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Category Archives: Labor
Wal-Mart & Crime: Is Wal-Mart Safe?
Wal-Mart & Crime: Is Wal-Mart Safe? By Paul Blank – http://www.wakeupwalmart.comThe Wake-Up Wal-Mart campaign recently released the first national study detailing the problem of crime at Wal-Mart store locations called “Wal-Mart & Crime: Is Wal-Mart Safe?” We requested the official … Continue reading
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Maytag Closing
Maytag Closing by Sam Garchik An obituary for Maytag in Iowa comes to us from Drew Miller. DFIA and some unions in Iowa have had major differences, but working people everwhere should pay notice when Republicans and big business … Continue reading
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Working Toward Economic Justice in the QC
Working Toward Economic Justice in the QC: By Caroline Vernon “Tax-Day” Leadership planning session and Wake-Up Walmart Demonstration We couldn't have asked for a more beautiful day to “get active“. Over a dozen community leaders and concerned citizens started … Continue reading
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Tax-Day Wal-Mart Demonstration in the Quad Cities
Tax Day Walmart Demonstration by Caroline VernonTax- Day Walmart Demonstration – in the Quad CitiesMaking a push for the Fair Share For Health Care Bill Saturday, April 15th12:30pm – 1:30pmNortheast corner of 53rd & Elmore(parking at Staples)DavenportFriends,Iowa needs our … Continue reading
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Iowa AFSCME Drive to Organize Registered Home Childcare Providers
Iowa AFSCME Drive to Organize Registered Home Childcare Providers Mark Smith, President of the Iowa Federation of Labor (AFL-CIO) has announced that AFSCME Council 61 is conducting a vigorous campaign to organize registered home childcare providers. Joining AFSCME will not … Continue reading
Why the Campaign to Change Walmart is so Important
Why the Campaign to change Walmart is so Important by Caroline Vernon The last time I shopped at Walmart was about a year ago. I remember thinking how wonderfully convenient it was that I could purchase my groceries, my … Continue reading
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FCC Town Meeting in Iowa City a HUGE Success!
FCC Town Meeting in Iowa City a HUGE Success! Iowa City, Iowa Update: Town Meeting a huge success…more than 500 people packed the Pomerantz Center at the University of Iowa to participate in a forum on media ownership. – Free … Continue reading
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Contest: Your Economic Policy Idea Could Be Worth $100K
Contest: Your Economic Policy Idea Could Be Worth $100K Lanya Shapiro Hey folks, I want to let you know about a project I'm involved with – an economic policy contest that just launched today: a national call for the … Continue reading
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A Flood of Fraud
A FLOOD OF FRAUD By Russell Mokhiber and Robert Weissman Russell Mokhiber is editor of the Washington, D.C.-based Corporate CrimeReporter, http://www.corporatecrimereporter.com. Robert Weissman is editor of the Washington, D.C.-based Multinational Monitor, http://www.multinationalmonitor.org, and on the steering committee of the Center … Continue reading
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Your Second Priority
Your Second Priority
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Nick Johnson (pictured above) was formerly an FCC Commissioner and Iowa City School Board member and now teaches at the University of Iowa College of Law. These are his remarks to the Iowa City Federation of Labor Labor Day Picnic, September 5, 2005
“Whatever is your first priority, your second priority has to be media reform.”
I've been saying that to gatherings of labor, and other progressive organizations, for 40 years now.
Your first priority may be a fairer shake for labor. Healthcare for Iowans. Rights for women and minorities. Improvements in local schools, or the environment. Electing your candidates to public office.
Whatever is your first priority, you have little hope of making any progress with it if you can't get media coverage – fair and favorable media coverage.
For no group is this more true than for labor.
“Yeah, so what else is new?” I hear you say.
I'll tell you what's new.
For the first time in the history of Iowa, so far as I know, two currently sitting commissioners of the Federal Communications Commission – Michael Copps and Jon Adelstein – are coming to Iowa City because they want to hear from you.
The national organization Free Press is seeing to it that Wednesday, October 5th, a month from today, probably at the IMU, hundreds of Iowans will be coming forward to tell the FCC what they think about our local media.
There are petitions that give you a chance to participate. The petitions ask the FCC to at least hold hearings before automatically granting license renewals to Iowa's television stations.
All those Iowa stations have to file for renewal by October 1st. If their licenses are renewed they will be able to keep up what they've been doing for another 8 years.
Meanwhile, a local group called Iowans for Better Local Television, and anyone else in the state, has from now until the end of December to get comments and petitions to the Commission. IBLTV's Web site actually lets you sign the petition online.
So why should labor care?
You can probably answer that better than I.
– When did you last see a documentary favorable to organized labor on local television?
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