tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-114556342024-03-17T20:02:57.208-07:00Choosing DemocracyA discussion of major issues facing our democracy with an emphasis on public schooling.Duane Campbellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01437689584657643858noreply@blogger.comBlogger4067125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11455634.post-4194656754244350072024-03-15T13:16:00.000-07:002024-03-15T13:16:46.169-07:00Not American<iframe width="480" height="270" src="https://youtube.com/embed/B2m0aSGPqRA?si=wOCmAKeIbZVDcbgi" frameborder="0"></iframe>Duane Campbellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01437689584657643858noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11455634.post-64778725966574098672024-03-15T13:07:00.000-07:002024-03-15T13:07:44.940-07:00: Trump, Capitalism, and the 2024 Election _ Reich<a href="https://rsseminareconomiccrisis.blogspot.com/2024/03/trump-capitalism-and-2024-election-reich.html?spref=bl">RS Seminar- Economic Crisis: Trump, Capitalism, and the 2024 Election _ Reich</a>: Trump, American Capitalism, and the 2024 Election. Robert Reich, The Common good. A book by Reich, At the first rally of his 2024 electi...Duane Campbellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01437689584657643858noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11455634.post-68936153982831207462024-03-14T14:33:00.000-07:002024-03-14T14:33:54.725-07:00MAGA Republicans Destroy Texas Schools/Teachers <p> <img alt="" src="https://prod.cdn.everyaction.com/images/van/NGP/NGP31/1/94297/images/Congressman%20Greg%20Casar%20logo%20%284%29.png" style="caret-color: rgb(64, 62, 67); color: #403e43; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, "Lucida Grande", sans-serif; font-size: 17px; height: 104px; text-align: center; width: 260px;" /></p><p style="caret-color: rgb(64, 62, 67); color: #403e43; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, "Lucida Grande", sans-serif; font-size: 17px;">Texas is in the middle of a teaching crisis,</p><p style="caret-color: rgb(64, 62, 67); color: #403e43; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, "Lucida Grande", sans-serif; font-size: 17px;"><b>A new report from the Texas American Federation of Teachers shows that 70% of Texas educators say they’re ready to leave the profession.</b></p><p style="caret-color: rgb(64, 62, 67); color: #403e43; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, "Lucida Grande", sans-serif; font-size: 17px;">That alarming statistic underscores just how bad the teaching crisis in Texas has become. Since the 2012 school year, around 10% of Texas teachers have left the field each year—citing low wages, poor benefits, unmanageable workloads, and political debates putting their classrooms in the middle of Republicans officials’ culture wars.</p><p style="caret-color: rgb(64, 62, 67); color: #403e43; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, "Lucida Grande", sans-serif; font-size: 17px;">The teacher shortage has led to larger classrooms, burnout among educators, and a dip in academic performance among students. In fact, between 2019 and 2022, state math scores dropped 7 points for eighth graders and 5 points for fourth graders.</p><p style="caret-color: rgb(64, 62, 67); color: #403e43; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, "Lucida Grande", sans-serif; font-size: 17px;"><b>One-in-five Texas teachers say they currently have a second job after school. That’s unacceptable—and it’s a failure of the Republican statewide leadership that has failed to support our public teachers and students time and time again. </b></p><p style="caret-color: rgb(64, 62, 67); color: #403e43; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, "Lucida Grande", sans-serif; font-size: 17px;">Help us sound the alarm about Texas’s teaching crisis and fight for real investment in our public schools, teachers, and students. <b><a href="https://click.ngpvan.com/k/80975196/460986143/-1732315390?nvep=ew0KICAiVGVuYW50VXJpIjogIm5ncHZhbjovL3Zhbi9OR1AvTkdQMzEvMS85NDI5NyIsDQogICJEaXN0cmlidXRpb25VbmlxdWVJZCI6ICIxYmJiNTVmNS00OGUyLWVlMTEtYWFmMC0wMDIyNDgyMjMxOTciLA0KICAiRW1haWxBZGRyZXNzIjogImNhbXBkMjI3MDJAZ21haWwuY29tIg0KfQ%3D%3D&hmac=KRaoBDxoeJZXqw0c-GT7IblcWFPQnYOl2MYwQjIgEHI=" style="color: #291c50;">Chip in $9, or whatever you can, to help Team Casar fight for teachers in Texas and across the nation.</a></b></p><p style="caret-color: rgb(64, 62, 67); color: #403e43; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, "Lucida Grande", sans-serif; 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border-bottom-color: rgb(139, 174, 147); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 2px; border-radius: 5px; color: rgb(240, 229, 193) !important; display: inline-block; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 22px; line-height: 55px; text-decoration: none; width: 400px;">Chip In »</a></strong></strong></span></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table></center><center style="caret-color: rgb(64, 62, 67); color: #403e43; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, "Lucida Grande", sans-serif; font-size: 17px; text-align: left;"><p dir="ltr"></p><p dir="ltr">Duane, over the last few years, teachers in Texas experienced a global pandemic, rising costs and stagnant pay, and attacks on their curriculums from right-wing politicians.</p><p dir="ltr">Texas Republicans like Greg Abbott, Ken Paxton, and Ted Cruz have failed to significantly raise wages and pay for Texas teachers for years. Then they attacked teachers for wanting adequate health protections for them and their students during the pandemic. And today, they continue to wage phony culture wars around “Critical Race Theory” and “Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion” programs for political gain. </p><p dir="ltr">Texas Republicans have failed Texas’s teachers, schools, and students.</p><p dir="ltr">But we can change that. The recent report showed that 73% of Texas teachers would stay in their jobs for better pay and more manageable workloads. That’s what Team Casar is fighting for—can you join us?</p><p dir="ltr"><b><a href="https://click.ngpvan.com/k/80975201/460986148/-1732315390?nvep=ew0KICAiVGVuYW50VXJpIjogIm5ncHZhbjovL3Zhbi9OR1AvTkdQMzEvMS85NDI5NyIsDQogICJEaXN0cmlidXRpb25VbmlxdWVJZCI6ICIxYmJiNTVmNS00OGUyLWVlMTEtYWFmMC0wMDIyNDgyMjMxOTciLA0KICAiRW1haWxBZGRyZXNzIjogImNhbXBkMjI3MDJAZ21haWwuY29tIg0KfQ%3D%3D&hmac=KRaoBDxoeJZXqw0c-GT7IblcWFPQnYOl2MYwQjIgEHI=" style="color: #291c50;">Chip in $9, or whatever you can, to help us invest in Texas public schools and address the teaching crisis in our state. We can’t let Texas Republicans continue to destroy public education.</a></b></p><p dir="ltr"> </p><p dir="ltr">Thank you for supporting our teachers,</p><p dir="ltr"></p><p dir="ltr">-Greg</p></center>Duane Campbellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01437689584657643858noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11455634.post-92226706273211520722024-03-05T10:49:00.000-08:002024-03-05T10:49:58.149-08:00The Intra-Democratic Battles Kick Off in California<a href="https://prospect.org/politics/2024-03-05-intra-democratic-battles-california/?vgo_ee=WnJ0fkujA3aqVohYJHpYv2O1%2BYVcFZtdG6U3md86CgtGrkbM%3AQRalZ%2BcOM2Tjg1EsaGMwrMLqkxcN37Ot">The Intra-Democratic Battles Kick Off in California</a>: Millionaire self-funders, dirty-trick tactics, pro-Israel and crypto money everywhere. The ideological sparring within the party takes a back seat to campaign shenanigans.Duane Campbellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01437689584657643858noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11455634.post-37725509178978893002024-03-03T17:38:00.000-08:002024-03-03T17:38:54.235-08:00Flo Cofer : Candidate for Mayor of Sacramento <p><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 20pt;"><a href="https://jacobin.com/2024/03/flo-cofer-sacramento-mayor-homelessness-policing" style="color: #96607d;"><span style="text-decoration: none;">Mayoral Hopeful Flo Cofer Envisions a Democratic Sacramento</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; line-height: 18pt; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 13pt;"><a href="https://jacobin.com/author/flo-cofer" style="color: #96607d;"><span style="border: 1pt windowtext; padding: 0in; text-decoration: none;">Flo Cofer</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; line-height: 15.6pt; margin: 24pt 0in 0in;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNo8LAWeV2TPL2B_DUQrL71ctYT5fqYSGOzqJBKuGMf-4Duv90a0f7WZoq35FAPqJnK2wAG8t_bxC1YOYk0U_wrz2YqT_4lrLb3fq5CMdggsGZMjk3QEs0LSCQ34Jm-F-rhVE1tSOuM7o-e9NHH8hyKMgqR9RmpNIoW2I67cqKDMBMUCWRVBYE/s750/356663116_10117573505989943_5055958982113459937_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="563" data-original-width="750" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNo8LAWeV2TPL2B_DUQrL71ctYT5fqYSGOzqJBKuGMf-4Duv90a0f7WZoq35FAPqJnK2wAG8t_bxC1YOYk0U_wrz2YqT_4lrLb3fq5CMdggsGZMjk3QEs0LSCQ34Jm-F-rhVE1tSOuM7o-e9NHH8hyKMgqR9RmpNIoW2I67cqKDMBMUCWRVBYE/w400-h300/356663116_10117573505989943_5055958982113459937_n.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><br /></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; line-height: 15.6pt; margin: 24pt 0in 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">With an activist background and a left-wing perspective, Sacramento mayoral candidate Flo Cofer bears the markers of an outsider candidate. But backed by big unions, sitting councilmembers, and the city paper, she’s giving the Sac elite a run for their money.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; margin: 0in;"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; margin: 0in;"><a href="https://jacobin.com/2024/03/flo-cofer-sacramento-mayor-homelessness-policing" style="color: #96607d;">https://jacobin.com/2024/03/flo-cofer-sacramento-mayor-homelessness-policing</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; margin: 0in;"><o:p> </o:p></p>Duane Campbellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01437689584657643858noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11455634.post-46327159538690926672024-03-02T17:15:00.000-08:002024-03-02T17:15:05.833-08:00Last Week in the Republican Party - February 27, 2024<iframe width="480" height="270" src="https://youtube.com/embed/LFpl2i14mVU?si=O-C59ZE4bz1zKUtZ" frameborder="0"></iframe>Duane Campbellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01437689584657643858noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11455634.post-7588544143568823002024-03-01T16:15:00.000-08:002024-03-01T16:15:22.406-08:00Join the Poor People's March<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpjHXLo9fPyW_XGjuBfjE9zXgwd9B7zIQzguekDiOBQSmqc6V4zEt8GL4mz84BfsDM3MUrg7UO4y47Gt_t2uO0Biap0gGaXyclf64-VeLuhrZ8QG7BnHyWMbQKsq5Jn6BjyVmvT-ipk7q52i7u5rLWlbz8__k1kjv6rWaIe1b1qrcmDgcVZDVp/s1834/1709333718563-Screen+Shot+2024-03-01+at+4.49.02+PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1222" data-original-width="1834" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpjHXLo9fPyW_XGjuBfjE9zXgwd9B7zIQzguekDiOBQSmqc6V4zEt8GL4mz84BfsDM3MUrg7UO4y47Gt_t2uO0Biap0gGaXyclf64-VeLuhrZ8QG7BnHyWMbQKsq5Jn6BjyVmvT-ipk7q52i7u5rLWlbz8__k1kjv6rWaIe1b1qrcmDgcVZDVp/w400-h266/1709333718563-Screen+Shot+2024-03-01+at+4.49.02+PM.png" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p>See post below. </p>Duane Campbellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01437689584657643858noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11455634.post-49458908963443495512024-02-28T19:14:00.000-08:002024-02-28T19:14:53.263-08:00Poor People's March : Sacramento -Saturday <p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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Security Council<p><br /></p><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="background-color: #f9f9f9; border: 0px transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-variant-caps: normal; width: 700px;"><tbody><tr style="border: 0px transparent;"><td bgcolor="#f9f9f9" class="column-center" style="border: 0px transparent; width: 518px;"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border: 0px transparent; table-layout: fixed; width: 518px;"></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border: 0px transparent; table-layout: fixed; width: 518px;"><tbody><tr style="border: 0px transparent;"><td bgcolor="#f9f9f9" style="border: 0px transparent; padding-bottom: 10px;" valign="top"><div><h2 style="line-height: 27px;"><a href="https://portside.org/2024-02-20/us-vetoes-another-un-security-council-resolution-urging-gaza-war-ceasefire?utm_source=portside-general&utm_medium=email"><span style="color: firebrick; font-size: 1.3em; line-height: 42.119999px;">US Vetoes Another UN Security Council Resolution Urging Gaza War Ceasefire</span></a></h2></div><p style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 20px; line-height: 31px; margin: 0px 0px 15px;"></p><div><br /><span class="date-display-single">February 20, 2024</span><br /><a href="https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/2/20/us-vetoes-another-un-security-council-resolution-urging-gaza-war-ceasefire">Al Jazeera</a></div><div><div class="social-buttons"><div class="social-buttons-title"></div><ul class="links social-buttons-links" style="list-style-type: none; padding: 0px;"><li class="twitter" style="display: inline; margin: 0px 5px; width: 32px;"><a data-placement="top" data-popup-height="300" data-popup-width="600" data-toggle="tooltip" href="https://twitter.com/intent/tweet/?url=https%3A//portside.org/2024-02-20/us-vetoes-another-un-security-council-resolution-urging-gaza-war-ceasefire&text=US%20Vetoes%20Another%20UN%20Security%20Council%20Resolution%20Urging%20Gaza%20War%20Ceasefire" title="Twitter"><img src="https://portside.org/themes/popeye/images/twitter_icon.png" style="border: medium; height: auto; max-width: 100%;" width="30" /></a></li><li class="facebook" style="display: inline; 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padding-bottom: 10px;" valign="top"><p style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 20px; line-height: 31px; margin: 0px 0px 15px;"> </p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 20px; line-height: 31px; margin: 0px 0px 15px;">The United States has vetoed another United Nations Security Council draft resolution on Israel’s war on Gaza, blocking a demand for an immediate ceasefire between Israel and Hamas.</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 20px; line-height: 31px; margin: 0px 0px 15px;">Arab nations, led by Algeria, put the draft resolution to a vote on Tuesday with the expectation that it would not pass after the US – Israel’s key ally – had warned it would not back the text and proposed a rival draft instead.</p><p style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 20px; line-height: 31px; margin: 0px 0px 15px;">The US was the only country to vote against the draft text while the United Kingdom abstained. The UN Security Council’s 13 other member countries voted in favour of the text demanding a halt to the war that has killed more than 29,000 people in Gaza, according to Palestinian authorities, and displaced more than 80 percent of the population.</p><p style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 20px; line-height: 31px; margin: 0px 0px 15px;">For a UN Security Council resolution to be adopted, it requires at least nine votes in favour and no vetoes by any of the five permanent members: the US, UK, France, Russia or China.</p><p style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 20px; line-height: 31px; margin: 0px 0px 15px;">Linda Thomas-Greenfield, the US ambassador to the UN, said her country was vetoing the resolution over concerns it would jeopardise talks between the US, Egypt, Israel and Qatar that seek to broker a pause in the war and the release of hostages held by Hamas.</p><p style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 20px; line-height: 31px; margin: 0px 0px 15px;">She rejected claims that the veto was a US effort to cover for an imminent Israeli ground invasion into the southernmost Gazan city of Rafah, where some 1.4 million displaced people are sheltering.</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 20px; line-height: 31px; margin: 0px 0px 15px;">In introducing the resolution on Tuesday, Amar Bendjama, Algeria’s ambassador to the UN, said the Council “cannot afford passivity” in the face of what is unfolding in Gaza, and that silence is “not a viable option”.</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 20px; line-height: 31px; margin: 0px 0px 15px;">“This resolution is a stance for truth and humanity, standing against the advocates for murder and hatred,” he said. “Voting against it implies an endorsement of the brutal violence and collective punishment inflicted upon them [the Palestinians].”</p><div><div>Algeria, the current Arab member of the Security Council, put forward an initial draft resolution more than two weeks ago.</div><div><p class="p1" style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 20px; line-height: 31px; margin: 0px 0px 15px;">The US said on Monday that it had proposed a <a href="https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/2/19/us-proposes-un-resolution-calling-for-temporary-ceasefire-in-gaza">rival draft resolution</a> calling for a temporary ceasefire and opposing a major ground offensive by Israel in Rafah.</p><p></p></div></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p>Duane Campbellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01437689584657643858noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11455634.post-90169699482729634292024-02-18T13:54:00.000-08:002024-02-19T20:27:50.976-08:00New NATional Labor Network Calls for Cease Fire in Palestine<p> </p><br /><div class="section-wrapper" id="main-wrapper" style="background: repeat; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 15px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 2.6667em 0px 20px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div class="section clearfix container" id="main" style="background: repeat; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; 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margin: 0px 0px 1.3334em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></p><p style="background: repeat; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 1.3334em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><strong style="background: repeat; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><em style="background: repeat; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">National Labor Network for Ceasefire aims to further expand unprecedented ceasefire support.</em></strong></p><p style="background: repeat; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 1.3334em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><strong style="background: repeat; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Contact:</strong></p><ul style="background: repeat; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; list-style: square; margin: 0px 0px 1.3334em 2em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><li style="background: repeat; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">For general questions about the network, contact Stephen DeMatteo at (202) 549-6748; <a href="mailto:contact@laborforceasefire.org" style="background: repeat; box-sizing: border-box; color: #da251d; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">contact@laborforceasefire.org</a></li><li style="background: repeat; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="mailto:contact@laborforceasefire.org" style="background: repeat; box-sizing: border-box; color: #da251d; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"></a>To arrange an interview with UE elected leaders, contact UE Communications Director Jonathan Kissam at (802) 343-1745 or <a href="mailto:jkissam@ueunion.org" style="background: repeat; box-sizing: border-box; color: #da251d; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">jkissam@ueunion.org</a></li></ul><p style="background: repeat; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 1.3334em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Seven national unions and over two hundred local unions today announce the formation of the National Labor Network for Ceasefire (NLNC) to “end the death and devastation” in the Middle East, and to expand support for the ceasefire among unions nationally.</p><p></p></div></div></div></div></article></div></section></div></section></div></div></div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline" /></div><div class="section-wrapper" id="main-wrapper" style="background: repeat; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 15px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 2.6667em 0px 20px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></div><div class="section-wrapper" id="main-wrapper" style="background: repeat; border: 0px; 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color: black; font-variant-caps: normal; width: 600px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" class="css-u9v36b" style="border-collapse: collapse; line-height: 14px; padding-bottom: 15px; width: 600px;" width="100%"><span style="color: #888888; font-family: georgia, serif; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; letter-spacing: 0.01em; line-height: 11px; margin: 0px;"></span></td></tr></tbody></table><p style="color: #333333; font-family: georgia, serif; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: 25px; margin: 0px 0px 15px;">The State of California settled a lawsuit last week that had been going on for more than three years, since the height of the debate around pandemic school closures. The case was notable nationally; there have been few others like it. And the settlement included an eye-popping number: $2 billion.</p><p style="color: #333333; font-family: georgia, serif; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: 25px; margin: 0px 0px 15px;">Several families in Oakland and Los Angeles had sued the state, accusing it of failing in its constitutional obligation to provide an equal education to all children in the state, because lower-income, Black and Hispanic students tended to have less access to remote learning in the spring and fall of 2020 than other students did.</p><p style="color: #333333; font-family: georgia, serif; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: 25px; margin: 0px 0px 15px;">It’s important to note that the state — meaning taxpayers — will not pay out any new money under the settlement. Instead, it will take money that was already set aside for pandemic recovery — no less than $2 billion of it — and will direct schools to use it to help students who need it most to catch up. There will be requirements to spend the money on interventions that have a proven track record. You can read more about the settlement <a class="css-sdwaa1" href="https://nl.nytimes.com/f/newsletter/6L0aMMZWBh0kpb-iDVy4Mg~~/AAAAAQA~/RgRnpMfOP0TzaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAyNC8wMi8wMS91cy9jYWxpZm9ybmlhLXJlbW90ZS1zY2hvb2wtc2V0dGxlbWVudC1wYW5kZW1pYy5odG1sP2NhbXBhaWduX2lkPTQ5JmVtYz1lZGl0X2NhXzIwMjQwMjA2Jmluc3RhbmNlX2lkPTExNDQ1MCZubD1jYWxpZm9ybmlhLXRvZGF5JnJlZ2lfaWQ9MjAzNjcyNjgmc2VnbWVudF9pZD0xNTc0MjcmdGU9MSZ1c2VyX2lkPTc0YTE3YzY4NzkyMjllNmFmM2M0NTljOWEwMGVkNjA5VwNueXRCCmW6zkLCZUtONPZSFGNhbXBkMjI3MDJAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAD" style="color: #286ed0; text-decoration-color: currentcolor; text-decoration-style: solid;">here</a>.</p><p style="color: #333333; font-family: georgia, serif; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: 25px; margin: 0px 0px 15px;">Why does this matter?</p><p style="color: #333333; font-family: georgia, serif; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: 25px; margin: 0px 0px 15px;">Because new national data released last week, in a study led by researchers at Stanford and Harvard, made it clear that students across the country are <a class="css-sdwaa1" href="https://nl.nytimes.com/f/a/QzM58MM9vONQOwYxCdu4yw~~/AAAAAQA~/RgRnpMfOP0TyaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vaW50ZXJhY3RpdmUvMjAyNC8wMS8zMS91cy9wYW5kZW1pYy1sZWFybmluZy1sb3NzLXJlY292ZXJ5Lmh0bWw_Y2FtcGFpZ25faWQ9NDkmZW1jPWVkaXRfY2FfMjAyNDAyMDYmaW5zdGFuY2VfaWQ9MTE0NDUwJm5sPWNhbGlmb3JuaWEtdG9kYXkmcmVnaV9pZD0yMDM2NzI2OCZzZWdtZW50X2lkPTE1NzQyNyZ0ZT0xJnVzZXJfaWQ9NzRhMTdjNjg3OTIyOWU2YWYzYzQ1OWM5YTAwZWQ2MDlXA255dEIKZbrOQsJlS0409lIUY2FtcGQyMjcwMkBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAAM~" style="color: #286ed0; text-decoration-color: currentcolor; text-decoration-style: solid;">nowhere close to catching up on learning lost during the pandemic</a>.</p><p style="color: #333333; font-family: georgia, serif; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: 25px; margin: 0px 0px 15px;">That is true for students of all backgrounds, but especially for poor students. Schools in poor communities tended to stay closed longer than those in more affluent areas, and when they did, students lost more ground. Once schools reopened, students from richer families have tended to catch up more quickly than students from poorer families in the same districts, according to the new data.</p><p style="color: #333333; font-family: georgia, serif; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: 25px; margin: 0px 0px 15px;">Yet there have been some surprising variations.</p><p style="color: #333333; font-family: georgia, serif; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: 25px; margin: 0px 0px 15px;">In California, <span style="font-weight: 700;">Compton Unified</span>, near Los Angeles,<span style="font-weight: 700;"> </span>and <span style="font-weight: 700;">Delano Unified</span>, north of Bakersfield, are examples of lower-income school districts that have recovered remarkably well, at least judging by standardized-test scores. You can read more about bright-spot districts, including Delano Unified, in <a class="css-sdwaa1" href="https://nl.nytimes.com/f/a/QzM58MM9vONQOwYxCdu4yw~~/AAAAAQA~/RgRnpMfOP0TyaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vaW50ZXJhY3RpdmUvMjAyNC8wMS8zMS91cy9wYW5kZW1pYy1sZWFybmluZy1sb3NzLXJlY292ZXJ5Lmh0bWw_Y2FtcGFpZ25faWQ9NDkmZW1jPWVkaXRfY2FfMjAyNDAyMDYmaW5zdGFuY2VfaWQ9MTE0NDUwJm5sPWNhbGlmb3JuaWEtdG9kYXkmcmVnaV9pZD0yMDM2NzI2OCZzZWdtZW50X2lkPTE1NzQyNyZ0ZT0xJnVzZXJfaWQ9NzRhMTdjNjg3OTIyOWU2YWYzYzQ1OWM5YTAwZWQ2MDlXA255dEIKZbrOQsJlS0409lIUY2FtcGQyMjcwMkBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAAM~" style="color: #286ed0; text-decoration-color: currentcolor; text-decoration-style: solid;">an article</a> I wrote with my colleagues Claire Cain Miller and Francesca Paris.</p><p style="color: #333333; font-family: georgia, serif; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: 25px; margin: 0px 0px 15px;">Some more affluent districts have had lackluster recoveries in reading, math or both, including <span style="font-weight: 700;">Santa Monica-Malibu Unified</span>, <span style="font-weight: 700;">Menlo Park City </span>in the Bay Area, and <span style="font-weight: 700;">Arcadia Unified</span> in the San Gabriel Valley, northeast of Los Angeles.</p><p style="color: #333333; font-family: georgia, serif; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: 25px; margin: 0px 0px 15px;"><a class="css-sdwaa1" href="https://nl.nytimes.com/f/a/ccJRCBnoqIHU2RYcFXvMDw~~/AAAAAQA~/RgRnpMfOP0T1aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vaW50ZXJhY3RpdmUvMjAyNC8wMi8wMS91cHNob3QvbGVhcm5pbmctbG9zcy1zY2hvb2wtZGlzdHJpY3RzLmh0bWw_Y2FtcGFpZ25faWQ9NDkmZW1jPWVkaXRfY2FfMjAyNDAyMDYmaW5zdGFuY2VfaWQ9MTE0NDUwJm5sPWNhbGlmb3JuaWEtdG9kYXkmcmVnaV9pZD0yMDM2NzI2OCZzZWdtZW50X2lkPTE1NzQyNyZ0ZT0xJnVzZXJfaWQ9NzRhMTdjNjg3OTIyOWU2YWYzYzQ1OWM5YTAwZWQ2MDlXA255dEIKZbrOQsJlS0409lIUY2FtcGQyMjcwMkBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAAM~" style="color: #286ed0; text-decoration-color: currentcolor; text-decoration-style: solid;">Look up your school district and see how it compares</a> with nearby areas and the rest of the state. (Note: This data includes scores for students in third through eighth grades for most public school districts; some small ones are not included. The graphics show only math scores.)</p><a class="" href="x-webdoc://90D61A81-1A8F-45FE-9B56-0DE792259EB0#a11y-skip-universal-0" style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); display: block; height: 1px; max-height: 1px; overflow: hidden; width: 1px;">Continue reading the main story</a><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: black; font-variant-caps: normal; width: 600px;"><tbody><tr><td style="border-collapse: collapse; height: 10px;"></td></tr><tr></tr></tbody></table><p>NYT. </p>Duane Campbellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01437689584657643858noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11455634.post-49435861929588852272024-02-05T12:46:00.000-08:002024-02-05T12:46:03.238-08:00Poor Peoples Campaign begins its Nation Campaign<p> Coming to Sacramento March 2. </p><div class="u-row-container" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; line-height: inherit; padding: 0px;"><div class="u-row" style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0px auto; max-width: 600px; min-width: 320px; overflow-wrap: break-word; width: 600px !important; word-break: break-word;"><div style="border-collapse: collapse; display: table; height: 536px; line-height: inherit; width: 600px;"><div class="u-col u-col-100" style="display: table-cell; line-height: inherit; max-width: 320px; min-width: 600px; vertical-align: top; width: 600px !important;"><div style="height: 536px; line-height: inherit; width: 600px;"><div style="border-color: transparent; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; height: 536px; line-height: inherit; padding: 0px;"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: black; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: top; width: 100%;"><tbody style="line-height: inherit;"><tr style="border-collapse: collapse; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: top;"><td align="left" style="border-collapse: collapse; line-height: inherit; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px; vertical-align: top; word-break: break-word;"><div style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6px; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><p style="line-height: 19.6px; margin: 0px;"> </p><p style="line-height: 19.6px; margin: 0px;"><span style="line-height: 19.6px; text-decoration: underline;">This morning at 10:00 am ET/7:00 am PT,</span> the Poor People's Campaign: A National Call for Moral Revival will hold a national press conference in Washington D.C, launching 40 Weeks of Massive Voter Mobilization across the United States. PPC Campaign Co-Chairs Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II and Rev. Dr. Liz Theoharis together with poor and low-wage workers, faith leaders, and movement leaders from over 30 states will announce major plans for engaging millions of poor and low-wage voters ahead of the 2024 general election. </p><p style="line-height: 19.6px; margin: 0px;"> </p><p style="line-height: 19.6px; margin: 0px;"><a href="https://click.actionnetwork.org/ss/c/atcYNHk4Eh2YdGnwBh-YDGGbCNKutjwJ1yXAR9WxkAzm2oh4JxgcjwCpj0ckqdRjcdykh3Wrwfd-1SjVs7dxGl9glFYMTOvYrmQXeTV7mCe6s7GJ3UsswQR3eacYi5CL9p7KnSyLybXdpbvI2hF73U5t8-ox447W9-dpuIzkZKGBtdz94BQRl8IL0ED0XHl_yfBan_kyrnKSh5SYGNZzNHoNa62yY9rJp_H47RKk0lpv2EkFkYLM-fdm4eQAGt1HihxFUuiifYc1j4dqDJMUecU-iQc37bInORskhd1Ech03JBHH6qJ4sOvMXkEbnH5U1MkDdL4HCC396n70XUcctw/43l/71vHMpWWQ9C_5urFiWgTTQ/h0/C6gpt0GaxL3f0VGjDoiDxHOgZtfB8ql2_yw66Oa7x_I" rel="noopener" style="color: #0000ee; line-height: inherit;" target="_blank">Join us online</a> to demand an end to poverty as the 4th leading cause of death in this country, a living wage, full voting rights, healthcare for all, and the unity of love over the division of hate!</p><p style="line-height: 19.6px; margin: 0px;"> </p><p style="line-height: 19.6px; margin: 0px;">Then join us in the streets on March 2nd, 2024 at 11am local time for our Mass Poor People's and Low-Wage Workers' Moral March to State House Assemblies to bring our demands to our statehouses and call our state legislatures to the task of building a Third Reconstruction!</p></div></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: black; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: top; width: 100%;"><tbody style="line-height: inherit;"><tr style="border-collapse: collapse; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: top;"><td align="left" style="border-collapse: collapse; line-height: inherit; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px; vertical-align: top; word-break: break-word;"><div align="center" style="line-height: inherit;"><a class="v-button" href="https://click.actionnetwork.org/ss/c/atcYNHk4Eh2YdGnwBh-YDGGbCNKutjwJ1yXAR9WxkAzm2oh4JxgcjwCpj0ckqdRjw673VlMt27kV0MiyYDuW95vpq6XnYzFf0LiJodcjH7T97cxUFmudRVF2KQcQdl5n_-k7pn0bp4z3HxNnOiUdN-pRC2uAT2bYlfk9nG5euwIY8BhfRPj_kijbrbQ0aQtF-36T5my-JYgkzK3REqWkeiP-5YhpjKCLW15_qCGnH5N3nWKmATcaNPLAQ1xVTAQorGbVXC2s1ylxDa_dTIiUXEJHSakv3wnUVo8MKYW3X6QiBoUS-_jSUJfQP7pO8PKM3Qn2uY-U1j_OlSR4gF3Vhw/43l/71vHMpWWQ9C_5urFiWgTTQ/h1/655fMhErNVgl01_WnpzL36DyP9u_thxeIP-_ZS3o8cc" style="background-color: #fbde18; 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line-height: inherit; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; vertical-align: top;"><img align="center" alt="" border="0" src="https://can2-unlayer.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/1707073741816-March+2+graphic.jpeg" style="border: medium; clear: both; display: inline-block !important; float: none; height: auto; line-height: inherit; max-width: 580px; outline: currentcolor; width: 580px;" title="" width="580" /></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></div></div></div></div></div></div>Duane Campbellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01437689584657643858noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11455634.post-20760548183217279532024-02-04T13:18:00.000-08:002024-02-04T13:18:15.236-08:00Its the Economy : Reich <p> <span style="color: #404040; font-size: 16px;">It’s the economy, stupid. Thus spoke my friend James Carville, one of Bill Clinton’s campaign managers, in 1992. He was correct then and he’s been right ever since.</span><span style="color: #404040; font-size: 16px;"> </span></p><p style="color: #404040; font-size: 16px; line-height: 26px; margin: 0px 0px 20px;">Today, the Labor Department’s Bureau of Labor Statistics reported that the U.S. economy added 353,000 jobs in January, and the unemployment rate remains at 3.7 percent. The BLS also revised <em>upward</em> the two prior months, bringing the average monthly job gain in 2023 to 255,000. </p><p style="color: #404040; font-size: 16px; line-height: 26px; margin: 0px 0px 20px;">Even manufacturing, which has been in the doldrums, added 23,000 positions. </p><p style="color: #404040; font-size: 16px; line-height: 26px; margin: 0px 0px 20px;">Average hourly earnings grew 0.6 percent from December.</p><p style="color: #404040; font-size: 16px; line-height: 26px; margin: 0px 0px 20px;">Few economists expected job gains to remain this strong when high interest rates were needed to bring down inflation.</p><p style="color: #404040; font-size: 16px; line-height: 26px; margin: 0px 0px 20px;">But inflation is way down. Larry Summers (with whom I worked in the Clinton administration) predicted that the Fed would have to cause excessive joblessness to tame inflation (Summers also called the 2021 American Rescue Plan the “<a href="https://substack.com/redirect/f50451eb-1b49-4cc9-999e-fa2415cf7953?j=eyJ1IjoiMWZuYmRwIn0.hzlxzmK36PFIlmM_JmWKxsYN2v_iehdQtBpY23O1RDc" rel="" style="color: #404040;">least responsible</a>” fiscal policy in 40 years). </p><p style="color: #404040; font-size: 16px; line-height: 26px; margin: 0px 0px 20px;">He was wrong. Jobs growth continues to roar. Economic growth is good. Wages are moving in the right direction. </p><p style="color: #404040; font-size: 16px; line-height: 26px; margin: 0px 0px 20px;">Yet despite all the good news, <a href="https://substack.com/redirect/a74fcc0b-e52b-4de6-a4e4-a51e3cc846cf?j=eyJ1IjoiMWZuYmRwIn0.hzlxzmK36PFIlmM_JmWKxsYN2v_iehdQtBpY23O1RDc" rel="" style="color: #404040;">71 percent</a> of Republicans say the economy is getting worse, and Donald Trump is once again claiming that the unemployment numbers are <a href="https://substack.com/redirect/8a9c9815-5934-4f47-b4a4-ee288bbb86b4?j=eyJ1IjoiMWZuYmRwIn0.hzlxzmK36PFIlmM_JmWKxsYN2v_iehdQtBpY23O1RDc" rel="" style="color: #404040;">fake</a>. </p><div class="captioned-image-container-static" style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 26px; margin: 32px auto;"><figure style="margin: 0px auto; width: 550px;"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="image-wrapper" data-component-name="Image2ToDOMStatic" style="width: 100%;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"></td><td align="left" class="content" style="text-align: center;" width="411"><a class="image-link" href="https://substack.com/redirect/06d49fdb-eec2-487b-a49a-aee8eff87869?j=eyJ1IjoiMWZuYmRwIn0.hzlxzmK36PFIlmM_JmWKxsYN2v_iehdQtBpY23O1RDc" rel="" style="align-items: center; border: medium; display: block; flex-direction: column; height: auto; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative; text-decoration: none; width: auto;" target="_blank"><img alt="" class="" data-attrs="{"src":"https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/7dfe997f-37e7-4a5b-aa02-a073b7c69245_3500x2510.png","srcNoWatermark":null,"fullscreen":null,"imageSize":null,"height":1044,"width":1456,"resizeWidth":411,"bytes":5312041,"alt":null,"title":null,"type":"image/png","href":null,"belowTheFold":true,"topImage":false,"internalRedirect":null}" height="294.70054945054943" src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/w_411,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F7dfe997f-37e7-4a5b-aa02-a073b7c69245_3500x2510.png" style="border: medium !important; display: block; height: auto; margin: 0px auto; max-width: 100%; vertical-align: middle; width: auto !important;" width="411" /></a></td><td style="text-align: center;"></td></tr></tbody></table></figure></div><p style="color: #404040; font-size: 16px; line-height: 26px; margin: 0px 0px 20px;">Trump and Republicans are focusing on the only real remaining economic problem: Although inflation is down, prices haven’t come down. Why not? Because of corporate pricing power. </p><p style="color: #404040; font-size: 16px; line-height: 26px; margin: 0px 0px 20px;">Consider Pepsi. In 2021, PepsiCo, which makes all sorts of drinks and snacks, announced it was forced to raise prices due to <a href="https://substack.com/redirect/2ff0c31d-e258-4f85-9be5-7c2fd28a5cc3?j=eyJ1IjoiMWZuYmRwIn0.hzlxzmK36PFIlmM_JmWKxsYN2v_iehdQtBpY23O1RDc" rel="" style="color: #404040;">“higher costs.”</a>Forced? Really? The company reported <a href="https://substack.com/redirect/fc241f3c-2641-47e4-8530-d14b4e667d1c?j=eyJ1IjoiMWZuYmRwIn0.hzlxzmK36PFIlmM_JmWKxsYN2v_iehdQtBpY23O1RDc" rel="" style="color: #404040;">$11 billion in profit that year</a>. </p><p style="color: #404040; font-size: 16px; line-height: 26px; margin: 0px 0px 20px;">In 2023 PepsiCo’s <a href="https://substack.com/redirect/16552b59-d493-424b-99f8-046b07814f86?j=eyJ1IjoiMWZuYmRwIn0.hzlxzmK36PFIlmM_JmWKxsYN2v_iehdQtBpY23O1RDc" rel="" style="color: #404040;">chief financial officer said</a> that even though inflation was dropping, <a href="https://substack.com/redirect/2637ccb1-2c12-4b82-a79e-857cd98c82d9?j=eyJ1IjoiMWZuYmRwIn0.hzlxzmK36PFIlmM_JmWKxsYN2v_iehdQtBpY23O1RDc" rel="" style="color: #404040;">its prices would not</a>. Pepsi hiked its prices by <a href="https://substack.com/redirect/adabf295-8ee2-4526-a9de-79c17ef2e016?j=eyJ1IjoiMWZuYmRwIn0.hzlxzmK36PFIlmM_JmWKxsYN2v_iehdQtBpY23O1RDc" rel="" style="color: #404040;">double digits</a> and announced plans to keep them high in <a href="https://substack.com/redirect/742a647f-1a1a-4111-995b-3d83173f83d2?j=eyJ1IjoiMWZuYmRwIn0.hzlxzmK36PFIlmM_JmWKxsYN2v_iehdQtBpY23O1RDc" rel="" style="color: #404040;">2024</a><em>.</em></p><p style="color: #404040; font-size: 16px; line-height: 26px; margin: 0px 0px 20px;">If Pepsi had lots of competitors, consumers would just buy something cheaper. But PepsiCo’s <a href="https://substack.com/redirect/55ca42fe-6767-4326-922c-af7edff8c89e?j=eyJ1IjoiMWZuYmRwIn0.hzlxzmK36PFIlmM_JmWKxsYN2v_iehdQtBpY23O1RDc" rel="" style="color: #404040;">only major soda competitor is Coca-Cola,</a> which – surprise, surprise - announced similar price hikes at about the same time as Pepsi, and also kept its prices high in 2023. </p><p style="color: #404040; font-size: 16px; line-height: 26px; margin: 0px 0px 20px;"><strong>With just one or a few competitors, it’s easy for giant corporations to coordinate price increases and prevent price cuts, to keep their profits up while shafting consumers. </strong></p><p style="color: #404040; font-size: 16px; line-height: 26px; margin: 0px 0px 20px;">The CEO of Coca-Cola claimed that the company had<a href="https://substack.com/redirect/547b2e8b-6639-4282-a696-c0b73ce0afd5?j=eyJ1IjoiMWZuYmRwIn0.hzlxzmK36PFIlmM_JmWKxsYN2v_iehdQtBpY23O1RDc" rel="" style="color: #404040;"> “earned the right” </a>to push price hikes because its sodas are popular. <em>Popular</em>? The only thing that’s popular these days seems to be corporate price gouging. </p><p style="color: #404040; font-size: 16px; line-height: 26px; margin: 0px 0px 20px;">Pepsi and Coca-Cola dominate the soft drink market. They <a href="https://substack.com/redirect/2b1e2c2b-62e9-46d3-ba51-42910ebe364a?j=eyJ1IjoiMWZuYmRwIn0.hzlxzmK36PFIlmM_JmWKxsYN2v_iehdQtBpY23O1RDc" rel="" style="color: #404040;">own most</a> of the brands that <em>appear </em>to be competitors. </p><p style="color: #404040; font-size: 16px; line-height: 26px; margin: 0px 0px 20px;">This corporate pricing power isn’t just happening with Coke and Pepsi. Take <a href="https://substack.com/redirect/0f58ac4b-b805-4f16-9468-740303a224d3?j=eyJ1IjoiMWZuYmRwIn0.hzlxzmK36PFIlmM_JmWKxsYN2v_iehdQtBpY23O1RDc" rel="" style="color: #404040;">meat products</a>. At the end of 2023, Americans were paying at least 30% more for beef, pork, and poultry products than they were in 2020. </p><p style="color: #404040; font-size: 16px; line-height: 26px; margin: 0px 0px 20px;">Why? Just <a href="https://substack.com/redirect/0e63848c-7218-4778-b27b-f878cbe2affc?j=eyJ1IjoiMWZuYmRwIn0.hzlxzmK36PFIlmM_JmWKxsYN2v_iehdQtBpY23O1RDc" rel="" style="color: #404040;">four companies now control processing of 80 percent of beef, nearly</a> <a href="https://substack.com/redirect/edaafd25-bde8-4843-88b6-61680eeb4eb6?j=eyJ1IjoiMWZuYmRwIn0.hzlxzmK36PFIlmM_JmWKxsYN2v_iehdQtBpY23O1RDc" rel="" style="color: #404040;">70 percent</a> of pork, and <a href="https://substack.com/redirect/d3dc7ce0-df2b-4b3c-a27b-ec28dec4b21b?j=eyJ1IjoiMWZuYmRwIn0.hzlxzmK36PFIlmM_JmWKxsYN2v_iehdQtBpY23O1RDc" rel="" style="color: #404040;">almost 60 percent</a> of poultry. So of course, it’s easy for them to coordinate price increases and prevent price cuts. </p><p style="color: #404040; font-size: 16px; line-height: 26px; margin: 0px 0px 20px;"><strong>In <a href="https://substack.com/redirect/4471ee3e-3f1e-4089-8e86-cedcedeed922?j=eyJ1IjoiMWZuYmRwIn0.hzlxzmK36PFIlmM_JmWKxsYN2v_iehdQtBpY23O1RDc" rel="" style="color: #404040;">75 percent of U.S. industries</a>, fewer companies now control more of their markets than they did twenty years ago.</strong></p><p style="color: #404040; font-size: 16px; line-height: 26px; margin: 0px 0px 20px;">Which is why the Biden administration is taking on this monopolization with the<em> most </em>aggressive use of antitrust laws in half a century. </p><p style="color: #404040; font-size: 16px; line-height: 26px; margin: 0px 0px 20px;">It’s taken action against <a href="https://substack.com/redirect/0dde2917-2f07-43be-ac82-a407a52c001c?j=eyJ1IjoiMWZuYmRwIn0.hzlxzmK36PFIlmM_JmWKxsYN2v_iehdQtBpY23O1RDc" rel="" style="color: #404040;">alleged price fixing in the meat industry</a>. </p><p style="color: #404040; font-size: 16px; line-height: 26px; margin: 0px 0px 20px;"><a href="https://substack.com/redirect/94e10287-1943-4777-b41f-a44d451b8d87?j=eyJ1IjoiMWZuYmRwIn0.hzlxzmK36PFIlmM_JmWKxsYN2v_iehdQtBpY23O1RDc" rel="" style="color: #404040;">It’s also suing Amazon</a> for using its dominance to artificially jack up prices — one of the biggest anti-monopoly lawsuits in a generation.</p><p style="color: #404040; font-size: 16px; line-height: 26px; margin: 0px 0px 20px;">It <a href="https://substack.com/redirect/5da01ac3-4c31-471f-b932-0083334b6b22?j=eyJ1IjoiMWZuYmRwIn0.hzlxzmK36PFIlmM_JmWKxsYN2v_iehdQtBpY23O1RDc" rel="" style="color: #404040;">successfully sued</a> to block the merger of JetBlue and Spirit Airlines, which would have made consolidation in the airline industry even worse.</p><p style="color: #404040; font-size: 16px; line-height: 26px; margin: 0px 0px 20px;"><strong>But given how concentrated American industry has become, there’s still a long way to go. </strong></p><p style="color: #404040; font-size: 16px; line-height: 26px; margin: 0px 0px 20px;">Inflation is down. But many people don’t feel it because prices are still high, and in some cases are still rising because of continued price gouging. That’s given Trump and his Republican lapdogs an excuse to tell Americans that the economy remains bad. </p><p style="color: #404040; font-size: 16px; line-height: 26px; margin: 0px 0px 20px;">The truth is, the economy is remarkably good, but too many big corporations have too much power over prices. The answer is to break them up — but I don’t expect Trump and the Republicans to say this. Do you?</p><p style="color: #404040; font-size: 16px; line-height: 26px; margin: 0px 0px 20px;"></p><div class="subscribe-widget is-signed-up" data-component-name="SubscribeWidget" style="direction: ltr; font-size: 16px; line-height: 26px; margin: 0px 0px 1em;"><p></p>Robert Reich.</div>Duane Campbellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01437689584657643858noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11455634.post-66118812236088617982024-01-31T13:19:00.000-08:002024-01-31T13:19:56.115-08:00AOC on Gaza and Young People, Biden and the Democrats <iframe frameborder="0" height="270" src="https://youtube.com/embed/ziDQrfHTOOg?si=SOhGMMNeJhL7CyYM" width="480"></iframe><div><br /></div><div>Start at 29 minutes. </div>Duane Campbellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01437689584657643858noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11455634.post-60965470453465448572024-01-29T16:28:00.000-08:002024-01-30T16:28:40.423-08:00Support the American River Parkway _ Urgent !<p><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://www.americanrivertrees.org/">http://www.americanrivertrees.org/</a></span></p><p>This is what they propose:</p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjy__6YSy1e4tx2yeE_IDm0go5_HiSzyZ9RoAp2QtFTzluz9VIxvwN5ZnlXWOfg2r1dZ4RoM-L2zv69rEAO-OWq7tyUYOANoh3mKzgIance1lkTB_MucZVDdmGyi44h7a5CLyF7tSpLlLR2JyM1p_Uh3NPevT_fARjcLKNddZOD7ArlyFf1HP-W/s686/erosion%20.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="686" data-original-width="578" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjy__6YSy1e4tx2yeE_IDm0go5_HiSzyZ9RoAp2QtFTzluz9VIxvwN5ZnlXWOfg2r1dZ4RoM-L2zv69rEAO-OWq7tyUYOANoh3mKzgIance1lkTB_MucZVDdmGyi44h7a5CLyF7tSpLlLR2JyM1p_Uh3NPevT_fARjcLKNddZOD7ArlyFf1HP-W/w338-h400/erosion%20.png" width="338" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">like near Sac State. </div><br /><p><br /></p><p> <span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt;">This email serves as official notification from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Sacramento District (USACE) regarding the</span><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt;"> </span><b style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">extension of the public comment period</b><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt;">for the American River Common Features (ARCF), 2016 Flood Risk Management Project, Sacramento, California, Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement / Subsequent Environmental Impact Report XIV (SEIS/SEIR)</span><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt;">(EIS/CEQ no. 20230179).</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in;"><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in;"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in;">The Notice of Availability was posted in the Federal Register by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on December 22, 2023 (88 FR 88610). The original close of the public comment period was scheduled for February 5, 2024. USACE, in conjunction with the Project non-federal Partners (the Central Valley Flood Protection Board, State of California, Department of Water Resources, and the Sacramento Area Flood Control Agency) have extended the public comment period to Friday, February 23, 2024, in response to requests for additional review time from the public and local agencies.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in;"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in;">Written comments can be sent to the following email addresses:<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in;"><a href="mailto:ARCF_SEIS@usace.army.mil" style="color: #0563c1;">ARCF_SEIS@usace.army.mil</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in;"><a href="mailto:PublicCommentARCF16@water.ca.gov" style="color: #0563c1;">PublicCommentARCF16@water.ca.gov</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in;"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in;">The Draft SEIS/SEIR can be viewed on the USACE website. <o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in;"><a href="http://www.sacleveeupgrades.com/" style="color: #0563c1;">www.sacleveeupgrades.com</a></p>Duane Campbellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01437689584657643858noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11455634.post-26099561838154468512024-01-29T15:31:00.000-08:002024-01-29T15:31:16.134-08:00The Problems With Biden<a href="https://prospect.org/politics/2024-01-22-problems-with-biden/?utm_source=ActiveCampaign&utm_medium=email&utm_content=The+Problems+With+Biden+%7C+Weekend+Reads&utm_campaign=Weekend+Prospect+Reads+1132024&vgo_ee=ijeZ2NMtTos%2F7lCcSWV2ZmvNLK935BLIYTFIvFQHR5HMYDLv%3AF%2FvYlwuoPA5EGE5A1kUynuPKhPA9JKsq">The Problems With Biden</a>: He has to dig himself out of three holes if he has any chance to beat Donald Trump.Duane Campbellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01437689584657643858noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11455634.post-47923989854811093992024-01-24T12:04:00.000-08:002024-01-24T12:04:38.475-08:00The Dangers of Fascism in 2024 <p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcqrlpr3BVhgOMWwZHxBAGFxk9zd1knIIQFfH2y-6aKCXzPb2tTOEqdtbX3ES6JlZEBxa9xsxm2l0nEwebh3C56mS8gQTuD7d8UpPYK6xN_7U-uv2AtIfhXnYykXiWQ2QxTZXNBaFMIatCd4JihdPUp-YIOyPTar9F4DRS6Vi8XpRaMBQ_HHPD/s980/Trump.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="896" data-original-width="980" height="293" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcqrlpr3BVhgOMWwZHxBAGFxk9zd1knIIQFfH2y-6aKCXzPb2tTOEqdtbX3ES6JlZEBxa9xsxm2l0nEwebh3C56mS8gQTuD7d8UpPYK6xN_7U-uv2AtIfhXnYykXiWQ2QxTZXNBaFMIatCd4JihdPUp-YIOyPTar9F4DRS6Vi8XpRaMBQ_HHPD/s320/Trump.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /> <span style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"> </span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; margin: 0in;"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; margin: 0in;">North Star has a new post up by Fred Glass on the dangers of Fascists in the 2024 Elections.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; margin: 0in;"><a href="https://www.dsanorthstar.org/blog/2024-the-fascist-danger" style="color: #96607d;">https://www.dsanorthstar.org/blog/2024-the-fascist-danger</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; margin: 0in;"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; margin: 0in;">Topics include<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; margin: 0in;">No Lesser of two evils approach.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; margin: 0in;">Retaining the possibility of a socialist movement. <o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; margin: 0in;"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; margin: 0in;">Recall that the rise of fascism in Germany and German American Bund in the U.S. was based on the first targets being the opposition and destruction of communist ( and socialists) movements. <o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; margin: 0in;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; margin: 0in;"><o:p> </o:p></p>Duane Campbellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01437689584657643858noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11455634.post-44223436652273265032024-01-23T20:33:00.000-08:002024-01-23T20:33:59.298-08:00CSU Strike Settled - Pending vote<div class="date-outer"><div class="date-posts"><div class="post-outer"><div class="post hentry uncustomized-post-template" itemprop="blogPost" itemscope="itemscope" itemtype="http://schema.org/BlogPosting" style="margin: 0px 0px 25px; min-height: 0px; position: relative;"><h3 class="post-title entry-title" itemprop="name" style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 22px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0.75em 0px 0px; position: relative;"><a href="http://rsseminareconomiccrisis.blogspot.com/2024/01/csu-strike-settled-pending-vote-of.html" style="color: #888888; text-decoration: none;">CSU Strike Settled _ Pending Vote of Members </a></h3><div class="post-header" style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 1.5em;"><div class="post-header-line-1"></div></div><div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-2146229890243092436" itemprop="description articleBody" style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4; position: relative; width: 570px;"><p> <span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px;">The strike at the largest university system in the nation has ended ( subject to ratification vote by the faculty union.</span></p><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px;">Posted </div><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px;"><p style="color: #333333; font-family: georgia, serif; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: 25px; margin: 0px 0px 15px;">“The collective action of so many lecturers, professors, counselors, librarians and coaches over these last eight months forced C.S.U. management to take our demands seriously,” Charles Toombs, president of the union, said in a statement.</p><p style="color: #333333; font-family: georgia, serif; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: 25px; margin: 0px 0px 15px;">The deal would immediately increase salaries for all faculty members by 5 percent, retroactively to July 1, 2023, with another 5 percent raise to take effect July 1, 2024, according to union officials. It would also immediately raise the salary floor for the lowest-paid faculty members by $3,000, and increase paid parental leave to 10 weeks from six.</p><p style="color: #333333; font-family: georgia, serif; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: 25px; margin: 0px 0px 15px;">Mildred García, the chancellor of the university system, said in a statement Monday night that she was “extremely pleased” with the deal, adding that it “enables the C.S.U. to fairly compensate its valued, world-class faculty while protecting the university system’s long-term financial sustainability.”</p><p style="color: #333333; font-family: georgia, serif; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: 25px; margin: 0px 0px 15px;"><br /></p><p style="color: #333333; font-family: georgia, serif; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: 25px; margin: 0px 0px 15px;">I participated in the creation of this union and was a local official prior to retirement.</p></div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline" /><div style="clear: both;"></div></div><div class="post-footer" style="background-color: #f9f9f9; border-bottom-color: rgb(238, 238, 238); 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Professors, lecturers, librarians, coaches and counselors shut down the California State University’s 23 campuses Monday just as many of their students returned for the spring semester. The week-long shutdown follows a series of rolling one-day strikes across four campuses in December. </p><p>Roughly 75 people walked the picket line Monday outside Sacramento State, flanking the campus’ J Street entrance. The banners welcoming students back from break were covered with union-made signs that read, “Classes don’t start without us!” and “On strike! California Faculty Association.”</p><p> This latest labor action at the nation’s largest university system rides the wave of union momentum in higher education created by the 2022 monthlong strike at the University of California system. Teaching assistants and graduate student workers disrupted classes across UC campuses as the fall semester concluded. </p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCAsZBrUWyI2uGaWL2xcQChnNfOlR7FzvQYs8AclrERuexb1kVX9CRQy6Aq-8YLWgESw5bdFYVmzxCmTD7OCZYb_FLp3JYKs7lnqULKkmIYySaLSBFfOyd-R0IT_cvWoXKaNf9QT_7v0PppQqH5QLFC7Sb3THzLcXhO28ZZFA1EBtpz4-6Rkhm/s1327/Logo%20use%202.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="491" data-original-width="1327" height="118" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCAsZBrUWyI2uGaWL2xcQChnNfOlR7FzvQYs8AclrERuexb1kVX9CRQy6Aq-8YLWgESw5bdFYVmzxCmTD7OCZYb_FLp3JYKs7lnqULKkmIYySaLSBFfOyd-R0IT_cvWoXKaNf9QT_7v0PppQqH5QLFC7Sb3THzLcXhO28ZZFA1EBtpz4-6Rkhm/s320/Logo%20use%202.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br />The CFA, which represents 29,000 members, and university negotiators have spent nearly nine months haggling over salaries and other provisions as part of contract negotiation re-opener. Those non-salary demands include increased parental leave, greater access to gender-inclusive restrooms in campus buildings and more staff mental health counselors to help students. After the two sides hit an impasse in August, they engaged in mediation sessions with a third-party negotiator and then submitted to fact-finding with a neutral panelist.<div><br /></div><div>the writer of this piece is under informed. <br /><p></p><p><br /></p><p>From The Sacramento Bee.</p><p>Read more at: https://www.sacbee.com/news/local/education/article284543095.html#storylink=cpy</p></div>Duane Campbellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01437689584657643858noreply@blogger.com0