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A little more from today’s issue of The Hill. Reminder: if you’re in D.C. or can get your friends out who live there, they should be at 101 Constitution at 5:30 to give the CAFTA 15 a proper greeting as they walk into the business-sponsored payoff for their vote on CAFTA (remember, folks, send me […]

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Obviously, the price of Katrina is high–in human and financial terms. But, the devastation may have caused one positive development: our friends from OMB Watch report that the Republicans appear to have backed off their intention to vote on the repeal of the estate tax. Mind you, this didn’t come because Republicans saw the light […]

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Okay, all you ranters and ravers–you want to do something concrete? I now have the details on the business-sponsored fundraiser for the CAFTA 15—which was first reported here and then followed up the next day—which is taking place TOMORROW at 101 Constitution Ave in Washington D.C. from 6-8 p.m. Inside the building, the CAFTA 15 […]

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Welcome back, friends, from whatever you may have done over the Labor Day weekend. It’s going to be an interesting September, what with the Change To Win convention meeting on the 27th–there will be a new name for this group…and they are busily working on the Constitution and other specifics. But, this week, at least, […]

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Just enjoy it…(and let’s not remind ourselves that this should be celebrated on May 1st but that’s another story). More tomorrow…

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A reader sent in this bulletin from Workday Minnesota (thanks–readers alerts always welcome!). Be interesting to see if other such formations pop up either before or after the Change To Win Coalition convention, which takes place Sept. 27th in St. Louis. Also, wonder how these coalitions will work with the CLCs and State Feds and […]

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I’ve sort of left the Beast of Bentonville alone for the past few weeks. Not that I haven’t thought about the boys from Arkansas. Today, Steven Greenhouse has a piece on the organization (registration required) started in Tampa, Florida which is trying to recruit Wal-Mart workers pre-union status. That is, bring people in so they […]

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I haven’t decided how much to post in the next couple of days since most normal people will be away from their computers–I hope. But, here are two impressions for those going to your Labor Day parades. Thought Number One: What about carrying “Remember the CAFTA 15” signs? And if you happen to be lucky […]

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So, things get a bit clearer about the payoff business is going to give to the CAFTA 15. I was just told this: sponsors of the fundraiser I reported on yesterday are John Engler, the head of the National Association of Manufacturers (but he’s doing so as a private individual, I’m told); Dave McCurdy head […]

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Over the last few days, a few people have sent me the message reprinted below and I meant to post it earlier…earth to AFL-CIO, can we try to stay on some sort of coherent message? As you’ll see below, recipients of one of these automated messages you get from being part of the AFL-CIO e-activist […]

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