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Post Janus: Trump Attacks 1.2 Million Federal Workers Represented by Unions with Joe Davidson who writes the Federal Insider, a Washington Post column on the federal government. He is a founding board member of the National Association of Black Journalists and is in its Hall of Fame. Step two in Trumps attack on the public sector unions has begun with the implementation of his 3 Executive Orders seriously curtailing Federal workers union rights. These union are already prohibited from requiring workers to pay any dues or fees, cannot bargain over pay and are prohibited from striking. Now Trump's is declaring a federal workers wage freeze for the new fiscal year. Yet Trumps EOs go further by restricting union representatives access to paid time to represent workers, proposals making it easier and faster to fire workers under civil service regulations and revising the ground rules for negotiations for union contracts . Even before the executive orders were issued, the Education Dept unilaterally imposed a contract on workers who had rejected it. Nineteen federal workers unions have sued the administration to thwart the executive orders. They have also gained support from a bipartisan group of current and former members of Congress who filed a brief denouncing the presidents executive orders. And these are but the first steps . Trump is promising more "reforms" before the Nov.elections. Many of these efforts have been overseen by James Sherk, a former Heritage Foundation labor economist who joined Trumps transition team to tackle labor challenges. He now sits on the low-profile Domestic Policy Council. At Heritage, Sherk wrote policy papers on the need to roll back public employee labor rights. He helped Wisc. Gov. Scott Walker (R) engineer a plan to bust the states employee unions in 2011.

Post Janus: Trump Attacks 1.2 Million Federal Workers Represented by Unions with Joe Davidson who writes the Federal Insider, a Washington Post column on the federal government. He is a founding board member of the National Association of Black Journalists and is in its Hall of Fame. Step two in Trumps attack on the public sector unions has begun with the implementation of his 3 Executive Orders seriously curtailing Federal workers union rights. These union are already prohibited from requiring workers to pay any dues or fees, cannot bargain over pay and are prohibited from striking. Now Trump's is declaring a federal workers wage freeze for the new fiscal year. Yet Trumps EOs go further by restricting union representatives access to paid time to represent workers, proposals making it easier and faster to fire workers under civil service regulations and revising the ground rules for negotiations for union contracts . Even before the executive orders were issued, the Education Dept unilaterally imposed a contract on workers who had rejected it. Nineteen federal workers unions have sued the administration to thwart the executive orders. They have also gained support from a bipartisan group of current and former members of Congress who filed a brief denouncing the presidents executive orders. And these are but the first steps . Trump is promising more "reforms" before the Nov.elections. Many of these efforts have been overseen by James Sherk, a former Heritage Foundation labor economist who joined Trumps transition team to tackle labor challenges. He now sits on the low-profile Domestic Policy Council. At Heritage, Sherk wrote policy papers on the need to roll back public employee labor rights. He helped Wisc. Gov. Scott Walker (R) engineer a plan to bust the states employee unions in 2011.

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A contemporary mix of celtic flavours from around the globe and around the corner; from the traditional to the twisted. Your summer Celtic soundtrack!

Small Island Big Song debut from the Solomons, Monsieur Doumani from Cyprus, Alpha Blondy's Waikiki Rock + summer surf from the Surfrajettes.

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This week's Global Research News Hour presents excerpts from the Winnipeg talk, sponsored by a number of local groups to address the implications of the U.S. Administration's decision to relocate its embassy to the Holy City of Jerusalem. Representatives of the three great faith traditions of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam, all of which have unique ties to the city, were called upon to comment on this development. Speakers at the event included Esther Epp-Thiessen, a representative of the Mennonite Central Committee, Rabbi David Mivasair of Independent Jewish Voices, Idris Elbakri, a Palestinian -Canadian of the Muslim faith, and Fadi Ennab, a Palestinian - Canadian of the Christian faith.

Rather than just constantly pointing out how much everything sucks — we also like to present solutions! The feature piece this week is about the Truth & Reconciliation process, which can often prove a viable alternative to violent upheaval. For an added bonus, we also describe a new social disease that I coined after a judge invented the term ‘affluenza’ to describe rich kids that are disadvantaged by unengaged parents and thus cannot be held fully responsible for their actions — whereupon I point out that the sufferers of ‘poorfluenza’ [sic] evidently just need to suck it up and face the consequences. Solutions, ironies, and dumb jokes. Nowhere else except The Thunderbolt…

Rather than just constantly pointing out how much everything sucks — we also like to present solutions! The feature piece this week is about the Truth & Reconciliation process, which can often prove a viable alternative to violent upheaval. For an added bonus, we also describe a new social disease that I coined after a judge invented the term ‘affluenza’ to describe rich kids that are disadvantaged by unengaged parents and thus cannot be held fully responsible for their actions — whereupon I point out that the sufferers of ‘poorfluenza’ [sic] evidently just need to suck it up and face the consequences. Solutions, ironies, and dumb jokes. Nowhere else except The Thunderbolt…

Doug Brown interviews Ken Stone about the visit to Canada of President Masood Khan of Azad ("Free") Kashmir and the recent release of the UN High Commissioner's harsh report on the current humanitarian catastrophe in Indian-occupied Kashmir. Ken is the treasurer of the Hamilton Coalition to Stop the War. He recently traveled to Azad Kashmir in January 2017.

A weekly 30 minute review of international news and opinion, recorded from a shortwave radio and the internet. With times, frequencies, and websites for listening at home. 3 files- Highest quality broadcast, regular broadcast, and slow-modem streaming. NHK Japan, Radio Havana Cuba, Sputnik Radio, and Radio Deutsche-Welle.

A weekly 30 minute review of international news and opinion, recorded from a shortwave radio and the internet. With times, frequencies, and websites for listening at home. 3 files- Highest quality broadcast, regular broadcast, and slow-modem streaming. NHK Japan, Radio Havana Cuba, Sputnik Radio, and Radio Deutsche-Welle.