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http://www.hawaiifreepress.com/ArticlesMain/tabid/56/ID/9027/US-Patent-Pending-for-Genetically-Modified-Marijuana.aspx
Chrusty
is poised to sell off billions of litres of fresh water to be
contaminated by frackers in BC! Fracking waste has been found too toxic /
radioactive for toxic wate dumps.
Fort Nelson First Nations are on the front lines.
http://www.change.org/petitions/premier-clark-don-t-give-away-our-fresh-water-for-fracking
30,390 signatures and counting:
Premier Clark, Don't Give Away Our Fresh Water for Fracking
Truth News Radio Australia shared a link.
Much
of Wall Street is now vacationing in the Hamptons. Other captains of
industry and finance are on Nantucket, or Aspen or Vail. Barack Obama
and his family are on Martha's Vineyard. But most Americans aren't
taking a vacation this summer. In fact, most Americans don't get any
paid-vacation time at all this year. More than a third are contingent
workers -- working at one or more part-time jobs, or on temporary
contracts, or self-employed. Another 22 percent are in low-wage
industries that don't give paid vacations -- in fast-food, big-box
retail, restaurant, or hotel chain. (More than half the 162,000 new jobs
recorded in July's jobs report were in low-wage industries.) The five
largest employers in America, including Walmart and McDonalds, all pay
minimum wage or close to it, with no paid vacation. Another 12 percent
who need to work still can't find a job; the share of the population in
work is near a three-decade low.
What to do? We've got to
raise the minimum wage to something closer to a living wage -- but that
can't be all. Unions gave us weekends -- the 40-hour workweek with
time-and-a-half for overtime -- along with paid vacation time and sick
leave. And decent wages. But that was when more than a third of
Americans belonged to unions, so many that even non-unionized employers
offered prevailing wages and benefits. Now, fewer than 7 percent of
private-sector workers are unionized -- while America's rich (including
the Walton family, whose wealth exceeds the combined wealth of the
poorest 25 percent of Americans) -- are richer than at any time in
history. At the very least, low-wage workers at Walmart, McDonalds, and
other the other big chains, need a union. Many of them are conducting
wildcat strikes this summer. Please support them.
Chrusty
is poised to sell off billions of litres of fresh water to be
contaminated by frackers in BC! Fracking waste has been found too toxic /
radioactive for toxic wate dumps.
Fort Nelson First Nations are on the front lines.
http://www.change.org/petitions/premier-clark-don-t-give-away-our-fresh-water-for-fracking
30,390 signatures and counting:
Premier Clark, Don't Give Away Our Fresh Water for Fracking
Fort Nelson First Nations are on the front lines.
http://www.change.org/petitions/premier-clark-don-t-give-away-our-fresh-water-for-fracking
30,390 signatures and counting:
Premier Clark, Don't Give Away Our Fresh Water for Fracking
Truth News Radio Australia shared a link.
Much
of Wall Street is now vacationing in the Hamptons. Other captains of
industry and finance are on Nantucket, or Aspen or Vail. Barack Obama
and his family are on Martha's Vineyard. But most Americans aren't
taking a vacation this summer. In fact, most Americans don't get any
paid-vacation time at all this year. More than a third are contingent
workers -- working at one or more part-time jobs, or on temporary
contracts, or self-employed. Another 22 percent are in low-wage
industries that don't give paid vacations -- in fast-food, big-box
retail, restaurant, or hotel chain. (More than half the 162,000 new jobs
recorded in July's jobs report were in low-wage industries.) The five
largest employers in America, including Walmart and McDonalds, all pay
minimum wage or close to it, with no paid vacation. Another 12 percent
who need to work still can't find a job; the share of the population in
work is near a three-decade low.
What to do? We've got to
raise the minimum wage to something closer to a living wage -- but that
can't be all. Unions gave us weekends -- the 40-hour workweek with
time-and-a-half for overtime -- along with paid vacation time and sick
leave. And decent wages. But that was when more than a third of
Americans belonged to unions, so many that even non-unionized employers
offered prevailing wages and benefits. Now, fewer than 7 percent of
private-sector workers are unionized -- while America's rich (including
the Walton family, whose wealth exceeds the combined wealth of the
poorest 25 percent of Americans) -- are richer than at any time in
history. At the very least, low-wage workers at Walmart, McDonalds, and
other the other big chains, need a union. Many of them are conducting
wildcat strikes this summer. Please support them.
Much
of Wall Street is now vacationing in the Hamptons. Other captains of
industry and finance are on Nantucket, or Aspen or Vail. Barack Obama
and his family are on Martha's Vineyard. But most Americans aren't
taking a vacation this summer. In fact, most Americans don't get any
paid-vacation time at all this year. More than a third are contingent
workers -- working at one or more part-time jobs, or on temporary
contracts, or self-employed. Another 22 percent are in low-wage
industries that don't give paid vacations -- in fast-food, big-box
retail, restaurant, or hotel chain. (More than half the 162,000 new jobs
recorded in July's jobs report were in low-wage industries.) The five
largest employers in America, including Walmart and McDonalds, all pay
minimum wage or close to it, with no paid vacation. Another 12 percent
who need to work still can't find a job; the share of the population in
work is near a three-decade low.
What to do? We've got to raise the minimum wage to something closer to a living wage -- but that can't be all. Unions gave us weekends -- the 40-hour workweek with time-and-a-half for overtime -- along with paid vacation time and sick leave. And decent wages. But that was when more than a third of Americans belonged to unions, so many that even non-unionized employers offered prevailing wages and benefits. Now, fewer than 7 percent of private-sector workers are unionized -- while America's rich (including the Walton family, whose wealth exceeds the combined wealth of the poorest 25 percent of Americans) -- are richer than at any time in history. At the very least, low-wage workers at Walmart, McDonalds, and other the other big chains, need a union. Many of them are conducting wildcat strikes this summer. Please support them.
What to do? We've got to raise the minimum wage to something closer to a living wage -- but that can't be all. Unions gave us weekends -- the 40-hour workweek with time-and-a-half for overtime -- along with paid vacation time and sick leave. And decent wages. But that was when more than a third of Americans belonged to unions, so many that even non-unionized employers offered prevailing wages and benefits. Now, fewer than 7 percent of private-sector workers are unionized -- while America's rich (including the Walton family, whose wealth exceeds the combined wealth of the poorest 25 percent of Americans) -- are richer than at any time in history. At the very least, low-wage workers at Walmart, McDonalds, and other the other big chains, need a union. Many of them are conducting wildcat strikes this summer. Please support them.
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