Unions makes Middle Class Americans

The 99% Spring has begun. Earlier this month, tens of thousands of us gathered in union halls, places of worship, in homes and on campuses to train ourselves in non-violent action and join together in the work of reclaiming our country.

At the CWA headquarters training, CWA President Larry Cohen choked back tears as he described T-Mobile's recent decision to close seven call centers and lay off 3,300 workers. "I'm tired, I'm angry, I'm distressed from seeing how hard our members fight these battles only to go backwards," he said. "The only way we can fight this is together."

You can still take part in this powerful training - online. Just like the in-person trainings, the online training has all you need to get ready to take the country back from the 99%-- including modules on: What Happened to Our Economy?, Intro to Non-Violent Direct Action, and Planning for Action.

Click here to check it out: www.cwa-union.org/99online

You will be at your computer, but you won't be alone. Chat with trainers and others doing the training online as you go, see your progress, and recruit your friends.

The training is just the beginning. In the coming weeks, we'll be engaging in a massive wave of actions to hold the 1% accountable – including a massive action on May 3, the day of the Verizon shareholder meeting.

You are a critical part of this historic effort. We look forward to seeing you -- online and offline -- as we take back the country for the 99%.

In Unity,

Beth Allen
Online Communications Director

Hey Beth Allen... the reason that unions create middle class Americans,is through "coercion"! You disregard the FACT that unions are a contributing factor for unemployment today, especially in the construction sector, as with many other once dynamic American enterprises, now in sad economic shape or defunct. Why is the American auto business now a 3rd class industry, and the foreign producers, first? 2nd, then? The Chinese pumping in dough to help keep what is left of the American industry alive!Why is the Federal, city and county governments having serious economic trouble, trying to find ways to pay union member wages, their pensions and benefits, then find a way to run their systems (administrative personnel, police, fire department, hospitals and clinics run by the Federal government? Why is now the American maritime industry now but gone? Why is the American airline industry in deep trouble? Why, why why... when the labor unions and their demands are the main players? Do you really believe that each and every union member is worth his/her salt and the pay unions get through collective bargaining? When it comes to human productivity, interest, motivation and competency EQUALITY does not exist! Not all workers perform equally well. Each and everyone has his/her tact, ability or even disability (bad work habit, lack of interest, lack of motivation, incompetency...). Labor unions do not serve society, they great social and economic distress to people and economic systems whose function is to create balance not imbalance. Unions create economic imbalance! Try looking at the BIG picture where labor unions dominate the economic scene, in Britain, Scandinavia and elsewhere in Europe. That picture is not very pretty! It seems to me that Americans have forgotten about being individuals and being treated as such. Instead, they think in terms of a collective Union coalition, all equal under the union banner! One is not born as being a good worker. It takes individual interest, initiative, motivation, ability... to become a good worker. A person ought not to feel ashamed if he is not real smart and can attend a college, earn a degree and wind up with a good paying job. One can be just an ordinary worker, and with common sense can be very happy in life... Common sense is the key factor to have if one wants to succeed in life! Joining a union to succeed is not common sense, just a short cut to a short lived future!

Frank wrote:

Hey Beth Allen... the reason that unions create middle class Americans,is through "coercion"! You disregard the FACT that unions are a contributing factor for unemployment today, especially in the construction sector, as with many other once dynamic American enterprises, now in sad economic shape or defunct. Why is the American auto business now a 3rd class industry, and the foreign producers, first? 2nd, then? The Chinese pumping in dough to help keep what is left of the American industry alive!Why is the Federal, city and county governments having serious economic trouble, trying to find ways to pay union member wages, their pensions and benefits, then find a way to run their systems (administrative personnel, police, fire department, hospitals and clinics run by the Federal government? Why is now the American maritime industry now but gone? Why is the American airline industry in deep trouble? Why, why why... when the labor unions and their demands are the main players? Do you really believe that each and every union member is worth his/her salt and the pay unions get through collective bargaining? When it comes to human productivity, interest, motivation and competency EQUALITY does not exist! Not all workers perform equally well. Each and everyone has his/her tact, ability or even disability (bad work habit, lack of interest, lack of motivation, incompetency...). Labor unions do not serve society, they great social and economic distress to people and economic systems whose function is to create balance not imbalance. Unions create economic imbalance! Try looking at the BIG picture where labor unions dominate the economic scene, in Britain, Scandinavia and elsewhere in Europe. That picture is not very pretty! It seems to me that Americans have forgotten about being individuals and being treated as such. Instead, they think in terms of a collective Union coalition, all equal under the union banner! One is not born as being a good worker. It takes individual interest, initiative, motivation, ability... to become a good worker. A person ought not to feel ashamed if he is not real smart and can attend a college, earn a degree and wind up with a good paying job. One can be just an ordinary worker, and with common sense can be very happy in life... Common sense is the key factor to have if one wants to succeed in life! Joining a union to succeed is not common sense, just a short cut to a short lived future!

Go work for $7,25 an Hour and pay ur insurance,no vacations or sick days, no retirement,no medicare,make a house payment ,send kids to school ,buy a auto and food all on $7.25 an hour as rich republicans wants you to do.
You are a frigging nut case

It isn't just unions. It's EVERYBODY who expects wages and benefits for employment! I don't know where these people get off. Labor COSTS MONEY!!!! How in the hell is costing the One Percent money,*good* for the country?! When the 1% makes money EVERYBODY is happy! It truly is as simple as that! AND, the 1% should NEVER PAY TAXES. Taxes cost them money! DUH!

Union workers are lazy overpaid slobs.I know,I worked next to them for 12 years doing the same job for 30% less with half their off days.

bush did with the $350 Billion Bush Gave away of tax dollars,Obama Loaned our money that has been paid back with interest and now Chrysler is making record profits because of Obama
Republicans could care less about the average America,They only car efor the very rich and large corps.
http://www.addictinginfo.org/2012/04/29/mitt-...
Willard ‘Mitt’ Romney may not be a regular American, there are not many in the circles he keeps. Being a regular, run of the mill American entails more than just having been born here, it means being connected to the US enough to actually care for what happens to its citizens. Mitt is an American by birth but that’s where his loyalties to America ends. He is the Thurston Howell III on Gilligan’s Island that we all grew up frowning at. He is one of an elite class of people, who because of their wealth, is above the class of the regular people that we are.
In fact, we regular people do not see the elite class Mitt belongs to very often, if at all…how many among us fly to Monaco, the Greek islands or the other exotic places around the world, so we can be in their royal company? We probably get a glimpse of them sometimes, when their limo pulls up on the tarmac and they walk from the car to their waiting private jet, but that’s as much as we regular people know of or ever see of this elusive and untamed elite globetrotting class, of which Willard is a card-carrying member…that card being a black American Express unlimited credit card. also known as a Centurion card
Reading the specs of the card as put forth by the issuer, American Express will open a new world to you…the world of the Global Elite…The “Centurion” card is invitation-only after appropriate net worth, credit and spending criteria are met. American Express does not publicly disclose the requirements for getting a card. American Express does, however, describe their Centurion members as ”super-affluent high net worth individuals on a continual quest for the best and most exclusive. They own companies and frequently travel; they define success. Exceptionally discerning and style-conscious, Centurion readers are global players who gain truly worldwide access to the inaccessible. They do not compromise and expect only the highest level of personal commitment from those around them: individually tailored service, unlimited financial power, exclusive travel benefits, global access and influence. Centurion is more than just a Card: it’s a global community of the highest earners and spenders on the market. To receive Centurion Magazine, one must be a Centurion Member from American Express: an individual who can afford virtually anything. The card itself is the world’s most exclusive, offered by invitation only and at a high annual fee.”
These global elites could be considered the farm owners, with their farm pens being the individual countries that house the livestock and we my friends are indeed… the livestock that they feed off and profit from. How many of us pay $10,000 per night to stay in lofty suites around the globe, or make $10,000 bets with a handshake…as Mitt tried to do with Rick Perry.
Real Americans care for their fellow countrymen. Real Americans are the people who actually try to care for and help the lesser able among us. Mitt and his elite class of friends are not affected by what happens in America or any other country of their birth for that matter, because they are the filthy rich and powerful who are above feeling the poverty the rest of us in the US and the globe feels.
Recessions do not touch Mitt ‘Thurston’ Romney or these other global elites, but simply serve to change their maids and gardeners who serve in their sprawling worldwide mansions. With the 2010 income growth stats reporting 93% going to the top 1% and the conservatives’ cutting of programs that aid the poor we can see that the elite class is indeed winning the class warfare, as they have always done, albeit secretly in the past.

paid up wrote:

Union workers are lazy overpaid slobs.I know,I worked next to them for 12 years doing the same job for 30% less with half their off days.

More republicans bull shit from a clueless republican..who never worked in a union shop.

Without Unions the average American would not have had a good paying job with benefits,republicans hates Unions because the union shop causes Middle Class Americans.

Agreed!

William wrote:

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More republicans bull shit from a clueless republican..who never worked in a union shop.
Without Unions the average American would not have had a good paying job with benefits,republicans hates Unions because the union shop causes Middle Class Americans.

You are an idiot!You Union clowns are spoiled brats who dont know what an honest days work is.You lay out of work,lie about it,then go crying to youre shop steward so he can save your lazy azz....