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Education coalition assails wide use of temporary faculty

tags: education, analysis, U.S., national, students, collective bargainingCOLUMBUS, Ohio -- Higher education is growing increasingly segmented, with elite colleges reserved for the very wealthy and higher education for the 99 percent becoming more standardized, ... [Published People's World - 20 hours ago]

Entities: Higher Education, Coalition, Education

First reported 20 hours ago - Updated 20 hours ago - 1 reports

University of Illinois at Chicago

Phone conference: DREAM activists put it all on the line for immigration justice

May 20 2013tags: DREAM Act, immigration, immigrant rights, justice, racial justice, teleconference, students, civil disobedience, undocumented unafraidJoin peoplesworld.org for a teleconference discussion.8:00 p.m. Eastern, 7:00 p.m. Central, 6:00 p.m. ... [Published People's World - 20 hours ago]

Entities: Immigration, Teleconference, University of Illinois at Chicago, Civil Disobedience, Organism

First reported 22 hours ago - Updated 22 hours ago - 1 reports

Today in labor history: Homestead Act signed, for good and bad

tags: labor, history, national, U.S., Native Americans, African AmericansOn May 20, 1862, President Abraham Lincoln signed the Homestead Act, opening government-owned land to small family farmers, who became known as "homesteaders." It was a freedom opportunity ... [Published People's World - 22 hours ago]

Entities: Homestead, Squatter, Chrisman (United States), African-Americans

First reported May 17 2013 - Updated May 18 2013 - 1 reports

Milwaukee low wage workers walk of the job

Taking their cue from workers in St. Louis, Chicago , New York and Detroit , fast food workers took to the streets of Milwaukee on Wednesday in a one-day work stoppage to demand a $15.00 an hour wage.Workers came from behind the cash registers and ... [Published People's World - May 17 2013]

Entities: Milwaukee, Workers, Fast Food, Stephanie Sanders

First reported May 18 2013 - Updated May 18 2013 - 1 reports

Is the world of advertising swallowing Russia?

tags: Russia, history, capitalism, Soviet Union, MoscowMOSCOW - I came here for a visit recently, for the first time in many years. Now the city seems engulfed by the modern world of advertising; the signs, ads and billboards sometimes remind me of Times ... [Published People's World - May 18 2013]

Entities: Ivanovo, Russia, Charles Ruthenberg, Elgersburg (Germany), Interdom

First reported May 17 2013 - Updated May 17 2013 - 1 reports

Today in labor history: Supreme Court rules on Brown v. Board of Education

tags: history, racism, segregation, law, U.S. ConstitutionOn this day in 1954, the Supreme Court ruled in Brown v. Board of Education that segregated schools were unconstitutional. The court's ruling overturned the Plessy v. Ferguson decision of 1896 ... [Published People's World - May 17 2013]

Entities: Brown v. Board of Education, Supreme Court, African-Americans, Plessy v. Ferguson

First reported May 17 2013 - Updated May 17 2013 - 1 reports

Seattle City Council

Will Parry, labor and retiree advocate, 1920-2013

tags: obituary, Washington, Seattle, retirees, labor, seniors, Social SecuritySEATTLE---Working class and progressive people throughout the Pacific Northwest are mourning the death of Will Parry who passed away May 13 at the age of 93.At his death, he ... [Published People's World - May 17 2013]

Entities: Seattle, Advocate, Labor Unions, Seattle City Council, Cold War

First reported May 17 2013 - Updated May 17 2013 - 1 reports

Subscribers protest Koch brothers Orlando Sentinel grab

tags: media, Koch, newspapers, ultra right, Orlando, FloridaORLANDO, Fla. - Several dozen Central Floridians protested here May 16 outside the offices of The Orlando Sentinel against the potential sale of that newspaper and other Tribune Company papers ... [Published People's World - May 17 2013]

Entities: Koch Industries Inc, Tribune Company, protest, Propaganda

First reported May 16 2013 - Updated May 16 2013 - 1 reports

Will Texas turn blue?

tags: Texas, national, Latinos, African Americans, U.S.DALLAS - Since they enjoyed modest victories in the 2012 elections, Democrats and progressives have, with great trepidation, begun to endure the slightest hopes that they might begin to win statewide ... [Published People's World - May 16 2013]

Entities: Farmers Branch (United States), Julian Castro, Dallas (Texas, United States), Elections

First reported May 16 2013 - Updated May 16 2013 - 1 reports

Despite growing revenue, Calif. governor shrinks budget proposal

tags: budget, national, education, California, U.S.Despite reports of increased income tax revenue in the first four months of the year, Gov. Jerry Brown May 14 proposed a $96.4 billion general fund budget - $1.3 billion lower than the one he issued in ... [Published People's World - May 16 2013]

Entities: Jerry Brown, Anthony Wright, Connie Conway, Medicare

First reported May 16 2013 - Updated May 16 2013 - 1 reports

Support grows for immigration reform, end to deportations

tags: immigration, civil rights, Latinos, African Americans, U.S.While the Senate Judiciary Committee carries out a second week of "markup" (voting on amendments) of S 744, the massive immigration reform bill drafted by the bipartisan "Gang of Eight", ... [Published People's World - May 16 2013]

Entities: Immigration, Deportation, African-Americans, AFL-CIO, Permanent Resident

First reported May 14 2013 - Updated May 15 2013 - 2 reports

Battle over immigration reform starts in Congress

tags: immigration, civil rights, U.S., national, CongressThis past week, the battle over immigration reform intensified in Congress as the Senate Judiciary Committee began the consideration of 300 amendments to the new immigration bill, and as the House ... [Published People's World - May 15 2013]

Entities: Immigration, Deportation, Legalization

Quotes

One of the most compelling sound-bites of the conference was offered by someone from the New Faculty Majority and echoed throughout the meeting: "Even if you aren't a union, act like you are."

Education coalition assails wide use of temporary faculty [Published People's World - 20 hours ago]

Please dial in to join us for an important teleconference Tuesday evening, May 21, titled "Dream activists put it all on the line for immigration justice." People's World contributor Scott Hiley will be interviewing Rigo and Arianna, two activists from the Immigrant Youth Justice League, a Chicago-based...

Phone conference: DREAM activists put it all on the line for immigration justice [Published People's World - 20 hours ago]

...this month in the Journal Sentinel , John Pawasarat, director of the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Employment and Training Institute wrote, "Prison time is the most serious barrier to employment for Wisconsin male workers, making ex-offender populations the most difficult to place and sustain in full-time employment. When driver's licensing history is also considered, transportation barriers make successful labor force attachment even less likely."

Milwaukee low wage workers walk of the job [Published People's World - May 17 2013]

"They want to privatize everything," said Casterline. "They want to cut social services because they don't want to pay taxes. They're part of that one percent that wants to rule the world."

Subscribers protest Koch brothers Orlando Sentinel grab [Published People's World - May 17 2013]

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