ALG's Daily Grind - Obama unmasked: from IRS politicization to AP wiretapping

May 15, 2013

Obama unmasked: from IRS politicization to AP wiretapping

A little truth to the formerly complicit Fourth Estate: The actions of the Justice Department are a direct attack on your ability to protect sources, develop stories and have those you speak with have any expectation that their anonymity will be preserved.

The SEIU is Not the Fastest Growing Union—It's Shrinking

Service Employees International Union's 2012 LM-2 shows membership dropped by nearly 45 thousand members- the first drop in 8 years. The SEIU is in trouble.

Sen. Max Baucus asked IRS in 2010 to investigate 501(c) groups, letter shows

ALG's Mehrens: ""Considering the invasive questions the IRS was asking the targeted organizations, it appears that Sen. Baucus got exactly what he asked for, which was a witch-hunt."

BBC News: U.S. shale oil supply shock shifts global power balance

"A steeper-than-expected rise in U.S. shale oil reserves is about to change the global balance of power between new and existing producers, a report says."

ALG's Daily Grind - NLRB Policies Help Unions, Not Workers

March 12, 2013

NLRB Policies Help Unions, Not Workers

Consider the agency's ruling against Kent Hospital — in which the board held employees were no longer permitted to opt out of paying the percentage of union dues spent on political activity.

Cartoon: Size Matters

Obama's fiscal leadership may be lacking.

Bloomberg's War on Soda suffers a defeat

Judge Milton Tingling, unlike Mayor Bloomberg, realizes that the Mayor is not a god. And for that, New Yorkers should be grateful.

Global Dispatch: SEIU organizes Hugo Chavez 'celebration and procession' to honor 'Our Comrade'

Nothing shows who and what SEIU is better than this — praising and celebrating the life of a brutal dictator who has destroyed his country, allowed murderous thugs to roam the streets while stealing everything not nailed down. 

Free film at Red River Theater on private prisons

On Oct. 23 NH Prison Watch will be screening “Billions Behind Bars: Inside America’s Prison Industry,” a documentary that explores the multi-million dollar private prison economy.

The screening is at Red River Theatre in Concord, starting with a reception at 6 p.m. The screening begins at 7 and will be followed by a panel discussion. Seating is limited; please RSVP to Beth D’Ovidio at 271-3411, ext. 105 or bdovidio@seiu1984.org  by Oct. 19.

To learn more about the prison privatization issue in N.H., you can visit www.nhprisonwatch.org.

And if you think the idea of privatizing prisons is wrong for N.H., you can sign a petition at http://1984.seiu.org/page/s/privatizing-state-prisons-is-wrong-for-nh.

DNC - MA AFL-CIO President Tolman and 1199SEIU Executive VP Turner Hold Press Conference at Romney HQ to Discuss Romney Investments in China

Boston Globe Reports Romney Maintained Investment in Chinese Manufacturer with Deplorable Work Conditions that Relied on Outsourcing

Boston, MA - Today Monday, September 17 at 2:00 PM at Romney Campaign Headquarters in Boston, AFL-CIO President Steve Tolman and 1199SEIU Executive Vice President Veronica Turner will hold a press conference to respond to this weekend's Boston Globe report that Romney maintained investments in a Chinese manufacturer that relied on outsourcing American jobs, even after he visited a factory and saw poor work conditions, where women were packed 12 per dorm room and were surrounded by barbed wire. Watch the video of Romney describe the working conditions HERE. 

Mitt Romney is trying to convince the American people that he'll stand up to China - but we know that's just empty rhetoric and political posturing. For years Mitt Romney has invested in China. Mitt Romney's rhetoric on the campaign trail while holding Chinese investments is hypocrisy at its worst.

Watch the recently leaked video of Mitt Romney commenting on the poor labor practices in a Chines company which he invested in VIDEO HERE. Read the Boston Globe's report on the firm, Global Tech HERE.

WHAT:         Press Conference on Mitt Romney's China Hypocrisy

WHEN:         Monday September 17th 2012

2:00 PM EDT

WHERE:       Sidewalk of Price Street Park

(Next to Romney for President Campaign HQ)     

                       Romney for President Headquarters

                       585 Commercial St.

                       Boston, MA

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Representing more than 350,000 healthcare workers throughout Massachusetts, New York, Maryland, New Jersey, Florida, and Washington, D.C., 1199SEIU United Healthcare Workers East is the largest and fastest-growing healthcare union in America and Massachusetts.  1199SEIU represents more than 42,000 hospital, nursing home, and home care workers in Massachusetts. Our mission is to achieve affordable, high quality healthcare for all.

NHCitizenAlliance- Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) to fact check the "Ten Million Dollars a Minute" Bus Tour to St. Anselm College in NH

Corporate-Backed Bus Tour Will Encounter Local Residents with Questions on Social Security

(Manchester, NH) U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) will join granite staters this Friday, September 7, 2012 at 3:30 p.m. (EST), for a discussion about the state of our economy and the path forward for strengthening America. The future of Social Security and Medicare to local communities will be a prime topic of discussion.

Sanders is then expected to lead dozens of attendees over to the Institute of Politics (also on the St. Anselm College campus) to oppose the launch of the "Ten Million Dollars a Minute Tour." This bus tour, sponsored by the corporate-backed Comeback America Initiative, is focused on generating support for drastic cuts to Social Security and Medicare as a last-ditch way to balance the budget.

WHAT:          U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) to lead community discussion at St. Anselm on the state of our economy and the path forward for strengthening America.

WHO:             U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT)

Natasha Perez, National Committee to Preserve Social Security and Medicare

Steve Gorin, NH National Association of Social Workers

**Personal local stories from New Hampshire voters on Social Security and Medicare**

WHEN:          Friday, September 7 at 3:30 p.m. EST      (45 minutes)

WHERE:       Perini Lecture Hall, of Goulet Building St. Anselm College 

SPONSORED BY:    NH Citizens Alliance for Action, Granite State Organizing Project, NH National Association of Social Workers, The National Committee to Preserve Social Security and Medicare, Every Child Matters, State Employees’ Association of NH/SEIU Local 1984, NH Alliance for Retired Americans and others.