Sunday, January 4, 2009
MichaelMoore.com : Archive
MichaelMoore.com : Archive: "On the morning of September 11, 2001, “in the plush setting of the Ritz-Carlton hotel in Washington, DC, the Carlyle Group was holding its annual international investor conference. Frank Carlucci, James Baker III, David Rubenstein, William Conway, and Dan D’Aniellow were together, along with a host of former world leaders, former defense experts, wealthy Arabs from the Middle East, and major international investors as they terror played out on television. There with them, looking after the investments of his family was Shafiq bin Laden, Osama bin Laden’s estranged half-brother. George Bush Sr. was also at the conference, but Carlyle’s spokesperson says the former president left before the terror attacks, and was on an airplane over the Midwest when flights across the country were grounded on the morning of September 11. In any circumstance, a confluence of such politically complex and globally connected people would have been curious, even newsworthy. But in the context of the terrorist attacks being waged against the United States by a group of Saudi nationals led by Osama bin Laden, the group assembled at the Ritz-Carlton that day was a disconcerting and freakish coincidence.” Dan Briody, The Iron Triangle, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2003, p. 139-140. See also, Melanie Warner, “What do George Bush, Arthur Levitt, Jim Baker, Dick Darman, and John Major Have in Common? (They All Work for the Carlyle Group),” Fortune, March 18, 2002,"
CorpWatch : US: Wal-Mart Bank faces tough opposition
CorpWatch : US: Wal-Mart Bank faces tough opposition: "The FDIC hasn't issued a comment on the letters.
Wal-Mart spokesman Marty Heires said the company hopes that 'people understand the scope of the [proposed] bank operation' and insisted that the company, which has 1,100 third-party bank branches already in its stores and 300 more commitments to open branches, isn't interested in opening branches of its own.
The Independent Community Bankers of America, which is leading the charge against the formation of a Wal-Mart bank, isn't buying it.
'Fifteen years ago, Wal-Mart said it had no designs on the grocery business and 20 years ago, they said they had no designs on the hardware business but now they dominate both businesses,' said ICBA president and chief executive Camden Fine. 'You have to judge future action based on past record.'"
Wal-Mart spokesman Marty Heires said the company hopes that 'people understand the scope of the [proposed] bank operation' and insisted that the company, which has 1,100 third-party bank branches already in its stores and 300 more commitments to open branches, isn't interested in opening branches of its own.
The Independent Community Bankers of America, which is leading the charge against the formation of a Wal-Mart bank, isn't buying it.
'Fifteen years ago, Wal-Mart said it had no designs on the grocery business and 20 years ago, they said they had no designs on the hardware business but now they dominate both businesses,' said ICBA president and chief executive Camden Fine. 'You have to judge future action based on past record.'"
Meet The Carlyle Group - Former World Leaders and Washington Insiders Make Billions from the War on Terrorism
Meet The Carlyle Group - Former World Leaders and Washington Insiders Make Billions from the War on Terrorism: "EXPOSED: The Carlyle Group
48 minute Real Player video ~ watch now"
EXPOSED: The Carlyle Group48 minute Real Player video ~ watch now
48 minute Real Player video ~ watch now"
EXPOSED: The Carlyle Group48 minute Real Player video ~ watch now
Get WalMart of Government medical insurance!
http://www.brasschecktv.com/page/394.html
Welcome to the Snitch State According to Fortune Magazine, Wal-Mart is now the world's biggest private employer dwarfing other US mega-employers like the US Postal Service, McDonald's, and IBM.
Although it's practically a state secret within the much-propagandized US, Wal-Mart is known worldwide for its brutal labor practices.
Not bad if your frame of reference is digging coal in aChinese coal mine, but certainly not what one would expect from a successful First World company.
http://www.brasschecktv.com/page/394.html
Wal-Mart's treatment of its employees is so egregious that many countries, including China, would not let Wal-Mart do business within their borders unless the company permitted its in-country labor force to be unionized.
Slaves on the Chinese side making the stuff and slaves on the US side stocking the shelves and running the cashregisters. The perfect New World Order enterprise.
It's reported that when Sam Walton founder of the company died, his good friend, George H.W. Bush, the president's father, openly wept. I believe it.
Welcome to the Snitch State According to Fortune Magazine, Wal-Mart is now the world's biggest private employer dwarfing other US mega-employers like the US Postal Service, McDonald's, and IBM.
Although it's practically a state secret within the much-propagandized US, Wal-Mart is known worldwide for its brutal labor practices.
Not bad if your frame of reference is digging coal in aChinese coal mine, but certainly not what one would expect from a successful First World company.
http://www.brasschecktv.com/page/394.html
Wal-Mart's treatment of its employees is so egregious that many countries, including China, would not let Wal-Mart do business within their borders unless the company permitted its in-country labor force to be unionized.
Slaves on the Chinese side making the stuff and slaves on the US side stocking the shelves and running the cashregisters. The perfect New World Order enterprise.
It's reported that when Sam Walton founder of the company died, his good friend, George H.W. Bush, the president's father, openly wept. I believe it.
WalMart Workers for Union!
http://www.dsausa.org/lowwage/walmart/war_on%20Workers.html
WAL-MART'S WAR ON WORKERS: FRONTLINE REPORT FROM NEVADA AND INDIANA
CASE DEEPENS AGAINST WAL-MART
Retail Giant Faces Trial for Illegal Campaign to Suppress Worker Rights
The nation's largest retailer is quickly becoming the nation's biggest violator of worker rights. Wal-Mart faces two new National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) complaints for its illegal campaign of intimidation, harassment and retaliation against workers attempting to organize with the United Food and Commercial Workers Union (UFCW) in Las Vegas, Nevada, and Noblesville, Indiana.
Las Vegas, the nation's most unionized community, is ground zero for Wal-Mart's war on workers. For two years, workers from Wal-Mart Supercenters and Sam's Club stores have been working together to organize for a voice on the job for better wages, benefits and working conditions. Wal-Mart's union-busting "People Division" has continued to break the law to silence the Las Vegas workers despite having lost three major trials with multiple charges. Wal-Mart settled a fourth case to avoid a trial.
The latest victims of Wal-Mart's war on workers are fighting back. Following an NLRB investigation of worker charges, the government has charged that Wal-Mart managers:
Told associates their union activities were being monitored;
Asked associates to spy on co-workers on behalf of the company;
Refused to allow distribution of union literature and confiscated materials from employees; and
Threatened workers who accepted union literature;
Wal-Mart will face trial on these new charges in Las Vegas is scheduled for March 6, 2003.
Workers in Noblesville, Indiana are fighting back against similar injustices. The NLRB investigation of Wal-Mart's actions resulted in a complaint charging that Wal-Mart managers:
Carried out surveillance on its workers;
Interrogated workers about union activities;
Threatened workers with reprisals including loss of profit sharing due to union activity; and
Attempted to buy-off workers with increased hours, promises, and tokens in order to discourage support for the union.
Wal-Mart faces trial on April 7, 2003 in Indianapolis on these charges.
These two new complaints bring the total number of Labor Board cases against Wal-Mart to 45 complaints in 25 states. Wal-Mart has been found guilty in 10 of those cases, settled 8 of them and the rest are pending.
"Two-thirds of Wal-Mart workers can't afford the company's health insurance. While workers and their families suffer, Wal-Mart spends millions of dollars on lawyers and union busters to keep them from having a voice at work. Clearly, this is a company that prefers to break the law and put corporate greed above worker need," said Michael Leonard, UFCW Executive Vice President and Director of Strategic Programs.
For more information, contact Greg Denier 202-466-1591, Jill Cashen at 202-728-4797 or email press@ufcw.org
Copies of the NLRB complaints are available on www.ufcw.org
WAL-MART'S WAR ON WORKERS: FRONTLINE REPORT FROM NEVADA AND INDIANA
CASE DEEPENS AGAINST WAL-MART
Retail Giant Faces Trial for Illegal Campaign to Suppress Worker Rights
The nation's largest retailer is quickly becoming the nation's biggest violator of worker rights. Wal-Mart faces two new National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) complaints for its illegal campaign of intimidation, harassment and retaliation against workers attempting to organize with the United Food and Commercial Workers Union (UFCW) in Las Vegas, Nevada, and Noblesville, Indiana.
Las Vegas, the nation's most unionized community, is ground zero for Wal-Mart's war on workers. For two years, workers from Wal-Mart Supercenters and Sam's Club stores have been working together to organize for a voice on the job for better wages, benefits and working conditions. Wal-Mart's union-busting "People Division" has continued to break the law to silence the Las Vegas workers despite having lost three major trials with multiple charges. Wal-Mart settled a fourth case to avoid a trial.
The latest victims of Wal-Mart's war on workers are fighting back. Following an NLRB investigation of worker charges, the government has charged that Wal-Mart managers:
Told associates their union activities were being monitored;
Asked associates to spy on co-workers on behalf of the company;
Refused to allow distribution of union literature and confiscated materials from employees; and
Threatened workers who accepted union literature;
Wal-Mart will face trial on these new charges in Las Vegas is scheduled for March 6, 2003.
Workers in Noblesville, Indiana are fighting back against similar injustices. The NLRB investigation of Wal-Mart's actions resulted in a complaint charging that Wal-Mart managers:
Carried out surveillance on its workers;
Interrogated workers about union activities;
Threatened workers with reprisals including loss of profit sharing due to union activity; and
Attempted to buy-off workers with increased hours, promises, and tokens in order to discourage support for the union.
Wal-Mart faces trial on April 7, 2003 in Indianapolis on these charges.
These two new complaints bring the total number of Labor Board cases against Wal-Mart to 45 complaints in 25 states. Wal-Mart has been found guilty in 10 of those cases, settled 8 of them and the rest are pending.
"Two-thirds of Wal-Mart workers can't afford the company's health insurance. While workers and their families suffer, Wal-Mart spends millions of dollars on lawyers and union busters to keep them from having a voice at work. Clearly, this is a company that prefers to break the law and put corporate greed above worker need," said Michael Leonard, UFCW Executive Vice President and Director of Strategic Programs.
For more information, contact Greg Denier 202-466-1591, Jill Cashen at 202-728-4797 or email press@ufcw.org
Copies of the NLRB complaints are available on www.ufcw.org
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