How Dark Money Flows Through the Koch Network.
By Al Shaw, Theodoric Meyer and Kim Barker, ProPublica
Fundraising by the libertarian billionaire brothers Charles and David Koch supports a tangle of nonprofits, sometimes referred to as the Kochtopus, all aimed at advancing conservative causes…
The Bill » New York Dream Act.
What is the New York DREAM Act?
The New York DREAM Act would allow undocumented students who meet in-state tuition requirements to access state financial aid and scholarships for higher education. It would also open 529 tuition savings accounts to all New York youth, and establish a Dream Fund Commission to raise private funds for a college scholarship program for children of immigrants…
Building Bridges Radio: Your Community & Labor Report.
WORKERS OF THE WORLD TUNE IN! Introducing “Building Bridges: Your Community & Labor Report”
Over the years Building Bridges has produced a weekly one hour program, Mondays from 7-8 PM EST, covering local, national and international labor and community issues over radio WBAI-Pacifica 99.5 FM in New York. We also produce half hour version, Building Bridges National, which is distribtued to over 40 broadcast and internet radio stations…
Membership forms and the Call for Entries for this year’s awards have been mailed out. If you haven’t received the material please contact Denise Shavers at .
Please have your union/association take out an ad for this year’s journal. Or if you’re an individual member you can purchase a business ad. You can download the Journal Ad Form in the Annual Convention page.
NYC Mayor Strikes a Major Blow to Charter Schools, Cuts $210 Million from Their Budgets | Alternet.
The Joseph S. Murphy Institute at the CUNY School of Professional Studies is pleased to announce the launch of a national scholarship competition dedicated to fostering a diverse leadership in the labor movement and in the academic field of labor studies….
Joseph S. Murphy Scholarship for Diversity in Labor | CUNY SPS.
The Joseph S. Murphy Institute at the CUNY School of Professional Studies is pleased to announce the launch of a national scholarship competition dedicated to fostering a diverse leadership in the labor movement and in the academic field of labor studies.
Noam Chomsky: Trans-Pacific Partnership is a “neoliberal assault” – Salon.com.
Critics of the Trans-Pacific Partnership agreement — a purported free trade deal between 11 countries, including the U.S., Canada and Japan, which has been in negotiations for some years — have noted that the deal has little to do with free trade…
Staples and the U.S. Postal Service have cut a deal that jeopardizes your mail service and your local post office. In fact, post offices across the country are at risk – along with thousands of good jobs.
The Staples deal will replace full-service U.S. Post Offices with knock-off post offices in Staples stores that are not staffed with U.S. Postal Service employees.
This is a bad deal for communities, consumers and workers. Click here to find out more and Stop Staples.
Richard Sherman’s Latest and his Refusal to Be a Brand.
I was done writing about Super Bowl bound Seahawks cornerback Richard Sherman. I was done writing about the polarizing, perspicacious, Pro Bowler who with one iconic post-game interview morphed into our latest national Rorschach test about racism and sports…
Campaign for Paid-Sick Leaves Faces Conservative Resistance | The New Crossroads.
By GREGORY N. HEIRES
Mayor Bill de Blasio’s proposal to expand New York City’s paid sick leave law faces business opposition, but concerns about the benefit’s cost are overblown. …