LEFT: In a May 1 celebration of his arrival, new MPS Supt. Gregory Thornton receives gifts from children at Fratney school as dozens of other schools showed off their artistic talents. RIGHT: Representing Gwen Moore, aide Khalif Rainey speaks April 28 at Workers Memorial Day. Listening at Zeidler Park was Sheila Cochran, chief operating officer of MALC. FAR RIGHT: SEIU locals were among the unions supporting Frank Zeidler’s famous hat immigration reform and criticizing was passed among the Bay Arizona’s new law aimed at peo- View Tragedy crowd May 2 by ple of color at an enormous rally daughter Anita. See Page 4. May 1. Stories Page 2 and 6-8.

Vol. 70, No. 5 Thursday, May 27, 2010 In May, we found the values America has been seeking By Dominique Paul Noth, Editor, Labor Press his is not a lecture. It isn't about left or right, union versus none, or the usual gridlock that rules our news coverage. It's Trecognition of what actually dominated as late April and May unfolded. -- caring, mutual help, bravery facing a difficult future, balance, all the virtues that so many lament are absent from American society. Maybe the media didn't devote coverage, sidetracked again by loud fear over bright lights. Maybe those watching TV news -- or the cable talking heads that pass for news these days -- maybe if you were taken in by the repulsive blogs or extreme comments following news stories on Internet sites or fooled by the derisive tone that drives so much talk-radio, maybe you didn't notice. Our stories and photos did. t event after event, many scheduled against each other (not the same old subset that shows up in those staged-for-TV anger Arallies), there were crowds of a few dozen in some cases, sev- eral hundreds in others, thousands in yet more. They were young, old, poor, rich (even the immigration march had more white collar busi- nessmen than commentators noticed), all ethnic groups and political parties, joined in common causes and core values. They didn't intend to demonstrate how working together makes a difference, but they did. hey shared themes -- mainly the importance of children. You didn't have to the system that chose the new Keynote speaker Rep. Barbara Toles (top) addresses the gathering April 28 at Workers Memorial TMilwaukee public schools superintendent, Gregory Thornton, Day ceremonies at Zeidler Park. Laborers union workers and their families gather at the start of the to recognize the truth May 1 when he called the community to arms at May 1 immigration rally (middle) and a crowd of union workers, public officials and citizens who Marshall High School by noting that "a society that doesn't put edu- remember gather to sing Solidarity Forever May 2 (below) at the conclusion of the Bay View Tragedy. cating its children first is already lost." But at other events it was ado- Stories and photos on these spring events and more can be found inside. lescents from troubled homes and court proceedings who emerged as much more than worth salvaging, perhaps the very people who will lead the rest of us out of the wilderness. Or it was the young adults refused college scholarships because their parents carried them into this country as toddlers. utting care for others first also meant honoring the pioneers of change and the contemporary co-workers who lost their lives Pbecause we failed to protect them. It was also a month of recog- nizing important projects and even laws that make a difference, both seeded by volunteers. It was also a time to point out sources of help that exist alongside and often in spite of frayed public safety nets. This is the America we need back -- and this, you will discover as you wake up, is actually the America we have. Page 2 — AFL-CIO Milwaukee Labor Press, Thursday, May 27, 2010 www.milwaukeelabor.org Must we keep mourning? here is no such thing as an Twenty-nine coal miners upbeat moment to remem- died at a non-union mine operat- Tber those who died on the ed by Massey, a company noto- job or in the military. And there rious for violating safety rules almost couldn't have been a more (amid ongoing investigations of troubling time than April 28. illegal shortcuts and potential bribery). Eleven oil rig workers died in the Gulf Coast as ugly tar and oil continued to onto America's beaches from an off- Speaker Barbara Toles shore rig touted as key to Deaths on the jobs, particu- America's petroleum future. It larly so often caused by corporate was a BP enterprise, the British bottom-line evasions, are a clear company also infamous in cause of moral outrage for more OSHA circles for refinery disas- than just unions. Yet they are a Reverberating taps by Gerry ters -- and also under investiga- particular moral dilemma in a Keene (left) and Tom Schlueter tion. country devoted to capitalistic Workers Memorial Day This was the background at enterprise and to how making recalls how often that corporate The names of the the workers' own Milwaukee money is the foundation of creat- behavior translates into injury military who died in 2009 were park, decorated with miniature ing more and better jobs in a and death. One cannot read read by AFL-CIO Community gravestones for the occasion, as tough economy. reports from the Gulf waters or Services' Mike Balistriere, who well as the permanent tools décor Yes, management and labor the ground of West Virginia and is organizing the first all-union of Zeidler Union Square Park. disagree often across the bargain- not know this has been happen- Veterans Unit for the Memorial Before American Federation ing table about wages and bene- ing. Day Parade through downtown of Musicians Local 8 delivered fits. But unions, whose members Yet it is curious that unions unpassed or unenforced. She Milwaukee, Monday, May 31. an echoing taps, the speakers have suffered terribly in the eco- are leading these remembrances called on the assembled to help Call him at (414) 771-9829 or couldn't help conjuring up the nomic turndown, want companies across the county, just as it is their governments do better to email [email protected]. national circumstances. to succeed and convert gains into unions who channel the anger at end an attitude and system that more jobs and supporting Wall Street firms more concerned let people down out of selfish- careers. about getting rich than playing ness or neglect. Except too often that money fair with customers, leading "Lest We Forget." -- D.P.N. means more to management than marches right to the doors of the basic empathy and caring for exchange and organizing stock- your fellow man. holder protests. That's the rub. What if the You would think that the companies for profit undercut businesses that operate with intel- family supporting wages? What ligence and heart would be lead- if, to save money, companies cut ing the charge against their serial corners on materials and tech- shortcut brethren. niques and so jeopardize work- ilwaukee's keynote ers? What if that greed leads to speaker, state Rep. death? MBarbara Toles, is occa- sionally criticized for her laser- like focus on bills that provide more and better jobs, rather than the more esoteric concoctions of Wisconsin workers who died on headlines. the job in 2009 were read by Her talk was simple and Annie Wacker, Community largely apolitical. It dealt with Services organizer of the 21st the human tragedy behind every annual Health & Hygiene Drive, death, a family left behind, the which ends June 10, 771-9830 suffering relatives, the laws either or [email protected]. 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BVK JOB NO.: ks 1092 AR NAME/LOCATION: Megan-Milwaukee SHIPPED: DISK TO AR www.milwaukeelabor.org AFL-CIO Milwaukee Labor Press, Thursday, May 27, 2010 — Page 3 Strike of ‘69 reshaped city, union and MATC he first thing demonstrat- who walked the picket lines, the admiration of the students ed by the 26 veterans of soon to be joined by student pro- without these pioneers. The sur- TWisconsin's first teacher testers and some unions such as viving group, many of whom strike at a lavish reception and the UAW. The Milwaukee labor taught into the 1980s and have dinner at the Potawatomi Casino council also was a strong sup- stayed close to current faculty, was they haven't lost their sense porter, but some union leaders were applauded several times of humor or the insistence on who sat on the MATC board during the event. A strike with- basic facts that mark quality thought the strikers were dead out pay for 40 days in the dead teaching. wrong. So did an opposing group of Milwaukee winter was not As a selling point to help of teachers. So did both newspa- something expected from the gather more than 300 people to pers which demeaned the teach- teaching profession. Nor did the April 30, 2010 occasion, with ers and reported the untruth that other unions expect such solidar- its thoroughly researched chroni- the school continued to thrive. ity in the face of hoots and deri- cle of the local's fight and even a ut clearly the strike was sion. video history, Local 212 of the working. In the end, the Several AFT members of American Federation of Teachers Bboard gave in on key today said these pioneers have promoted the 40 day walkout in issues and approved significant made bargaining much easier for the dead of winter by the faculty input on curriculum, the end of them and respect far more basic. of the Milwaukee Area Technical They froze for 40 unpaid days on the picket line, so the least their time clocks and hall duties, pro- Several of those strike veterans College as a "40 Year admiring teacher colleagues could do was let the strike veterans fessional treatment, grievance and their families were touched Anniversary Celebration." hit the sumptuous buffet line first at the dinner in their honor. procedures, and a future road to by how many of their colleagues still remember and value their "Dummies," scoffed one also narrates the video. not earn bargaining rights under professional development, It also service. strike veteran, and yes, he did But they would have been the law until 1964, but their provided strong wages, particu- "Forty Days That Forged a teach math. "It was 1969! That's amused at how simply rounding efforts to share in classroom larly after researchers uncovered Union" as a 35-minute video full 41 years." Of course, Local off the year as a promotional issues seemed to cause the com- money the school had long of images of the era is online at President Michael Rosen knew device galvanized discussions munity board to balk and resist claimed it didn't have. video.matc.edu/mulvenna/strike. that and acknowledged it in his among the strike veterans at the talking to them. Five years of The teachers of today know asx remarks and so did executive VP dinner in their honor in the fighting the MATC board for they wouldn't have the voice of -- Dominique Paul Noth Charlie Dee who helped Adam Woodland Dreams Ballroom. such shared governance came in the administration and frankly Briehan research the history and Accuracy is important to an era of social change and tre- these teachers, because it was a mendous growth for the school. troubling time of half-truths. The The response at MATC was to public didn't understand then but try to control the teachers more the strike clearly formed a union by limiting their role. The with an important voice in the school insisted on teachers MATC classrooms today and a punching time clocks, monitor- professional relationship with ing lunches and rebuffed any deans and administration that efforts at professional input. once tried to dismiss teachers as They made "absolutely final hall monitors and hired student offers" and said all the teachers restrainers. cared about was money, ignoring The union's feistiness how the teachers kept turning occurred in the boiling 1960s down raises for more respect. Poster memories of their time when, among other things, That resulted in the 1969 on the picket line greeted such Father Groppi led open housing strike in the dead of winter. It strike veterans as (top to bot- marches in Milwaukee and stu- caused great physical suffering tom below) Carston Koeller, Al dents fought against war. Though as well as emotional devastation More than 300 guests applauded the stories and the attending Krahn and Jim Hall. charted in 1930, Local 212 did to the families of the core 300 survivors of the teachers strike.

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Larry Penn, whose songs are a staple of the event, moved the crowd before keynote speaker David Newby (left) fired them up with a call for tougher mobilization. t first it seemed that what is known and remembered tion or obstruction, enact the but it also demoralizes those of growing power of capital, capi- David Newby would each year as the Bay View reforms and institute the pro- us whose values and goals are in tal which is determined to pro- Asimply remember the Tragedy. grams that we elected them to direct conflict with theirs. tect its privilege and to set in sacrifice and struggle 125 years It was a fight for simple carry out. "But if we do become stone its ability to control our ago that led to the eight-hour worker rights that the newspa- "How wrong and short- demoralized, demobilized, destiny." day. Success of the national pers of the time regarded as sub- sighted we have been! We immobilized -- it's our own ewby's grim warning and effort, he recalled, included versive and un-American. Of should have realized that elector- fault. It is based in our own col- call to action were a nec- thousands who marched in course, that extreme media view al victory is just the beginning. lective shortsightedness- our Nessary counterpoint to a Milwaukee, seven of whom died led to a complete changing of the We should have been in the lack of understanding of the lovely tranquilizing afternoon. at the hands of the state militia in power structure in Milwaukee streets the day after elections power of our adversaries." A larger than usual crowd and the state within 30 years. demanding rapid action on our Our forbearers did not make lolled on the ground at the small And then in his keynote agenda. The day after the inau- the same mistake, Newby point- park, or stood in close attention, speech May 2 in front of the guration we should have been in ed out. basking and participating in the flowering peach trees and state the streets in numbers never "It took over 50 years before familiar ballads and call to soli- marker at Superior and Russell before seen in this country! the 8-hour day actually became darity of folksinger Larry Penn. in Bay View, the long-time presi- "If we had had the fore- law. We are the inheritors, the They applauded the public offi- dent of the state AFL-CIO sight to do that, we could have beneficiaries, of those who cials and pioneer leaders of seemed to liken the success of changed American politics for struggled, fought, and died social progress on the scene, the eight-hour fight to the eupho- many decades to come. Because before us. So what we do today, along with many newcomers. ria unions felt in 2008 when they that would have demonstrated the struggles we wage, while the Frank Zeidler, the Socialist swept a new president and that we understood that while needs are immediate -- the victo- mayor who helped guide these Congress into power. institutional victory through elec- ries may not come for many proceedings, passed away in But then Newby apologized tions is necessary -- it is mas- years. 2006. His widow, Agnes, left us to the activists of today and the sive and impassioned movements "But it is also true that there last year. But daughters Mary pioneers of yesteryear. that are even greater threats to is a special urgency today," and Anita were there to lay the "We had great - and justified the status quo. Newby added, and the numbers wreath, read the names of the - expectations!" he recalled of "Both institutional electoral suggest victory is within our Bay View victims and pass the Longtime organizer and Frank 2008. "But stupidly (in hindsight victory and massive movement grasp. "The urgency today is hat for donations as Frank so Zeidler colleague Ken -- certainly for me) we thought mobilization are necessary to rooted in the incredible and often did. Germanson welcomes the larg- that once we won these crucial give birth to fundamental change er than usual crowd, recalling elections, those we elected and to neutralize (even if tempo- Mays when the weather was would, on their own initiative rarily) the power of capital and not so pleasant. and without significant opposi- the brutalizing arrogance of the rich and powerful." t is still not too late if we believe, Newby also pointed Iout. "Despite the fact that their primary party is out of power, their money and influ- ence still control the political process," he warned. "Their abil- ity to obstruct, to delay, to distort, to weaken, and even to prevent significant change not only leaves their power intact -- In the crowd (with Supervisor Marina Dimitrijevic behind them) were Mary (left) and Anita Zeidler, while Judge Joan and Assembly member Fred Kessler listened from the grass.

EmployEEs arE rEprEsEntEd By: Workers United LocaL 122 (414) 271-0290 www.milwaukeelabor.org AFL-CIO Milwaukee Labor Press, Thursday, May 27, 2010 — Page 5 How funding steps up to lead and restore us By Dominique Paul Noth Among the honorees for ty loathing. While many in Editor, Labor Press unique insight were restorative Wisconsin gave up, washed their favorite coalition of the justice leader Dave Lerman hands of young people or even union community and a (below) and Pam Fendt, shown blamed them, enter Lerman and Asuccessful project to dining with husband Patrick the commitment to the power of reclaim troubled youth were both and son William. restoration and healing, which he honored by Wisconsin leaders in has taught in classes and work- an organization that knows quite shops extending even to foreign a bit about leadership. shores. The occasion at the beauti- Some beneficiaries of his fully arrayed top floor of the devotion and faith in them -- Milwaukee Public Market April students from Custer and Vincent 29 was also an unintended high schools, Jabash and reminder of how the market's Sylvanus -- shared their person- financial fortunes have improved al experiences with Lerman and since it largely abandoned unpre- a bit of his practical tools, a pared food to become a moder- demonstration unexpected by the ately high-scale vendor for pre- honoree. Suddenly the guests pared food -- and rents out and Justice project and also an assis- were turned into guinea pigs as caters the top floor for special tant Milwaukee district attorney the students made people stand events, as it did for the of considerable eloquence and up, pick some other guests they Wisconsin Community Fund. personal inspiration. His com- didn't know, share details of their The Fund is a long-term mitment to troubled youth has lives and concerns and simply effort the citizenry needs to helped improve circumstances start a dialog. It was a taste of know more about. With little that also troubled the Good Jobs how Lerman opens people up, ment tax incentives to businesses Ordinance, a series of commit- self-promotion it dispenses real people when they started. noted MPS teacher Michael and how they could be leveraged ments to family-supporting money and influential publicity conomic distress may be Hoffman who discussed how to encourage residential employ- wages and basic community ben- for small resourceful agents of new to many in the US Lerman could get students to ment, decent wages and basic efits beyond the Park East, wher- community change. Looking given the white collar explore anger and problems as benefits. ever the city invests a million E over the organizations that have bubbles of disaster in housing they had never done before. From this was born two last- dollars or more in taxpayer benefited from its largesse, there and on Wall Street in 2008, and ing changes. One is the Park East money to private enterprise. is big truth in its slogan: "27 the required bailouts of banks covenant. While the economy There is a potential echo impact Years of Change Not Charity." and auto companies, but it has even today has shown slow of that approach in even smaller April 29 brought well- hardly been new to Milwaukee's development in this vital down- TIFS but all TIFs obviously earned recognition to the Good central city, Kraig noted, where town region, perhaps further require groups like Good Jobs to Jobs and Livable Neighborhoods manufacturing has evaporated, delayed by conflicts between city keep a careful watch on the Coalition, Grantee of the Year opportunities crumbled, white officials who resisted community games the city plays in its own (it received $7,000 earlier from weakened the economic benefits and county officials who business relationships. The ordi- the fund), and to an individual, basis, drugs abounded, and job- owned most of the eland, Good nance gives the community the David Lerman, who reflects a lessness and despair became Jobs persevered. teeth to bite in. lifetime commitment to social entrenched for decades. ow the coalition looks What Fendt did -- along justice through a unique The poverty, broken homes pretty darn smart. with departed activists such as Milwaukee public schools proj- and everyday violence obviously Insisting on high stan- Jennifer Epps (now studying in ect. N did more to cause failing schools dards and local employment sent Madison for her law degree) and Several hundred people that anything happening in the some questionable companies Todd Sprewer who attended -- attended this event., among them schools, but it became up to away but was hardly a negative, was galvanize residential support union leaders, artists, educators, those schools to rescue young as the area is attracting better and community and political lawyers, community activists, people from anger and communi- MPS students lead guests in a companies willing to put their action around the goal.. It was retirees, public officials and civic restorative justice exercise. own skin into the game. Leaving quite a change in public policy leaders committed to progress in aside the rewards for businesses, that could provide even longer- our community. In the vast Fendt has long insisted on quick- range benefits, as Kraig recount- crowd you could spot such diver- er rewards for the community, ed. Fendt modestly accepted the sity as Democratic bigwig which should benefit from such award on behalf of her co-work- Martha Love and Debbie Davis, TIFs (tax incremental financing) ers and urged the community to now head of Riverwest's new not just in future property tax but continue meaningful progress. Time Exchange (bartering ser- also in ongoing employment. Kraig mentioned something vice) but best known to the labor Good Jobs turned quickly to else in his introduction of Fendt community as Rosie the Riveter, working with religious and union that inadvertently tied in to the the stiltwalker for Laborfest groups and sympathetic alder- honor being given to Lerman, a Parades. men to develop the MORE leader in the MPS Restorative Robert Kraig was handed the mike by emcee Paul Nannis, former city health commissioner, to provide a succinct history of just how innovative the Good Jobs coalition had been (one rea- son it is now part of his Wisconsin Citizen Action’s umbrella) under former leader Pam Fendt, who now heads the Green Jobs initiatives for the Wisconsin Laborers union. In 2003, Kraig noted, few in America realized how vital the government role could be in economic stimulus. "Hard to realize that now," he laughed, but it wasn't even on the radar then - - except to innovators like Good Jobs and Fendt, a UWM research expert who realized how focused government resources and well- placed ideas could revitalize so much of the community. One way was to look at the govern- Page 6 — AFL-CIO Milwaukee Labor Press, Thursday, May 27, 2010 www.milwaukeelabor.org Gala recharges MPS ivisiveness was banished along with his co-emcee, the Doyle tactic went down in from the halls of the Cassandra, had been unceremoni- disarray within his own party, DMarshall Academic ously dumped by WMCS 1290, a though several Milwaukee legis- Campus, as it is now known. loss of responsible community lators offered desperate compro- Calls for desperately-needed forum that many in the auditori- mises. cooperation took center stage at um openly regretted and said ecently, still looking to the auditorium May 1 for a three again and again they want to help and give the state hour celebration of the impor- reverse. Rsuperintendent more clout tance of children and a welcome Without much detail, with schools that are deemed fail- to the new superintendent of McNally mentioned the MPS ing based on still questionable Milwaukee public schools, dustups, which included Gov. test results and other measuring Gregory Thornton. Doyle and Mayor (now maybe sticks, the Democratic controlled Several speakers conjured up future Gov.) Barrett pushing for legislature did throw Doyle a Vel Phillips, Gwen Moore and Barbara Toles (with school board as informal slogan the remark the mayor to take charge of MPS, lame-duck bone. member Terry Falk visible behind them) applauded the student that had been a constant refrain relegating the elected school It's a fairly benign bone performers and the new superintendent. of Rep. Gwen Moore (D-Wis.) at board to a minor role. Neither the emphasizing the state schools and how. But step back for a "If you want to see a failed every turn of the ongoing debate state legislature nor the involved superintendent as a gateway to moment What the Marshall event school," she reminded the crowd, about how to run the Milwaukee public went along with the con- pressuring change, but it contains surely demonstrated again and "it's one without an arts pro- pubic schools and where the cept, and while there may be one provision still likely to again was how well most princi- gram." And it is such training power should lie. That refrain: some openness to change the way engender controversy. The legis- pals and teachers, along with par- that’s under the knife as the MPS "All hands on deck!" and times of year the school lature simply mandated the end ents and students, do work cuts teachers and special pro- And May 1 was about the board's nine members are elected, to tenure for principals, some- together. grams to protect the math, sci- need for such a promise to the thing the teachers would have The new superintendent ence and reading the legislature future among sometime warring howled had it been done to them. couldn't have found such a first is fixated on. politicians, educators, parents, Another irony was that such ten- class presentation if they didn't. It You might wonder if we children and the community at ure was on its way out in any reminds all sides, one teacher continue to fail our children by large. Now all hands were being case, given any version of who told me, "Why local school staffs taking away the arts and extra- told to show up and pull together. controls the future of MPS. The should be cautious about any curriculars because they are not They were told largely in new bill needlessly upset several power given to Madison." central to America's mission in and dance by impressive children unions other than the teachers hat the MPS really the world. Aren't they? The and school staffs. since it gave the legislature con- needs from the state, Custer High Drum Line included Still, several ironies should trol of what has traditionally been Wmany at the Marshall several members who are college not escape attention, though only a bargaining issue. gathering suggested, was the bound on academic ability. The one of the moderators spoke The principals have a union, money long promised to run an championship Vincent High openly and comfortably about the so do the teachers, and each side urban school system correctly. School girls' basketball team past disputes (citing past exis- is judged by different standards Obviously, some disputes introduced on the stage included tence to try to make them stay and seeks separate authority. So still continue in the background. top academics and college buried). That moderator was Joel they are sometimes in conflict Out front, though, the big one has careers beyond athletic scholar- McNally, the outspoken colum- Moderator Joel McNally over contractual controls and clearly diminished. The MPS ships. The impish youngsters of nist and radio commentator who, served as truth-teller. who should run a troubled school board gets to choose its CEO. the 35th St. School Choir and the And here's another irony: Vieau School dancers are also the While it is too early to know best classroom workers. what sort of a superintendent The same academic realities Thornton will be, on paper by underlay performances by the every measure of accomplish- MPS citywide African drum and ment, intellect and concern he dance ensemble, the Morse con- actually fits like a glove with cert band positioned in front of what Doyle, Barrett and even the the stage, the Milwaukee Youth Obama administration would Symphony Orchestra jazz ensem- clearly want, So it was notable ble, the High School of the Arts that while cooperation filled soul dancers, and the Hmong Marshall, absent were prominent American Peace Academy danc- representatives from the three ers. Will cutting such training leading candidates for governor. make better thinkers and citi- One of them will have to work zens? closely with Thornton and the Adults also got into the MPS board and its unanimously entertainment act with a rousing re-elected president, Michael gospel-tinged invocation by the Bonds. At least if you agree with Majestic Community Choir. Moore that all hands should be asking in all this was on deck for the children. Thornton, who was also None of that should distract Bwelcomed by adult from the unity theme and the speeches and by gifts from chil- enthusiasm of those in atten- dren. Even after several hours, he dance, including state legislators was facing a crowd hanging on who had been in occasional dis- his first public talk, even if it was agreement, by high level aides of only five minutes. the state superintendent, by a This was not a place to detail majority of the MPS board, and policy, but Thornton still touched administrators, parents and teach- on the frantic need to do much ers -- even many whose children better in reading and he worried weren't performing. about the troubled neighborhoods Departing superintendent, "where too many kids are in William Andrekopoulos offered a charge of running the house- warm welcome to his July holds." replacement. Even the term But it was largely a warm, "mayoral" had departed from the hands-open pep talk, filled with name of the sponsoring group, humor, compassion, strong fami- now simply the Coalition to Stop ly roots and mastery or language the MPS Takeover. and ideas that will serve him Called to the stage, Moore well. slyly introduced the real concern It was also a raw plea to the in providing the sufficient fund- entire community: ing and sufficient insight into "Help me save our babies." achievement. --D.P.N. www.milwaukeelabor.org AFL-CIO Milwaukee Labor Press, Thursday, May 27, 2010 — Page 7 Clearly these kids should be seen AND heard By Dominique Paul Noth Caught backstage,: The chil- Editor, Labor Press Comment dren of 35 St. Choir and the s student after student dancers from Vieau School. displayed their dancing, Adrumming and musical talents at the Marshall Academic Campus welcome to new MPS Superintendent Gregory Thornton, one enthusiastic pre- senter gushed, "If we could take these kids on the road, we could solve our money problems over- night." I'm not sure. These students are talented and disciplined and well motivated by extraordinary teachers, but I've put 10 students through the MPS system (nine of against illegal immigrants "if all them my own) and I understand word "UNDOCUMENTED" the immigrants looked liked full well the politics of school proudly stenciled in black. me." assembly programs, which are Another student wearing Listen to the kids. Look past always too long, always two that shirt discussed how his younger siblings, born in this their anger. Restore their hope. extended numbers when one but encouraging ever narrower performing to have this impact. country, had full rights as citi- You might learn something. short one would do. citizens who lack flexible lives At other events, they could be zens but because he was a tod- This event was perfect for a and pretend to be educated. Until fascinating, riding their bikes and dler when his parents fled new superintendent but in an era the chosen career abandons imitating the speakers behind the repression in South America, he of "American Idol," overly held them. stage at the immigration rally. may have the grades to go to high notes, heightened electronic We need to appreciate chil- And sometimes their uncen- college but is denied the special cacophony and acrobatic extrem- dren as instruments of their own sored insights spoke volume financial aid of his fellow grad- ity on the dance floor, I suspect potential rather than future about the disappointment of uates from a Milwaukee high these kids who get an under- instruments of industry. That, adult public policy. Waiting in school, many with poorer grades served gong. Nor was that the more than anything else, should Mitchell Park for the immigra- and no skills in more than one real purpose of what is always to loom large wherever you tion rally to start, I met a young language. me an eye-opening experience -- encounter the kids, and it wasn't student, perhaps 12, whose At the same immigration joy in watching such dedication just at Marshall where they were mother he told me was afraid to rally, I met a redheaded, freck- from children we take for grant- the correct center of attention. come because "she didn't have led-faced Marquette student who ed in our community. t the Wisconsin papers." Moments later I saw wondered aloud if Arizona As a teacher, I can also see Community Fund event him sidle up in comfort to a would even have passed a law the future Beyonce in the AApril 29, the entertain- young adult wearing one of the ment was also provided by MPS forcing local police to act 12-year-old Hmong dancer, the simple white T-shirts with the Among the Hmong dancers. next Wynton Marsalis in the jazz students, spoken word artists ensemble, even the next Flip (read poets) representing a num- Wilson cutting up in the back ber of schools. They were intro- row of the chorus and the future duced by their first names -- Gene Krupa in the drum line. Shakia, Alexi, Niko, Armando, But what I also see is the Coco - and ranged from the well involved audience member for prepared to the impromptu. all such performers in the future There were minds and emotions and the rounded citizens to bring at work here. Even casual cultural insight and understand- observers would have been ing to a range of social issues. struck with the folly of dismiss- ou will find me in full ing such young people with all agreement with those the clichés of thoughtless, care- Ywho believe you can't less, untrustworthy, the full non- really teach math, science and sensical litany. reading without also teaching ranted, several were on drawing, acting, dancing, sing- their best behavior, ing, orchestration or whatever Ggranted that the young lights their fires. We are cutting have irrepressible emotions our own throats by cutting so- (thank heavens) and are not called "peripheral" programs that always controlled onstage or in not only give students the heart front of a camera, but the level to go to school but make them of articulation, thought, care, infinitely better at all these sub- casual ability, expression and jects. If you don't believe me, go belief in themselves remained Ernestine O’Bee J.C. Frazier into any school and look at the heart-stopping. 1907-2007 Funeral Director grades and test scores of those The kids didn't have to be engaged in the arts versus those “We are Setting New Standards for Funeral Services in our Community” who aren't. Look fast, because the arts programs are disappear- ing and probably taking the true Let us remember in our prayers the families of: students with them. The business community Mrs. Dorothy Bell Clayton, Milwaukee Public Schools itself is slowly beginning to real- Mrs. Annabelle Walker, Johnson Control ize some long-term limitations in programs that teach specific Mrs. Verneda Dismuke, U.S. Post Office skills for a specific job rather Mrs. Charlotte Birchfield, Milwaukee County than a rounded knowledge, what Mrs. Dorothy Carrington-Fields, Milwaukee Public Schools we used to call a liberal educa- tion. The price of all the for- Mr. William McNeal, A.O. Smith profit private schools, claiming Ms. Yolanda Allen-Shabazz, State of Wisconsin to be vocational or engineering but focused on a tight skill set Mr. Charles Rhodes, State of Wisconsin degree, is not just the danger of Mrs. Maudestine Holman, Ameritech siphoning off taxpayer money Page 8 — AFL-CIO Milwaukee Labor Press, Thursday, May 27, 2010 www.milwaukeelabor.org A suspicious fire smoked away planned speakers Indignation fuels May 1 rally such as Sheila Cochran but she paused to help lead Catholic priest Bill Brennan to his wheelchair and safety after he gave the invoca- tion. LEFT: Cat Reed was among the speakers who invigorat- ed thousands of marchers at the Mitchell Park stage.

t seemed disruptive mischief Difficulty of count increased as John McCain supported reform when a trash bin parked many folks joined and left along before he became threatened on Iagainst Voces de la Frontera the way, thousand dispersing just the extreme right. became a fireball May 1 just as before thousands more streamed resident Obama was push- speakers kicked off the annual over the hills to the stage at ing other legislation to go immigration reform event. Mitchell Park. Pfirst, but Latino voters are On the blotter it remained But two national issues were pushing right back, anxious to unexplained even 10 days later. boiling up the feelings on this convince him by an outpouring The impact was limited when a May 1. One was the changing of national support for reform. brave police officer pulled the fortunes of immigration legisla- Obama said out loud a month flaming bin away from the wall. tion in D.C. The other was, sim- ago that he feared Congress had The smoke, however, eliminated ply, Arizona. "no appetite" to try because of some introductory speakers at a Immigration reform would that partisanship. nearby stage on S. 5th St -- but establish a legal path to citizen- But Arizona and other strange law and the US Justice flight attendants, who were curtailing those speeches may ship for many long in the coun- events may have created the Department is investigating tak- among the 800 local workers the have speeded the event, laughed try who are willing to accept appetite, since in May Obama ing action, Arizona tried to company let go when it was one of the bumped speakers, penalties and end a shadow exis- said he wanted to do immigra- escape with an oops, modifying taken over by Republic/Frontier. MALC's Sheila Cochran. tence. It recognizes that most tion reform this year. the law ineffectually and con- Reed is now working on stronger So the marchers took off undocumented in America work There's a growing recogni- firming that it knew it had gone union representation for the with high spirits, this year not hard at jobs others seldom want, tion that goon enforcement mea- too far. Frontier flight attendants, and wending through Downtown or provide entrepreneurial oppor- sures don't work, Not as America ypassing any pretense of she pulled no punches in her dis- Milwaukee but taking a clear tunities that others don't have the sends more guns south that it balance in state and fed- taste for a law the “defies justice shot down National Ave. to skills to do, actually do pay taxes gets immigrants, not when walls Beral coordination, the and pulls families and communi- Mitchell Park, where food far more than they cost taxpayers designed to stop immigrants bill would give each Arizona law ties apart.” stands, American flags, music (by every respected survey) and have simply shifted children to enforcement office and public Many other speakers cham- and microphones were waiting. pay a high price in reduced drown in border reservoirs ("60 official the duty to determine and pioned reform, including Rep. Passion and turmoil tend to wages to keep their families Minutes" did a depressing enforce immigration law, even Gwen Moore. the new head of inflate numbers as well as con- together. expose). American trade policy transforming civil violations into the MATC, President Michael fusion. At one point the marchers There are bipartisan bills in has devastated farm work in Arizona criminal offenses where Burke, and state legislators Pedro were in tight rows sidewalk to the works and surprising agree- South America causing more to none exist under federal law. Color and Josh Zepnick. sidewalk, covering nine blocks, ment that the current laws are emigrate -- and let's confess, Local Arizona police are neither bsent public officials leading Voces to estimate 65,000 contradictory and unworkable. America's thirst for illicit drugs trained or want to be in racial drew hisses and jeers. but other experienced crowd There is also political impotence has confounded the legal reme- profiling and immigration herd- AOne was no surprise, mavens estimated about half that. and fear -- at one time even dies. ing. Even the Phoenix Suns pro- Rep. Jim Sensenbrenner, the Into this melee stepped tested by donning Cinco de Waukesha Republican who back Arizona with a law that even Mayo shirts in their playoff in 2005 offered a bill to jail or many conservatives concede is game. deport some 12 million immi- bad and probably more illegal Mexico and other US states- grants. The crowd clearly labeled than the immigrants it attacks, It and even cities such as him as the, er, illegitimate father clearly was the underpinning for Milwaukee have urged conven- of the Arizona bill. many speeches at the May 1 tions and organizations to avoid But boos also greeted every rally here -- anger at Arizona's Arizona as a destination. There reference to a local Democratic decision to turn local police into are calls for a boycott of state senator, Tim Carpenter, immigration agents unable to Arizona. regarded as a turncoat after he work with local communities. The gaps in national immi- announced and then reversed The language of the bill puts gration rules and the clearly support for such issues as limited every darker-skinned passerby racial tone of Arizona's laws are Driver IDs for foreign nationals in danger of local police atten- yet another case of attacking -- at a time when Latinos make tion. In Arizona, 30% of the pop- children and families, noted Cat up 42% of the state’s dairy work- ulation is Latino, many legal. Reed, one of the speakers at force. Even as Constitutional law- Mitchell Park and the union -- D.P.N. yers gathered to attack this leader of the Midwest Airlines

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262-884-4000 414-643-8800 3461117.eps;Page: www.TheOrthoInstitute.com 3461117 Document: Page 10 — AFL-CIO Milwaukee Labor Press, Thursday, May 27, 2010 www.milwaukeelabor.org The guest lists came from all walks of life everal sorts of diversity struck SLabor Press in the face during a mammoth round of mainly pos- itive events covered in this issue. Look at the people! Of course, union activists know several of them, but some are new, some qualify as famous, others are unknown agents of change and promise. So get the guests. And as you explore our stories, note how many places we found them in. Among the varied names found chatting at the Wisconsin Community Fund April 29: Retired DA E. Michael McCann with pup- pet troupe leader Max Samson and (right) ACLU’s Chris Ahmuty.

With leaders from Madison to his right, his own grown children around him, school board members and administrators at his back and (not visible) public officials and community leaders in the row in front, new MPS Supt. Gregory Thornton (brown suit) did not seem the least bit troubled at the celebration in his honor May 1.

A former SEIU leader who has emerged as a leading expert on Entertainment for this event was provided by a series of impres- health care legislation, Wisconsin sive spoken word poets from MPS (photos above). Citizen Action’s Robert Kraig shared a table with longtime friend, political director Matt Brusky. Below: Current DA John Chisholm was looking forward to a private lunch with union leaders.

At another table could be found: Linda Honold and her husband, Reynolds (she once chaired of the Wisconsin Democratic Party and now directs Wisconsin Voices, which advocates for progres- sive public policy with a number of emerging groups). Three veteran union leaders got together at the AFT reception honoring teacher strike veterans from 41 years ago. Left to right Women’s undies expose US tariffs are SEIU’s Bruce Coburn, Local 212 President Michael Rosen arcasm and invective you'll find aplenty at partisan web sites, but and Phil Neuenfeldt, state AFL-CIO secretary-treasurer. Swhat a pleasant surprise to find some hard research and a real sense of humor nestled at the Democratic Leadership Council's portal, www.www.dlc.org. Particularly when it uses female undies to explore tariffs. The DLC web columnist quickly debunks that focusing on wom- en's underwear is some sort of "sensational crowd-pleasing scandal." It actually makes a point about jumping to conclusions. At first blush, tariffs on intimate apparel suggest a startling tilt against women and girls. The simple numbers reveal that women's silks and cottons get tariff tax rate 0.2% higher than men's, and the premium is 0.7% on women's polyesters. No such tilt appears in the tariff systems of Europe, India, Japan, China and Mexico. This is no small profit deal.Llingerie tariffs brought in about $400 million in 2009 in a $21 billion tariff system, representing about two cents in each tariff dollar. Men's underwear? A limp $40 million. A closer look reveals a statistical anomaly rather than misogyny. Bathing suits reverse the tariffs -- higher for men and boys. Men's and women's shirts are taxed equally, as are leather jackets and pants. So there is no clear pro-man or pro-woman . But what the tariff pricing does reveal -- and women's undies draw attention to the reality -- is that the real tilt favors wealthy shop- pers against low-income families. Tariffs quietly discriminate against the less well-off in how they are set up. The current system is espe- cially regressive, since - in virtually all consumer goods, from plates and spoons to luggage, shirts and shoes -- rates are highest on cheap products like polyester and lowest on exotic luxuries like the silks. Tariffs on cars raised $1.2 billion, on oil and gasoline $210 mil- lion, on jewelry $182 million and on steel $50 million. In contrast, total clothing tariffs raised $8.3 billion in 2009 and shoes $1.7 billion. And which of the fiver major tax groups is costing low-income fami- lies the most? More than income, payroll, excise and estate -- tariffs tax low-income families at higher rates than middle-class and wealthy families, a bial that has sharpened in the last 20 years. www.milwaukeelabor.org AFL-CIO Milwaukee Labor Press, Thursday, May 27, 2010 — Page 11 New rules do ride rails his changes everything for air and rail workers. On May 10, after long deliberation and relentless resistance from transporta- Ttion CEOs, the National Mediation Board (NMB) agreed that choosing a union would have rules in line with democratic principles. For decades, the deck has been stacked against workers covered under the Rail Labor Act (RLA) because every worker who did not cast a vote in a representation election was automatically counted as a "No" vote. The new NMB rule says that an election's outcome will be decided by the majority of votes cast, just like every other election, from city council to the presidency. Patricia Friend, the departing president of the Flight Attendants- CWA (AFA-CWA), promised fresh filings within 30 days (when the new rules become effective) on the newly merged Delta-Northwest High or low, gotta cook! where the company has used the old rules to block majority vote. Celebrations can’t seem to exist without food, but that’s only Friend noted that for decades her flight attendants and other aviation the start of the choice. High cuisine or down home? Sell the and rail workers "have faced significant obstacles in their quest for food or give it away? APRI went with home-made fund-raising collective bargaining rights." April 30, selling 200 fish fry dinners by volunteers at Laborers Outdated voting procedures have fostered a unique culture of sup- Hall kitchen. The same day, Local 212 went with Potawatomi pression as companies understand that impeding union organizing catering, replete with groaning dessert trays and simmering hot merely requires preventing employees from voting. Employers and tables. Both were to die for. High cuisine ruled at the Milwaukee their outside union-busting companies have been allowed to engage Public Market and other events. But home-made vegetable and in the most undemocratic practices by openly encouraging workers to chicken dishes (below right) greeted guests at WisCOSH’s annu- destroy ballots and to not vote, the AFL-CIO has pointed out. al workers day meat at the Postal Workers Hall while , the immi- Those days are now over. The change in rules guarantees only gration rally (below) sold tickets for home style Mexican. workers who cast a vote will be counted - which ensures greater fair- ness in union elections and requires those opposed to unions to work just as hard as those who want a union, out in the open and requiring real votes. Janette Rook, AFA-CWA Northwest president, simply said: "Democracy won today." Calendar For updated master list of events, visit www.milwaukeelabor.org

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