Greetings from Detroit! Lovely day here; 70’s and sunny. Here’s a very small activist and her dad. Her mom is working at Netroots. Back to bidness. Organizing the south was primarily a labor discussion – Fight For Fifteen and UAW representatives on the panel- lots of discussion of Moral Mondays and the UAW organizing effort …
NN ’14
I’m going to Netroots Nation for Balloon Juice tomorrow. I went in 2011 and mistermix and DougJ went in 2012. Also, there was the famous John Cole and ABL Balloon Juice trip to the Democratic National Convention in 2012. I will cover the keynotes: Vice President Biden, Senator Warren and Reverend Barber. I’m also going …
Hard to make plans when it’s impossible to see past your next shift
I’m really pleased this is getting attention: As more workers find their lives upended and their paychecks reduced by ever-changing, on-call schedules, government officials are trying to put limits on the harshest of those scheduling practices. The actions reflect a growing national movement — fueled by women’s and labor groups — to curb practices that …
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What’s going on here?
Commenter rikrah posted this last night and I’ve been thinking about it since: On the morning of December 21, 2010, Lula Smart was preparing to leave for her job at Sears when she heard a firm knock at her front door. An array of law enforcement vehicles had amassed outside, and armed officers were fanning …
Good poll for Ohio
Ohio Gov. John Kasich (R) is essentially tied with Democratic challenger Ed FitzGerald in a head-to-head matchup, according to a new Public Policy Polling survey. The poll found Kasich, who has been mentioned as a possible 2016 presidential candidate, leading FitzGerald 45 percent to 44 percent with 11 percent saying they are unsure. The poll’s …
“It was, bar none, the worst legislative process I’ve ever been through,”
Emotional testimony at the voting rights hearing in North Carolina yesterday: Some of the most stirring testimony, though, came from Glazier, who as a lawmaker watched the measure unfold up close. “It was, bar none, the worst legislative process I’ve ever been through,” said the white Fayetteville attorney, who has served in the House since …
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Have to get up pretty early in the morning to beat Rev. Barber
Ari Berman has a great piece on the voting rights hearing yesterday in North Carolina: Nearly fifty years after marching for voting rights in Alabama, Coleman testified in federal court today in Winston-Salem against North Carolina’s new voting restrictions, which have been described as the most onerous in the nation. The law mandates strict voter …
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