Wednesday, February 27, 2013
Wednesday Night in the Blogosphere
Eric Garcetti Mayor of Los Angeles 2013
Halifax Media Group announces regrouping - JD News
The future is flexible as advertising goes digital - Irish Times
Urgent: Gannett's workforce contracts just 1% - Gannett Blog
Newspapers face death threats over requests on gun ownership - WaPo
A Pressman's Perspective; Selling The Boston Globe - Save Our Trade
Actors' Equity Now Affiliated With AFL-CIO - Broadcast Union News
High ethical standards are crucial to the future of news - Editors Weblog
Former KCAL Anchor Reported Missing in Santa Barbara - Fishbowl LA
The best way to read the New York Times for free at Starbucks - Romenesko
Tribune's newspaper holdings have withered to $623 million - Chicago Tribune
Today in Labor History
February 27
Legendary labor leader and socialist presidential candidate Eugene V. Debs becomes charter member and secretary of the Vigo Lodge, Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen. Five years later he is leading the national union and in 1893 helps found the nation’s first industrial union, the American Railway Union - 1875
Birth of John Steinbeck in Salinas, Calif. Steinbeck is best known for writing “The Grapes of Wrath,” which exposed the mistreatment of migrant farm workers during the Depression and led to some reforms - 1902
Thirty-eight miners die in a coal mine explosion in Boissevain, Va. - 1932
Four hundred fifty Woolworth’s workers and customers occupy store for eight days in support of Waiters and Waitresses Union, Detroit - 1937
The Supreme Court rules that sit-down strikes, a major organizing tool for industrial unions, are illegal - 1939
Mine disaster kills 75 at Red Lodge, Mont. - 1943
In 1937, during one of the worst years of the Great Depression, sitting down for one’s rights was on the agenda for people across the nation.
One of those places was a Detroit Woolworth’s on a typical 1937 Saturday morning shopping day. Woolworth’s went out of business in the USA in 1996. But in 1937, it had an empire of over 2000 stores in the USA and Canada plus more in Cuba, the UK and Germany. At precisely 11 am that February 27th, a union organizer named Fred Loew blew a loud whistle and began yelling “STRIKE! STRIKE!” Shouts and cheers could be heard as department by department the 150 “sales girls” stopped working and stood proudly with their arms folded. The sit-down strike against the USA’s most unpopular chain store had begun.
Woolworth’s was a Five and Dime, a variety store that was the Walmart of its day. It had ruthlessly put small mom and pop stores out of business by buying huge quantities of goods directly from factories and negotiating low prices in return for long term contracts. Founder Frank Woolworth was an expert at finding cheap sweatshop and child labor in Europe.
A poll taken in 1936 showed that 69% of Americans polled were against the growth of big chains.
But it was the strike by the Detroit saleswomen that was the most dramatic challenge to the Woolworth empire. The striking saleswomen and their union organizers asked for a 10 cent an hour raise, the 8 hour day, time and half after 48 hours, seniority rights, a union hiring hall and no retaliation against workers after the strike. Store Manager William Mayer told them that he would consider their demands on Monday if they would please go home. The strikers were unmoved.
The strikers were overwhelming young and white, though light-skinned African Americans sometimes passed as Italian or Spanish to get Woolworth jobs. Woolworth’s saleswomen were expected to be pert and engaging with the general public despite many hours of constant standing. One NYC Woolworth’s worker bought special shoes saying, “I don’t know how the other girls stand it. They get flat feel and fallen arches and little surface varicose veins.” There was little time for rests or breaks as the saleswomen were constantly harassed by managers and spies posing as customers. A woman’s “looks” counted heavily and some of the male managers demanded sexual favors for promotions and special treatment.
The women were very aware that they were part of a larger movement. The new Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO) was organizing workers across the country.
Family, friends and union supporters brought in blankets, mattresses, food and other supplies. The women organized committees and set out to have as much fun as they could, talking among themselves, playing cards, dancing, knitting, doing makeup and phoning boy friends and families. There was a special Cheer-Up Committee in charge of morale. Many of the young women lived with their families and had never spent a night away from home before.
The women were very conscious of the press attention and carefully did their hair and makeup each morning. The press insisted in calling them “girls” and trivialized their struggle in that way. But paradoxically, their media image as fun loving girls was also a kind of protection. It would be a PR disaster for the Woolworth’s management to call the cops and have them dragged out by force. The women carefully documented press coverage through their Scrapbook Committee. They were a lot more media savvy than even the media realized.
At first Woolworth’s management refused to negotiate. The strikers answered with a second Woolworth’s sit-down strike at another Detroit store and a promise of a national Woolworth’s sit-down if progress was not made. The Kresge’s chain, Woolworth’s biggest competitor, raised wages immediately. Hundreds of employers across the nation also raised wages in the hope of avoiding unionization and sit-down strikes. US Steel signed a major agreement with the Steel Workers Organizing Committee-CIO to avoid a costly shutdown.
The handwriting was on the wall for Woolworth’s and on the 7th day of the strike, management capitulated and gave in to the striker’s demands. The victory at Woolworth’s was followed by more sit-down strikes across the nation.
Legendary labor leader and socialist presidential candidate Eugene V. Debs becomes charter member and secretary of the Vigo Lodge, Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen. Five years later he is leading the national union and in 1893 helps found the nation’s first industrial union, the American Railway Union - 1875
Birth of John Steinbeck in Salinas, Calif. Steinbeck is best known for writing “The Grapes of Wrath,” which exposed the mistreatment of migrant farm workers during the Depression and led to some reforms - 1902
Thirty-eight miners die in a coal mine explosion in Boissevain, Va. - 1932
Four hundred fifty Woolworth’s workers and customers occupy store for eight days in support of Waiters and Waitresses Union, Detroit - 1937
The Supreme Court rules that sit-down strikes, a major organizing tool for industrial unions, are illegal - 1939
Mine disaster kills 75 at Red Lodge, Mont. - 1943
Today in #LaborHistory : February 27-- via -- www.unionist.com
450 Woolworth’s workers and customers occupy store for eight days in support of Waiters and Waitresses Union, Detroit – 1937 ~De
450 Woolworth’s workers and customers occupy store for eight days in support of Waiters and Waitresses Union, Detroit – 1937 ~De
In 1937, during one of the worst years of the Great Depression, sitting down for one’s rights was on the agenda for people across the nation.
One of those places was a Detroit Woolworth’s on a typical 1937 Saturday morning shopping day. Woolworth’s went out of business in the USA in 1996. But in 1937, it had an empire of over 2000 stores in the USA and Canada plus more in Cuba, the UK and Germany. At precisely 11 am that February 27th, a union organizer named Fred Loew blew a loud whistle and began yelling “STRIKE! STRIKE!” Shouts and cheers could be heard as department by department the 150 “sales girls” stopped working and stood proudly with their arms folded. The sit-down strike against the USA’s most unpopular chain store had begun.
Woolworth’s was a Five and Dime, a variety store that was the Walmart of its day. It had ruthlessly put small mom and pop stores out of business by buying huge quantities of goods directly from factories and negotiating low prices in return for long term contracts. Founder Frank Woolworth was an expert at finding cheap sweatshop and child labor in Europe.
A poll taken in 1936 showed that 69% of Americans polled were against the growth of big chains.
But it was the strike by the Detroit saleswomen that was the most dramatic challenge to the Woolworth empire. The striking saleswomen and their union organizers asked for a 10 cent an hour raise, the 8 hour day, time and half after 48 hours, seniority rights, a union hiring hall and no retaliation against workers after the strike. Store Manager William Mayer told them that he would consider their demands on Monday if they would please go home. The strikers were unmoved.
The strikers were overwhelming young and white, though light-skinned African Americans sometimes passed as Italian or Spanish to get Woolworth jobs. Woolworth’s saleswomen were expected to be pert and engaging with the general public despite many hours of constant standing. One NYC Woolworth’s worker bought special shoes saying, “I don’t know how the other girls stand it. They get flat feel and fallen arches and little surface varicose veins.” There was little time for rests or breaks as the saleswomen were constantly harassed by managers and spies posing as customers. A woman’s “looks” counted heavily and some of the male managers demanded sexual favors for promotions and special treatment.
The women were very aware that they were part of a larger movement. The new Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO) was organizing workers across the country.
Family, friends and union supporters brought in blankets, mattresses, food and other supplies. The women organized committees and set out to have as much fun as they could, talking among themselves, playing cards, dancing, knitting, doing makeup and phoning boy friends and families. There was a special Cheer-Up Committee in charge of morale. Many of the young women lived with their families and had never spent a night away from home before.
The women were very conscious of the press attention and carefully did their hair and makeup each morning. The press insisted in calling them “girls” and trivialized their struggle in that way. But paradoxically, their media image as fun loving girls was also a kind of protection. It would be a PR disaster for the Woolworth’s management to call the cops and have them dragged out by force. The women carefully documented press coverage through their Scrapbook Committee. They were a lot more media savvy than even the media realized.
At first Woolworth’s management refused to negotiate. The strikers answered with a second Woolworth’s sit-down strike at another Detroit store and a promise of a national Woolworth’s sit-down if progress was not made. The Kresge’s chain, Woolworth’s biggest competitor, raised wages immediately. Hundreds of employers across the nation also raised wages in the hope of avoiding unionization and sit-down strikes. US Steel signed a major agreement with the Steel Workers Organizing Committee-CIO to avoid a costly shutdown.
The handwriting was on the wall for Woolworth’s and on the 7th day of the strike, management capitulated and gave in to the striker’s demands. The victory at Woolworth’s was followed by more sit-down strikes across the nation.
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Tuesday, February 26, 2013
Tuesday Night in the Blogosphere
Mayor Corey Booker, myself, and Eric Garcetti
Variety drops daily paper and pay wall - Kevin Roderick
Many college newspapers face cuts in funding - Hilltop Views
Tribune hires bankers to sell off its newspapers unit - Romenesko
How Low Can a Port Trucking Company Go? - Frying Pan News
BuzzMedia in the Process of Laying Off 50 Staffers - Fishbowl LA
NYT and WSJ: The industry’s last newspaper war? - News and Tech
Looking back on 250 years of American newspapers - The Spectrum
TV stations strong, newspapers weak in Scripps’ 2012 results - Poynter
EO Media Group acquires three newspapers on Oregon coast - Oregonian
Today in Labor History
February 26 -- SOURCE: Union
Communications Services, Inc.
Congress okays the Contract Labor Law, designed to clamp down on "business agents" who contracted abroad for
immigrant
labor. One of the reasons unions supported the measure: employers were
using foreign workers to fight against the growing U.S. labor movement,
primarily by deploying immigrant labor to break strikes - 1885
Bethlehem Steel workers strike for union recognition, Bethlehem, Penn. - 1941
A coal slag heap doubling as a dam in West Virginia’s Buffalo Creek Valley collapsed, flooding the 17-mile long valley. 118 died, 5,000 were left homeless. The Pittston Coal Co. said it was "an act of God" - 1972
A 20-week strike by 70,000 Southern California supermarket workers ends, with both sides claiming victory - 2004
Congress okays the Contract Labor Law, designed to clamp down on "business agents" who contracted abroad for
immigrant
labor. One of the reasons unions supported the measure: employers were
using foreign workers to fight against the growing U.S. labor movement,
primarily by deploying immigrant labor to break strikes - 1885Bethlehem Steel workers strike for union recognition, Bethlehem, Penn. - 1941
A coal slag heap doubling as a dam in West Virginia’s Buffalo Creek Valley collapsed, flooding the 17-mile long valley. 118 died, 5,000 were left homeless. The Pittston Coal Co. said it was "an act of God" - 1972
A 20-week strike by 70,000 Southern California supermarket workers ends, with both sides claiming victory - 2004
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A Message from Sammy Maloof
Monday, February 25, 2013
Chili Most - When A Woman Needs Good Lovin
Remember when the industry use to make records with singers
letting their partners know how much they loved them and how they really felt
about them with messages from the heart.
Now ‘Hip Hop’ dominates the popular culture. Therefore many have forgotten about the music
that was made for lovers.
Many cold nights were spent in front of the fireplace with
soft music and the one you love. There are still lovers in the world, and there
are still those who just want to chill sitting in a hot bubble bath with the
candles flickering and romancing that special person while listening to love
songs.
There is still one music maker, who wants to romance you
with sweet lyrics of love. Welcome to CHILI MOST! He is infusing the airwaves
with his innovative mixture of ballads and a kick of real funk. Chili Most
purpose is to heal hearts. While rapping, he will drop some funk on you making
you dance and making you feel proud to be from whatever neighborhood you live
in with “Good N’ the Hood”. At the same
time his message in the lyrics leads a movement calling for people of the world
to “Stop The Violence” and to “Fight For Your Rights” as peaceful solutions.
Chili started performing at the tender age of three.
Together with his older brother “Z-Most”, the two of them began singing in
church and city choirs in their hometown of Terre Haute, Indiana. At the age of
five, Chili and Z performed in school and community talent shows. While growing
up in Indiana music wasn’t his only interest. Indiana is known as the
basketball capital of the world. Chili, his seven brothers and one sister
excelled in sports winning five consecutive state titles in football, baseball,
track, and basketball.
At the age of ten Chili and Z formed a band. The two began
playing concerts, talent shows, and state and county fairs. One year later they
began performing on the college circuit throughout the Mid-West. Chili sang
lead and background vocals, played lead and bass guitar, drums, and the
keyboards.
Chili continued to expand his talents through high school.
Having won a basketball scholarship, Chili went on to college in Michigan. His
brother Z relocated to Los Angeles. After graduating from college, Chili
decided to join his brother in Los Angeles. Wanting very much to return to
music, Chili settled into the business world while producing different styles
of music. Currently he has written, arranged and produced the hot new hit
single “When A Woman Needs Good Lovin’” for The Famous Chuck Strong.
Then the day came when they heard the news that ‘the
Godfather of Soul’ James Brown had been arrested for a traffic ticket. Chili and
Z saw that now was the moment to go back into the studio. The result was a
recording of the hit titled “Free James Brown”. The two brothers led a Free
James Brown Campaign helping Mr. Brown to an early release from jail. Chili
approached Al Bell at Bellmark Records and the single became Bellmark’s first
release.
Chili has seen the seventies, the eighties, and the nineties
and is not new to the industry. As we are now well into 2012 he is back with a
vengeance. Love is alive and happening with romantic candle lit nights, a
fireplace, someone you love, a message of entwinement from “THE BALLAD MAN” and
the twinkling stars that will lead your path. He has added two former original
members of Rose Royce, Victor Nix, on keyboards and Lequient “Duke” Jobe, the
baddest bass player in the industry and current members from Rose Royce Michael
Nash on keyboards and Henri Garner Jr. on drums. During recording sessions he
also added Grammy Award winner Gerald Albright on alto sax, former original
member Andrew Woolfolk from Earth, Wind, and Fire on alto and soprano sax and
Jammin’ Gemi Taylor and Charles Fearing on guitars.
Chili wants the world to know that people still hunger for
romance. Are ready to hear REAL soul searching singing and show stopping
performances? Well “THE BALLAD MAN”, Chili Most, featuring Z-Most are here.
Look out for his C.D. “N Love With Love” with songs like “Baby Come Back Home”,
“Born To Be My Girl”, “Be Your Man”, “Once In A Life Time Love” and “Hose You
Down”.
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