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Wednesday March 26, 2014 · 3:39 PM PDT

2014/03/26 · 15:39

When the exciting news broke today about the NLRB ruling granting preliminary support for Northwestern college football players to form a union, I quickly came over to DKos to read the reactions from Laura Clawson and others. I expected to see jubilation - as this is the first great step to ending a college athletic system that exploits athletes and makes hundreds of millions of dollars in profit for the NCAA and for colleges that spend millions on lavish stadiums and training facilities, as well as coaches' salaries and that of sports administrators. These schools then take no long term responsibility for injuries to these players (which was why the term "student-athlete" was created in the first place to avoid worker compensation claims) or to the job prospects or educational opportunity for many of these players after they graduate or get kicked out of their sport.

Yet, in entering the comment section on this topic - I was appalled to find not just the usual smattering of anti-union comments, but a full blown stream criticizing the ruling and bemoaning that this will either bankrupt college sports (or, my favorite, end scholarships for academic programs as well!!) or creates a sense of entitlement for players who are already given "so much" in the form of scholarships and other perks of being an athlete.

(Follow below as I continue)

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Monday June 10, 2013 · 8:18 AM PDT

2013/06/10 · 08:18

Many people look for more power, more of a voice and more protections at their workplace. Often, they contemplate the possibility of forming a union. Yet, for most, the idea of starting one either seems impossible, dangerous or people don't know that it is allowed in their type of workplace.

Having parents who belonged to unions much of their working career - up until I became a labor organizer myself, I kind of assumed that it was a clear and easy personal choice made by workers to either be unionized or not. The process, I learned as I began my new job in the movement, is actually quite complicated and the deck is rigged pretty solidly against workers standing up for themselves.

Follow me below the challah for a brief explanation of the process - and I hope that this starts a bit of a dialogue on bringing change to our workplaces. If we are to be the grassroots, then we need to be making change in our microcosms, on the ground in our community. In some cases, that may mean starting a new union at your workplace.

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Wednesday June 29, 2011 · 12:47 AM PDT

2011/06/29 · 00:47

Governor Jerry Brown has followed in the footsteps of his predecessor and has vetoed SB 104, known as the Farmers Card Check bill. Citing the original Agricultural Labor Relations Act (ALRA) that he signed into law in 1974, the governor worried that the changes to the original framework were not justified.

“SB 104 is indeed a drastic change and I appreciate the frustrations that have given rise to it. But I am not yet convinced that the far reaching proposals of this bill – which alter in a significant way the guiding assumptions of the ALRA – are justified. Before restructuring California’s carefully crafted agricultural labor law, it is only right that the legislature consider legal provisions that more faithfully track its original framework. The process should include all those who are affected by the ALRA.”
From the SB 104 Veto Message (PDF)

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Monday December 07, 2009 · 12:27 PM PST

2009/12/07 · 12:27

December 8 Election Day Preview and Predictions

Well its almost here. For election junkies like many of us, this is the biggest election day until the 2010 primary season starts in February. This day has everything:

A wide open primary to fill Ted Kennedy's Senate seat in Massachusetts,
A behemoth field of candidates for Mayor of Birmingham
An extremely expensive Kentucky State Senate race closely watched by both parties
A vicious City Council race in Los Angeles

I run a blog on special elections - to learn more about all of these races and for results tomorrow, check it out here.

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Sunday November 29, 2009 · 8:48 AM PST

2009/11/29 · 08:48

There is a massive enthusiasm gap. The election of Obama wore many of us out and many core Democratic voting bloc are not going to the polls in 2009 elections. We need to turn this around if are not going to be crushed in the 2010 midterms.

Over the next few weeks, there are a bunch of races where Democrats must pay attention - we cannot become complacent. If you live in these areas, make sure to vote and make all your friends and family vote too.

These races tend to be low turnout, so you can really make a difference.

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Wednesday November 11, 2009 · 8:09 AM PST

2009/11/11 · 08:09

Nov. 23 - Northern Mariana Islands Gubernatorial Race

Well this is a race you will not read much about. In one of the most stunningly beautiful corners of the world, a small possession of the United States, the Northern Mariana Islands, will vote in a run-off election to choose their governor.

Here, the choice is between the Covenant party and incumbent governor Benigno Fitial and the Republican Party and Heinz Hofschneider, currently a representative in the Northern Mariana Legislature.

Just 8 votes separated the two men in the first round of elections.

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Sunday November 08, 2009 · 11:47 AM PST

2009/11/08 · 11:47

While it may feel like we wrapped up the election cycle on Tuesday, there are always more elections to come. This post covers the special and runoff legislative races coming up in the next month. There are three other important races, the Mass. Senate race and the Houston and Atlanta mayoral runoff races, that will be covered in a future post.

This is cross posted at SSP and on my new blog dedicated to following special elections and culling absentee ballot information from all states into one spot to increase turnout in local races. To read more about each race and learn more about the candidates, click here.

I am sure I left out some races - I hope you will let everyone know about them in the comments and I will be sure to write about them shortly

For the races, join me below the jump.

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Saturday March 12, 2005 · 9:28 PM PST

2005/03/12 · 21:28

I saw in another diary a link to this site, www.Regestersitego.com, and thought it would be interesting to see who has been registering potential presidential candidates in 2008.

Below the jump are what I found when just researching the Republican candidates and I found some very interesting information. Read More

Bush Turns Back on Religious Right Again

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Friday January 21, 2005 · 5:26 PM PST

2005/01/21 · 17:26

Kos wrote an excellent piece on the Bush Adminstration's flip-flop on the gay marriage amendment and the subsequent angry reaction from the religious right.

The Inaguration should reinforce this message from the Bush Administration. Lord knows that everything in the inaguration was scripted, from the makeup Bush wore to the positioning of the secret service agents.

So I know that they intentionally had Mary Cheney hold the bible while her father was sworn in.
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Washington Recount

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Thursday December 09, 2004 · 10:36 AM PST

2004/12/09 · 10:36

The race for governor in Washington is still ongoing. The hand recount, the checking of every single vote (hopefully) in the state, has commenced and some interesting results have occurred.

Only three counties have reported and their combined results give Dino Rossi a net gain of +5. However, they are all counties that went for him in the general election.

Garfield- 428 Gregoire, 840 Rossi (no change)
Mason-11,797 Gregoire, 12,519 Rossi (G + 9, R + 12)
Skamania-2,233 Gregoire, 2,525 Rossi (G +1, R +3)

I would love to hear what people, especially Washington residents, have to say about this and if this really expected. Of course, I know that King county will most likely be the deciding factor.

This is a great site for the results
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/politics/results/2004/govrecount.html

Heres a good story too about the recount and pending lawsuit

Seattle Times Story

Political News: Arnold on the warpath and more

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Thursday December 02, 2004 · 12:55 PM PST

2004/12/02 · 12:55

There is a lot going on around the country that we have to keep track of.

News occurring in New Jersey, Virginia, North Carolina, Tennessee, California and more

California is the most interesting as it may have serious consequences to the political landscape.

All below the jump Read More

Barbara Ehrenreich at my school

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Tuesday November 30, 2004 · 2:25 PM PST

2004/11/30 · 14:25

So today, as part of a lecture series that happens at my high school, Barbara Ehrenreich, journalist, liberal activist, and most recently, author of Nickel and Dimed: On Not Getting By in America, came and spoke. How it works is that during the day, the speaker speaks to thirty or so high school students who have signed up and at night, speaks to the auditorium, filled with anyone who wants to come (and got tickets in adavance)

(her talk, below) Read More

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