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Labor Takes On Daunting Challenges by President Pat Eiding Philadelphia Council AFL-CIO On Monday, Sep. 3, the Philadelphia Council AFL-CIO’s Tri-State Labor Day Parade & Family Festival will once again welcome thousands of union members and workers from across the region to Penn’s’ Landing. Labor Day is always a time for me to reflect on the work of the year past and to look forward to the challenges ahead. While the rest of the world celebrates Labor Day on May 1, in the United States we celebrate on the first Monday of September. As a result, it is sometimes lost in the shuffle of end-of-summer parties and back-to-school sales. But right now, as workers face some of the most-daunting challenges in a generation, we need to remember Labor Day is a day to celebrate all work and all the people who do it. It’s true, the challenges are great: Unemployment is still dangerously high; state and local budgets are strained so services are cut and teachers, firefighters and police are laid off; and efforts
to roll back our rights to have a voice at work and to collectively bargain continue. Sadly, we’re not alone as we’ve seen an unrelenting attack on the rights of women and voters as well. The good news is that in the last few years we have awakened and fought back like we haven’t for a very long time. Here in the region, we’ve seen remarkable things happen when workers stick together. Privatization attempts for our school employees and our Wine & Spirits Shop employees have failed because we’ve stood together. Refinery workers, refusing to believe something was impossible, joined together to save their industry and their communities in the process. And just three weeks ago, over 50,000 workers came to Philadelphia to Stand for America and to advance a proactive agenda – a “Second Bill of Rights” for all workers. Of course, we need to translate this energy to make sure in November we elect the candidates who will fight for us – all of us, not just the privileged
and wealthy – and who will stand up for the five principles of the 2nd Bill of Rights: full employment and a living wage, quality education, access to the ballot box, a secure retirement and the right to a voice at work. These principles are simple enough but are not alPresident Pat Eiding ways simple to proPhila. AFL-CIO tect. So, as you look toward the end of summer and getting back to the fall routine, I hope you take a minute to sign the B i l l o f R i g h t s (www.workers standforamerica.com) and think about ways you can stand up and fight for your rights – whether as a voter, a woman, a worker, etc – in the months to come.
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Together We Are Better—Rick Bloomingdale by Rick Bloomingdale, President, Pennsylvania AFL-CIO Labor Day is the one holiday on the calendar devoted to honoring and recognizing America’s workers and their families and the value we bring to the prosperity and strength of our nation. That’s pretty much all of us, whether we’re employed or looking for work. And no matter what we do, our work makes the work of others possible. Teachers depend on electricians, who count on steelworkers, who need nurses and engineers, who rely on researchers and bus drivers and flight attendants, who depend upon taxi drivers and child care workers, who need auto workers and traffic cops and firefighters, and so on it goes. Work connects us all. And together, we are better. Here’s what else connects us: Our vision of an America that values and respects work and the people who do it. Not some of us, all of us. Today we are further from this vision than we have been in many generations. It’s due in large part to the fact that our policymakers are allowing corporations and the wealthiest individuals of our nation to capture just about all of the wealth our economy has generated over the past thirty years at the expense of the middle class. The premise is that if you give more power and wealth to corporations and the wealthiest individuals, they will create good jobs and prosperity for all. It hasn’t worked. All that we have received in return for these policies is low wage, no benefit jobs; greater income inequality between the wealthiest individuals and the rest of us; and a shrinking middle class. Our own nation’s history shows the road to eco-
nomic prosperity and strength is through the streets and towns of Main Street communities across America. Generations ago we decided as a nation that we would build a middle-class economy that promotes prosperity for all, not Pres. Richard Bloomingdale just a few. Working State AFL-CIO men and women who lived through the Great Depression and WWII decided that it was better to band together and organize than to trust the bosses to pay them fairly. Capitalism generally seeks the lowest wage so it can generate more wealth for the owner and the shareholders; as a result, workers organized in unprecedented numbers. At one point, one out of every three workers was union. Those workers, through their unions, fought for and got a bigger piece of the economic pie. By the way, the shareholders benefited too, by getting increased productivity from their workers as well increasing consumer demand for their products. While union density never reached above 37% of the workforce, their presence alone was enough to lift the wages and living standards for all workers. Our economy is based upon consumer demand; the ability of working families to be able to afford to buy the products and services in the market place. Working-family incomes have been flat for more than a decade. This is the primary reason it is taking longer for us to recover from our current
recession as it did the previous recession. Even Henry Ford, who by no means was a big fan of labor unions, understood if he didn’t pay his workers a decent wage they would not be able to buy his automobiles. He raised the wages of workers so they could afford to buy the trucks and cars they produced, otherwise there wouldn’t have been a Ford Motor Co. Many of our CEOs and their political allies today could learn this important lesson in kitchen-table economics. The solution to our economic woes and shrinking middle class is not more tax breaks and more wealth for the corporations and the wealthy individuals of this nation. We travelled down this road for the past 30 years and all we have received is lower wages, greater income inequality between the wealthiest and the rest of us, and a shrinking middle class. The solutions are real job-creation policies that rebuild our aging infrastructure now, investments in public education that gives every child the opportunity to succeed, health security, and retirement security for all Americans. And just as important is giving back to workers what they need the most to improve their own wages, benefits and standard of living – the freedom to organize unions without being harassed or fired by their employer. This is the path to economic prosperity for all, recapturing the strength of our nation, recognizing the value of work, and the American worker as the backbone of our nation. (The Pennsylvania AFL-CIO represents over 800,000 union workers, whom are members of unions affiliated with the Pennsylvania AFL-CIO.)
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From The Folks Who Brought You The Weekend….
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Most of us are familiar with the popular bumper sticker, “Labor Unions – The folks who brought you the weekend.” And yes, unions did play a pivotal role in the creation of the fiveday work week. But that’s just the tip of the iceberg. Over the last 170 years, labor unions have done a whole lot more than just establishing the weekend. We’ve effectively served as the first line of defense against the corporations and politicians that seek to exploit working-class families. We’ve fought tirelessly for better treatment for workers from all walks of life. And we’ve won some major victories along the way on issues that affect working families every day. From improved wages to safer working conditions to
fairness and equality in the workplace, the policies championed by labor unions benefit all working families, regardless of whether they themselves belong to a union. Most of labor’s major accomplishments have become so engrained in our daily lives that it’s hard to imagine a time without them. Here are just a few of the hard-fought victories of the labor movement that we often take for granted: Child-labor laws. Nowadays, the idea of young children working in dangerous and hazardous conditions is uniformly appalling, but as recently as the early 20th century, child labor was all too commonplace. In 1881, the very first American Federation of Labor national convention passed a resolution calling on states to ban children under 14 from all gainful employment, which
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THESE members of Laborers District Council 332 were among thousands attending Family Fun Festival at end of Labor Day Parade 2012.
motivated states to take action and pass child labor policies, and that led up to the 1938 Fair Labor Standards Act – the first federal law in the nation to prohibit child labor. Occupational health and safety. Prior to 1970, firefighters, mineworkers, those who work around dangerous chemicals and just about everyone else had absolutely no health and safety protections at work. But all that changed when labor unions successfully urged President Nixon — a conservative Republican — to sign the Occupational Health & Safety Act, the first comprehensive federal legislation that regulates safety in the workplace. OSHA has provided the basis for more reforms in occupational health, including mine safety laws and standards for workers who are exposed to toxic chemicals. Unions continue to work daily to enforce OSHA’s regulations, and also to expand and refine safe protections for all workers. The eight-hour day. During the industrial revolution of the late 1800s, workers often toiled for 14 or 16 hours at a stretch with no overtime pay. In May of 1886, a labor strike for the (Cont. Page 7)
(a coalition of unions) declared employer contributions for health insurance to be tax-free, which encourages companies to offer health-insurance packages to attract workers. By 1950, “half of all companies with fewer than 250 workers and two-thirds of all companies with more than 250 workers offered health insurance of one kind or another.” Today, most workers are covered under employer-provided health care, and we’re a healthier nation because of it. But the fight against greedy insurance companies is far from over. Unions are constantly advocating for more affordable and accessible health
care for all, and were instrumental in the passage of the Affordable Care Act of 2009. Minimum wage. Gone are the days of working for nothing. The Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 established a minimum wage (back then it was 25 cents an hour), and unions have fought year after year to raise that minimum wage to a living wage that keeps workers out of poverty. Labor is still fighting to reform the minimum wage so that it increases at the rate of inflation. In California, labor lobbied for and succeeded in passing a two-step minimum wage increase, which bumped California’s minimum wage up
to $8/hour — $1.50 higher than the federal minimum wage. Workplace equality. Unions played a major role in the passage of the Civil Rights Act and Title VII, which prohibits discrimination by employers or unions on the basis of
race, national origin, color, religion or gender. Fairness and equality in the workplace continues to be a focal issue for unions in California and around the country, who continually fight for workplace fairness and equal opportunities for
minorities, immigrants, the disabled, members of the LGBT community and others who are disenfranchised and discriminated against in the workplace. Unemployment Insurance, Social Security and (Cont. Page 9)
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(Cont. From Page 6) eight-hour day led to the now-infamous Haymarket Square riot, where striking workers lost their lives standing up for the core labor ideal of “eight hours for work, eight hours for rest, and eight hours for what we will.” Workers and unions fought for decades for this basic right, and the eighthour day finally became reality for all workers in 1938 with the passage of the Fair Labor Standards Act. Health care. Up until the mid-20th century, employer-provided health care was incredibly rare, but all that changed thanks to the labor movement. In 1943, the National War Labor Board
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URGES YOU TO RE-ELECT PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA WHO IS A TRUE FRIEND OF LABOR! Rep. Jim Roebuck (188th) 4712 Baltimore Avenue Philadelphia PA 19130 TEL 215-724-2227 www.pahouse.com/roebuck
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workforce, that balancing act becomes even tougher – which is why labor staunchly advocates for new family-friendly workplace policies. In 1993, we passed the federal Family & Medical Leave Act, allowing parents to take time off to care for a new baby without risking losing their jobs. Here in California, we took the notion once step further and in 2005, we became the first state in the nation to pass a Paid Family Leave law, which allows workers to take that time off without losing all of their income. Never ones to rest on our laurels, we continue to fight to pass Paid Sick Days legislation, which would allow all Californians to accrue guaranteed sick leave. Higher wages. Unions raise the minimum wage stan-
dard for all workers, and nonunion employers are compelled to offer comparable wages and benefits in order to attract the best and brightest. In fact, at the time when most Americans belonged to a union — a period of time between the 1940s and 1950s — income inequality in the US was at its lowest point in the history of the country. To this day, the labor movement continues to fight to raise the minimum wage so it keeps up with the rate of inflation, which helps union and nonunion workers alike. When unions are strong, it forces other employers to match wages. So, they actually increase the pay and improve benefits for non-union workers too. In that way, unions help everyone ... blue collar, white collar, union and non-union.
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(Cont. From Page 7) the Safety Net. As early as the 1830s, unions – not the government — first began the practice of providing unemployment assistance to jobless workers. In the early 20th century, UI legislation started cropping up in dozens of states, and served as the impetus for the Social Security Act of 1935, which established a uniform system of unemployment insurance, and also provides aid to dependent children and rehabilitation for the physically disabled. Labor is still on the front lines every day, defending Social Security and the safety net from right-wing attacks. Family and Medical Leave. Balancing work and family has never been easy, and as more women enter the
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Philadelphia’s Tri-State Labor Parade and AFL-CIO Family Festival Date: Monday, Sep. 3, 2012 Time: Ceremony and Parade: 9:30 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. Family Festival: 11:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m. Location: Parade: Columbus Boulevard from Washington Avenue to Market Street Family Festival: Penn’s Landing Great Plaza Admission to Family Fun and Entertainment Program: $10 (children under 5 free) Parking: Parking is available at Penn’s Landing Great Plaza for a fee of $10. There will be FREE shuttles that run all day between the start of the parade and the Family Festival. Main Stage Schedule: 11:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. Entertaining – Begins at 1:00 p.m. Other Family Activities: Face Painting; Make and Take Craft; Moon Bounce; Trampoline and Orbitron.
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The American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFLCIO) is a national trade union center, the largest federation of unions in the United States, made up of fifty-six national and international unions, together representing more than 11 million workers (as of June 2008, the most recent official statistic). It was formed in 1955 when the AFL and the CIO merged after a long estrangement. From 1955 until 2005, the AFL-CIO’s member unions represented nearly all unionized workers in the United States. Several large unions split away from AFL-CIO and formed the rival Change to Win Federation in 2005. The largest union currently in the AFL-CIO is the American
Federation of State, County & Municipal Employees (AFSCME), with more than a million members. Membership in the AFLCIO is largely unrestricted. Since its inception as the American Federation of Labor, the AFL-CIO has supported an image of the federation as the “House of Labor” – an all-inclusive, national federation of labor unions. Currently, the AFL-CIO’s only explicit restriction on membership excludes those labor unions whose “policies and activities are consistently directed toward the achievement of the program or purposes of authoritarianism, totalitarianism, terrorism and other forces that suppress individual liberties and freedom of association...” (Art. II,
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Sec. 7). Under Art. II, Sec. 4 and Sec. 8, the AFL-CIO has the authority to place conditions on the issuance of charters, and formally has endorsed the policy of merging small unions into larger ones. In 2001, the AFL-CIO formally established rules regarding the size, financial stability, governance structure, jurisdiction, and leadership stability of unions seeking affiliation. And although the AFL-CIO constitution permits the federation to charter Directly Affiliated Local Unions, the AFL-CIO has largely refused to charter such unions since the 1970s. In recent years the AFLCIO has concentrated its political efforts on lobbying in Washington and the state capitals, and on "GOTV" (getout-the-vote) campaigns and in major elections. For example, in the 2010 midterm elections, it sent 28.6 million pieces of mail. Members will receive a slate card with a list of union endorsements matched to the member’s Congressional district, along with a personalized letter from President Trumka emphasizing the importance of voting. In addition, 100,000 volunteers will be going door to door to promote endorsed candidates to 13 million union voters in 32 states. The AFL–CIO is governed by its members, who meet in a quadrennial convention. Each member union elects delegates, based on proportional representation. The AFL-CIO’s state federations, central and local labor councils, constitutional departments, and constituent groups are also entitled to delegates. The delegates elect officers and vice presidents, debate and approve policy, and set dues. The AFL-CIO has three executive officers: president, secretary-treasurer and executive vice president. The executive vice president is the most recently established office; it was created by constitutional amendment in 1995. Each officer’s term is four years, and elections occur at the quadrennial convention. Current officers are President: Richard Trumka (Cont. Page 15)
ritory has its own state federation. In large cities, there is usually a CLC covering the city. Outside large cities, CLCs tend to be regional (to achieve an economy of scale in terms of dues, administrative effectiveness, etc.). State federations and CLCs are
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was authorized by constitutional change in 2005. The executive committee is composed of the president, vice presidents from the 10 largest affiliates, and nine other vice presidents chosen in consultation with the executive council. The other two officers are non-voting ex officio members. The executive committee governs the AFL-CIO between meetings of the executive council, approves its budget, and issues charters (two duties formerly discharged by the executive council). It is required to meet at least four times a year, and in practice meets on an asneeded basis (which may mean once a month or more). The AFL-CIO also has a General Board. Its members are the AFL-CIO executive council, the chief executive officer of each member union, the president of each AFLCIO constitutional department, and four regional representatives elected by the AFL-CIO’s state federations. The General Board’s duties are very limited. It only takes up matters referred to it by the executive council, but referrals are rare. However, because of the sensitive nature of political endorsements and the advisability of consensus when making them, the General Board traditionally is the body that provides the AFLCIO’s endorsement of candidates for president and vice president of the United States. Article XIV of the AFL– CIO constitution permits the AFL-CIO to charter and organize state, regional, local and citywide bodies. They are commonly called “state federations” and “central labor councils”, although the names of the various bodies varies widely at the local and regional level. Each body has its own charter, which establishes its jurisdiction, governance structure, mission, and more. Jurisdiction tends to be geopolitical: Each state or ter-
CIO constitution permits international unions to pay state fed and CLC dues directly, rather than have each local or state fed pay them. This relieves each union’s state and local affiliates of the administrative duty of assessing, collecting and paying the dues. International unions assess the AFL-CIO dues themselves, and collect them on top of their own dues-generating mechanisms or simply pay them out of the dues the international collects. But not all international unions pay (Cont. Page 17)
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(Cont. From Page 15) (2009),Secretary-Treasurer: Liz Shuler (2009- ); Executive Vice-President: Arlene Holt Baker (2009- ) The AFL-CIO membership also elects 43 vice presidents at each convention, who have a term of four years. Election is by plurality, with the top 43 candidates with the highest votes winning office. Article VI, Sec. 5, of the AFL-CIO constitution permits the president of the federation to appoint up to three additional vice presidents during the period when the convention is not in session, in order to increase the racial, gender, ethnic and sexual diversity of the executive council. The three officers and the vice presidents form the executive council, which is the federation's governing body between quadrennial conventions. It is required to meet twice a year, and in practice meets four or five times a year. It passes resolutions, directly oversees AFL-CIO’s legislative program, and has other duties. In 2005, the AFL–CIO constitution was changed to permit the executive council to form “Industrial Coordinating Committees” based on geography, employer, occupation or other appropriate subdivisions to coordinate the organizing and collective bargaining work of the member unions. From 1951 to 1996, the Executive Council held its winter meeting in the resort town of Bal Harbour, Fla. The meeting at the Bal Harbour Sheraton has been the object of frequent criticism, including over a labor dispute at the hotel itself. Citing image concerns, the Council changed the meeting site to Los Angeles. However, the meeting was moved back to Bal Harbour several years later. The 2012 meeting was held in Orlando, Fla. An executive committee
paigns, collective bargaining campaigns, electoral politics, lobbying (most often rallies and demonstrations), strikes, picketing, boycotts, and similar needs. Although the AFL-CIO constitution requires that all state and local unions affiliate with the appropriate state and local AFL-CIO body, in practice this is not enforced. Many unions do not affiliate with their state federation or CLC, or affiliate only a portion of their membership, leaving state feds and CLCs chronically short of funds. Interestingly, the AFL-
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each entitled to representation and voting rights at the quadrennial convention. The duties of state federations differ from those of CLCs. State federations tend to focus on state legislative lobbying, statewide economic policy, state elections, and other issues of a more overarching nature. CLCs tend to focus on county or city lobbying, city or county elections, county or city zoning and other economic issues, and more local needs. Both state federations and CLCs work to mobilize members around organizing cam-
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member union of the AFLCIO may join a department, provided it formally affiliates and pays dues. The chief executive officer of each department may sit in on the meetings of the AFL-CIO executive council. Departments have representation and voting rights at the AFL-CIO convention. One of the most famous departments was the Industrial Union Dept. It had been constitutionally mandated by the new AFL-CIO constitution created by the merger of the AFL and CIO in 1955, as CIO unions felt that the AFL’s commitment to industrial unionism was not strong enough to permit the department to survive without a constitutional mandate. For many years, the IUD was a de facto organizing department in the AFL-CIO. For example, it provided money to the near-destitute American Federation of Teachers as it attempted to organize the United Federation of Teachers in 1961. The organizing money enabled the AFT to win the election and establish its first large collective bargaining affiliate. For many years, the IUD remained rather militant on a number of issues. It proved to be a center of opposition to AFLCIO President John Sweeney, and was abolished in 1999. As of January 2007, there are six AFL–CIO constitutionally mandated departments: • Building and Construction Trades Dept., AFL-CIO • Maritime Trades Dept., AFL-CIO • Metal Trades Dept., AFLCIO • Dept. for Professional Employees, AFL-CIO • Transportation Trades Dept., AFL-CIO • Union Label Dept., AFLCIO (Cont. Page 18)
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(Cont. From Page 15) their required state, fed and CLC dues. State federations and CLCs are historically important to the AFL and its successor, the AFL-CIO. George Meany, for example, had little experience as a union member or local union leader, but rose quickly to the top of the AFLCIO due to his effectiveness as president of the New York State AFL. During the AFL’s early history, when the federation remained as apolitical as possible, state feds were the legislative dynamos — lobbying for workers’ compensation, unemployment insurance, child-labor laws and the minimum wage. But in the 1970s and 1980s, state feds and CLCs became organizational backwaters. They were revitalized beginning in 1995, when John Sweeney campaigned heavily for their votes in his successful quest to unseat AFL-CIO interim president Thomas R. Donahue. Sweeney continued to emphasize them throughout his presidency. Throughout its history, the AFL-CIO had a number of constitutionally mandated departments. They are governed by Article XII of the constitution. Initially, the rationale for having them was that affiliates felt that such decisions should not be left to the whims (or political needs) of the president of the federation. Currently, Art. XII establishes seven departments, but allows the executive council or convention of the AFL– CIO to establish others. Each department is largely autonomous, but it must conform to the AFL-CIO’s constitution and policies. Each department has its own constitution, membership, officers, governance structure, dues and organizational structure. Departments may establish state and local bodies. Any
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AFL-CIO: (Cont. From Page 17) “Constituency groups” are nonprofit, nonpartisan organizations chartered and funded by the AFL-CIO to enhance the representational effectiveness of various under-represented groups. Usually they serve as a
means to enhance the organizing of new members and as voter registration and mobilization bodies. The four more-mature constituency groups are A. Philip Randolph Institute, Alliance for Retired Americans, Coalition of Black Trade Unionists and
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Coalition of Labor Union Women. They conduct research, host training and educational conferences, issue research reports and publications, lobby for legislation and build coalitions with local groups. Although constituency
groups are not explicitly mentioned in the AFL-CIO constitution, the AFL-CIO exercises its general authority under Article XII to establish them in much the same way that it establishes other departments. Each constituency group has its own charter, officers, governance structure, etc., as constitutionally mandated departments do. They also have the right to sit in on AFL-CIO executive council meetings, and have representational and voting rights at AFL-CIO conventions. Many constituency groups are not self-sustaining and receive
significant funding from the AFL-CIO. As of January 2007, there are seven constituency groups within the AFL-CIO: • A. Philip Randolph Institute • Alliance for Retired Americans • Asian Pacific American Labor Alliance • Coalition of Black Trade Unionists • Coalition of Labor Union Women • Labor Council for Latin American Advancement • Pride at Work Allied organizations are nonprofit, nonpartisan organizations chartered and funded by the AFL-CIO to serve certain policy goals of the federation. Although allied organizations are not explicitly mentioned in the AFL-CIO constitution, the AFL-CIO exercises its general authority under Article XII to establish them in much the same way that it establishes other departments. Each allied organization has its own charter, officers, governance structure, etc., as constitutionally mandated departments do. However, they do not have the right to sit in on AFL-CIO executive council meetings, and do not have representational or voting rights at AFLCIO conventions. The current three allied organization are all self-sustaining. Their boards share members with the AFL-CIO executive council. As of January 2007, there are three allied organizations: • American Center for International Labor Solidarity • International Labor Communications Association • Working for America Institute They have evolved in a number of ways. For example, The Working for America Institute started out as a department of the AFL-CIO. Established in 1958, it was previously known as the Human Resources Development Institute. President Sweeney renamed the department and spun it off as an independent organization in 1998 to act as a lobbying group to promote economic development, develop new economic polices, and lobby Congress on economic policy.
The American Center for International Labor Solidarity started out as the Free Trade Union Committee, which internationally promoted free labor-unions. “Allied groups” are organizations that have more informal relationships to the AFL-CIO. Some, like the Labor & Working-Class History Association, are truly independent organizations that wish to work very closely with the AFL-CIO and promote its mission and goals. Others, like American Rights at Work, are independent in name only; they are nonprofit, nonpartisan organizations with their own articles of incorporation, charter, governance structure, etc., but are funded largely by the AFL-CIO, and their boards are dominated by its directors. Others are plainly programs of the AFL-CIO operated as federation-wide, cross-cutting organizations serving AFL-CIO goals (such as disaster relief or member mobilization apart from legislative or organizing work). These programs have little or no staff (often using staff already employed by the AFLCIO), and little or no need for funding (or using funds provided on an as-needed basis through existing AFL-CIO budgets). As of January 2007, there are four allied groups: • American Rights at Work • Community Services Network • Labor and Working-Class History Association • Working America “Programs” are organizations established and controlled by the AFL-CIO to serve certain organizational goals. Because of legal requirements (such as federal and state securities laws), they are truly independent organizations. But their governance structures are either dominated by or have sizable blocks of AFL-CIO directors, which effectively direct them to implement policies favored by the AFL-CIO. Programs serve a variety of goals. For example, the AFL-CIO Building Trust enables union pension and health funds to invest in the (Cont. Page 22)
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Our Opinion ... Fighting Back Organized labor has faced many a crisis through the two centuries since when it first appeared on the American scene. Those crises have seen blood shed, families torn asunder, and leadership often imprisoned. Those are not what dominate the crisis facing unions today. But it is as deadly nevertheless. Today’s crisis is aimed at the heart of the union movement. Its weapons are deadly recession-driven unemployment numbers, the continued exportation of jobs overseas, the flood of illegal immigrant labor and the global business empires whose employment practices run contrary to union efforts to maintain wages needed by our families, and seek to exploit those immigrants. Unaware of these dangers, for the most part, is the average American worker. He is ignorant of the fact this war on unionism leads to a dramatic lowering of his standard of living. As unions go, so go all workers’ income. Unfortunately, the mass media are not interested in bringing this to the attention of the average American worker. It does not suit their agenda. It remains for labor to do so and this Monday’s Labor Day AFL-CIO Parade is one effective way.
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PPA Workers Have One Tough Job by Francis Halbherr, President AFSCME Local 1637 Recent columns, articles and editorials criticizing parking-enforcement officers employed by the Philadelphia Parking Authority unfairly mischaracterize these individuals and distort the work they do and the manner in which the vast majority of these hardworking men and women perform their duties. There are several hundred parking-enforcement officers who issue thousands of parking violation citations a year. With all of this activity, there are a handful of complaints about the manner in which these men and women conduct their activities. There has been absolutely no mention in the media of the abuse to which a number of the parking-enforcement officers have been subjected.
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Over the past month, I have personally witnessed two instances in which two ticketwriters were horribly harassed. A parking-enforcement officer by the name of Joe wrote a ticket for an illegally parked vehicle in the Downtown area. A woman who appeared to be in the nursing profession abused Joe verbally with venom I can’t quite describe. She stated to the PEO she hoped he would have a heart attack and she would walk away from him. Joe explained it’s no big deal and its part of the job. On a another occasion, a female ticket-writer named Danielle stopped to talk to me when two civilians, who were not acting like gentlemen, stood behind her and made sexually inappropriate comments while staring like kids in a candy store. I personally felt if there is a justified time for a physical altercation, this was it, but as Joe before her,
Danielle didn’t flinch and explained this happens all day, every day and its part of the job. I find it disturbing that a woman, who is someone’s daughter, sister and wife, takes this abuse on a daily basis and then gets vilified in the press afterward, adding insult to injury. I can personally state that 99% of PEOs, along with our other members who are employed by the PPA, are good, decent people who do their job to the best of their ability and at the end of the day go back home and take care of their families. And like any other person who is responsible for caring for a family, they will put up with whatever abuse they have to in order to feed and clothe their children and keep a roof over their heads. While we welcome any training parking-enforcement officers may receive, I feel this group of workers have been mischaracterized in the press in a manner which is misguided, unprofessional and suggests that it is acceptable to verbally and in some cases, physically abuse this specific group of hard-working, decent people. To the nay-sayers, I suggest that you walk a beat with a Parking Enforcement Officer and your attitude will surely change.
Mayor’s Reforms Hollow by Pete Matthews, President, AFSCME Dist. Council 33, City Municipal Workers The “Betrayal of the American Dream” series by Donald L. Barlett and James B. Steele In local media details the ongoing attacks against defined benefit retirement plans and the push to replace them with risky and far less-secure 401(K) plans. Calling this movement “reform”, many employers, including elected governmental employers, have been creating two separate systems of retirees. One class of retirees, the rich, will have everything they need and much more, while a second class of retirees – the vast majority of American workers — will have the crumbs and leftovers of a shredded social safety net to help them in their twilight years. Many elected public employers have seized on this false “reform” language to mount the assault against negotiated defined-benefit pension plans for public-sector workers in order to dodge
contractual obligations and to keep promoting the myth – or lie, if you will — that keeps getting them elected. That myth is one where elected officials and candidates tell voters they can have all of the services they want, without having to pay any more in taxes. At the municipal level, it has been my experience some Democrat and Republican candidates and elected officials have been guilty of promoting this myth – and it continues with the current Mayor, who is using the collective bargaining and arbitration processes to undercut both the health and pension benefits of all City workers. City Solicitor Shelly Smith has written articles to the newspapers on behalf of the Mayor’s bargaining strategy, claiming he was not “kicking the can down the road” but was instead “drawing a line in the sand in support of vitally needed reforms.” As City Solicitor, Smith has a fiduciary responsibility to the City Administration and the Pension Fund. She is supposed to offer dispassionate
and balanced legal advice, absent any political agenda, to support the Pension Fund as it is constituted. She is not supposed to be an advocate for radical and destructive changes that would create exactly the kind of pension system that would shift secure pensions to 401(K) s Barlett and Steele, in their series, note “were never supposed to take the place of pensions.” Smith’s duplicity and posturing on behalf of the Mayor, who has not attended even one negotiation session with District Council 33 to make the case himself, gives ample proof Nutter’s calls for “reform” in contract negotiations and arbitrations rings hollow. After helping the City save or generate over $500 million in the last four years, funding that has allowed the Mayor to balance four consecutive budgets, the least City workers deserve is to be treated fairly in arbitrations and contract negotiations. It is past time for Mayor Nutter to stop spending so much time selling the taxpayers the myth of “reform” and instead negotiate honest and fair contract settlements with Dist. Councils 33 and 47 and accept the arbitration award for Firefighters Local 22.
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The Second American Bill of Rights We the People want to strengthen our nation, as a beacon of equality, economic opportunity and freedom for all. We hold these rights to be essential to our vision of America and believe that the principles contained therein should guide our government, business leaders, organizations and individuals in our common goal of a just and fair society.
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The Right to Full Employment and a Living Wage: The Right to Full Participation in the Electoral Process: The Right to a Voice at Work: The Right to a Quality Education: The Right to a Secure, Healthy Future:
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How It Works (Cont. From Page 18) for-profit Building Investment Trust. The Trust then uses this capital to construct office buildings, hotels,
housing developments, and other capital construction. Some profits are kept by the Trust to build its investment capabilities, the rest are distributed to the investors. Other programs serve goals such as the banking needs of individual union members (AFL-CIO Credit Union) or to provide credit card and other consumer services
(Union Privilege). The AFL-CIO has a long relationship with civil-rights struggles. One of the major points of contention between the AFL and the CIO, particularly in the era immediately after the CIO split off, was the CIO’s willingness to include Black workers (excluded by the AFL in its focus on craft unionism).
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In 2003, the AFL-CIO began an intense internal debate over the future of the labor movement in the United States with the creation of the New Unity Partnership, a loose coalition of some of the AFL-CIO’s largest unions. This debate intensified in 2004, after the defeat of labor-backed candidate John Kerry in the No-
vember 2004 US presidential election. The NUP’s program for reform of the federation included reduction of the central bureaucracy, more money spent on organizing new members rather than on electoral politics, and a restructuring of unions and locals, eliminating some smaller locals and focusing more along the lines of industrial unionism. In 2005, the NUP dissolved and the Change to Win Federation formed, threatening to secede from the AFL-CIO if its demands for major reorganization were not met. As the AFLCIO prepared for its 50thanniversary convention in late July, three of the federations’ four largest unions announced their withdrawal from the federation: the Service Employees International Union, the International Brotherhood of
Teamsters and the United Food & Commercial Workers International Union. UNITE HERE disaffiliated in mid-September 2005, the United Farm Workers left in January 2006 and the Laborers’ International Union of North America disaffiliated on Jun. 1, 2006. Two unions later left CtW and rejoined the AFL-CIO. After a bitter internal leadership dispute that involved allegations of embezzlement and accusations that SEIU was attempting to raid the union, a substantial number of UNITE HERE members formed their own union (Workers United) while the remainder of UNITE HERE reaffiliated with the AFLCIO on Sep. 17, 2009. LIUNA said on Aug. 13, 2010, that it would also leave Change to Win and rejoin the AFL-CIO in October 2010.
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Right now, I’m supposed to be writing this from the Republican National Convention in Tampa, Florida. But I’m not. I’m here in Philly, and in a way I’m kind of glad. I could have found myself trapped in a hurricane. This dude named Isaac was supposed to show up and blow the doors off of everything in Tampa. He didn’t…which is good. But he hit New Orleans, which in some ways is still recovering from Hurricane Katrina, which is bad. However, it did move the convention back a day, which meant everyone who was supposed to be heard on Monday is being scattered throughout the week, with some speakers losing their roles altogether. If Tuesday night was any indication, that’s probably for the best. I mean, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie gave the keynote speech, and I think he may have mentioned Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney once, if that. Fortunately for Romney, his wife Ann did much better. We know far too much about their courtship, the high-school dance at which they met, the fact he makes her laugh, and her family came here with nothing and pulled themselves up by their bootstraps. Simple. Boilerplate. Totally expected. And here’s the sad part: next week’s Democratic National Convention probably won’t be any better. Even with a day removed for hurricanes and in the case of the DNC shortening it a day due to Labor Day, the lame script for conventions is still being clung to by both sides. I’m really starting to tire of what passes for political (Cont. Page 48)
CONGRESSMAN TODD AKIN stays in the Senate Race. The real story is the THIN GOP LOYALTY to him. They ran for cover at warp speed after his remark. This could be an indicator of how deep their loyalty is to others (?). Almost certainly, Akin has a RIGHT to run. After reading into his statements after the gaffe, I think he is very genuine in his beliefs – though I cannot agree with him.... GOV. CHRISTIE touts the Jersey comeback – when revenues are vastly below projections, and 7,100 non-government jobs were lost, as the USA gained jobs. Stop the flying around to support Romney and STAY IN TRENTON! Congressmen Jim Gerlach and Jon Runyan are defending a Democrat assault over support of Paul Ryan’s views to overhaul Medicare. You vote for his proposals, then just ADMIT it.... A HAPPY BIRTHDAY to Roxborough civic leader, Bernie STRAIN, a man of lifetime achievement. COUNCILWOMAN CINDY BASS can be counted on to keep watch over City efforts to stop violence in recreation centers. Keep at it, with the people’s thanks!... Real Estate ASSESSMENTS: Over in Franklin Township, N.J, The assessment office took taxpayers on a tour of the assessment process from inspection to appeals. Any chance of that happening here? The City’s market values, when released, are sure to be criticized. HOW ABOUT 26 companies paying their CEOs more than they paid in federal tax? You bail out companies, warn them of high pay, and it is like talking to a brick.... WOULD YOU BELIEVE the remark from the State House Speaker on the voter-ID law’s allowing the GOP to win the state for Romney was featured in THE ECONOMIST, an internationally read publication for many years? In years to come the remark may live in infamy in the history books (?). The author may be “little-known nor long-remembered.” A LOT OF MONEY SHOULD BE RAISED - to get ID for poor potential voters. I never thought I would see the return of a poll-tax reminder law. As a kid in an Army barracks, a Mississippi youth asked me to help him fill out his voter registration form. It was 22 pages in length. Voter ID is an UNJUST LAW. St. Augustine said, “An unjust law is no law at all.” A famous American said, “A just law squares with the moral law of God. An unjust law is out of harmony with moral law.”... An important guy felt “Voter-ID objections miss the real need.” Huh? What need? When GOV. CORBETT was State Attorney General – did he try a (Cont. Page 48)
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Yo! Here we go again with some observations on growing older. Boy, this really hits the nail on the head. Your kids are becoming you – and you don’t like them – but your grandchildren are perfect. Going out is good. Coming home is better. When people say you look “Great,” they add, “for your age.” When you needed the discount, you paid full price. Now you get discounts on everything – movies, hotels, flights – but you’re too tired to use them. You forget names – but it’s OK, because other people forgot they even knew you. The 5 pounds you wanted to lose is now 15 and you have a better chance of losing your keys than the 15 pounds. You realize you’re never going to be really good at anything – especially golf. Your spouse is counting on you to remember things you don’t remember. The things you used to care to do, you no longer care to do, but you really do care that you don’t care to do them anymore. Your spouse sleeps better on a lounge chair with the TV blaring than he or she does in bed. It’s called their “pre-sleep.” Remember when your mother said, “Wear clean underwear in case you GET in an accident”? Now you bring clean underwear in case you HAVE an accident. You used to say, “I hope my kids GET married,” now, “I hope they STAY married.” You miss the days when everything worked with just an “ON” and “OFF” switch. Remember when Google, iPod, email, modem were unheard of, and a mouse was something that made you climb on a table? You now tend to use more four-letter words: “What? … when?” Now you can afford expensive jewelry, it’s not safe to wear it anywhere. Your husband/wife has a night out with the guys or gals but is home by 9:00 p.m. Next week it will be 8:30 p.m. You read 100 pages into a book before you realize you’ve read it. What used to be freckles are now liver spots. Everybody whispers. Now that your spouse has retired you’d give anything if he/she would find a job. You have three sizes of clothes in your closet – two of which you will never wear. But old is good in some things, like: old songs, old movies and, best of all, old friends. Today is the oldest you’ve ever been, yet the youngest you’ll ever be, so enjoy this day while it lasts.
Some voters may be turned away from the polls this November, but Philadelphia Democratic Chairman CONGRESSMAN BOB BRADY is fighting to make sure everyone can vote. Especially seniors, the disabled and minorities that have been targeted for surgical voting roadblocks by the new Republican voter-ID Law. The voter-ID law was concocted by GOV. TOM CORBETT and Harrisburg Republicans to help MITT ROMNEY win Pennsylvania. Republican House MAJORITY LEADER MIKE TURZAI’S blunt admission was caught on video and replayed numerous times by local, state, and national media. To help ensure that no one is turned away at the polls, Brady held a meeting this week with Democratic ward leaders, elected officials, labor leaders, the NAACP, the Committee of Seventy, the Philadelphia Black Clergy, and the League of Women Voters. During the meeting, the Congressman and community leaders discussed ways to ensure people have proper identification. They discussed trying to create a mobile PennDOT voter-identification unit, transporting residents to PennDOT centers to obtain IDs, and working with community centers. STATE REP. ANGEL CRUZ offered to help all Philadelphians born in Puerto Rico obtain their Puerto Rico birth certificates. Other elected officials and power players attending the meeting included Democratic City COMMISSIONERS ANTHONY CLARK and STEPHANIE SINGER, City COUNCIL MEMBERS BOB HENON, MARIAN TASCO and JIM KENNEY, STATE SENS. TONY WILLIAMS and (Cont. Page 48)
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The herd is focused on Tampa even if they are still here in Philadelphia. On Tuesday a crowd watched the convention on TV at the state party’s office on South 4th Street. Today there will be a convention-watching party at the United Republican Club. Philadelphia’s Delegates to the convention include LEWIS HARRIS, DR. SETH KAUFER, CHRIS VOGLER, WALT VOGLER and WALT VOGLER. STEVE BOC and FRAN O’BRIEN are Alternate Delegates. BILL PETTIGREW, who was elected to be an Alternate Delegate, was unable to attend owing to health problems. Rumor has it Pettigrew knew for weeks he would not be able to be there, but decided not tell the state party because his replacement would have been selected by the state party and not by MIKE MEEHAN. The Republican National Committee canceled the business meetings of the first day of the convention owing to concerns for the safety of participants, as they feared the path of Hurricane Isaac could close in on Tampa. The storm caused some rain and wind but essentially missed the city. The storm hit land near New Orleans and ANN ROMNEY in her speech asked us to keep those in the path of Isaac in our prayers. Tuesday morning the New Majority Council, chaired by RENEE AMOORE, hosted a breakfast for the Pennsylvania delegation. The event included three guest speakers: pollster and University of Pennsylvania graduate FRANK LUNTZ, House SPEAKER JOHN BOEHNER and MITT ROMNEY’S son JOSH. Luntz told the crowd in his polling Romney picked up 4 points in Pennsylvania since selecting PAUL RYAN as a running mate. He believes we can win Pennsylvania and if that happens, Romney will win the White House. Boehner also believes Romney can win Pennsylvania as (Cont. Page 49)
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On day 15 of the journey, Miller and his team stopped by The Rodon Group and K’NEX facilities to learn about how K’NEX parts are made in the US. “Just when you thought American manufacturing was dead, my visit to K’NEX and Rodon was proof enough to me that American manufacturing is still thriving in America,” he said. “My visit to Hatfield, Pa. was an enjoyable one and was a turning point in my perception of the manufacturing industry here in America.” Miller continued. “We toured the manufacturing facility where injection molded parts are made for their toy lines. I sat down with K’NEX President and CEO Michael Araten to discuss the state of manufacturing in America, as well as the outsourcing of manufacturing injection molded plastics overseas. “A search for the American dream was a big part of our
journey and we found that it was still alive.” K’NEX and The Rodon Group are proud to be a sponsor and supporter of the film. “As a business leader and owner I feel it’s my responsibility to support my community,” said Michael Araten. “The more items K’NEX and Rodon manufacture at home, the more people we can employ. Spending our dollars on Made in the USA goods enables our whole economy to get stronger, and with that our whole country becomes stronger. If every American spent $64 a year on things made in the USA, we would employ 2 million more people. We can do that, the choices are there; you just have to take that extra second and look at the label.” A trailer for the film can be seen at www.usa30days.com. For more information, contact Josh Miller at millermadeinusa@gmail.com or follow the film on Twitter at #USA30days.
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Made in the USA: The 30 Day Journey is a documentary film that dives deep into the realm of the current economic uncertainty in the United States. The film focuses on the jobs that have left our country over the last decade and the future of America’s economy. It also questions whether the answer could be as simple as reinvesting in our own country and workforce once again. Created and produced by Josh Miller, the film takes the viewer on his 30-day US journey and examines the country’s unique opportunity to unite and turn its course back to prosperity. It charters 30 days of his life where he lived off just American-produced products. The journey contains interviews with politicians, businessmen, historians, and economists to find out what “Made in USA” really means and how to stimulate employment in America.
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Patrick J. Eiding Executive Council of the Pennsylvania AFL-CIO, and as the Northeast Regional representative to the National
AFL-CIO General Board. In addition to his duties within the AFL-CIO, Eiding represents organized labor on a number of civic boards. He is the co-chairman of PALM; sits on the Board of the United Way of Southeastern Pennsylvania; serves on the Executive Committee of Philadelphia Workforce Investment Board; as a Commissioner of the Philadelphia Housing Authority; and a member of the Philadelphia Planning Commission. Eiding is also very involved in the community through a variety of charitable organizations. His favorite charity is the Asbestos Workers Mesothelioma Fund, which he helped to develop in 1992 in an agreement between the Insulators union and contractors. The Fund has raised close to $2 million for Fox Chase since its inception.
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A leader in the Philadelphia and Pennsylvania labor movement, Pat Eiding is active in many civic, charitable and government affairs. Prior to being elected president of the Philadelphia Council AFL-CIO in January 2002, Eiding served for over 25 years as business manager of the Insulators & Asbestos Workers Local 14 covering Philadelphia and Southern New Jersey. Eiding has risen through the ranks of leadership throughout his career. His union leadership roles include serving as past president of the Asbestos Workers Middle Atlantic States Conference, and past president of the Mechanical Trades Council in Philadelphia and New Jersey. He currently serves as secretary/treasurer of the Philadelphia Building Trades Council, as a member of the
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PHILDELPHIA Council AFL-CIO President Pat Eiding addresses Labor Day 2011 participants from Parade starting point at Sheet Metal Workers Local 19 Building at Columbus Boulevard & Reed Street.
by David Sirota, In These Times Big agribusiness pretends to go organic. PC behemoths mimic Apple products. Barack Obama goes to the right of the Republicans on civil liberties. Mitt Romney suddenly portrays himself as a left-leaning moderate on immigration. It seems no matter the arena, the most clichéd move in corporate and political combat is to coopt an opponent’s message, expecting nobody to notice or care. But as inured as we are to this banality, it’s still shocking to see Corporate America transform the message of Organized Labor into a sales pitch for … Corporate America. Yes, according to the New York Times, that’s what’s happening, as new ads are “tapping into a sense of frustration among workers to sell products.” One spot for the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority (read: the casinos) shows a woman climbing onto her desk to demand a vacation. Another for McDonald’s implores us to fight back against employers and “overthrow the working lunch.” Still another for a Coca-Cola subsidiary seizes on the stress of harsh working conditions to create buzz for a branded “Take the Year Off” contest. “Marketers are adopting the theme of workers’ rights at a time when unions themselves are confronting declines in membership and influence,” notes the Times. “In effect, some labor experts say, they are turning a pro-worker theme on its head to serve the corporate interest.” In one sense, this is good news for organized labor – at a moment when unions are under assault, the ads reflect polls showing persistent mass support for both the concept of worker solidarity and the economic outrage voiced by worker protests. Indeed, companies wouldn’t be echoing such themes if they didn’t know they were wildly popular. And yet, that’s also why organized labor can’t take too much solace. Image-wise, the ad campaign undermines unions by effectively severing the popular pro-worker message from the labor-movement brand. Preposterously, the spots insinuate workers can get better treat-
ment – and wield real power in the employer-employee relationship – wholly without unions. It’s a fantasy, of course. Not coincidentally, as union density in America has declined, so too have workers’ wages, benefits, workplace protections and negotiating power. Additionally, as the Economic Policy Institute documents, unions not only help their own members, they set industry-wide standards. So when unions lose ground, all workers lose out. The ads imply the opposite, by suggesting individual workers don’t need solidarity (i.e., collective bargaining, unions) to get ahead. And what’s particularly galling is this message comes from interests that have been hostile to the labor movement. For example, the Las Vegas Convention & Visitors Authority may ostensibly speak for a city with a comparatively high union density – but that’s not because that city’s key tourism industry is friendly to labor. On the contrary, the casino industry has often led vicious fights against unions. McDonald’s and Coca-Cola are even worse. While the former touts the virtues of lunch breaks – workplace benefits standardized through labormovement activism – journalist Eric Schlosser has documented the fast-food company’s aggressive union-busting. Meanwhile, the beverage conglomerate advertising the need for more worker vacations – again, benefits originally secured through labor organizing – has fought organizing drives in the United States and has faced international outrage over alleged antiunion violence abroad. Put it all together, and you see the sleight of hand: In the same way rapacious oil companies try to greenwash their brands to align them with environmental sentiment, the particular industries and companies airing these ads are subtly “workerwashing” their brands in an attempt to equate themselves with populist economic outrage. That they can accomplish this with so few noticing proves that in the age of truthiness, anything can be corporatized– even the anti-corporate zeitgeist.
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PROGRAM • Introduction • Boxers Prayer Deacon Fred Druding Sr. Epiphany of Our Lord Church • National Anthem Greg DiTeodoro • Welcome Charlie Sgrillo VBA President • Congratulatory Remarks Elected Officials • Special Presentation Fred Druding, Jr. VBA Director • Response Kelly Ryan • Social Food Compliments of Carmen Scarduzio’s “Neutral Corner Kitchen” and $2 Bottle Beer Specials
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PROUDLY ACKNOWLEDGES OUR MEMBERSHIP, STAFF AND THE PHILADELPHIA STEEL ERECTORS ASSOCIATION FOR WORKING TOGETHER TO BUILD THE SKYLINE OF THE GREAT CITY OF PHILADELPHIA Labor is the heart of productivity, the cause of growth and prosperity in our nation and ultimately, the reason for our success. Our labor has earned us much to be proud of- and many accomplishments to speak of- but none are more responsible for our achievements than the rank and file membership of our Union. and this is their Holiday! Congratulations!!! Joseph “Doc” Dougherty Business Manager Ironworkers’ Local Union No. 401
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UNITING to alert W. Phila. voters to requirements of new voter-ID law, State Reps. Vanessa Lowery Brown and Ron Waters staged briefing session at Mt. Olivet Baptist Church in Mill Creek.
ically 10 to 20 times the nominating-petition signatures needed by the two ruling parties. For statewide contests in the 11/06/12 election, Rs and Ds need to gather 2,000 signatures while anyone else must collect 20,601! Currently only Dr. Jill Stein, of the Greens, will share the Pennsylvania ballot line with the two major parties. State Dems neglected to challenge the Greens as they normally do, allowing that party to siphon off Democrat support for President Obama.
COUNCILMAN David Oh spoke on how his military experience guides his life in public service to members of Benjamin Franklin American Legion Post of Union League. Oh is only member of City Council who served in military. Post Commander John Peterson presents him with Appreciation Award. Photo by Joe Stivala
At The Republican National Convention The Independence Hall Tea Party PAC, the only federally registered Tea Party PAC in the tri-state (DE/NJ/PA) region, and the first Tea Party PAC in the nation to endorse Gov. Mitt Romney for President (Jan. 2, 2012, on the eve of the Iowa Caucus), has been represented at the convention by its President, Don Adams. Cheri Honkala, VP candidate for the Green Party, wasn’t worried about hurricane STATE REP. JOHN
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The Pennsylvania Constitution Party has given up the quest to have its presidential candidate, Virgil Goode, on the 2012 Pennsylvania Ballot. Though it had collected 175% of the required signatures, it was forced off the ballot by a GOP challenge. Key reason, according to Party Chair and VP candidate Jim Clymer, is the Pennsylvania Constitution Party could not afford the almost $100,000 in court costs it might accrue if the challengers were successful. The Pennsylvania Libertarians are fighting a challenge to their presidential candidate, for whom 49,000 signatures were submitted, more than twice the 20,601 required this year. The LP slate of candidates, including Gov. Gary Johnson for President of the US, is still on the ballot, but is fighting the Republican Party challenge of about 44,000 of their signatures. The threat of financial retribution is enough to prevent most otherwisededicated parties to avoid even collecting signature petitions in Pennsylvania. Republicans and Democrats in the General Assembly share equal credit for passing ballot-access laws designed to keep their competition off the ballot. In order to gain ballot access, candidates who are not Ds or Rs must collect typ-
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Expect Orginality At Fat Joe’s Die-hard South Philadelphian Joe Beren needed to find himself. His dreams of becoming a pro athlete were dashed when he sustained an injury when he played for LaSalle’s football team. He then worked in his uncle’s bagel shop. Leaving that job, he worked at a luncheonette in Wildwood. He joined the Stagehands Local 8. He began to read cookbooks and watch The Food Channel. So when a property on 3rd & Shunk Streets came up for a sale, he put in the paperwork, only to be outbid at the last moment. With the encouragement of his friends and a few of skeptics from his family, Beren made a deal to rent the property from the latest owner. He named his new place “Fat Joe’s”. He put in a brand-new kitchen. The front of the store is still under construction. There are a couple of tables
with chairs, but his business is mostly take-out or delivery. He also does catering. Don’t expect a lot of ambiance, but do expect some of the most extraordinary dishes to come from the creative mind of a self-taught chef. The ubiquitous cheesesteak takes on a fresh nuance with the hand-sliced Angus beef; it’s not all chopped or shredded. “He even hand-makes the burgers, and he has big hands!” Marie Beren, Joe’s mother, lets me know. As a constituent-services representative for Councilman Mark Squilla’s office, she is her son’s biggest PR agent. “He’s so passionate about this place,” she said. “He never complains, even though he puts in 14-hour days. The neighbors love him and he loves them back. He amazes me. I’m so proud of him. And with a new baby girl on the way, he and his fiancée, Gina Carrizo, relish the time they
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City Controller Alan Butkovitz believes the City’s Revised Five Year Budget plan demonstrates sufficient expenditure reductions to cover the cost of the International Association of Fire Fighters Award. However, he stated, “It is unrealistic for management to assume it will prevail in its current appeal of the arbitrated IAFF award after the same arbitration panel decided against the city twice before.” He also warned, “The City’s inability to reach a settlement in its ongoing negotiations with its non-uniformed workers may
have a similar devastating effect on the City’s budget.” “Because these employees have been working under the terms of an agreement that expired more than four years ago, future settlements may include retroactive wage and benefit payments which the City has not planned for and may not be able to afford without large tax increases or further expenditure reductions.” Despite those concerns, using professional accounting standards, Butkovitz has determined that the City’s revised plan allows for the contingency
of having to implement the IAFF award. The Controller’s review of the Plan’s expenditure reductions notes the following items warranting Pennsylvania Intergovernmental Cooperation Authority’s attention: The possible deactivation or brown out of full-and/or parttime Fire Dept. medic units as well as engine and ladder companies to reduce forecasted expenditures by $3.4 million to $8.4 million. Audits by the Controller’s Office have repeatedly found the City’s emergency medical services are
strained. It is unreasonable to propose a further reduction in the number of paramedics. The reduction of certain classes of expenditures for the Philadelphia Prisons System by $1.9 million to $3.6 million are based upon the City’s prison population; a factor which is clearly beyond the City’s ability to control. The elimination of Public Defender positions while the District Attorney’s Office, which prosecutes these cases, continues to receive sufficient funding to maintain its current staffing levels.
‘Big’ Supporter Parties For MS Shore Bike RYAN WHITE and Erin Angelucci White were out supporting family members with MS at Bike Race To The Shore For Shore, partying at Kilbane’s Irish Bar. Erin was dancing in support despite fact she will be giving birth in two weeks.
breakfast items such as Sweet Crunch Toast, made with
Texas Toast and covered in Capt. Crunch, or the fresh pancakes that can morph into The Tombstone, a large pancake filled with bacon, sausage and eggs and folded over. The Cake Batter pancakes are splendid. In addition to the hoagies, quesadillas, specialty sandwiches with names like The Shunk St. Strangler and The Fuzzy Cutlet, make sure you sample his Grilled Cheesey Cheese sandwiches. Nothing like what you used to get from your mom when you were a kid! For those watching their calories, he does have Skinny Joe’s selections. “It’s good to get a salad or wrap once in a while.” With word-of-mouth advertising, Beren is confident that he can make a living because with breakfast, lunch and dinner available all day long, the food speaks for itself.
James, Johnson Address Voter ID Issues, Concerns Two South Philadelphia lawmakers will hold a meeting to address your voter photo identification next week. State Rep. Harold James and City Councilman Kenyatta Johnson are holding a Protect Voting Rights meeting Sep. 8 to provide Philadelphia residents the details of Pennsylvania's new law which requires all voters to present specific forms of photo ID in order to vote in November's general election. The workshop will take place from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 8 at the Dixon House, 1920 S. 20th Street. Those interested in attending are asked to RSVP to James' office at (215) 952-3378. This is the second workshop James has co-sponsored to help Philadelphians exercise their constitutional right to vote. He said the previous workshop held Jul. 28 helped many voters realize they did not have the proper ID needed to vote on Nov. 6. “Now is the time to look
into this, not in November when you may be turned away at the polls,” said James. “This meeting will help people to understand the law – from what is considered appropriate photo identification to take to the polls to how to obtain a free photo ID, including the recently announced Dept. of State photo ID for voting purposes. “I strongly encourage all voters who are unsure of whether their current ID meets the strict requirements mandated by this law to come to this meeting.” James said Gov. Tom Corbett’s previous claims that the new law would impact very few people were found false by his own administration. A recent Dept. of State analysis showed some 758,000 registered voters or more may not possess the necessary photo ID to vote, or about 9.2% of the state's 8.2 million voters. In Philadelphia, some 186,830 voters are believed to be without the proper photo ID.
Local GOP To Mark Convention Here A Republican National Convention Happy Hour will be held at the United Republican Club, 3156 Frankford Avenue, tonight from 7 to 11 p.m. Complimentary pizza will be served with bottled beer cut to $2 and drafts to $1. The Philadelphia Republican Leadership Council may resume the Republican monthly speaker breakfast forums – with a new location, the Republican Victory Office located at 529 S. 4th Street. Those interested should let 5th Ward Leader Mike Cibik know.
What Makes ID For Voters Starting on Nov. 6, you must prove your identity by showing one of the following photo IDs issued by: The United States government, e.g., a US passport The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, e.g., a driver’s license
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(NOTE: An expired driver’s license is okay as long as it is within 12 months after the expiration date); A Pennsylvania municipality (e.g., city, county, borough, incorporated town) to municipal employees An accredited Pennsylva-
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nia public or private institution of higher learning, e.g., a student card; A Pennsylvania care facility, which includes a longterm care nursing facility, an assisted-living residence or a personal-care home US Armed Forces branches or
Romney-Ryan "Wrong For Women", Charges Tasco C O U N C I L WOMAN Marion Tasco joins Congresswoman Donna Edwards and Actress Tatyana Ali at Pennsylvania Democratic Party Headquarters to highlight why they believe Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan are "too extreme for America’s women and their families" - especially when it comes to health care decisions and equal pay for women, Tasco said. Photo by Rory McGlasson
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their reserves, including the Pennsylvania National Guard. (NOTE: The ID-holder can be a veteran or current member; the expira Unless otherwise noted, your ID must be valid – in other words, your photo ID must have an expiration date and that date cannot have expired. Also valid are non�photo driver’s license or other non�photo ID issued by the Pennsylvania Dept. of Transportation.
Philly Turnout Key To How Pa. Votes The Philadelphia Inquirer’s voter poll finds President Barack Obama leading Republican rival Mitt Romney by a significant margin in Pennsylvania, raising the question of whether the Keystone State is up for grabs on Nov. 6. Polling indicates Obama would win the state by nine percentage points – 51%-42% – with 7% of vot-
ers undecided. Key to this is the Philadelphia turnout. Obama makes it easy if this city brings out 400,000 majority or more. If it doesn’t do better than 350,000, look for a possible upset.
Dunbar School Giveaway Draws William F. Dunbar, the Democratic candidate for State Representative in the 177th Dist., hopes the 245 families that took advantage of his free school supplies giveaway Saturday will remember his efforts. As Dunbar and his staff filled up their children’s backpacks, parents thanked the State Rep. Harold
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The Pennsylvania Dept. of State has begun distributing a new free, same-day, DOS photo-ID card for registered voters who do not have any of the photo IDs that will be accepted at the polls on Nov. 6. According to the DOS, this new “ID of last resort” is a safety net for voters who don’t have an acceptable photo ID and can’t find or obtain either a birth certificate or Social Security card – two documents required in order to get a free PennDOT-issued photo ID for voting. The new DOS ID is supposed to be issued on the same day an application is made.
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City Commission Chair Stephanie Singer was interviewed on MSNBC’s “The Ed Show” discussing the ramifications of Pennsylvania’s new voter-ID law. She urged voters to turn out, and if not sure of having the right ID, to vote via provisional ballot. She obviously has an eye for talent. Her Deputy Commissioner for Communications Jorge Santana is now doing the same for PA Voices. So she is looking to hire a replacement. It’s a high powered, very busy position.
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(Cont. From Page 37) Honkala has campaigned for office before, running for Sheriff of Philadelphia last year.
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candidate for providing the much-needed supplies. With Catholic-school closures in the District, Dunbar is pressing school support as one of his platforms.
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by Michael A. Cibik, Esquire American Bankruptcy Board Certified
Question: What are some bankruptcy, mortgage-modification and foreclosure myths? Answer: In my bankruptcy practice, I see people every day in the midst of a homeowner’s dilemma. Try to save the house, walk away, file bankruptcy, do a modification, or what? Most often, I spend time with them simply dispelling myths! Here are seven of my favorites: 1. Modification is a federal
program – they have to give me one. Wrong. Fewer than 30% of the applications for modification are granted. And then, only after an arduous process, often lasting months. 2. Modification will reduce the principal amount owed on the home. Wrong. Occasionally, the bank might reduce the principal owed, but it’s very rare. Most of the time, not even a bankruptcy can reduce the principal owed on your primary residence. There is good news on the horizon though, as more banks are seriously looking into
principal reductions to avoid foreclosures. 3. If I file for bankruptcy, I won’t be able to complete my modification. Wrong. The modification process can continue or even be started after filing bankruptcy. And, getting rid of credit-card or other unsecured debt almost always helps the process, since it will free income to be used for house payments. 4. Applying for a modification will stop a foreclosure. Wrong. Most often the foreclosure process continues while a modification application is being considered. Sometimes the sale date will be postponed, but the process will go forward unless the modification is granted. Filing bankruptcy al-
ways stops (or at least postpones) a foreclosure. 5. A modification will get rid of missed payments. Wrong. Most of the time, those payments will be added on to the loan to be paid at the end of the term. Filing bankruptcy, can, however, under some circumstances, get rid of or reduce some of the money owed on a house. 6. Filing bankruptcy is worse on my credit than a foreclosure. Wrong. It’s usually just the opposite – a foreclosure is worse for your credit score than filing bankruptcy. Next Week’s Question: Budgeting after bankruptcy – how do I save $1,000 per month?
by Michael P. Boyle, Esq. In general, lower educational achievement works to your advantage if you are pursuing disability or SSI benefits. Someone who did not complete the 12th grade (and who never obtained a GED) is considered to have a limited education. 20 C.F.R. sections 404.1564 (b)(3), 416.964 (b)(3). Someone who did not advance past the 6th grade is considered to have a marginal education. 20 C.F.R. sections 404.1564 (b)(2), 416.964 (b)(2). A person who is closely approaching retirement age (60 and above), has a marginal education, an unskilled work background, and the ability to perform mediumduty work (standing and walking six hours a day, with occasional lifting up to 50 lb., and frequent lifting up to 25 lb.) is considered disabled pursuant to application of Rule 203.01 of the MedicalVocational Guidelines (“Grids”). Someone with the same profile but possessing a 12th-grade education is classified by Grid Rule 203.06 as not disabled.
Illiteracy refers to the inability to read or write. 20 C.F.R. sections 404.1564 (b)(1), 416.964 (b)(1). If you can establish that you are illiterate, this may help you establish disability at an earlier age. A person who is 45 to 49 years of age and is unable to communicate or to read or write in English will be found disabled if he is limited to performing sedentary work (sitting six hours a day, occasional lifting up to 10 lb.), has an unskilled work background or lacks skills transferable to other sedentary jobs, and has no relevant past work history (PRW) or can no longer perform PRW. Grid Rule 201.17; section 200.00 (h)(1), Introduction to Appendix 2 to Subpart P of Part 404. The Social Security Administration considers someone illiterate “if the person cannot read or write a simple message such as instructions or inventory lists, even though the person can sign his or her own name.” 20 C.F.R. sections 404.1564 (b)(1), 416.964 (b)(1).
by Tom Flynn and Rocco DeGregorio Question: Is Labor Day really a good time to shop for a car? I am not really a fan of crowds and don’t want to have to wait around for a salesman if I find something I like. Answer: Dear reader, Labor Day is one of the most popular days of the year for car shopping. If you are planning on shopping here, don’t worry. We have plenty of salesmen to help you find the car for you! Pacifico Ford is even grilling hamburgers and hot dogs on Monday! Depending on the dealer, you can get Labor Day sales usually the week before or after Labor Day, so if you are weary of the crowds you can
opt for another day of the week as well. For example, Pacifico Ford’s Labor Day sale lasts Aug. 22, 2012 until Sep. 3, 2012. Some of Ford’s deals include: 2012 Focus: Up to $2,000 rebates OR 0% for 60 months; 2012 Fusion: Up to $3,500 rebates OR $2,000 & 0% for 60 months; and 2012 Escape: Up to $3,500 rebates OR $2,000 & 0% for 60 months. Check dealer websites or call dealers to find out what their Labor Day specials are. Tom has been serving automotive customers in the Philadelphia area for over 20 years, as a salesman and then General Manager of Pacifico Auto Group. Rocco is a top automotive consultant.
GOP FUN-LOVERS Councilman Denny O’Brien and 27th Ward Leader Matt Wolfe traded gags before Variety show began.
DR. MANAN TRIVEDI, Democratic candidate for Congress running against Jim Gerlach (who was not there but sent a surrogate), did a funny bit as an Indian American at a call center at Variety Club’s annual political comedy night.
CONGRESSMAN Pat Meehan, Republican incumbent in Delaware Co., also had a very funny routine. He made some jokes about Anthony Weiner and Bill Clinton.
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HOW FUNNY can a politician be? Well, some are. Kathleen CRACKING JOKES for same side were Con- Kane, Democratic candidate for gressman Bob Brady, right, and Sen. Bob State Attorney General, made Casey. Brady’s jokes were amusing – but un- jokes about her Irish heritage printable. Photos by Bonnie Squires and her hometown of Scranton.
FINNIGAN’S WAKE crackled with jests by unlikely entertainers. John Featherman, who is running as a Republican against Congressman Bob Brady (again), was very funny with jokes based on his “mixed marriage” with his Chinese wife.
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Walk The Beat (Cont. From Page 25) single case of voter fraud? How can the state GOP find money for the expensive ID program? Funds to education and human needs maybe? And the Corbett Administration declined to answer the US Dept. of Justice on their 1% estimate of voters needing ID (now 9.2%). The Feds monitor compliance with the voter rights act in many states (it began BEFORE the OBAMA YEARS), so why act to halt or delay? And state officials seem in no hurry for the State Supreme Court hearing on voter ID. State Sen. Vincent HUGHES on WURD said the law is looking you in the face to steal from you. He called the effort “malicious.”… A few years ago, when the GOP had total control of House and Senate, they seemed to want too much. A lawmaker was quoted in the Washington Post as saying, “We blew it.” Let’s make it happen again. SO TURN OUT for the an-
nual LABOR DAY PARADE on Sep. 3, on Columbus Boulevard. A free family festival follows at FESTIVAL PIER at Spring Garden Street.... A TRIPLE-HEADER follows on Sep. 9! The DOO WOP festival supports the Veterans Multi-Service Center, and is at Penn’s Landing. Please attend. Local 830 TEAMSTERS’ Picnic and 70th birthday will be led by DAN GRACE. An EAGLES Opening Season Fundraiser will be held for Councilman BOBBY HENON in historic Curran’s, says Barbara Deeley. So gas up the car with premium – you can attend all three for a good cause and fun day!
Out & About (Cont. From Page 25) debate in this country. I’d like to see us address the true funding inequities that exist here. I’d like to know why there’s no single-payer health insurance. I’d like to interview Congressman Allen West’s press secretary … but that’s for an-
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Mayor may have been busy preparing for his speech to the Democratic National Convention. The convention takes place next week in Charlotte. The Mayor is looking to raise his national profile, and possibly join the Obama Administration in Washington, D.C. A Philadelphian who knows quite a bit about DC and Presidential administrations is former US SEN. ARLEN SPECTER. Sadly, Sen. Specter is once again battling cancer. Specter is well known for his keen ability to fight and survive in both the political and health-care arenas. He beat cancer a few years ago, and vowed to win his current bout with cancer. He is eyeing a return to the squash court. CHS hopes Specter is also able to return to Citizens Bank Park to watch his beloved Phillies. Specter and other baseball fans would love to see Rollins, Utley and Howard turn a triple play. Not every fan gets to see a triple play, but they generate a lot of buzz when they happen. The Pennsylvania Supreme Court will consider a “triple play” of important issues next month. The evenly divided court will hear arguments on the new voter-identification law, the legislative redistricting plan, and a law that prohibits municipalities from using zoning to regulate natural gas drilling. The legal community and politicos are eagerly chattering about the outcome of these decisions, and if the court will be able to reach consensus on any or all of these issues.
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kids from sexual abuse.” Boyle’s legislation – which has been awaiting consideration by the House Judiciary Committee since its November introduction — would require staff members of institutions who are aware of abuse to immediately notify law enforcement and child protective services. Not doing so could result in a third-degree felony. Current law only requires that the abuse be reported to the person in charge of the institution, school, facility or agency, or the designated agent of the person in charge.
Society To Honor Film Producer What do Bruce Willis, Joaquin Phoenix, Bryce Dallas Howard and Haley Joel Osment have in common? They have been main characters in films produced, directed and written by this year’s recipient of the Pennsylvania Society’s Gold Medal for Distinguished Achievement: screenwriter, filmmaker, producer and
philanthropist M. Night Shyamalan. Shyamalan, who has received acclaim for notable films such as The Sixth Sense, Signs and The Village, among others, will be presented with the Gold Medal at the Society’s annual gala dinner on Saturday, Dec. 8 at the Waldorf-Astoria in New York City.
(Cont. From Page 25) well as his native Ohio. Boehner stated Romney knows what it takes to create jobs more than any person that has run for President in his (Boehner’s) lifetime. Josh Romney stumped for his father. He believes his father is not running for President to satisfy his ego but to help move the economy forward. Josh noted he has met many people who regret voting for PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA, but has yet to meet someone who regrets voting for JOHN McCAIN. The delayed start of the convention had a full slate of speakers on Tuesday. The crowd heard from a host of Governors including NIKKI HALEY of South Carolina, SCOTT WALKER of Wisconsin, JOHN KASICH of Ohio, BOB McDONNELL of Virginia and the keynote speaker CHRIS CHRISTIE of New Jersey. The theme of many of the speakers was the need to take the fiscal responsibility and job growth experienced in many states run by Republican Governors to Washington. Every speaker pointed out our entrepreneurs
ernment handout, as in 1923 the only government benefit for immigrants was freedom. Ann Romney showed us another side of the sometimes-reserved Gov. Romney. She noted while his father’s success allowed him an education that he George Romney did not
have, that success was not handed to Mitt Romney but rather that he “built it.” She stressed something the herd already knows: that Mitt Romney is an incredibly hard-working and capable man. Ann Romney told us we can trust her husband will get the job done.
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State Rep. Kevin Boyle is calling on Gov. Tom Corbett and Republican leaders of the State House and Senate to take action on his legislation that would require witnesses of child abuse to report it to law enforcement. “The Freeh Report demonstrates an institutionalized cover up at Penn State was in place regarding sexual predator Jerry Sandusky,” said Boyle. “Its findings demonstrate the insane misplaced priorities often present in our culture. Winning football games and university prestige should never matter more than protecting
built their businesses, not the government, and it is time for the federal government to dial back the overregulation that is stymieing economic growth. Gov. Christie stated public officials need to tell the electorate the truth that we will have a rough road ahead of us to fix our economy and fiscal problems of our federal government. He noted government officials are far more effective when they care more about doing something than being something. He believes we can reduce unemployment, contain federal spending and reduce the deficit. He noted that if a conservative Governor in a blue state like New Jersey could balance the budget and cut taxes, we can do so at the federal level. Former US Senator from Pennsylvania RICK SANTORUM discussed his family, in particular his special needs child Bella, whom the doctors said would not have a life worth living. The crowd roared in agreement when he said they were wrong. He told us of his father who emigrated from Italy as a child and his grandfather who worked as coal miner. Santorum noted his grandfather did not come here for a gov-
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