Thursday, October 16, 2014
Wednesday, October 16, 2013
Blog Action Day - Union Rights are Human Rights
Union Rights are Human Rights
An injury to one is an injury to all.More information:
Empowering workers by realising trade union rights
https://socs.civicus.org/?p=3873
Trade Unions and human rights
http://www2.amnesty.org.uk/trade-unions-and-human-rights
The Power of We. (Blog Action Day 2012)
http://frotton.blogspot.com/2012/10/the-power-of-we-blog-action-day-2012.html
Why Join? (WorkingAmerica)
http://www.workingamerica.org/membership/Why-Join
Why Unions Still Matter
http://monthlyreview.org/2009/02/01/why-unions-still-matter
Saturday, August 17, 2013
Monday, October 15, 2012
The Power of We (Blog Action Day 2012)
When I was thinking of what "the Power of We" means to me, I instantly thought of my union, California School Employees Association, AFL-CIO. We represent the non-teacher, non-administrator positions in California's schools: secretaries, custodians, paraeducators, food service workers, bus drivers, etc.
CSEA has accomplished a lot in it 86 year history. CSEA was originally formed to help give employees a secure retirement. Classified employees won the right to participate in the program now known as CalPERS. We are still fighting to make sure that the meager retirement this program gives our members is still strong.
Some highlights of working as one group for the betterment of our members:
1959: CSEA sponsors "The Classified Bill of Rights." Described by one historian as "the most spectacular breakthrough in legislative achievements by any single organization", it is divided into different bills guaranteeing classified workers' rights to fair wages, benefits, job classifications,leaves, a merit system, and much more.
1968: "Stop when red Lights Flash" signs must be placed on school buses.
1975: Workers are guaranteed collective bargaining rights.
2002: SB 1419 the criteria for contracting-out classified work and contracting-out state services must be similar.
Links:
CSEA: http://www.csea.com
CalPERS: http://calpers.ca.gov
CSEA has accomplished a lot in it 86 year history. CSEA was originally formed to help give employees a secure retirement. Classified employees won the right to participate in the program now known as CalPERS. We are still fighting to make sure that the meager retirement this program gives our members is still strong.
"Before CSEA began to work on legislation, classified workers had nothing, Now, classified leaders from other states are astonished because we are the only state in the country that has an entire section of laws for our protection...and these laws exist because of the hard work by CSEA and its members. Truly, CSEA is the most important thing that ever happened to classified workers--it changed our lives, gave us hope and a future" -- Bill Parker, Retired CSEA Legislative Committee Chairperson and committee member for 26 years.
Some highlights of working as one group for the betterment of our members:
1959: CSEA sponsors "The Classified Bill of Rights." Described by one historian as "the most spectacular breakthrough in legislative achievements by any single organization", it is divided into different bills guaranteeing classified workers' rights to fair wages, benefits, job classifications,leaves, a merit system, and much more.
1968: "Stop when red Lights Flash" signs must be placed on school buses.
1975: Workers are guaranteed collective bargaining rights.
2002: SB 1419 the criteria for contracting-out classified work and contracting-out state services must be similar.
Links:
CSEA: http://www.csea.com
CalPERS: http://calpers.ca.gov
Friday, September 07, 2012
Deep Patriots
Deep patriots don’t just sing the song, “America The Beautiful,” and then go home. We actually stick around to defend America’s beauty—from the oil spillers, the clear-cutters and the mountaintop removers. Deep patriots don’t just visit the Statue of Liberty and send a postcard home to grandma. We defend the principles upon which that great monument was founded—“give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses who yearn to breathe free.” -- Van Jones
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