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Antioch College Morgan Fellows Host Inaugural 2009/10 Symposium ? ?The Daily Struggle of Immigrant Workers,? November 14, 2009 The inaugural group of Antioch College Morgan Fellows hosted the first in a series of symposia, to be held during the course of the 2009/10 academic year.? The first symposia,? ?The Daily Struggle of Immigrant Workers,? took place in The Coretta Scott King Center for Cultural and Intellectual Freedom, One Morgan Place, Yellow Springs, Ohio. ???This issue has national importance and implications and also resonates within our own geographic community.? The increasingly acrimonious national immigration debates reverberate throughout Ohio,? says Anne Bohlen, Morgan Fellow ?09. ?Many citizens are working for immigration reform and assisting the growing communities of immigrants throughout the state.?? Antioch College has historically educated students to become engaged citizens in their communities, to have a commitment to social justice and equality, and to act to redress inequalities and injustice.? ??Panel Participants:?? Dr. Theo J. and Dr. Linda C. Majka, both sociology professors at the University of Dayton.?? They co authored a book, Farmworkers, Agribusiness and the State.? Linda also co-wrote Children's Human Rights: Progress and Challenges for Children Worldwide and?? Dr. Theo Majka recently coordinated a research study looking at how well local mainstream institutions are serving and interacting with foreign born populations.?? David Larson, a Dayton lawyer is a member of the American Immigrant Lawyers Association and has been working on immigrant issues for the past ten years.?? He is active in the Dayton Hispanic Chamber of Commerce and chairs a Miami Valley Latino and Immigrant Right Advocates group working for comprehensive immigration reform.? ?? Lupe Williams currently serves on the Board of Commissioners at the Ohio Commission on Hispanic/ Latino Affairs.? She teaches at Ohio State University and has been active throughout the state on behalf of migrant farmworkers' rights.? She co-founded the Northeast Hispanic Chamber of Commerce and is a member of the Ohio Latino Arts Association and the Latino Hispanic Caucus of Ohio.? ?? The panel will be moderated by Victor Garcia, Faculty Emeriti at Antioch College where he taught Spanish and Latin American literature and history for twenty-five years.? Victor is the President of the Board of Del Pueblo in Southwest Ohio, a nonprofit social service organization in Southwest Ohio dedicated to community building and advocacy for Spanish speakers in the region.? ???? About the Arthur E. Morgan Fellows ? ??Named in honor of Arthur E. Morgan, Antioch College President from 1920-1936, the fellows will participate in a yearlong outreach program to alumni and friends of the College nationwide as the College develops both its program and curriculum.? They will also present symposia on a wide variety of topics on the historic campus in Yellow Springs, Ohio.? The current Morgan Fellows include Anne Bohlen MA; Jean Gregorek, Ph.D.; Beverly Rodgers, Ph.D.; Scott Warren, Ph.D.; and Susan Eklund-Leed, Ph.D.

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Today, ten percent of America s workforce is unemployed, and many more workers are facing underemployment or enduring poor working conditions and inadequate supports and benefits. Jody Heymann, founder and director of the Project on Global Working Families and a professor in the Faculties of Medicine and Arts at McGill University, has written a new book entitled Raising the Global Floor (to be released on November 17th). It is based on an eight-year study examining the working conditions faced by 55,000 households in seven countries on five continents. The book compares working conditions and labor laws in the United States with those in 189 other countries. In her research, Jody found that 163 nations guarantee paid sick leave, but the U.S. is not one of them. This is just one of several disturbing findings about the benefits of US workers compared to those in other countries. Legislation regarding mandatory paid sick leave is currently being considered in Congress, but other needs (maternity/paternity leave, breaks for breastfeeding, time off to take care of a sick child, spouse or parent) are still unanswered. For More Information, please visit: http://www.nationalpartnership.org

Today, ten percent of America’s workforce is unemployed, and many more workers are facing underemployment or enduring poor working conditions and inadequate supports and benefits. Jody Heymann, founder and director of the Project on Global Working Families and a professor in the Faculties of Medicine and Arts at McGill University, has written a new book entitled Raising the Global Floor (to be released on November 17th). It is based on an eight-year study examining the working conditions faced by 55,000 households in seven countries on five continents. The book compares working conditions and labor laws in the United States with those in 189 other countries. In her research, Jody found that 163 nations guarantee paid sick leave, but the U.S. is not one of them. This is just one of several disturbing findings about the benefits of US workers compared to those in other countries. Legislation regarding mandatory paid sick leave is currently being considered in Congress, but other needs (maternity/paternity leave, breaks for breastfeeding, time off to take care of a sick child, spouse or parent) are still unanswered. For More Information, please visit: http://www.nationalpartnership.orgAuthor: multivu Tags: working conditions United States Jody Heymann Raising the Global Floor labor laws American workers National Partnership for Women Families Debra Ness MultiVu 41026 Posted: 18 November 2009 Rating: 0.0 Votes: 0

16 workers a day die from work-related injuries, according to this latest video from Brave New Films. Charles Jeffress, former Assistant Secretary of Labor for OSHA (Occupational Safety and Health Administration), notes that there are hardly any consequences to employers for failing to comply with guidelines--and with four million injuries on the job each year, it seems that employers have decided that it's easier to flout the law than to comply. The law is inadequate, Jeffress says. With a new and supposedly labor-friendly administration and a labor secretary, Hilda Solis, who announced "There's a new sheriff in town" upon her confirmation, perhaps we can do better than one OSHA inspector per 63,000 workers?

Dave Tucker, Campaigns Officer War on Want, discusses the corporate domination of europe and trade at all costs, elimatation of trade barriers and companies just doing what they want openly. http://www.morningstaronline.co.uk

http://www.instablogs.com/ Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari is visiting China on what is being billed as his first official visit abroad. Pakistan has long seen China as its most reliable friend, in contrast to the United States, whose support has waxed and waned in line with U.S. strategic interests in the region. China, Zardari s first choice for an official visit Both Pakistan and China have been good friends for more than six decades and have stood with each other through thick and thin. There is nothing unusual about President Zardari s visit to China since it happens to be the closest and the most reliable friend of Pakistan. The overbearing attitude of United States towards Pakistan especially during the conduct of war on terror and the repeated violations of Pakistan s sovereignty time and again to serve its own interests has left many in the country infuriated. This, combined with US withering economic clout has left Pakistan with little alternative but to strengthen ties with China. Unlike US, China has consistently supported Pakistan and both have enjoyed mutually beneficial relationship in the past. There is no harm in giving up on past relationships that are no longer fructuous and instead invest in friendships that are more yielding. Today Pakistan s economy is in utter turmoil we need china s help to salvage us from the worst economic scenario. Besides together Pakistan and China can also act as counterweight to India which has been an existential threat to us. A research carried out by Media AIDS and Health Watch has revealed that more Malawian children are being exposed to pornographic materials than ever. Most of them are siblings of Commercial Sex Workers (CSW), a section that lets their children watch pornographic films and videos in the name of their profession. Pornigraphy endemic in Malawi A research in Malawi reveals that 21 percent of children whose parents, relatives or guardians own a television set have at one time been exposed to pornographic materials in the past four years. Most of them exposed are siblings of Commercial Sex Workers a sector of Malawi society that let their children watch pornographic films and videos in the name of their profession. For other children, watching takes place in the absence of parents, or any adult, an indication that children are also aware that pornography is not good for their mental growth. Some of these children have gone on to commit sexual offenses, thinking they may not be punished accordingly for their behavior. Concerned authorities in Malawi should work with the Censorship Board to prevent more and more children from getting exposed to pornographic material. Awareness must be raised about the evils of pornography among the sexual workers; the most vulnerable group given the nature of their profession. Brazilian President Luis Ignacio Lula de Silva has signed an agreement to make changes to Portuguese spelling in Brazil. The newly adopted laws aim to simplify spellings by eliminating some ``silent'' letters and accents Brazil adopts changes in Portuguese language Around 250 million people speak Portuguese around the world: Portugal, Angola, Cape Verde, Guinea Bissau, Mozambique, East Timor, Sao Tome and Principe. People around the world have developed their own linguistic variation of Portuguese which has developed a need to unify all these variations and reach some kind of standardization. Several spelling rules will change so that the different variations may become more similar. Both Portugal and Brazil have signed agreements and are ready to enter apply the new rules in the next 2 years. However, this is nothing more than a pressure exerted by large publishers so they can reach new markets. The proposed changes in the majority will not facilitate the learning of language; instead it will only further confuse those who have not mastered the language. The Portuguese is a very difficult language and even the Brazilians can't understand hundreds of grammatical rules. For example, there are 12 verb tenses, each for a specific situation. Finally, things will become even harder if the Brazilians are no longer able to modify the language as and when new rules apply. India Asia's third-largest economy is growing by nearly 9 percent a year driven largely by consumer demand from the middle-class and soaring foreign investment. Despite the boom, recent official data has shown that an estimated 800 million of India's billion-plus people live on 50 U.S. cents a day. Social economic divide in India The luxury mall undoubtedly symbolizes the socio economic divide in modern India. This genre of apartheid is not anew to India. Our ancient and medieval past is stuffed with rotund and self gratifying Maharajas. They indulged in unimaginable luxury and opulence, completely apathetic to the horrifying poverty of their subjects. However, those times were different. The despotic political set up and social beliefs manipulated the popular mindset into accepting their deprivation as the will of providence. What should put modern India to shame is the recurrence of similar division of society into haves and have nots. Ours is a democratic set up that promised equal social and economic opportunities at the time of independence. It is not the which is to be blamed for our growing disparities. It s the failure to deliver social justice and development to India's poorest regions that have alienated people and helped open up economic,. In a superficially shining India we may count ourselves as no less than anyone else but then it s our shanty slum which meets the eyes that comes calling to India. http://www.instablogs.com/