16 Deaths a day.
16 Deaths a Day. Every day 16 workers die on the job, many due to company negligence. These disreputable companies will repeatedly violate the law by cutting costs on safety at the risk of employee's...
View ArticleSupport H.R. 1351
Many uninformed people have complained how the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) is on the verge of collapse which will necessitate a "government bailout". Nothing could be further from the truth as the...
View ArticleHunger crisis strikes Brevard.
At a recent KSC Labor Management Council (KLMC), we were briefed by Sam Gutierrez on a United Way Hunger Summit he attended here in Brevard County. He informed us that according to United Way, there is...
View ArticleElection night 2011
Can progressives be encouraged by the results of the 2011 elections, and do the results signal a backlash to conservative overreach?Last Tuesday there were elections all across this great nation of...
View ArticleHarry Brown, a true labor leader.
One of Central Florida's greatest labor leaders has passed away. I hope in some small way, this blog will pay tribute to this fine man.Last week the labor movement lost a true leader and champion of...
View ArticleYou can't make this stuff up!
Observing the Republican party lately has been like watching the clown car at the circus.Rick Santorum Santorum has surged to the top tier in Iowa on his ultra-conservative views, like saying "I don't...
View ArticleThe change we have been waiting for.
For some time, I have been critical of President Obama and his failure to live up to his campaign promises. I have been especially disillusioned by his total abandonment of the labor movement and his...
View ArticleMore "isolated incidents}.
Whenever there is a blizzard, climate change deniers are quick to scoff about manmade global warming, but when January temperatures are higher in South Dakota than they are in Florida, they call it an...
View ArticleThe "People's House
The Capital Building in Tallahassee belongs to the citizens of Florida and not to politicians and high-priced lobbyists. <a...
View ArticleLake Nona VA Project Disaster.
In April of 2010 I began writing about the Lake Nona VA Hospital that had just started construction. We in the Building Trades tried to warn VA compliance officers that because contractors on the...
View ArticleGun Violence and Extremism
The tidal wave of radical changes being advanced by the new presidential administration makes it impossible to have any reasoned discussion of real issues. This is by design, and we always have to...
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Remembering Carol Luntz
Long time SCPA member Carol Luntz died on March 6, 2017.Remembering Carol Luntz -- An ObituaryA long time SCPA member Died March 6, 2017Carol Luntz typified 'the strength of SCPA: smart, active and...
View ArticleFunding School Choice for Disadvantaged
Some questions about funding school choice for disadvantaged young people need to be answered by President Trump and Secretary DeVos.Trump, DeVos, and Funding of School Choice for Disadvantaged Young...
View ArticleState Preemption Bill Opposed by Melbourne City Council
Melbourne City Council Opposes State Legislation That Could Negatively Impact Its Citizens (HB 17, SB 1158, HB 487, SB 330) Post Date: 03/15/2017 11:24 AM The following is a press release from the...
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Please support the 350.org challenge to presidential Executive Orders.
No matter what Executive Orders the president may sign, we the people will stand together to defend our Earth.Please support the 350.org effort to oppose Tar Sands extraction, the Keystone XL pipeline,...
View ArticleProject on Florida Police Shootings Reveals Racial Bias
On April 4, 2017 the Tampa Bay Times released the result of a multi-year project that assembled documentation on all Florida police shootings from 2009 through 2014. They analyzed the data they...
View ArticleWhy Democracy Activists are Losing
The billionaire elites that are reshaping our government are using the latest scientific understanding of the brain to spread their propaganda.It’s so important to understand how to frame arguments in...
View ArticleProfiles in Courage
It is time for Republicans in Congress to remember the award established in JFK’s name for political leaders who exhibit a “profile in courage”.On the evening of May 7th, we witnessed on TV the...
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July 1st Thursday -- Movie Night: "13th"
July's 1st Thursday movie: "13th" is a powerful story about America's history of racial inequality that you won't want to miss! Those who fail to learn from history are doomed to repeat it. Our July...
View ArticleTrickle Down Lies
This article from Civic Skunk Works, Trickle Down Lies Are Falling Apart All Around Us, points out the obvious, that the conservative approach to the economy - policies that help the rich get richer –...
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