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Low-Wage Workers' Struggles Are About Much More than Wages

Details: Published on Monday, 20 April 2015 23:34; Written by editor

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A Socialist Project e-bulletin .... No. 1107 .... April 21, 2015
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Low-Wage Workers’ Struggles
Are About Much More than Wages

Arun Gupta

When fast-food workers first took the streets in New York City in November 2012 to protest for higher wages and a union, no one could have imagined how successful the campaign would be. Since then the low-wage workers movement, known as Fight for 15, has helped spur eleven states and numerous cities to raise the minimum hourly wage. It's enabled campaigns in Seattle and the Bay Area to pass citywide measures for $15-an-hour minimum wage. Fight for 15 and a separate campaign called Organization United for Respect at Walmart has also pushed companies like McDonald's, Target, and Walmart to announce in early 2015 that they would raise the minimum wage for hundreds of thousands...

PressProgress: Wealthy to get monopoly of tax cuts in Joe Oliver's federal budget

Details: Published on Monday, 20 April 2015 16:51; Written by editor

Happy Monday:
Please see our new PressProgress post, a budget preview with a Monopoly-themed spin.... Collect tax cut as you pass go... as long as you're wealthy? If Finance Minister Joe Oliver designed a Monopoly board, most Canadians wouldn't be able to get ahead.
Please feel free to share on social media:
http://www.pressprogress.ca/en/post/wealthy-get-monopoly-tax-cuts-joe-olivers-federal-budget

Cheers,Chris

#INMroots Protecting our sacred mountains from Mount Polley to Mauna Kea

Details: Published on Monday, 20 April 2015 11:34; Written by editor

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First Amazon Indian to run London Marathon - News from Survival

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Economic Restructuring and the Politics of Low-Paid and Unwaged Work

Details: Published on Saturday, 18 April 2015 23:34; Written by editor

LeftStreamed — Recorded in Toronto, 27 March 2015

Economic Restructuring and the Politics of Low-Paid and Unwaged Work

Introductions by Carlo Fanelli and John Shields (Ryerson University), co-editors of Alternate Routes. Presentations by:

Stephen McBride and Jacob Muirhead (McMaster University): “Challenging the Low Wage Economy: Living and Other Wages.”
Bryan Evans (Ryerson University): “The Living Wage Movement in Canada: Community-based Responses to the expansion of Low Waged Work.”
Charity-Ann Hannan (Ryerson University): “Towards Equitable Employment for Illegalized Migrant Workers in Canada: The Role of Unions, NGOs and Community Activists.”

These presentations are part of the Alternate Routes conference "Labour Pains, Capital Gains: The Paradox of Low-Wage, No-Wage Work."

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MP3 Audio - Heiltsuk occupy DFO office, close down herring fishery

Details: Published on Saturday, 18 April 2015 12:51; Written by editor

Heiltsuk occupy DFO office, close down herring fishery

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This week @ rabble.ca: Framing progressive values to win the next federal election

Details: Published on Saturday, 18 April 2015 11:34; Written by editor

17 Apr 2015

Hey rabble readers!

Why are conservatives so successful in communicating their messages? What do progressives need to do to communicate their values to large populations? On April 18, rabble.ca and our partners Canadian Dimension will be hosting renowned cognitive linguist George Lakoff in a special discussion on framing progressive values to win the next federal election. Read an excerpt from his book here, and find out how you can hear him live this Saturday evening in Toronto.

Weekly Indigenous news on rabble.ca

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rabble.ca weekly e-news for April 17th, 2015

This is your daily dose of our Editor top picks! For more new rabble content, visit www.rabble.ca

Indigenous This week's top news and analysis about the struggles of indigenous peoples for rights and sovereignty. For more on indigenous issues visit our topic page: http://rabble.ca/indigenous

Thirty years since the Charter's equality provisions and LEAF's founding, where is equality now? April 17, 2015 | By Elizabeth Shilton The Women's Legal Education and Action Fund (LEAF) began working toward equality 30 years ago today. Time to look at what's been done and what still needs doing.

El Salvador Facing $300m Claim from Mining Multinational under ISDS - ITUC OnLine

Details: Published on Saturday, 18 April 2015 11:34; Written by editor

INTERNATIONAL TRADE UNION CONFEDERATION

Brussels, 15 April 2015 (ITUC OnLine): The ITUC has described a $300m claim against El Salvador by an Australian/Canadian mining conglomerate as an example of the worst excess of corporate greed. The claim is being decided in a tribunal under the tainted “Investor-State Dispute Settlement” (ISDS) procedure which corporations and some governments want to see incorporated into possible new trade agreements such as the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP).

IFIs should make stronger push against global jobs deficit and inequality - ITUC OnLine

Details: Published on Saturday, 18 April 2015 11:34; Written by editor

INTERNATIONAL TRADE UNION CONFEDERATION

Brussels, 16 April 2015 (ITUC OnLine): On the eve of the ministerial-level Spring Meetings of the IMF and World Bank taking place in Washington on 17-19 April, the ITUC calls on the international financial institutions (IFIs) to take measures for stimulating job creation in light of the IMF's predicted slowdown of economic growth in emerging market and developing countries in 2015.

KFC -- we won!

Details: Published on Saturday, 18 April 2015 09:00; Written by editor

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Barn Fires

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Elephants in the Court

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Six Colombian Indians killed as armed groups invade - News from Survival

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Internet Insider: Save the link, #StopC51, and the fight against Big Telecom shenanigans

Details: Published on Friday, 17 April 2015 13:51; Written by editor

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[ACTIVlist] ACTIVlist Update - April 17, 2015

Details: Published on Friday, 17 April 2015 13:17; Written by editor

Council of Canadians ACTIVlist Update

This daily ACTIVlist e-mail is a compilation of blog posts, media releases and action alerts from the Council of Canadians. For more information about our campaigns, how to get involved, and how to become a member, go to www.canadians.org. Please forward this e-mail and encourage others to join our list! Thank you for your interest and support.

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Action Alert: Ice CETA: Tell Europe to send corporate lawsuits to the penalty box

Media Release: Canadian mining company threatens El Salvador's water

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Council of Canadians joins call to reopen the Kitsilano Coast Guard Station

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A Deaf Whale Is a Dead Whale: Sound Blasting for Oil Threatens Marine Life

Details: Published on Friday, 17 April 2015 11:34; Written by editor

Kristin Butler4/15/15

Editor’s note: This is the first of three stories on the devastating effects of seismic airgun blasting on marine life.

BOOM! BOOM! Each blast, 100,000 times louder than a jet engine, reverberates through the ocean, slamming against the hearing apparatus of hundreds of thousands of sea creatures.

Quaker Concern: Refugee settlement work in Toronto

Details: Published on Friday, 17 April 2015 11:17; Written by editor

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April 16, 2015 Dear Friends,

From our office in Toronto it certainly looks like Spring is here! Which means it's time to bring you the Spring 2015 issue of our 8 page newsletter Quaker Concern. In addition to short news and updates, in this issue you'll find the following full length articles:

How I came to be a Refugee Settlement Worker at Friends House,
Reconciliation: The journey ahead,
Partnering to transform justice, and
Nonviolent direct action in Ottawa.
Read more: Quaker Concern: Refugee settlement work in Toronto

Suck It Up, Progressives: We Need a Coalition Now

Details: Published on Friday, 17 April 2015 10:51; Written by editor

A short-term, hard-knuckle run at the Conservatives is possible, but requires sacrifice.

By Ian Gill, 15 Apr 2015, TheTyee.ca

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