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  • VIDEO: SEIU's Lerner: We Need to Create a Crisis for the "Super Rich" by "Escalating Activity"

    09/20/2011 10:08:25 AM PDT · by blog.Eyeblast.tv · 12 replies
    SEIU union organizer Stephen Lerner spoke to a crowd of progressives in Minnesota and said they must "create a crisis for the super rich." According to Lerner, this can be accomplished with 3 main steps. The first is to "focus on corporate power." Secondly, they must have a "commitment to escalating activity that creates a crisis for the other side." Finally, 'Non-violent' disobedience and direct action" is needed. In the past, Lerner has stated his aspirations to destroy JP Morgan Chase and cause the collapse of the entire stock market and is reportedly one of the people behind the 'US...
  • WI Firefighters Spark “Move Your Money” Moment (M&I Bank dubbed "rat hole to the Walker palace")

    03/13/2011 3:10:13 AM PDT · by Cincinatus' Wife · 42 replies
    News Mobius ^ | March 12, 2011 | Mary Bottari
    On the day that the bill passed the Wisconsin Assembly effectively ending 50 years of collective bargaining in Wisconsin and eviscerating the ability of public unions to raise money through dues, a new front opened in the battle for the future of Wisconsin families. Bagpipes blaring, hundreds of firefighters walked across the street from the Wisconsin Capitol building, stood outside the Marshall and Ilsley Bank (M&I Bank) and played a few tunes — loudly. Later, a group of firefighter and consumers stopped back in at the bank to make a few transactions. One by one they closed their accounts and...
  • Union tactics cost jobs

    03/12/2003 10:53:09 PM PST · by kattracks · 5 replies · 168+ views
    Washington Times ^ | 3/13/03 | Stephen Moore
    <p>The latest statistics released this month from the U.S. Department of Labor indicate 2002 was another dismal year for labor unions. Private sector unions lost more than 400,000 jobs. Only the public sector gained union jobs. At no time in the last 50 years have unions represented a smaller percentage of the American work force than today.</p>