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Leave a twig for the birds to perch on... don't let the capitalists do your thinking for you... if you are in the neighborhood, stop on in; the coffee is always hot and the cookie jar is full... looking forward to the day when the real decisions in America are made by working class families gathered around the kitchen table... new postings daily...Yours in the struggle...Alan L. Maki

Sunday, April 20, 2014

Workers paid poverty wages are going to be poor.

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Does anyone else but me think that it is strange that these AFL-CIO unions claim they are supporting workers in the fast food industry, Wa...
Saturday, April 19, 2014

It's time for grassroots and rank-and-file activists to step forward and take control on the movement for making the Minimum Wage a real living wage.

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The movement for a real living Minimum Wage continues to run into snags--- Politicians, employers and unions have banded together in Seattle...
Wednesday, April 16, 2014

Obama's "vision."

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U.S. Labor Secretary Thomas Perez made a speech. In just these two paragraphs of his speech are lie upon lie that are such big lies it would...
Monday, April 14, 2014

Keynesian hypocrisy.

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My thought for the day... Does anyone see the pattern developing here? All of a sudden Robert Reich comes out saying he is for a $15.00...
Thursday, April 10, 2014

More problems for Obamacare... who is responsible for paying for the children if their parents don't?

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Now there is another problem with Obamacare. This time it is about forcing people to insure their children. The claim being made by the go...

Do you prefer donkey dung to elephant shit?

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Democrats have betrayed workers on the two most important issues: 1. Single-payer. 2. A living Minimum Wage. I don't include the most im...
Wednesday, April 9, 2014

Tune in, call in; a discussion on the Minimum Wage on Stewart Alexander's "Socialist Insight" program.

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www.blogtalkradio.com/airamarteifio/2014/04/14/the-socialist-insight-w-stewart-alexander   6 p.m. Central---14 April---Monday--- Alan L...
Tuesday, April 8, 2014

The working class is betrayed again by the Democrats.

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And they actually have the nerve and unmitigated hypocritical gall to boast and brag about this working class betrayal: http://www.tcdaily...
Monday, April 7, 2014

A National Approach for Making the Minimum Wage a Living Wage

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A National Approach for Making the Minimum Wage a Living Wage Join Us for a 2-Hour Conference Call Discussion Sunday, April 27, 2014 ...

Minnesota Democrats have more empathy for employers than for workers.

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The Minnesota Democratic Farmer-Labor Party with a super-majority sticks it to workers, again. Interesting how these Democrats can control ...
Sunday, April 6, 2014

"At-Will Hiring and At-Will Firing" (At-Will Employment) has got to go

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Representing casino workers engaged in union organizing campaigns in the Indian Gaming Industry, I pay close attention to elections on India...

Members of Congress cry they need a raise.

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Members of Congress like Democrat Jim Moran are crying that they are under paid at around $175,000.00 a year. If they were being paid the Mi...
Thursday, April 3, 2014

Cost-of-living Crisis

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I sent this to all Minnesota State Legislators and the Governor. Cost-of-living Crisis... Do you politicians even know this crisis exists?...
Wednesday, April 2, 2014

Marx, the Minimum Wage and the "cost-of-living" crisis.

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From a discussion with friends... Yes; this is what I have been trying to tell everyone. The U.S. Census Bureau and other government agency...
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Alan Maki
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I have been involved in the peace, labor, civil rights, and environmental movements for over 30 years, and I am a socialist. I would encourage everyone to get involved in promoting the United Nations' Universal Declaration of Human Rights, which came into existence on December 10, 1948; we should strive to use the yearly anniversary of this document to popularize it. We need to struggle to create a more progressive, socially just society where all working people receive real living wages and have a voice at work, and in their communities. I have worked with casino workers across Minnesota who are trying to organize a union. I have worked with people in northern Minnesota struggling to save the Big Bog, the primary freshwater aquifer--- this bog is being mined for peat. In my spare time during the spring and fall you can find me fly fishing on the Dark River, a pristine designated trout stream;in the winter ice fishing on Lake-of-the-Woods. I look forward to hearing from you. Nothing human is alien to me.
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