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Monday, August 28, 2006
Jeb Bush Declares State of Emergency for Ernesto
Jeb Bush signed a state of emergency Sunday afternoon as the State of Florida prepares for Tropical Storm Ernesto, which will likely come within range of Key West before travelling on up the Western gulf coast of Florida.
Saturday, August 19, 2006
Detroit Federal Judge Chooses Constitution over Bush Wire tapping
Judge Anna diggs Taylor sits on the US District Court in Detroit. She was appointed during the Carter administration. She ruled that the governments wiretapping program of international communications violated the constitution. Her ruling does not impact the wiretapping of national communications nor does it impact the NSA's monitoring of internet communications from web searches, to emails to surfing habits, messaging and more.
The Argus of InsideBayArea.com quoted her as stating,
The Argus of InsideBayArea.com quoted her as stating,
"The public interest is clear in this matter," Taylor wrote. "It is the upholding of our Constitution."
In bypassing court warrants, the judge said, the government has sought the unilateral power to decide when surveillance is required.
"It was never the intent of the framers to give the president such unfettered control, particularly when his actions blatantly disregard the parameters clearly enumerated in the Bill of Rights," she wrote. "The three separate branches of government were developed as a check and balance for one another."
Wednesday, August 16, 2006
The Nexus of Politics and Terror
Saturday, August 05, 2006
Wal-Mart's Chinese employees vote to Unionize
Chinese Wal-Mart employees have succeeded in establishing a labor union in the 2nd Wal-Mart in China in less than a month. American employees have attempted and failed to establish unions in Wal-Mart stores across the US, but Chinese employees have succeeded.
Chinese employees have a big friend on their side, the Chinese Government. The Chinese government is very much in favor of Wal-Mart employees organizing within its borders (but not abroad) as this will help the Chinese government maintain control of a growing working class of people throughout China that have left the public Government sector for jobs in the private sector which includes taking jobs with Wal-Mart.
Wal-Mart is very accepting of the Chinese governments wishes to have its employees organize. Wal-Mart employees aproximately 30,000 employees within China.
Unions in the United Sates have experienced waining interest from workers across the country. There has been a bit of a quagmire relating to the decline in power and effectiveness of unions and their decreasing ability to serve their constituents in the US successfully and attract more members or even maintain the members they have. Unions established in part to improve benefits for employees in the early industrialization of the United States and other nations. China appears to be using labor unions for a purpose that was always somewhat hidden in American politics. Their purpose is to maintain control over their citizens through labor unions especially where their citizens work for foreign companies.
The focus of the Chinese government appears to be on the service sector of their economy such as retail employees working for Wal-Mart, which stands in stark contrast to the sector that supports manufacturing and light industry, an area of Chinese labor that has been harshly criticized for poor working conditions, long hours, and sweat shop like conditions. China has not dared to tamper with its manufacturing base as that could raise prices of nations around the world importing Chinese goods, however, where the goods are being sold to its own people through retailers in mainland China they don't hesitate to push for unions.
It remains to be seen whether this unionization push might prove to be a trend that takes off amongst the Chinese people, who might see their fellow citizens in the service sector benefiting from unionization and demand similar opportunities in manufacturing. This could become a dragon that China may have difficulty controlling. It might appease a few citizens now, but could prove to be the tipping point that starts the Chinese workers demands for higher wages, better conditions and ultimately could spoil China's cheap labor advantage around the world.
Chinese employees have a big friend on their side, the Chinese Government. The Chinese government is very much in favor of Wal-Mart employees organizing within its borders (but not abroad) as this will help the Chinese government maintain control of a growing working class of people throughout China that have left the public Government sector for jobs in the private sector which includes taking jobs with Wal-Mart.
Wal-Mart is very accepting of the Chinese governments wishes to have its employees organize. Wal-Mart employees aproximately 30,000 employees within China.
Unions in the United Sates have experienced waining interest from workers across the country. There has been a bit of a quagmire relating to the decline in power and effectiveness of unions and their decreasing ability to serve their constituents in the US successfully and attract more members or even maintain the members they have. Unions established in part to improve benefits for employees in the early industrialization of the United States and other nations. China appears to be using labor unions for a purpose that was always somewhat hidden in American politics. Their purpose is to maintain control over their citizens through labor unions especially where their citizens work for foreign companies.
The focus of the Chinese government appears to be on the service sector of their economy such as retail employees working for Wal-Mart, which stands in stark contrast to the sector that supports manufacturing and light industry, an area of Chinese labor that has been harshly criticized for poor working conditions, long hours, and sweat shop like conditions. China has not dared to tamper with its manufacturing base as that could raise prices of nations around the world importing Chinese goods, however, where the goods are being sold to its own people through retailers in mainland China they don't hesitate to push for unions.
It remains to be seen whether this unionization push might prove to be a trend that takes off amongst the Chinese people, who might see their fellow citizens in the service sector benefiting from unionization and demand similar opportunities in manufacturing. This could become a dragon that China may have difficulty controlling. It might appease a few citizens now, but could prove to be the tipping point that starts the Chinese workers demands for higher wages, better conditions and ultimately could spoil China's cheap labor advantage around the world.
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