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World Wide Work, Feb. 2013
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This edition of the free bulletin, World Wide Work, is published by the American Labor Education Center, an independent nonprofit founded in 1979.
Should Immigration Policy Benefit CEOs and the Richest 1% -- Or All Working People? That’s the headline of a leaflet template available at TheWorkSite.org. Organizations can download the leaflet for free and adapt it to their particular needs.
The sample leaflet points out that by denying citizenship to millions of people who live and work here, those at the top can…
- Pay poverty wages, using the threat of deportation if anyone protests.
- Use those low wage levels to hold down pay and benefits for everyone else.
- Keep millions of workers from voting – giving corporate-funded candidates an even greater advantage.
These are some reasons why all of us need a new immigration policy that provides citizenship for people who are already here – without big barriers or long delays.
New and worth noting…
BOOKS
The Wealth Inequality Reader edited by Linda Pinkow, Sam Pizzigati, and the Dollars & Sense Collective (Dollars & Sense). Every household in America should have this 200-page guide that uses readable text plus charts and graphs to explain the dimensions, causes, and effects of the country’s growing gap between the top 1 percent and the rest of us and suggest some solutions.
World Wide Work, Dec. 2012
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This edition of the free bulletin, World Wide Work, is published by the American Labor Education Center, an independent nonprofit founded in 1979.
New and worth noting…
FILMS
Wish Me Away. Chely Wright was raised in a small Bible Belt town. All her life, she prayed to God to take away the feelings that told her she was gay. Pursuing her dreams in Nashville, she reached the top of country music with hits like “Single White Female” (who is “looking for a man like you”). After years of hiding her identity, she came out as a lesbian. The music industry turned its back on her completely. As this touching 96-minute documentary ends, she is married to the woman she loves, and doing what she can to change America so young people won’t have to go through what she faced.
YERT (Your Environmental Road Trip). Over a year’s time, three young friends traveled to all 50 states to visit communities where people are taking action to address climate change and the need for sustainability. The resulting 113-minute documentary is a whirlwind tour of major environmental problems and some possible solutions. Its fast pace and sense of humor make it easy to watch. Because it’s a broad survey, viewers who have more questions about any particular subject will have to do further research.