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Stop the Shutdown! ● Striking for the common good ● For all Superwomen
Friday, January 25, 2019
TRUMP’S SHUTDOWN
A Stop the Shutdown Rally will be held Friday, Jan. 25 from 4:30 to 5:30 p.m. at 10 N. Post St. outside the Spokane office of Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-5th), who has repeatedly voted against ending the shutdown. The rally is part of an AFL-CIO National Day of Action to Stop the Shutdown on Jan. 25.
► Today from The Air Current — Trump administration memo opens door to mass sickout by air traffic controllers — A sharp increase in staffing issues at ATC centers around the U.S. may signal a tipping point in the month-long government shutdown.
► From CNN — FAA halts some arriving traffic into LaGuardia Airport amid shortage of air traffic control workers
► From Politico — Shutdown forces flight delays across East Coast as controller shortages start
► From the Washington Post — At least 14,000 unpaid IRS workers did not show up for work as broad shutdown disruption hits tax agency, according to House aides
► In today’s NY Times — Collapse of two plans to end shutdown propels urgent negotiations — A pair of measures to reopen the government — one with President Trump’s border wall, the other without it — failed in the Senate on Thursday, sending lawmakers from both parties into frenzied efforts to forge a compromise that could end the nearly six-week partial shutdown.
► In today’s Washington Post — Senate leaders continue to seek a deal to end shutdown that will satisfy Trump
► From The Hill — ‘This is your fault’: GOP senators clash over shutdown inside private luncheon — “This is your fault,” Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) told Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.).
► From The Hill — GOP senators read Pence riot act before shutdown votes
► From C-SPAN — A mild-mannered senator gets angry
.@SenatorBennet responds to @Sentedcruz: “These crocodile tears that the Senator from Texas is crying for first responders are too hard for me to take.” pic.twitter.com/g4FBxdfiGY
— CSPAN (@cspan) January 24, 2019
ALSO at The Stand — Help is available for shutdown-harmed federal workers, their families
► In the (Aberdeen) Daily World — Conservatives hitting the beach for Roanoke Conference — “There’s a moment when people say, ‘Did you notice what percentage of this agency was viewed as nonessential?’” anti-tax activist Grover Norquist said in the earlier days of the shutdown. Norquist will be one of the featured speakers on Friday at the Ocean Shores Convention Center, where an estimated 500 of people will gather over the three days of the 10th annual conference.
EDITOR’S NOTE — And so tonight, Washington state’s Republicans and their corporate sponsors will cozy up to one of their heroes, a man who’s toxic hatred of government exemplifies why we live in a country where elected leaders think they can just shut down the government and nobody will care, or be harmed.
LOCAL
► BREAKING from The Columbian — Vancouver Public Schools narrowly avoids support staff strike — Vancouver Public Schools and its support staff union announced a tentative agreement at about 12:30 a.m. Friday, clearing the way for schools to open. The Vancouver Association of Educational Support Professionals will not strike after all, and the details of the agreement will be released following the ratification of the contract, a district news release said.
► In today’s Columbian — Vancouver, Evergreen school levies: Mission ‘critical’
THIS WASHINGTON
► From The Stranger — New bill threatens to eliminate jobs for hair stylists in Washington state — The bill, SB 5326, would seemingly make it illegal for salons to lease out booth spaces to independent stylists. The reasoning behind it is opaque, it could be well-intentioned but misguided progressivism. Sen. Karen Keiser (D-Kent) has announced that, in response to concerns about the legislation, she is “going back to the drawing board” where SB 5326 is concerned.
EDITOR’S NOTE — As the latest WSLC Legislative Update points out, “Some choose to work as independent contractors by selling products to friends and family from their home, or by renting booths in a salon or a barbershop. SB 5513/HB 1515 ensures they could continue to do so. The legislation explicitly carves out their arrangements as legal.”
► In today’s (Everett) Herald — House unanimously approves bill revising Initiative 940 — Lawmakers passed HB 1064 containing revisions agreed upon by sponsors of the initiative, De-Escalate Washington, and representatives of law enforcement groups that opposed it.
DRAIN-THE-SWAMP UPDATE
► In today’s Washington Post — Paul Manafort in court to face Mueller probe allegations he lied after pleading guilty
THAT WASHINGTON
► From Safety and Health Magazine — Citing privacy concerns, OSHA to roll back electronic recordkeeping requirements — “This rollback … allows employers to hide their injury records and keep workers, the public and OSHA in the dark about dangerous conditions in American workplaces,” AFL-CIO Director of Safety and Health Peg Seminario said. “This backward action flies in the face of recommendations from the National Academy of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine and the public health community strongly endorsing the collection and use of this injury data for prevention.”
NATIONAL
EDITOR’S NOTE — Are you ready to stand up for the common good? Are you ready to get paid fairly for your hard work? Get more information about how you can join together with co-workers and negotiate a fair return for your hard work. Or go ahead and contact a union organizer today!
T.G.I.F.
► The Entire Staff of The Stand wishes a very happy birthday to Alicia Augello Cook, better known as Alicia Keys. Raised in NYC’s Hells Kitchen by Teresa Augello, a single mother who often worked three jobs to provide for her daughter, Keys says she “learned how to survive” from her mother’s example of tenacity and self-reliance. She recalls her mother playing jazz records of Thelonious Monk, Billie Holiday, Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong, which kindled her interest in and emotional connection to music. Keys’ mother encouraged her to participate in music, dance, theater, gymnastics and other extracurricular activities, so she could “find her muse” and stay out of trouble in a dangerous neighborhood. Keys did, and the world is a better place because of it. So on her daughter’s birthday, this one goes out to Teresa Augello — who is now an actress (and SAG-AFTRA member) and goes by Terria Joseph — one of many Superwomen.
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