Fight voucherization ...but....organize the chartered shops too

the best defense ...................

"The Strengthening Social Security Act of 2013 (S. 567)"

 raise the monthly Social Security benefit by about $65

measure inflation not with the chained CPI (a benefit cut),
but using a more accurate measure of inflation for seniors (the CPI-E).

The CPI-E would increase COLAs.

 eliminate the Social Security tax cap

 Under this bill, Social Security would be able to pay out full benefits to the year 2049.

bombard the NLRB

recently walmart job hodrs got the boot for "self organizing "activity

a recent write up:

"While we are confident that the National Labor Relations Board will find Walmart’s actions illegal,......

 we cannot wait on a long legal process to respond."



   time to crank up the bombardment
no waiting on a decision
demand swift action


find the closest NLRB office and go raise hell there !!!!

median wealth ranking ......liberty belle nation...number 27 !

reminder ifminimum wages had kept up with gains in average value aded per hour since 1968, the minimum would be...... $21.72"........ $ 21.72 ..... $ 21.72

raise the min to $15
and....
" 50 million people would benefit directly "

RALPH ON WAGES

"thirty million low wage workers are making less today, adjusted for inflation, than they did 45 years ago in 1968".

value of indexation ?

"Had the minimum wage simply kept pace with inflation since 1968, it would stand at $10.70 per hour today instead of the current federal minimum wage of $7.25"

public contracts?

"the federal government indirectly employs the largest number of low-wage workers in the country. More even than Walmart and McDonald’s combined"

"National Employment Law Project (NELP), surveyed a sample of 567 federally contracted jobs. Seventy-four percent earned less than $10 per hour, 58 percent have no employment benefits, and 20 percent or more depend upon some form of public assistance"

Those figures are different from total income, in that they ignore investment income as well as bonuses or overtime that is not considered usual. The national median wage in the first quarter of this year was $827 a week. In 2013 dollars, the median wage 13 years before was $819, so the increase is about 1 percent. The figures include all workers over the age of 25. The department said that to reach the 90th percentile — that is, to earn more money than 90 percent of those with jobs — a person needed to earn $1,909 a week. That figure was nearly 9 percent higher than in early 1980. To reach the 10th percentile — earning less money than 90 percent of those with jobs — required an income of $387 a week. After adjusting for inflation, that figure is down 3 percent from 2000. The accompanying charts show the trends over time for the 25th and 75th percentiles, as well as the median and the 10th and 90th percentiles. Put another way, in 2000 a worker in the 75th percentile made 48 percent more than a worker at the median, or 50th percentile. Now, a worker in that group earns 58 percent more. The trends have been similar within education groups. The median income of college graduates in the first quarter of this year was $1,189 a week. Adjusted for inflation, that figure was about 1 percent less than the median 13 years earlier. To make the 90th percentile, a college graduate needed to earn $2,585 a week, a figure that is about 8 percent higher than the 2000 earnings needed.

Those figures are different from total income, in that they ignore investment income as well as bonuses or overtime that is not considered usual. The national median wage in the first quarter of this year was $827 a week. In 2013 dollars, the median wage 13 years before was $819, so the increase is about 1 percent. The figures include all workers over the age of 25. The department said that to reach the 90th percentile — that is, to earn more money than 90 percent of those with jobs — a person needed to earn $1,909 a week. That figure was nearly 9 percent higher than in early 1980. To reach the 10th percentile — earning less money than 90 percent of those with jobs — required an income of $387 a week. After adjusting for inflation, that figure is down 3 percent from 2000. The accompanying charts show the trends over time for the 25th and 75th percentiles, as well as the median and the 10th and 90th percentiles. Put another way, in 2000 a worker in the 75th percentile made 48 percent more than a worker at the median, or 50th percentile. Now, a worker in that group earns 58 percent more. The trends have been similar within education groups. The median income of college graduates in the first quarter of this year was $1,189 a week. Adjusted for inflation, that figure was about 1 percent less than the median 13 years earlier. To make the 90th percentile, a college graduate needed to earn $2,585 a week, a figure that is about 8 percent higher than the 2000 earnings needed.