorials
The Wave endorses Garcetti - Los Angeles Wave: Editorials: The Los Angeles Wave endorses City Councilman Eric Garcetti for mayor in next Tuesday’s mayoral election.
Free The Press, Buy The Tribune Company
Infamous right-wing billionaires Rupert Murdoch and the Koch Brothers
are threatening to buy the Tribune Company, which publishes the Los
Angeles Times and the Chicago Tribune. Enough - let's buy the Tribune
Company ourselves, and free the press.''
Free The Press, Buy The Tribune Company
Today in Labor History
May 16 - Union Communications Services, Inc. Minneapolis general strike backs Teamsters, who are striking most of the city’s trucking companies - 1934
U.S. Supreme Court issues Mackay decision, which permits the permanent replacement of striking workers. The decision had little impact until Ronald Regan’s replacement of striking air traffic controllers (PATCO) in 1981, a move that signaled anti-union private sector employers that it was OK to do likewise - 1938
Black labor leader and peace activist A. Philip Randolph dies. He was president of the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters and first black on the AFL-CIO executive board, and a principal organizer of the 1963 March on Washington - 1979
Working Class Heroes -- via -- www.unionist.com
U.S. Supreme Court issues Mackay decision, which permits the permanent replacement of striking workers. The decision had little impact until Ronald Regan’s replacement of striking air traffic controllers (PATCO) in 1981, a move that signaled anti-union private sector employers that it was OK to do likewise - 1938 ~De
NLRB v. Mackay Radio & Telegraph Co. 304 U.S. 333 (1938) is a 7-0 decision by the United States Supreme Court which held that workers who strike remain employees for the purposes of the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA). The Court granted the relief sought by the National Labor Relations Board, which sought to have the workers reinstated by the employer. However, the decision is much better known today for its obiter dicta in which the Court said that an employer may hire strikebreakers and is not bound to discharge any of them if or when the strike ends.
The Mackay doctrine, as the striker replacement portion of the ruling is known, is one of the most significant Supreme Court rulings in American labor law, and has defined collective bargaining in the United States since its publication. "Mackay Radio was more than a decision that provided an instrumental method for a firm to replace economic strikers and to resist their return to employment after a strike. It was also a decision that established important practices that constituted the conduct of union-management bargaining during the post-New Deal Era."
The ruling is also highly controversial, even 70 years later. It is strongly and uniformly condemned by labor unions, and resolutely defended by employers. In the legal community, however, "the doctrine continues to provoke the notice and the nearly universal condemnation of scholars."
Mackay Radio has had a significant impact on collective bargaining and labor relations in the United States. As several legal scholars and others have noted, the decision makes the "United States... almost alone in the world in allowing permanent replacement of workers who exercise the right to strike."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NLRB_v._Mackay_Radio_%26_Telegraph_Co.
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Thursday Morning in the Blogosphere
LA City Attorney candidate Mike Feuer with LA Times Pressman Charles Laird
Selling ads by time, not space - Jeff Jarvis
Newspapers' only hope? Quality - Fortune
Protest of L.A. Times Sale to the Koch Brothers - LA Weekly
Desperate “Times” at Anti-Koch Brothers Rally - Frying Pan News
Merc puts its building up for sale - San Fransisco Peninsula Press Club
Hundreds protest possible Koch acquisition of Tribune papers - Poynter
Why newspapers matter to newspaper people - The Eatonton Messenger
Possible Sale of LA Times to Koch Brothers Sparks Protest - Fishbowl LA
Evening Sun in Hanover will move to three-day-a-week publication - Penn Live
UK's Sun to introduce paywall for online content..will people pay? - Editors Weblog
Wednesday, May 15, 2013
Tribune CEO responds to Koch brothers 'noise'
From: Peter Liguori
Sent: Wednesday, May 15, 2013 1:02 PM
Subject: Our strategic review process
There's been a lot of noise recently about the possible sale of our newspapers and speculation on who the interested parties might be. From the get go, such speculation has been and is premature. A sale transaction is only one of our possible strategic options, and there are many others.
Such speculation is understandable, as over the past several weeks we have received a great deal of unsolicited interest in our publishing businesses, which says a lot about the strength of our brands, the outstanding journalism you deliver, and the talent and dedication of each of you.
I’ve promised that we will be as transparent as possible about the strategic review, so I want to get you up to speed on where we are now.
First and most important, thanks to your hard work and innovation, our newspapers are performing well and we’re ahead of our 2013 financial plan. We’re delivering compelling journalism, which drives readership, circulation and advertising. Our sales force’s creative, performance-oriented advertising programs are delivering results that are above expectations. Finally, we’re engaged in thoughtful, efficient business practices and managing our publishing operations better than ever.
As we’ve discussed at our employee town hall meetings, we will continue exploring all strategic options to maximize shareholder value, including retaining and operating our publishing assets. The process is ongoing and no decision to sell our publishing assets is imminent.
An important element in maximizing value, of course, is continuing to do the incredible job you’ve been doing since the start of the year—delivering great content, expanding our reach, and developing new products. The Board of Directors and the leadership team is extremely grateful for everything you’ve enabled us to accomplish so far.
Thank you.
Peter
SOURCE: LAObserved
Sent: Wednesday, May 15, 2013 1:02 PM
Subject: Our strategic review process
There's been a lot of noise recently about the possible sale of our newspapers and speculation on who the interested parties might be. From the get go, such speculation has been and is premature. A sale transaction is only one of our possible strategic options, and there are many others.
Such speculation is understandable, as over the past several weeks we have received a great deal of unsolicited interest in our publishing businesses, which says a lot about the strength of our brands, the outstanding journalism you deliver, and the talent and dedication of each of you.
I’ve promised that we will be as transparent as possible about the strategic review, so I want to get you up to speed on where we are now.
First and most important, thanks to your hard work and innovation, our newspapers are performing well and we’re ahead of our 2013 financial plan. We’re delivering compelling journalism, which drives readership, circulation and advertising. Our sales force’s creative, performance-oriented advertising programs are delivering results that are above expectations. Finally, we’re engaged in thoughtful, efficient business practices and managing our publishing operations better than ever.
As we’ve discussed at our employee town hall meetings, we will continue exploring all strategic options to maximize shareholder value, including retaining and operating our publishing assets. The process is ongoing and no decision to sell our publishing assets is imminent.
An important element in maximizing value, of course, is continuing to do the incredible job you’ve been doing since the start of the year—delivering great content, expanding our reach, and developing new products. The Board of Directors and the leadership team is extremely grateful for everything you’ve enabled us to accomplish so far.
Thank you.
Peter
SOURCE: LAObserved
Mike Bonin on Eric's position on LAX Modernization
Everybody agrees on nearly all of the proposals - improving the
terminals, bringing light rail to LAX, and building a consolidated car
rental facility. Eric wants to move forward on these important projects
as quickly as possible to create more jobs now, increase safety, relieve
traffic, reduce pollution and improve the experience for passengers,
workers and residents. Alt 2 contains all these projects, is the
environmentally superior option, and won't increase traffic by
disrupting Lincoln Blvd.
Today in Labor History
May 15 -- Union Communications Services, Inc.
U.S. Supreme Court rules in favor of Samuel Gompers and other union leaders for supporting a boycott at the Buck Stove and Range Co. in St. Louis, where workers were striking for a 9-hour day. A lower court had forbidden the boycott and sentenced the unionists to prison for refusing to obey the judge’s anti-boycott injunction - 1906
The Library Employees’ Union is founded in New York City, the first union of public library workers in the United States. A major focus of the union was the inferior status of women library workers and their low salaries - 1917
(Unions for Beginners: Written and profusely illustrated in a user-friendly, accessible style, Unions for Beginners lays down a simple presentation of the colorful epic story of the struggle of working people to rise from lives dominated by toil and underpaid work to becoming full-fledged participants in the American dream they helped to build. Unions for Beginners presents the history of unions and the labor movement, the principles underlying union organizing, the decline of unions in the shadow of the rising corporate state, and the resurgence in the 21st century of union activism.)
The first labor bank opens in Washington, D.C., launched by officers of the Machinists. The Locomotive Engineers opened a bank in Cleveland later that year - 1920
Death of IWW songwriter T-Bone Slim, New York City - 1942
Wall Street Journal reporter Jonathon Kwitney reports that AFL-CIO President George Meany, Secretary-Treasurer Lane Kirkland and other union officials are among the 60 leading stockholders in the 15,000-acre Punta Cana, Dominican Republic resort. When the partners needed help clearing the land, the Dominican president sent troops to forcibly evict stubborn, impoverished tobacco farmers and fishermen who had lived there for generations, according to Kwitney’s expose - 1973
U.S. Supreme Court rules in favor of Samuel Gompers and other union leaders for supporting a boycott at the Buck Stove and Range Co. in St. Louis, where workers were striking for a 9-hour day. A lower court had forbidden the boycott and sentenced the unionists to prison for refusing to obey the judge’s anti-boycott injunction - 1906
The Library Employees’ Union is founded in New York City, the first union of public library workers in the United States. A major focus of the union was the inferior status of women library workers and their low salaries - 1917
(Unions for Beginners: Written and profusely illustrated in a user-friendly, accessible style, Unions for Beginners lays down a simple presentation of the colorful epic story of the struggle of working people to rise from lives dominated by toil and underpaid work to becoming full-fledged participants in the American dream they helped to build. Unions for Beginners presents the history of unions and the labor movement, the principles underlying union organizing, the decline of unions in the shadow of the rising corporate state, and the resurgence in the 21st century of union activism.)
The first labor bank opens in Washington, D.C., launched by officers of the Machinists. The Locomotive Engineers opened a bank in Cleveland later that year - 1920
Death of IWW songwriter T-Bone Slim, New York City - 1942
Wall Street Journal reporter Jonathon Kwitney reports that AFL-CIO President George Meany, Secretary-Treasurer Lane Kirkland and other union officials are among the 60 leading stockholders in the 15,000-acre Punta Cana, Dominican Republic resort. When the partners needed help clearing the land, the Dominican president sent troops to forcibly evict stubborn, impoverished tobacco farmers and fishermen who had lived there for generations, according to Kwitney’s expose - 1973
Tuesday, May 14, 2013
Koch Brothers Protest
Koch Brothers Protest, a set on Flickr.
300 men and women staged a protest over the possible sale of the Tribune Company newspapers to the Koch Brothers.
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