hello all,

i am patrick o,proud shop steward,for long island laborers local 66;

laborers international of north america.

an honest days work ,for an honest days pay. this has been my motto for the past 25 yrs. i am in the building trades. i have injoyed  the comradery of the differant trades. it seems we are increasingly,becoming replaced by contractors who abuse the recent immigrants to this country.abusing rights such as the number one threat to all workers ;"job safety"

its a pretty sad state of affairs, when in a community i grew up in,paid taxes all my life,worked diligently,to standing in the street,with an inflatable rat blown up in protest,because unscrupulous contracter choose "greed" over doing the right thing.***bottom line*** i ,who am part of this great fabric that makes up the work force;not longer need to apply

being a union member has enabled me to give the basics to my family;home,food on the table,medical benifits.

america,was made great by its working class,when men united for similar causes that bridge we used to cross "god"&"country  was called "unions" we must reawaken to make right for what is being wronged today,    thank/you paddyo

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Hi!

 Thank you, Philip for the invite!  

I am happy to be here!  

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Thank you for the invitation Philip!

I work for the eduacational and scientific workers union of Latvia and I'm also actively involved in the union youth work in Latvia and the Baltic states.

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Hi.  I need a union for caregivers of children and the elderly.  We work hard.  We have to be professional.  Elderly care can be a hard as construction work.  Child caregivers and to keep taking classes.  Our pay does not reflect this.

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There will be a Transportations Unions Rally in Washington D.C. on the 17th of May, and I will be there, as I have a course that week at my Union's Labour College which is called the Wipinsinger Institiute of Technology and Education, my Union is the Internation Association of Machinest and Aerospace Workers.

I am the President of our Local which is Local 608, so the week of the 19thth I will be in Hollywood Maryland, which is where are labour college is, it is about a hour south East of Baltimore, and that is where i fly into, on the 12th of May in the afternoon.

I will have some time to kill before the bus picks me up to take me to the college, the bus usally picks us up at 8:00 p.m. so if anyone from the area want to be a tour guide of Baltimore, i would greatly appreciate it, I will keep everyone informed on my schedule.

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thanks for the invite philip

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I'm Clyde, a penguin and I split time between Duluth, MN and Antarctica.

Actually, I run my own little, and I mean little, personal computer repair business.

Clyde

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 My name is Anu and I live in Finland.

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for all the tea in china.  for all the coffee in central    america.  We need to be organized.     we are the workers of the world.  we go out everyday and prostitute our lives so    that our families and children can have a  chance.  We ensure that the work place is safe so that we have a chance to make it home safe and healthy at the end of the day.

We have organization.  we make it easy for company management to continue buisness day in, day out, because of our efforts there is process,    process to facilitate all labour matters in a buisness like fashion.  

We love  and support each other, brothers and sisters of labour. 

We take a lot of crap but we dont eat it,  because we are angels of mercy.

Love

Jon xxoo

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Hi Phillip, thanks for the invite. I have no ties with labour unions, but I'm willing to learn and will look around. I will post when I think I can contribute something.

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Thank you Philip, for the invite.

Congratulations on your promotion too.

I am a member of the National Union for Teachers and I strongly believe in education and equality for all.

This looks to be a promising group to be a member of, and I hope to be a useful member!

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Hola everyone 

Philip!  Good on you for creating this great group and doing so much to build it!

(P.S., congratulations on being elected Vice President of your union, Philip! From what I have seen of your dedication to ending poverty, you will be a true representative of your fellow workers, won't you?)

SOLIDARITY FOREVER!!!

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Phillip,

Thanks for the invite.  I don't know how much help I'll be here, but I'll give it a try!

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I appreciate Philip thinking of me.

It is great to see so many wonderful friends and to be among such fantastic people.

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Thanx Phillip for inviting me, I personally don't have ties to any labour Union, but know those who do, will do all I can to help , and help those in my area. HUGZ Maiden

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Almost forgot----Congrats, Philip, on your promotion!!!!

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Thank you, Philip, for the invite. My dad was a train engineer in steel mill and was union.  Many, many years ago, I was working in an horrific factory and we tried to get a union in.  As you can probably guess, we lost due to the fact that by the time the vote came around, the company had so cowed most, that we lost the union.  Those of us who did vote for it were made to pay the price; one by one we were subjected to worse and worse treatment/punishment until we began to leave our jobs.  It was quite a learning experience!

I'm looking forward to getting involved here and learning as much as I can from all of you.

hugs....mary 

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Thanks for the invite Philip

My husband is a journeyman carpenter, and member of the UBC.  We consider ourselves a union family.

I am a big proponent of liberal education... and after years of reading about labor history, and studying world history, I've discovered that wars for liberty and struggles for social freedom and justice, coincide quite obviously with the struggle for labor-rights.... many different countries, different centuries, different cultures,  all with this something in common.

OM Shanti

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Phillip,

Thanks so much for the invite.  I hope to make some friends here as we  discuss some of the different topics. 

I feel that , in this day and age, with the resources we have at hand, there is no reason for anyone to be living in poverty.

Luv n light,

Doris

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Thank you for the invite Philip, and thank you for all you do......

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Thanks for the invite Philip, hope to be of some help and to learn a lot.  

am Agnes Corbett, I live in Brazil. So...Braziliantreehugs to you all.

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Congrats Philip!  That's wonderful news!  Thanks for the invite...

Hugs,

Susan

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The Union is the Internationl association of Machanists and Auto Workers,  http://www.iamaw.org  my local is 608 and the District is 181, you can find it on the website, I will have to take a Leadership course soon, at our college, which is in Maryland, U.S.A.

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