This article is pure propaganda. Forbes hasn't heard of the Middle Class.
I suppose Forbes never saw or heard of the direct correlation between the middle class and unions.
Yesterday, I wrote a thank to Senator Warren. This article is proof of the viscous intent of Wall Street. It is hatred plain and simple. Since when does any USA opportunity to be part of a union mean people sink into poverty?
This money grab since 2008 is a power grab as well. We know the syndrome and have witnessed it elsewhere. South Africa won it's' representation in the legislature and they put Nelson Mandella in the presidency. He healed the country, but, he also stated he was never able to bring comfort or opportunity to the Blacks in South Africa. The mines were owned by The West, specifically Europe. So while governing was a stepping stone to freedom, it lacked opportunity completely. We have seen this before!!
September 29, 2015
By Carrie Sheffield
We all want to help society’s most disadvantaged. (click here) Yet there’s a persistent myth in America that today’s labor unions just fight for the little guy, the lunch pail-toting everyman. However true that may have been a generation ago, today’s face of organized labor is drastically different.
Unions of yesteryear were predominantly in the private sector. But since 2009, government union membership surpassed private membership, and their membership looks very different from when it comprised Joe Sixpack and his pals. Government unions, on average, represent skilled, white-collar workers who enjoy generous benefits, sans accountability, courtesy of the hardworking taxpayer.
This has profound implications for the upward mobility and fiscal solvency of future generations. It also presents troubling challenges to democracy and sovereignty at all levels of government....
We all know the story of the Sharpeville massacre, but, the Marikana massacre of 2012 has mostly been ignored.
19 May 2015
By Nick Davies
In 2012 a strike at the Marikana platinum mine (click here) in South Africa ended when police opened fire, killing 34 miners. Investigations have revealed one rebel leader died trying to broker a peaceful solution. Nick Davies uncovers his story....
...Mbulelo recalled that Mambush nearly missed the strike. The two of them were there as it was launched, on Thursday 9 August 2012, when hundreds of rock-drill operators gathered on the parched grass of the Wonderkop football stadium, which stands near the administrative buildings at the centre of the mine complex. They had heard that the rock-drill operators at the Impala platinum mine, 30 miles away near the town of Rustenburg, had emerged from a long and sometimes violent strike with new pay rates, while they remained on 4,000-5,000 rand a month (£215-270), and they were angry. They demanded 12,500 rand (£670) and agreed they would not turn up for work the next day....
The bottom line is that unions are always demonized, but, Forbes tops the list of deceptive and angry.
Senator Warren. We need you. We need you to stand up for the Middle Class, upward movement and the status of unions. It looks as though even South Africa needs you.
I suppose Forbes never saw or heard of the direct correlation between the middle class and unions.
Yesterday, I wrote a thank to Senator Warren. This article is proof of the viscous intent of Wall Street. It is hatred plain and simple. Since when does any USA opportunity to be part of a union mean people sink into poverty?
This money grab since 2008 is a power grab as well. We know the syndrome and have witnessed it elsewhere. South Africa won it's' representation in the legislature and they put Nelson Mandella in the presidency. He healed the country, but, he also stated he was never able to bring comfort or opportunity to the Blacks in South Africa. The mines were owned by The West, specifically Europe. So while governing was a stepping stone to freedom, it lacked opportunity completely. We have seen this before!!
September 29, 2015By Carrie Sheffield
We all want to help society’s most disadvantaged. (click here) Yet there’s a persistent myth in America that today’s labor unions just fight for the little guy, the lunch pail-toting everyman. However true that may have been a generation ago, today’s face of organized labor is drastically different.
Unions of yesteryear were predominantly in the private sector. But since 2009, government union membership surpassed private membership, and their membership looks very different from when it comprised Joe Sixpack and his pals. Government unions, on average, represent skilled, white-collar workers who enjoy generous benefits, sans accountability, courtesy of the hardworking taxpayer.
This has profound implications for the upward mobility and fiscal solvency of future generations. It also presents troubling challenges to democracy and sovereignty at all levels of government....
We all know the story of the Sharpeville massacre, but, the Marikana massacre of 2012 has mostly been ignored.
19 May 2015
By Nick Davies
In 2012 a strike at the Marikana platinum mine (click here) in South Africa ended when police opened fire, killing 34 miners. Investigations have revealed one rebel leader died trying to broker a peaceful solution. Nick Davies uncovers his story....
...Mbulelo recalled that Mambush nearly missed the strike. The two of them were there as it was launched, on Thursday 9 August 2012, when hundreds of rock-drill operators gathered on the parched grass of the Wonderkop football stadium, which stands near the administrative buildings at the centre of the mine complex. They had heard that the rock-drill operators at the Impala platinum mine, 30 miles away near the town of Rustenburg, had emerged from a long and sometimes violent strike with new pay rates, while they remained on 4,000-5,000 rand a month (£215-270), and they were angry. They demanded 12,500 rand (£670) and agreed they would not turn up for work the next day....
The bottom line is that unions are always demonized, but, Forbes tops the list of deceptive and angry.
Senator Warren. We need you. We need you to stand up for the Middle Class, upward movement and the status of unions. It looks as though even South Africa needs you.
