Union influence set to stabilize in the U.S.

Between 1979 and 2004, union membership in the United States declined from nearly 21 million workers to under 15.4 million. While membership has been relatively stable since 1985, the percentage of workers who are union members, or "union density," shrunk from 24.1% to 12.5% as the workforce expanded. This decline has weakened unions' collective bargaining power and political clout.

Striking oil workers face home searches

Ignoring such violations of workers’ rights, the Bush administration is proposing to include Ecuador in the so-called Andean Free Trade Agreement (AFTA). Like the Central American Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA), the pact does not include enforceable protections for workers’ right to form a union or other core human rights. The Bush administration could send AFTA to Congress in the coming months, with a vote by spring.

Minimim wage: Increased by 40%

"The government was caught by surprise at how angry the employees were over their low wages," says Thuyen Nguyen, who directs Vietnam Labor Watch, a San Francisco-based activist group. After the strikes, the government increased the minimum wage in foreign invested factories by nearly 40 percent. Monthly earnings went from less than $40 a month to a minimum of $55.

A weekly 30 minute review of news and opinion, recorded from a shortwave radio. With times and freqs for listening at home. 2 files- broadcast and slow-modem streaming. Free to rebroadcast. China, Netherlands, Cuba, and Russia.

Dear Radio Friend,
            The latest Shortwave Report (March 17) is up at the website
< http://www.outfarpress.com/outfarpress/shortwave.shtml >in both broadcast quality (13.3MB) and quickdownload or streaming form (3.3MB) (29:00)

numba 25. grand funk and stuff.
zerzan too. Yippie!!
A 49 minute long Mashup. Sort of.
Enjoy.

Here's 48 of fsck 25.
the special anarchy radio and stuff podcast.

dj microbrew.

______________________

I'---m
sitting here lonely like a --
broken man.
I serve my time doin' the
best I can.
Walls and bars they surround
me.
But, I don't want no
sympathy.

"City Officials," meaning the Mayor's hacks, have announced plans to "redevelop" all of the area bounded by New Jersey Ave, NY Ave, North Capitol st, and K st. Sursum Corda residents just stopped a foreclosure and now don't want to sell!

Therefore, the Mayor's people want to use eminent domain to seize the site for "urban renewal." The existing Sursum Corda deal would rebuild 500+ homes for all exiosting residents, using an $80,000 credit to each omeowner to allow buying back in without a fat monthly payment increase(supposedly).

An anonymous death metal band has released this anti-Huntingdon "Death" sciences death metal song. Most songs in this genre sing of death, torture, and hell, so this is an appropriate way to speak of HLS

Endless reign of endless pain
needle, pill, and poison cup
ropes and chains and devils in white
bark all day and bark all night!
scream all day and scream all night!
bark all day and bark all night!
scream all day and scream all night!

'Global virility' and the tech of globalized free tradin privatization; familiar patterns with the Dublin riot story; iptv; the one way you need to know to confront holywood cultural domination.

49:47

Next up includes a tutorial on graphic novel technique (book tech).

This is a weekly summary of israeli war crimes committed in Palestine for the week ending 15 March 2006. 2mins. english

PCHR
Palestinian Centre for Human Rights

http://www.pchrgaza.org

Weekly Report: On Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territory

No. 10/2006

09- 15 Mar. 2006

Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) Continue Attacks on Palestinian Civilians and Property in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (OPT)

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