Tuesday, April 30, 2013

Today in Labor History

April 30  --  Union Communications Services, Inc.

An explosion at the Everettville mine in Everettville, W. Va., kills 109 miners, many of whom lie in unmarked graves to this day - 1927

The Obama administration’s National Labor Relations Board implements new rules to speed up unionization elections. The new rules are largely seen as a counter to employer manipulation of the law to prevent workers from unionizing - 2012

 April 29 2013.04.29history-jacob-coxey

Coxey’s Army of 500 unemployed civil war veterans reaches Washington, D.C. - 1894

An estimated one thousand silver miners, angry over low wages, the firing of union members and the planting of spies in their ranks by mineowners, seize a train, load it with 3,000 pounds of dynamite, and blow up the mill at the Bunker Hill mine in Wardner, Idaho - 1899

The special representative of the National War Labor Board issues a report, “Retroactive Date for Women’s Pay Adjustments,” setting forth provisions for wage rates for women working in war industries who were asking for equal pay.  Women a year earlier had demanded equal pay for comparable work as that done by men - 1943

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Saturday, April 27, 2013

LA economy slowing down - LA Biz Observed

LA economy slowing down - LA Biz Observed

RACE TO HEAL HUNGER

Don't forget tonight's "RACE TO HEAL HUNGER" fundraiser for the Orange County Food Bank Saturday, April 27th from 7:00 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. at the Eurocar Showroom in Costa Mesa.
The special evening will include delicious delectables, live entertainment and live and silent auctions. Also, there is Stiletto Grand Prix, the high-heeled race among our female participants, which first appeared in 2011. www.ocfoodbank.org/race or by calling (714) 897-6670 ext. 5314.

Orange County Food Bank
11870 Monarch Street
Garden Grove, CA 92841
(714) 897-6670
(714) 894-5404 FAX
www.ocfoodbank.org

Saturday, April 27, 2013
Race to Heal Hunger Fundraiser
Pre-Race VIP Event: 6:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.
7:00 p.m. - 9:30 p.m.
$95 per ticket
Eurocar Showroom
2920 Red Hill Avenue
Costa Mesa, CA 92626
(714) 897-6670 ext. 5314
www.ocfoodbank.org/race
 

Youth photo exhibit

Please join us Sunday from 1 to 3 pm at the Museum of African American Art in the Crenshaw plaza on the third floor of Macy’s for the annual spring photo exhibit of the Links Pacific Chapter Arts Facet photography program in conjunction with (MPJI) Minority Photo/Journalism Institute featuring the photography work of the students that participate in that program. Please come out and support the youth of our community who in keeping with the slogan of MPJI “If you want to shoot somebody, pick up a camera”! Pickup cameras then shot and documented the beauty of life around them!

Thank you,
Instructor
-Iconic “history making” photojournalist Haywood Galbreath-
 
 

Friday, April 26, 2013

Good Grief: Who's Going to Cover LA News Now?


LA Media Reform Summit 2013


What’s the future of the Los Angeles Times and its news coverage as the paper’s parent company emerges from bankruptcy? Would a buyout by Rupert Murdoch's News Corp, the Koch Brothers or local investors strengthen the paper or improve its community service? And if the Times continues its decline or shuts down, how will Angelenos get their local news?

California Common Cause, the LA Media Reform Group, Occidental College's Urban and Environmental Policy Institute, the LA Progressive and MoveOn LA invite you to learn about this issue and how to create your own impact media.

When: Saturday, April 27, 2013; 1-5 p.m.; reception to follow
Where: Herrick Chapel, Occidental College (Directions).

You'll hear from: former FCC Commissioner Michael Copps * Media Matters, Vice President, Angelo Carusone * Huffington Post LA Reporter * Kathleen Miles * Tim Rutten, former LA Times Reporter * Host of KPFK’s Background Briefing, Ian Masters * Executive Director, Media Consortium, Jo Ellen Kaiser * Publisher of Truthdig, Zuade Kaufman * The Young Turks Producer and Co-Host, Ana Kasparin * LA Progressive Co-Founder, Sharon Kyle * and KCETLink Web Editor, Brian Frank.

View the full schedule here.

**BONUS EVENT: Our friends at MoveOn.org are hosting a screening of a new film by Robert Greenwald and Brave New Foundation entitled "War on Whistleblowers: Free Press and the National Security State" at Occidental College at 7:30 p.m. after the summit and reception. Sign up for film and get free admission to the summit, see below. RSVP here for film.

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Pearlstein: Tribune journalists should ‘lob a stink bomb’ into potential Koch bid

Pearlstein: Tribune journalists should ‘lob a stink bomb’ into potential Koch bid

For the MTA, the buck stops at Leimert Park - Native Intelligence

For the MTA, the buck stops at Leimert Park - Native Intelligence

The Future Begins - Eric Garcetti for Mayor

By J. Evert Jones and Olivia Rubio

Picture of the past:

Thousands of young, brilliant students, frustrated with the lack of opportunities in Los Angeles, relocate to other regions of the country for the professional and personal growth they are unable to see in the city.

July 1, the future begins.

Envision a city-wide program establishing one-stop job training and placement.  Young Angelenos, once disillusioned and restless, instead seek knowledge, counseling and other tools to shape and hone their talents.  Envision a new face to Los Angeles' workforce, equipped with the skills to navigate the competitive employment environment of today.  A different trend emerges.

Eric Garcetti, as new mayor of Los Angeles, expands one-stop job training placement centers at community colleges. Eric's pioneering of a Healthcare Career Ladder has created inroads to local employers to fill high-demand jobs in Los Angeles' healthcare industry,  an approach that now encompasses other core industries in the city.

Envision this future just weeks away.  A city with a new generation of Angelenos leading fulfilling lives and careers, contributing to a vibrant local economy.

Wednesday, April 24, 2013

More reactions to Politico’s ‘Turbulence at The Times’ story

More reactions to Politico’s ‘Turbulence at The Times’ story

Wednesday Afternoon in the Blogosphere

The Blogging Pressman meets the next Mayor of Los Angeles, Eric Garcetti


The editor of NYT is .... er, tough - Mark Lacter

Another view of the Koch brothers - Romenesko

Advance’s Express-Times will print in Staten Island - Poynter

Here's a transcript of the Q1 earnings conference - Gannett Blog

A Citizen Journalism Experiment Goes Off the Rails - Paul Gillin

Finally, the thing that will destroy the Koch brothers! - Philly.com

Looking for the Union Label in All the Right Places - Frying Pan News

The Wrap loses its publisher to rival Finke and Penske - Kevin Roderick

CEO is accused of stealing $500,000 from media company - Romenesko

NYT aims to boost revenue by excluding videos from paywall - Editor Weblog

Today in Labor History

April 24 - Union Communications Services, Inc. 2013.04.22history-Mumia-Abu-Jamal

The Int’l Longshoremen’s and Warehousemen’s Union halts shipping on the West Coast in solidarity with Mumia Abu-Jamal, a Philadelphia journalist who many believed was on death row because he was an outspoken African-American - 1999

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Victims of dangerous workplaces get way less attention than terrorism victims

The deadly explosion at the West, Texas, fertilizer plant killed at least 14 people and possibly many more, as 60 are missing. Eleven of those killed were first responders.

OSHA hadn't inspected the plant in 28 years. And in contrast to the massive response by law enforcement to the Boston Marathon bombings, only a handful of investigators from the ATF and the Chemical Safety Board were sent to West.

There's a vast difference in our response to deadly acts of terrorism and deadly acts of workplace negligence -- though an average of 13 people die every day in U.S. workplace accidents.

Richard Kim wrote a terrific piece in The Nation about it:
I didn’t know that as of Sunday, April 21, four days after the explosion, officials have confirmed fourteen deaths, eleven of whom were first responders, and that as many as sixty people remain missing. I didn’t know the name Jerry Chapman, 25, who volunteered with the Abbot Fire Company and who, according to his girlfriend Gina Rodriguez, was training to be an EMT. I didn’t know the name Cody Dragoo, 50, who was both an employee of the fertilizer plant and a West firefighter (the town has an all-volunteer force). And I had never heard of West firefighter Morris Bridges, 41, who lived just a few doors down from the facility and whose 18-year-old son Brent Bridges stood on the porch as the blast that killed his father blew out the windows of their home. 
I do know, however, the names and faces of Sean Collier, Krystle Campbell, Martin Richard and Lu Lingzhi. I know that Sean, 26, had been on the MIT police force for a little more than a year when he was allegedly shot by Tamerlan and Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, that Lu was a Chinese national studying at Boston University, that Krystle was a regular Boston Marathon watcher and that Martin was just 8 years old and had recently made a sign that read No More Hurting People Peace. I’ve seen the photo of him holding, with obvious pride and joy, those words drawn on a sheet of blue construction paper more than a dozen times. I can’t get away from it on Facebook, and when it shows up on my feed, I can’t look away. 
What separates these victims from one another? Surely not innocence, for they are all innocent, and they all deserve to be mourned. And yet the blunt and awful truth is that, as a nation, we pay orders of magnitude more attention to the victims of terrorism than we do to the over 4,500 Americans killed each year while on the job. As former Secretary of Labor Hilda Solis once put it, “Every day in America, thirteen people go to work and never come home.” Very little is ever said in public about the vast majority of these violent and unnecessary deaths. And even when a spectacular tragedy manages to capture our collective attention—as the West explosion briefly did, as the Upper Big Branch Mine disaster did three years before—it is inconceivable that such an event would be constituted as a permanent emergency of world-historic proportions.

MIT officer Sean Collier's memorial services

Local 25 Teamsters are locking arms today to block hate group disruptions of slain MIT officer Sean Collier's memorial services.

California NOW Falls in Behind Eric Garcetti

California NOW Falls in Behind Eric Garcetti

Housing Assistance for Veterans Information

Beyond Shelter has a new housing assistance program for Veterans, Supportive Services for Veteran Families (SSVF), and is looking for referrals of Veterans with housing problems (i.e. homeless or facing eviction), who, can benefit from a program offering short-term financial assistance and other supportive services designed to promote housing stability. Veteran families with children – whether homeless or at risk of eviction – are eligible for financial assistance now, provided they meet income and other program guidelines, same with single Veterans who are homeless. Single Veterans who are at risk of eviction are eligible for financial assistance starting in October 2012.

The program is open to Veteran households, either renting or homeless, in Los Angeles County. Contact: Luis Valdovinos, lvaldovinos@beyondshelter.org, (323) 232-9000 Ext. 218, for specific eligibility criteria and referral instructions.

Is who will buy LAT bigger than who will be mayor? - LA Observed

Is who will buy LAT bigger than who will be mayor? - LA Observed

Tuesday, April 23, 2013

Today in Labor History

April 23  - Union Communications Services, Inc.

The Canadian Labour Congress (CLC) is founded through a merger of the Trades and Labour Congress of Canada (TLC) and the Canadian Congress of Labour (CCL), the two major union congresses in Canada at the time.  The CLC represents the interests of more than three million affiliated workers - 1956

Death of Ida Mae Stull, nationally recognized as the country’s first woman coal miner - 1980

United Farm Workers of America founder Cesar Chavez dies in San Luis, Ariz., at age 66 - 1993

Today in #LaborHistory : April 23 -- via -- www.unionist.com

United Farm Workers of America founder Cesar Chavez dies in San Luis, Ariz., at age 66 - 1993
 

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Monday, April 22, 2013

Eric Garcetti for Mayor of Los Angeles 2013

by J. Evert Jones and Olivia Rubio

Politics.

Our lives, it seems, are uncomfortably tied to politics. After all, they determine our laws, our environment, our futures. However, the images of politics, secret back-room dealing, negative campaigning and scandal, are bitterly pervasive. It's unrealistic at best to consider the notion that there can ever be an escape from politics.

Politics. An unsanctioned four-letter word.

Somewhere, and sometimes, in this thick and inky muddle, there is a second, a unit of time, split and subdivided, that rises above the inescapable. There are words and people and events and memories that pull us in and pull us up, away from the smallness of politics.

A bugle playing reveille. A girl rescued from a well. A baseball player trotting in the glow of a flashing "715" on a scoreboard. A soldier reuniting with his or her son, or daughter. A tumbling of skyscrapers.

Not all of these respites are welcome ones.

Although politics is closely related to our lives and lifestyles, there are these moments, these events, these people, these things that enable us to rise. That connects us to our shared existence, our shared hearts, our shared humanity.
Yesterday, we were reminded of that shared humanity.

We witnessed not only unspeakable evil and incomprehensible tragedy, but also incomparable compassion, uncommon courage, and indomitable spirit.
Some things in our lives rise above politics.

To everything there is a season, and a time to every purpose under Heaven.
Today, we pray for our brethren. We pray for their families, we pray for their loss, we pray for their healing.

Tomorrow, we live on.

Monday Afternoon in the Blogosphere

Bernard Parks, Jan Perry, and the next mayor of Los Angeles Eric Garcetti


Koch brothers look to buy Tribune Co. newspapers - Editors Weblog

Capitol Rally: Derail This Corporate Gravy Train! - Frying Pan News

Bill Steigerwald Refused to Let Sleeping Dogs Lie - Newspaper Alum

Pulaski in OC Register: “Enterprise Zone Boondoggle” - Labor's Edge

Pranksters insert ‘apology’ letter into copies of New York Post - Poynter

Why Koch brothers could have the inside track on the LAT - Mark Lacter

Jeff Bercovici Tries to Answer Billion-Dollar LAT Question - Fishbowl LA

Newsonomics of Pulitzers, Paywalls, and Investing in the Newsroom - Broadcast Union

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Teamster Nation: Boston Teamsters to form human shield for bombing ...

Teamster Nation: Boston Teamsters to form human shield for bombing ...: Teamsters from Local 25 in Boston will protect the family of bombing victim Krystle Campbell during her funeral tomorrow morning.

Today in Labor History

2013.04.22history-dickensApril 22 - Union Communications Services, Inc.

Songwriter, musician and activist Hazel Dickens dies at age 75. Among her songs: “They’ll Never Keep Us Down” and “Working Girl Blues.”  Cultural blogger John Pietaro: "Dickens didn’t just sing the anthems of labor, she lived them. Her place on many a picket line, staring down gunfire and goon squads, embedded her into the cause" - 2011





Teamsters from Local 25 in Boston will form a human shield tomorrow at the funeral of Krystle Campbell to protect grieving friends and relatives from Westboro Baptist Church protesters. Krystle was one of the three people killed by the Boston bombers. 
 
 

Wednesday, April 17, 2013

It's official: Fresh & Easy stores shutting down - LA Biz Observed

It's official: Fresh and Easy stores shutting down - LA Biz Observed

Eric Garcetti for Mayor of Los Angeles 2013

By Olivia Rubio,
 
Boyle Heights is a culturally rich neighborhood on the east side of Los Angeles. Dating back to its origins in the 18th century when it was known as Paredon Blanco, or “White Bluffs”, Boyle Heights has been a home and a haven for many immigrants settling in L.A. In a very real sense, one could say that all roads lead to Boyle Heights. A road that many immigrants have taken to create a brighter future for their children.

On Saturday, over 200 residents gathered at the parking lot of Shakey’s Pizza in Boyle Heights to support mayoral candidate Eric Garcetti in the May 21 runoff election against rival Wendy Greuel. The rally for Mr. Garcetti’s candidacy often had more of the feel of a homecoming than a mere political stopover. Eric shared with his supporters his own roots in the neighborhood, where his family settled to nurture their dreams of a bright future.

Eric’s tenure as a councilmember in L.A.’s 13th District serves as a testament to the realization of a brighter future, but his aim at that far-off horizon has not removed his feet from the soil of his home. The Boyle Heights rally was spirited and lively, brimming with the candidate’s infectious optimism (noted in grand fashion where Eric led the crowd in chants of “¡Si, Se Puede!”). This spirit and optimism spilled over to several areas of the restaurant, where scores of volunteers took to their phones to spread the word of Eric’s candidacy and his message. 

The “Team Garcetti Train” rolls on!
 

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Wednesday Morning in the Blogosphere


A media attack - Jeff Jarvis

Why I like newspapers - Times-Herald

Web sparks print comeback for magazines - Crain's

Study finds newspaper readers are engaged - Paid Content

Papers To Return To Rev Growth In '14 - Net News Check

Looking at the newest strategy to save the newspaper - The Pendulum

Newspaper revenue: good news, bad news - Columbia Journalism Review

Mobile advertising is soaring while newspapers continue their decline - Quartz

How media companies are placing bets on changing TV landscape - Mark Lacter

UMBC presents a cropmarks-and-all look at newspaper photographs - City Paper

Tuesday, April 16, 2013

Online ad revenues up, sponsored content revenues down in 2012

Online ad revenues up, sponsored content revenues down in 2012

Today in Labor History

2013.04.15history-world-bank-protestApril 16 - Union Communications Services, Inc.

Employers lock out 25,000 New York City garment workers in a dispute over hiring practices. The Int’l Ladies’ Garment Workers Union calls a general strike; after 14 weeks, 60,000 strikers win union recognition and the contractual right to strike - 1916

Five hundred workers in Texas City, Texas die in a series of huge oil refinery and chemical plant explosions and fires - 1947

An estimated 20,000 global justice activists blockade Washington, D.C., meetings of the World Bank and International Monetary Fund - 2000

 April 15

A. Philip Randolph, civil rights leader and founder of the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters, born in Crescent City, Fla. - 1889

2013.04.15history-a-philip-randolph(A Philip Randolph: A Biographical Portrait is a fascinating biography of a great American hero. A. Philip Randolph (1889-1979) was not only the most famous African American labor leader of his time, he was also a key figure in the civil rights movement.  At 75, Randolph instigated and directed the 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. The civil rights legislation that followed is perhaps his greatest legacy.)
 
IWW union Agricultural Workers Organization formed in Kansas City, Mo. - 1915

Teacher unionists gather at the City Club on Plymouth Court in Chicago to form a new national union: the American Federation of Teachers - 1916

Start of ultimately successful six-day strike across New England by what has been described as the first women-led American union, the Telephone Operators Department of IBEW - 1919
Transport Workers Union founded - 1934

2013.04.15history-lexicon
The first McDonald’s restaurant opens, in Des Plaines, Ill., setting the stage years later for sociologist Amitai Etzioni to coin the term "McJob." As defined by the Oxford English Dictionary, a McJob is "an unstimulating, low-paid job with few prospects, especially one created by the expansion of the service sector" - 1955

(The Lexicon of Labor is an invaluable resource for all unionists, from rank-and-file activists to newsletter and website editors to union leaders. It offers readable, informative descriptions of more than 500 key terms, places, people and events in American labor history, from explaining who the Wobblies and Knights of Labor were to reporting on the 1997 Teamster strike at UPS. Revised and updated edition.)

Iconic “history making” photojournalist Haywood Galbreath


Last Sunday I attended an extremely exciting photography exhibit at the The Museum of African American Art, located inside Macy's Department Store, featuring my friend Haywood Galbreath.
As I entered the showroom I was dismayed the room was not standing room only, as many empty seats faced me, but this quickly changed as everyone arrived together, and the once empty seats gave way and filled quickly. The young man volunteering at the museum brought out every available folding chair which were filled as quickly as brought out, and before Haywood began speaking, the room was indeed standing room only.
I met Haywood last year through a mutual friend, James Bolden, and James appears to know everyone and is very active in the community, always positive and happy to see people. My attraction to Mr. Galbreath was immediate as I learned how he mentors children in photography every year from Inglewood High School, my hero's are those that help others, which Haywood fits specifically into, a genuine hero. 
Mr. Galbreath's photography collection will be on display from April 14th through June 30th, 2013.

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From Haywood Galbreath:
   
Thanks for coming to the historic photo exhibit opening of “my choice of weapons through the lens history and moments captured “

I want to thank everyone who took time out Sunday to come to the opening of the historic photo exhibit “my choice of weapons: through the lens history and moments” I received word from the museum that it was a very successful opening! And that was made possible by all of you who came out to spend your afternoon with us! I hope you were not disappointed with what you saw reference to history making images and my comments.

Several of my friends saw a different side of me yesterday! Yes I am a man on a mission that I feel was ordained by God! We have much work to do for ourselves and for those who come after us and I’m bound and determined to level the playing field so that young people of color as well as people of color as a whole can enjoy all they should be able to enjoy being American citizens!

I would appreciate if you would go out and encourage others to attend the exhibit and purchase images so that the money can be used to purchase equipment to teach young people of color the very rewarding careers of photojournalism, photography and broadcasting and we can make a change for the better in young lives! We can we must and I sincerely hope we will!

I made some new friends yesterday several of you are in the profession of media in the weeks to come let’s try and build network and move ourselves and others forward!

Thank you,
-Iconic “history making” photojournalist Haywood Galbreath-

Monday, April 15, 2013

BostonGlobe.com, other sites drop paywalls following Boston Marathon explosions

BostonGlobe.com, other sites drop paywalls following Boston Marathon explosions

Monday Night in the Blogosphere

Apple Valley, California a few hours ago


Playing Defense - Newspaper Death Watch

California’s Enterprise Zone Program - LAO

Who's in the market for newspapers? - South Coast Today

KNX 1070 Newsradio Celebrates 45 Years - Fishbowl LA

Is LinkedIn becoming 'the newspaper of the future'? - Editors Weblog

San Jose Mercury News is selling its ‘outdated’ building - Romenesko

Boston explosions at a glance: what you need to know - Kevin Roderick

Pulitzer Buzz: The New York Times Wins 4 Pulitzers - Newspaper Alum

House Seeks to Shut Down National Labor Relations Board - United Liberty

CNN editor Meredith Artley talks about the future of journalism - City Paper

Save Our Trade: Today in America, unions have a secure place in ou...

Save Our Trade: Today in America, unions have a secure place in ou...: Today in America, unions have a secure place in our industrial life. Only a handful of reactionaries harbor the ugly thought of breaking unions and depriving working men and women of the right to join the union of their choice. I have no use for those -- regardless of their political party -- who hold some vain and foolish dream of spinning the clock back to days when organized labor was huddled, almost as a hapless mass. Only a fool would try to deprive working men and women of the right to join the union of their choice.—Dwight D. Eisenhower

Bombing at the Boston Marathon

THIS AMATEUR VIDEO provides the best visual, audio, vantage point of anything I've seen on today's double explosions at the Boston Marathon. Ironically, I just found it on a Japanese website a few moments ago. WATCH (Video runs 02:41)



 h/t Will Campbell 

Tragedy in Boston: One Photographer’s Eyewitness Account

Saturday, April 13, 2013

Don't walk life alone...

Winning at the Race of Life 
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Something for the Funnybone


Lawyers should never ask a Texan grandma a question if they aren't prepared for the answer.

In a trial, a small town Texas prosecuting attorney called his first witness, a grandmotherly, elderly woman to the stand. He approached her and asked, 'Mrs. Jones, do you know me?' She responded, 'Why, yes, I do know you, Mr. Howard. I've known you since you were a boy, and frankly, you've been a big disappointment to me. You lie, you cheat on your wife, and you manipulate people and talk about them behind their backs. You think you're a big shot when you haven't the brains to realize you'll never amount to anything more than a two-bit paper pusher. Yes, I know you.'

The lawyer was stunned. Not knowing what else to do, he pointed across the room and asked, 'Mrs. Jones, do you know the defense attorney?'

She again replied, 'Why yes, I do. I've known Mr. Lindquist since he was a youngster, too. He's lazy, bigoted, and he has a drinking problem. He can't build a normal relationship with anyone, and his law practice is one of the worst in the entire state. Not to mention he cheated on his wife with three different women. One of them was your wife. Yes, I know him.'

The defense attorney nearly died.

The judge asked both counselors to approach the bench and, in a very quiet voice, said,

'If either of you idiots asks her if she knows me, I'll send you both to the electric chair.
Ha Ha I love it!

Lawyers should never ask a Texan grandma a question if they aren't prepared for the answer.

In a trial, a small town Texas prosecuting attorney called his first witness, a grandmotherly, elderly woman to the stand. He approached her and asked, 'Mrs. Jones, do you know me?' She responded, 'Why, yes, I do know you, Mr. Howard. I've known you since you were a boy, and frankly, you've been a big disappointment to me. You lie, you cheat on your wife, and you manipulate people and talk about them behind their backs. You think you're a big shot when you haven't the brains to realize you'll never amount to anything more than a two-bit paper pusher. Yes, I know you.'

The lawyer was stunned. Not knowing what else to do, he pointed across the room and asked, 'Mrs. Jones, do you know the defense attorney?'

She again replied, 'Why yes, I do. I've known Mr. Lindquist since he was a
youngster, too. He's lazy, bigoted, and he has a drinking problem. He can't build a normal relationship with anyone, and his law practice is one of the worst in the entire state. Not to mention he cheated on his wife with three different women. One of them was your wife. Yes, I know him.'

The defense attorney nearly died.

The judge asked both counselors to approach the bench and, in a very quiet voice, said,

'If either of you idiots asks her if she knows me, I'll send you both to the electric chair.

There’s no good data on how many Christians are in newsrooms

There’s no good data on how many Christians are in newsrooms

Friday, April 12, 2013

My choice of weapons photo exhibit

My choice of weapons photo exhibit highlighted on Fox 11 television Sunday 9:00 A.M.

Well! It’s official the show has been shot and airs Sunday April 14 at 9:00 AM on Fox 11. Would like to thank Tony Valdez and Fox television for the opportunity to discuss my photo exhibit and highlight some of my history making images.

If you get an opportunity once again the show is “midday Sunday” comes on at 9:00 AM on Fox 11. Pictured is Tony Valdez and myself after the taping and yes I was quite comfortable in the anchor chair and that is another one of my careers!

- Iconic “History making” Photo/Journalist Haywood Galbreath-
My choice of weapons photo exhibit highlighted on Fox 11 television Sunday 9:00 A.M.

 Well! It’s official the show has been shot and airs Sunday April 14 at 9:00 AM on Fox 11. Would like to thank Tony Valdez and Fox television for the opportunity to discuss my photo exhibit and highlight some of my history making images.

 If you get an opportunity once again the show is “midday Sunday” comes on at 9:00 AM on Fox 11. Pictured is Tony Valdez and myself after the taping and yes I was quite comfortable in the anchor chair and that is another one of my careers!

- Iconic “History making” Photo/Journalist Haywood Galbreath-

Today in Labor History

April 12  --   Union Communications Services, Inc.

A group of "puddlers"—craftsmen who manipulated pig iron to create steel—met in a Pittsburgh bar and formed The Iron City Forge of the Sons of Vulcan. It was the strongest union in the U.S. in the 1870s, later merging with two 2013.04.08history-reeceother unions to form what was to be the forerunner of the United Steel Workers - 1858

Birth of Florence Reece, active in Harlan County, Ky., coal strikes and author of famed labor song “Which Side Are You On?” - 1900

The Union Label and Service Trades Department is founded by the American Federation of Labor. Its mission: promote the products and services of union members - 1909

Twenty “girl millworkers,” attempting to relieve striking pickets at the Garfield, New Jersey, mill of Forstmann and Huffmann, were beaten “when they did not move fast enough to suit” 30 special deputies who ordered them off the site, according to a news report - 1912

Chris Turner is born in Floyd, Va.  He went on to become a NASCAR driver and attempted, along with Fireball Roberts and Tim Flock, to organize the other drivers into a union in 1961 in the hope of better purses, a share in broadcasting rights and retirement benefits for the drivers.  He was banned by NASCAR and was unsuccessful when he sued for reinstatement.  The court said he was an individual contractor, not an employee of NASCAR or any track - 19242013.04.08history-wprights

(Your Rights in the Workplace, 9th edition: The most substantial "employee rights" reference we’ve found.  This book covers concerns of every worker in every state, in plain language and with what-to-do-about-it advice. Unions remain the best protection on the job, but this guide gives solid explanations on the full range of issues and options, and then some. Topics covered include privacy rights, family leave, discrimination and harassment, wages and hours, hiring and firing, safety on the job. Fully indexed, dozens of resources.)

The Toledo (Ohio) Auto-Lite strike begins today with 6,000 workers demanding union recognition and higher pay.  The strike is notable for a 5-day running battle in late May between the strikers and 1,300 members of the Ohio National Guard.  Known as the "Battle of Toledo," the clash left two strikers dead and more than 200 injured.  The 2-month strike, a win for the workers’ union, is regarded by many labor historians as one of the nation’s three most important strikes - 1934

ABC7 Poll: Garcetti leads Greuel by 9 points

ABC7 Poll: Garcetti leads Greuel by 9 points

Garcetti's $1 million traffic idea - LA Biz Observed

Garcetti's $1 million traffic idea - LA Biz Observed

The Rolling Stones Absolutely Astronomical Prices

Last night I received extremely good news from a longtime friend, she stated she can get tickets at the Staples Center for The Rolling Stones concert. I quickly told her I wanted ten tickets, assuming the price range would be from $100 to $150 per seat. My momentary joy was squashed when she told me each ticket was $622.






I've been to seven or eight Stones concerts over the last forty-one years and it appears I will not be seeing or hearing the group for this their last world tour. I'm certain every show will be sold out, even at the astronomical prices, in the cities The Rolling Stones perform.

There is an alternative, The Ultimate Stones Tribute Band. If your a Rolling Stone fan then by all means go see this thrilling group perform, I was hooked after seeing the group play some two and a half years ago when they were called Rolling the Stones, and watched as the group made a lineup change and play even better than before.

Many of the shows are absolutely free with some venues charging from $10 to $20 to enter the theaters, not bad for some mighty fine music. Click on the link above for the bands schedule and I guarantee you won't be disappointed in the least.




Thursday, April 11, 2013

Thursday Night in the Blogosphere

Los Angeles Council Members Bernard Parks, Jan Perry, and Eric Garcetti




Gary Lycan, radio columnist was 68 - Kevin Roderick

USAT | Heath wins IRE medal for 'Locked Up' - Gannett Blog

Robert Reich: Don’t “Chain” Social Security - Frying Pan News

Providence Journal appoints first female executive editor - Poynter

The newsonomics of recycling journalism - Nieman Journalism Lab

Dress made of newspapers a fine print at fashion show - Standard-Examiner

Wanted: A NY Times-published writer willing to work for free - Romenesko

Postmedia looking at more outsourcing as newspapers revenue falls - The Spec

Two charts that tell you everything about the future of newspapers - Paid Content

Pageviews determine reporters paychecks, will journalism suffer? - Editors Weblog

Taking Education in Los Angeles Personally

Olivia Rubio and Edward Padgett

















by J. Evert Jones and Olivia Rubio

The latest drama in Los Angeles' mayoral election involves a challenge to mayoral candidate Eric Garcetti, from Wendy Greuel, where she gave Mr. Garcetti two hours notice to a debate on education. She has been justifiably blasted in the media for her obvious media stunt. Here's only one reason why:

Wendy Greuel’s tweet Wednesday afternoon stated: “For me, education is personal, not a political issue.”

This is a nice sentiment. It would be an admirable one if Ms. Greuel allowed it to stand on its own. However, she manages to squeeze into the same tweet: “I’m ready to debate today—Eric Garcetti, will you join me?”-- effectively turning her “personal issue” into a political one. In other words, Ms. Greuel apparently can’t type out 140 characters of text without contradicting herself.

On her website, Ms. Greuel goes in-depth about her “personal issue” by making vague, passive references to being a LAUSD mom. Compare this with candidate Garcetti’s record, which not only includes teaching at USC and Occidental College, but continues to this day as he has helped more than 1,500 local constituents learn about the governmental process by hosting Government and Planning 101 courses throughout the city.

It’s nice that Wendy Greuel believes education to be a personal issue. Education is the main road to empowerment—not only for one’s personal well-being, but also for our city’s economy and overall prosperity. Our challenge to Ms. Greuel then, is to take the issue of education in Los Angeles personally and seriously. Don’t use “education” as a thinly veiled pretext for political grandstanding.