The LuLac Edition #4,098, June 28th, 2019
TRUMP EYES U.S. CENSUS DELAY AFTER SUPREME COURT SETBACK
The Trump administration had said it wants to add the question to better enforce a law protecting the voting rights of racial minorities.
Critics have called the question a Republican ploy to scare immigrants away from taking part and engineer an undercount in Democratic-leaning areas with large immigrant and Latino populations.
The nation's top court, in a decision handed down on Thursday, said the federal government's rationale for the question "seems to have been contrived" and stated the government had not given a reasoned explanation for its actions.
The Court sent it back to the agency but the deadline for the printing of the census is July 1st.
THE DEBATES
The best way to describe the Democratic multi person debates is to compare it to Spring training in baseball. On hand are the tried and true veterans who never got a ring. Because there is only one spot, guys like Biden are ripe for the picking by hungry young newcomers who want to take their place as party leaders. Then there are guys like Bernie who is not a Democrat who just might find his time ebbing. There are the heavy hitting speakers like Elizabeth Warren and New York Mayor Bill DeBlasio trying to make hay. Then there are the scrappers like the wild eyed, little goofy Congressman from Maryland John Delaney who looks confused and befuddled most of the time and Congressman Tim Ryan from Ohio trying to get traction.
Like Pitchers and catchers, it is still way too early to make any conclusions. But one candidate I eliminated at least from my e mails was Kamara Harris. A message appearing on my phone every ten minutes tells me she has money to spend but is also annoying as hell when you are trying to read a text or send a message.
That said, I think she did a great job on the debate Thursday night. My top 3 on that evening were Harris, Biden and Mayor Pete in that order.
800 CALORIES A DAY
When some loudmouth starts complaining about those damn illegal immigrants and their damn kids, remind them of two things.
1. When their Irish, Polish, Italian, etc people came here back in the day, if the Trump Immigration policies were in place, those selfish “concerned” citizens bitching about immigrants wouldn’t even be born let alone living here now.
2. The kids being housed in Detention facilities are living on 800 calories a day. They get oatmeal in the morning, and maybe burritos for lunch or dinner. 800 calories is all that we as the greatest nation in the world can afford to give kids? We are no longer great like the crooked President blowhard proclaims, we are a disgrace!
REP. CARTWRIGHT INTRODUCES BILL TO IMPROVE CONDITIONS FOR ALL PUBLIC WORKERS
BILL WOULD STRENGTHEN PROTECTION FOR UNIONS AND SET STANDARDS FOR WORKPLACE CONDITIONS AFTER DEVASTATING JANUS V. AFSCME DECISION
Congressman Matt Cartwright (Photo: LuLac archives)
On Wednesday, Rep. Matt Cartwright (PA-08), Rep. Abby Finkenauer (IA-01), Rep. Frederica Wilson (FL-24), and Rep. Robert C. “Bobby” Scott (VA-03) introduced legislation to protect the rights of public sector employees across the nation and ensure their fair treatment at the workplace.The Public Service Freedom to Negotiate Act will establish the right of every public sector employee to join a union and bargain collectively. It empowers the Federal Labor Relations Authority to ensure that state and local government employees are treated fairly and that workplace conditions meet a proper standard, something that every employee deserves whether they choose to join a union or not.
“This legislation will help teachers, police officers, firefighters, and other public employees who are vital to our American way of life,” said Congressman Cartwright. “As many of them struggle just to put food on the table, we must protect their ability to bargain collectively for fair pay and workplace protections. I’m proud to stand with unions and their members, who have historically ensured basic rights such as a minimum wage standard, eight-hour workdays, and employer-sponsored health insurance.”
Specifically, the Public Service Freedom to Negotiate Act would require public employers to recognize their employees’ union and to commit to any agreements in a written contract. It would enshrine public workers’ rights to join a union and collectively bargain over wages, hours, and employment terms and conditions; and provide public workers with access to dispute resolution devices, such as arbitration and mediation. The bill would also prevent rigged union recertification elections.
“Public service workers provide critical services to our communities but are often significantly underpaid. School teachers are a prime example of this. The wage stagnation they have experienced is among the worst of any profession and from 1996 to 2015, their weekly pay has dropped by $30. The Public Service Freedom to Negotiate Act would be an important step toward addressing this and other indefensible disparities by empowering public service workers and recognizing their right to collective bargaining,” said Congresswoman Wilson, Chair of the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor and Pensions. “As a former public-school teacher, I experienced firsthand the positive impact of union membership. Unions give workers a seat at the table when important decisions are being made on key issues like wages, work hours, and terms and conditions of employment. This representation has tangible impacts on the well-being of public service workers and their families and I urge all my colleagues to join me in support of this bill.”
“In 2017, Iowa’s Republican-controlled legislature went after our working families and gutted the collective bargaining rights of our state employees,” said Congresswoman Finkenauer. “We’ve seen safety compromised, major staffing cuts, and burdensome recertification requirements rigged against working people. Hardworking Iowans need to know that their safety and their ability to provide for their families are never up for debate. They step up for their families and fellow Iowans every single day. I’m proud to sponsor this legislation to make sure that this never happens again.”
“Union workers receive higher pay, greater access to paid sick leave, and better medical and retirement benefits compared to non-union workers,” said Congressman Scott, Chair of the Committee on Education and Labor. “One year after the Supreme Court discarded four decades of precedent to dismantle the rights of public sector unions, the Public Service Freedom to Negotiate Act would guarantee that public service employees can negotiate for fair wages and working conditions. This bill recognizes that unions are critical to rebuilding America’s middle class.”
This legislation is being introduced the week of the one-year anniversary of the Supreme Court’s deion in Janus v. AFSCME, in which four decades of legal precedent were ignored to undermine the ability of public sector workers to negotiate for better pay and safer workplaces. In a 5-4 decision, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in Janus v. AFSCME that non-union public workers were not obligated to pay ‘fair share’ fees which covered collective bargaining costs. The 2018 ruling was widely criticized by unions across the country, given its devastating effects on the rights of workers to collectively bargain for better workplace conditions.
MEDIA MATTERS
WALN TV
BOLD GOLD COMMUNITY FORUM
This week's guest will be Marissa Hopkins from the Scranton Cooperative Farmers' Market.
Tune in Sunday morning at 6 on 94.3 The Talker; 6:30 on 1400-The Game, NEPA's Fox .Sports Radio and 106.7 fm; and at 7:30 on 105 The River.
ECTV LIVE
ECTV Live celebrates Independence week with an encore presentation of our special at the Wyoming Monument where local historian Bill Lewis recounts our area's important involvement in the struggle for independence! David DeCosmo is the producer and host. ECTV Live is seen three times daily on Comcast channel 19 (61 in some areas) and on the electric city television YouTube page.
BUDDY RUMCHEK
Want to hear some great parodies on the news? Tune in to WILK Radio at 6:40 and 8:40 AM on Mondays. As Ralph Cramden used to say, “It’s a laugh riot!”
BOBBY V’S DOO WOP SOCK HOP
SUNDAY NIGHTS!
1969
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A former NASA official told reporters in Houston that lunar module pilot Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin had been originally been scheduled to become the first man to set foot on the Moon during the upcoming Apollo 11 mission, but that mission commander Neil Armstrong was "not unaware" of the importance of being first and that Armstrong decided to supersede Aldrin. "It shouldn't be that he pulled rank," said Paul Haney, the former public affairs officer for the Manned Spacecraft Center, "but I think he was not unaware of the importance of the first man who stepped onto the moon and he looked at it very carefully and decided that perhaps it should be the commander's prerogative." Haney added that the decision for Armstrong to be first had been made in mid-April, "Precisely why the change, I don't know, but I do know that it caused quite an upset. Criminal penalties against homosexuality and against abortion were eliminated in Canada, subject to certain conditions, as royal assent was given to the C-150 bill that had passed the House of Commons on May 14 and the Canadian Senate on June 13. Gérald Fauteux one of the justices of the Supreme Court of Canada, gave the assent to C-130 as eleven other laws on behalf of the Queen, and acting in place of the absent Governor-General, Roland Michener.Convicted murderer Winnie Ruth Judd, known as "The Tiger Woman" for the gruesome 1931 killing of two women friends, was arrested after almost seven years as a fugitive. Judd, now 64 years old, had been working as a housekeeper under the alias "Marion Lane". Originally sentenced to hanging, Judd was determined after her conviction to be insane, and was transferred to a mental institution, the Arizona State Hospital in Phoenix, before the execution could be carried. From 1939 to 1962, Judd escaped several times, the last instance being on October 8, 1962. Judd would be released two years later at the age of 66, and would pass away in 1998 at the age of 93. .....
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