http://bravenewfilms.org/topics/workers 2008-12-04T10:52:26Z http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/63917-andrew-bacevich-the-economic-crisis 2008-12-04T10:52:26Z Carnegie Council <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/h8cfJWYu7uo&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/h8cfJWYu7uo&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/63917-andrew-bacevich-the-economic-crisis"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/80500" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>With regard to this economic crisis, says Bacevich, there are two possibilities: one is that it is a passing phenomenon; the second is that we are at a turning point in global history. Bacevich believes that it is the second and discusses what we need to do. <br />This Carnegie Council event took place on November 3, 2008. For the full video, audio, and transcript, go to <a href="http://www.cceia.org">www.cceia.org</a> </p> </div> <a href="/blog/63917-andrew-bacevich-the-economic-crisis">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/63878-paul-brandon-pc-people-before-profit-meeting-24-nov-2008 2008-12-04T10:51:22Z adycousins <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/asg3gaEzSqk&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/asg3gaEzSqk&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/63878-paul-brandon-pc-people-before-profit-meeting-24-nov-2008"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/80440" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>http://peoplebeforeprofit.wordpress.com/ <br />Paul Brandon speaking in a personal capacity</p> </div> <a href="/blog/63878-paul-brandon-pc-people-before-profit-meeting-24-nov-2008">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/63709-noisy-angry-shouting-match-between-ben-stein-fox-s-neil-cavuto 2008-12-04T10:23:06Z Chris Bradley <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/FAgHhTgs3ec&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/FAgHhTgs3ec&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/63709-noisy-angry-shouting-match-between-ben-stein-fox-s-neil-cavuto"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/80117" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>Sit back and enjoy this donnybrook between "free market" ideologue Neil Cavuto and a much more practical conservative Ben Stein over the issue of the proposed loan to the Big Three automakers. Stein surprised us once again, proving he's a pragmatist, not an ideologue. Wonder if he'll ever again be asked back on FOX News? Oh, and catch Cavuto's snide last comment about Stein's current employment by the New York Times.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/63709-noisy-angry-shouting-match-between-ben-stein-fox-s-neil-cavuto">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/63559-electronic-trash-village-china 2008-11-21T14:38:46Z IronLungz <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/ZHTWRYXy2gE&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/ZHTWRYXy2gE&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/63559-electronic-trash-village-china"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/79768" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>"September 2007 <br />Every year, 35 million tonnes of electronic waste is exported to China to be scrapped. There the rubbish is broken down by hand, poisoning workers and polluting the environment. "Smoke from the computers is too strong to breathe", complains one disposal worker. "I feel dizzy and can't see any more". Many employees at the electronic disposal plant suffer from respiratory illness or skin diseases. They work for ten hours a day, with no protection from the hazardous chemicals."</p> </div> <a href="/blog/63559-electronic-trash-village-china">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/63248-mitt-romney-speech-1-23-08 2008-11-20T12:45:57Z IssueAlliance <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/mI8LMR8xWmo&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/mI8LMR8xWmo&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/63248-mitt-romney-speech-1-23-08"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/79280" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>Mitt Romney <br />Speech <br />Tampa, FL 1/23/08</p> <p>TRANSCRIPT: <br />MITT ROMNEY: I think its time to have a president who thoroughly understands the economy, understands jobs, knows why jobs come and go.</p> <p>LABEL: MR FL 1-23 (AM#20) GDEF - clipC</p> <p>To download a high res version of this clip, VISIT: https://issuealliance.box.net/shared/9fm8xooe5y</p> <p>To download the full campaign event, VISIT: https://issuealliance.box.net/shared/530diae1in</p> </div> <a href="/blog/63248-mitt-romney-speech-1-23-08">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/62525-mike-huckabee-rally-1-12-2008 2008-11-17T12:47:56Z IssueAlliance <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/Wyn0VZ7O4ok&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/Wyn0VZ7O4ok&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/62525-mike-huckabee-rally-1-12-2008"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/78028" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>Mike Huckabee <br />Rally, Amway Grand Plaza <br />Grand Rapids, MI 1/12/08</p> <p>TRANSCRIPT: <br />MIKE HUCKABEE: Those are real issues that we need to know. I think we have not been as adamant at ensuring that the trade agreements were enforced on both sides of the border . . . secondly, to focus dollars for training, one of the most important things that can happen when a person loses his job is to help that person transition to another job. And that always requires training. There are very few jobs one can go to without having some transitional training . . . constantly we would be faced with a plant closing and people out of work. We created the Governors Dislocated Workers task force and what we would do when we would hear a plant closing, we would put a lot of resources into that community, wed bring in job counselors, wed beef up whatever curriculum would be needed in the community college, we would then target that community for specific efforts to try to find industry that could come. Because, in many cases, you have businesses around the country that are looking for a place to locate; what they fear is that theres not an available workforce. So, if you can market to them, we have a workforce, these are people that are ready to go to work, theyve just lost their jobs, we will provide the training if you will bring your business here. Those are the kinds of things that government should and can do. Ive seen it done, I did it as a governor.</p> <p>LABEL: MH MI 1-12 (JC#76) GPSZZ-clipA</p> <p>To download a high res version of this clip, VISIT: https://issuealliance.box.net/shared/ojr5d3uml3#MH_MI_1-12_(JC#76)_GPSZZ_-_Cli</p> <p>To download full campaign event, VISIT: https://issuealliance.box.net/shared/5t59f6sgdo#MH_MI_1-12_(JC#76)_GPSZZ</p> </div> <a href="/blog/62525-mike-huckabee-rally-1-12-2008">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/61717-where-bananas-come-from 2008-11-06T09:59:50Z Environment Films <a href="http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/61717-where-bananas-come-from"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/thumbnail_pic/76517" style="border: solid 1px black; margin-right: 7px; margin-top: 3px;" align="left" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>A short film explaining how and where bananas are produced, from growth to shipment. Filmed in Costa Rica. produced by www.environmentfilms.org</p> </div> <a href="http://www.environmentfilms.org/Banana_production.html">Visit environmentfilms.org</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/61391-hoffa-stumps-for-obama-in-indy 2008-12-04T10:19:34Z teamster <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/_4vJNMERjJo&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/_4vJNMERjJo&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/61391-hoffa-stumps-for-obama-in-indy"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/76051" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>Teamsters General President Jim Hoffa campaigns for Barack Obama in a breakroom in Indianapolis.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/61391-hoffa-stumps-for-obama-in-indy">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/61360-vp-hall-stumps-for-obama 2008-12-04T10:19:34Z teamster <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/lJzz6aNKF5A&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/lJzz6aNKF5A&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/61360-vp-hall-stumps-for-obama"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/76010" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>International Vice President Ken Hall campaigns for Senator Barack Obama in Indiana.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/61360-vp-hall-stumps-for-obama">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/57392-authors-google-leslie-chang 2008-12-04T10:55:11Z AtGoogleTalks <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/NhcqoxNhrSY&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/NhcqoxNhrSY&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/57392-authors-google-leslie-chang"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/69875" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>An eye-opening and previously untold story, Factory Girls is the first look into the everyday lives of the migrant factory population in China. China has 130 million migrant workers—the largest migration in human history. In Factory Girls, Leslie T. Chang, a former correspondent for the Wall Street Journal in Beijing, tells the story of these workers primarily through the lives of two young women, whom she follows over the course of three years as they attempt to rise from the assembly lines of Dongguan, an industrial city in China's Pearl River Delta.</p> <p>A book of global significance that provides new insight into China, Factory Girls demonstrates how the mass movement from rural villages to cities is remaking individual lives and transforming Chinese society, much as immigration to America's shores remade our own country a century ago.</p> <p>Leslie T. Chang lived in China for a decade as a correspondent for the Wall Street Journal. She is married to Peter Hessler, who also writes about China. She lives in Colorado. <br />This event took place on October 9, 2008</p> </div> <a href="/blog/57392-authors-google-leslie-chang">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/56824-101-east-labour-of-love-oct-9-part-2 2008-11-01T09:30:30Z aljazeera <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/GaxlTgW5i_8&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/GaxlTgW5i_8&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/56824-101-east-labour-of-love-oct-9-part-2"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/69089" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>An estimated 10 million Filipinos provide much needed labour around the world. On this edition of 101 East we ask to what extent are overseas remittances helping or hurting the Philippines?</p> </div> <a href="/blog/56824-101-east-labour-of-love-oct-9-part-2">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/56823-101-east-labour-of-love-oct-9-part-1 2008-11-01T09:30:29Z aljazeera <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/azuM6-KDo0o&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/azuM6-KDo0o&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/56823-101-east-labour-of-love-oct-9-part-1"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/69088" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>An estimated 10 million Filipinos provide much needed labour around the world. On this edition of 101 East we ask to what extent are overseas remittances helping or hurting the Philippines?</p> </div> <a href="/blog/56823-101-east-labour-of-love-oct-9-part-1">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/56818-filipino-workers-struggle-amid-economic-downturn-10-oct-08 2008-11-01T09:30:24Z aljazeera <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/YkQOQDao8iA&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/YkQOQDao8iA&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/56818-filipino-workers-struggle-amid-economic-downturn-10-oct-08"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/69081" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>In the Philippines, many families survive on money sent back by relatives with jobs abroad. </p> <p>Known as OFW's or overseas Filipino workers, potentially millions of them face losing their jobs, thanks to the global downturn.</p> <p>Marga Ortigas reports form Manila.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/56818-filipino-workers-struggle-amid-economic-downturn-10-oct-08">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/56173-green-jobs-the-reality-of-recycling 2008-11-29T06:53:23Z Carnegie Council <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/owSsY1YoFEI&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/owSsY1YoFEI&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/56173-green-jobs-the-reality-of-recycling"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/68332" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>The panel answers a question from the audience about recycling jobs in China and around the world. It's a green idea, but often pretty brown and black for those who have to do it, says Peter Poschen. Standards have to improve.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/56173-green-jobs-the-reality-of-recycling">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/55016-poland-s-booming-economy-tempts-migrants-home-27-sep-08 2008-10-31T15:32:28Z aljazeera <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/JpBOtxC6k0Q&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/JpBOtxC6k0Q&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/55016-poland-s-booming-economy-tempts-migrants-home-27-sep-08"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/66708" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>While the US and UK economies have been lurching from one crisis to the next, things are looking much better in Eastern Europe.</p> <p>In Poland in particular, the economy has grown so much in recent years, that many Poles who've left the country to work elsewhere in Europe are returning home.</p> <p>From Warsaw, Jayne Azzopardi reports.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/55016-poland-s-booming-economy-tempts-migrants-home-27-sep-08">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/54971-unite-here-s-president-bruce-raynor-speaks-at-ufw-convention 2008-12-04T10:48:24Z ufw <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/ZxhCK9opKTA&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/ZxhCK9opKTA&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/54971-unite-here-s-president-bruce-raynor-speaks-at-ufw-convention"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/66650" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>Bruce Raynor, UNITE HERE International President, speaks at UFW Convention, 8/23/08</p> </div> <a href="/blog/54971-unite-here-s-president-bruce-raynor-speaks-at-ufw-convention">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/54932-peacekeepers-abusing-children-in-haiti-27-sep-08 2008-10-31T15:30:57Z aljazeera <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/jq2-G79Ds9E&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/jq2-G79Ds9E&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/54932-peacekeepers-abusing-children-in-haiti-27-sep-08"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/66608" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>Children as young as six are being sexually abused by United Nations peacekeepers and aid workers in return for food and money, says a report by Save the Children, a non-profit organisation.</p> <p>Children in post-conflict areas are being abused by the very people drafted into such zones to help look after them, says Save the Children.</p> <p>Haitian children are particularly at risk, says Save the Children.</p> <p>Al Jazeeras Teresa Bo reports from Port Au Prince.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/54932-peacekeepers-abusing-children-in-haiti-27-sep-08">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/54907-bobby-kennedy-jr-speaks-at-ufw-convention-8-23-08-part-2 2008-12-04T10:48:24Z ufw <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/2BVHGTOCU68&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/2BVHGTOCU68&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/54907-bobby-kennedy-jr-speaks-at-ufw-convention-8-23-08-part-2"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/66583" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>Bobby Kennedy Jr Speaks at UFW convention 8/23/08 part 2</p> </div> <a href="/blog/54907-bobby-kennedy-jr-speaks-at-ufw-convention-8-23-08-part-2">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/54908-bobby-kennedy-jr-speaks-at-ufw-convention-8-23-08 2008-12-04T10:48:24Z ufw <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/3peoAIPJZxs&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/3peoAIPJZxs&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/54908-bobby-kennedy-jr-speaks-at-ufw-convention-8-23-08"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/66584" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>Bobby Kennedy Jr Speaks at UFW convention 8/23/08</p> </div> <a href="/blog/54908-bobby-kennedy-jr-speaks-at-ufw-convention-8-23-08">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/54825-senator-hillary-clinton-speaks-at-ufw-convention-8-24-08 2008-12-04T10:48:24Z ufw <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/i67ipVMMkGU&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/i67ipVMMkGU&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/54825-senator-hillary-clinton-speaks-at-ufw-convention-8-24-08"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/66495" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>Senator Hillary Clinton Speaks at UFW convention 8/24/08</p> </div> <a href="/blog/54825-senator-hillary-clinton-speaks-at-ufw-convention-8-24-08">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/54280-wall-street-and-labor-politics-good-1-2 2008-10-31T15:30:11Z I Want Democracy Now <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/qYhXBLgmO8k&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/qYhXBLgmO8k&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/54280-wall-street-and-labor-politics-good-1-2"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/65873" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>Amidst Wall Street Woes, Labor Activist & Writer Bill Fletcher on "Solidarity Divided: The Crisis in Organized Labor and a New Path toward Social Justice"</p> <p>While the press has extensively covered the Wall Street meltdown, little attention has been paid to what this means to the American worker. We speak to longtime labor activist and writer Bill Fletcher, co-author with Fernando Gapasin of the new book Solidarity Divided: The Crisis in Organized Labor and a New Path toward Social Justice. Fletcher is the executive editor of BlackCommentator.com and the former president of TransAfrica Forum. [includes rush transcript]</p> </div> <a href="/blog/54280-wall-street-and-labor-politics-good-1-2">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/54258-wall-street-and-labor-politics-good-2-2 2008-10-31T15:30:32Z I Want Democracy Now <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/B_iML0YiRxo&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/B_iML0YiRxo&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/54258-wall-street-and-labor-politics-good-2-2"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/65841" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>Amidst Wall Street Woes, Labor Activist & Writer Bill Fletcher on "Solidarity Divided: The Crisis in Organized Labor and a New Path toward Social Justice"</p> <p>While the press has extensively covered the Wall Street meltdown, little attention has been paid to what this means to the American worker. We speak to longtime labor activist and writer Bill Fletcher, co-author with Fernando Gapasin of the new book Solidarity Divided: The Crisis in Organized Labor and a New Path toward Social Justice. Fletcher is the executive editor of BlackCommentator.com and the former president of TransAfrica Forum. [includes rush transcript]</p> </div> <a href="/blog/54258-wall-street-and-labor-politics-good-2-2">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/53685-cair-steps-in-to-help-fired-colorado-muslim-workers 2008-12-04T10:57:58Z CAIR <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/AukXCX-EHb4&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/AukXCX-EHb4&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/53685-cair-steps-in-to-help-fired-colorado-muslim-workers"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/65162" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>A group of the more than 120 Muslim employees fired last week at the Swift plant in Greeley met with an attorney representing the Council on American-Islamic Relations today. The organization has helped with negotiations at Swift's Nebraska plant, which union leaders say may have reached a settlement that would temporarily change the timing of the second-shift lunch break to give workers time to pray during the observance of Ramadan. "All they want is the right to pray," said Rima Kapitan, a volunteer attorney with the Council on American-Islamic Relations.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/53685-cair-steps-in-to-help-fired-colorado-muslim-workers">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/53634-cair-mn-macy-s-workers-say-supervisors-banned-somali-language 2008-12-04T10:57:58Z CAIR <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/ZmDtXs2TdPM&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/ZmDtXs2TdPM&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/53634-cair-mn-macy-s-workers-say-supervisors-banned-somali-language"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/65097" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>The threats of dismissal were very real to the workers, according to Kenya McKnight, communications director for CAIR-MN, the Minnesota chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations. "There would be a formal process if not complied, which would be a verbal warning, a written warning and then termination." </p> <p>The workers say they were told it was a new company policy -- a contention supported by meeting notes provided to KARE by CAIR-MN. </p> <p>The notes, purportedly from a Macy's supervisor during an August 11th staff meeting, state: "It is Macy's East policy that a common language is spoken during work - therefore, effective immediately all associates must speak English while working."</p> </div> <a href="/blog/53634-cair-mn-macy-s-workers-say-supervisors-banned-somali-language">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/53430-globalization-trade-deficits-and-the-new-working-class 2008-11-01T03:33:00Z FORAtv <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/ylFw1ZXxZ28&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/ylFw1ZXxZ28&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/53430-globalization-trade-deficits-and-the-new-working-class"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/64861" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>Complete video at: <a href="http://fora.tv/2008/06/12/Gabor_Steingart_The_New_World_Disorder">fora.tv</a> </p> <p>German journalist Gabor Steingart blames western nations' trade deficits for the shift of traditional manufacturing jobs to developing countries, a phenomenon he describes as a "second industrial age - blue-collar 2.0."</p> <p>-----</p> <p>The 7 Fallacies of the Globalisation Debate: Is it destroying the West? The Flat World. Outsourcing. Free Trade.</p> <p>Each of these phrases is a flashpoint in one of the most heated debates of our lifetime: is it a force for good? - The Global Policy Institute</p> <p>Gabor Steingart is a German journalist and author. From 2001 until the end of June 2007, he headed the main city office of the news magazine Der Spiegel in Berlin today, he is responsible for the mirror office in Washington.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/53430-globalization-trade-deficits-and-the-new-working-class">Watch the video</a>