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SEPT/OCT 2 0 1 2 INTERNATIONAL OFFICERS LAWRENCE J. HANLEY International President NEWSBRIEFS ROBERT H. BAKER International Executive Vice President OSCAR OWENS drivers demand more International Secretary-Treasurer protection. Local 1505 members working for have had enough. Recent stabbings and violent incidents on INTERNATIONAL VICE PRESIDENTS this year have convinced them to put a police LARRY R. KINNEAR force or its equivalent onboard buses. “We’re looking Ashburn, ON – [email protected] for a group [that] has the authority to detain, arrest JAVIER M. PEREZ, JR. and charge attackers,” says Local President Jim Kansas City, MO – [email protected] Girden. He also says there’s a need for more aggressive RICHARD M. MURPHY prosecution and stiffer penalties for those convicted of Newburyport, MA – [email protected] violent acts on Canadian transit systems. BOB M. HYKAWAY , AB – [email protected] WILLIAM G. McLEAN Acadian workers fight to save Reno, NV – [email protected] service. Members of Local 1229 working JANIS M. BORCHARDT for Acadian Coach Lines in Madison, WI – [email protected] have begun a letter campaign to save intercity bus PAUL BOWEN service in the Maritimes. Acadian announced it will Canton, MI – [email protected] cease operations on November 30, complaining it could KENNETH R. KIRK not make a profit serving the widespread provincial Lancaster, TX – [email protected] communities. The cancellation of service comes in the GARY RAUEN wake of a settlement with the local that ended a five- Clayton, NC – [email protected] month lockout earlier this year. MARCELLUS BARNES Flossmore, IL – [email protected] NJ Transit installs safety shields. Thanks RAY RIVERA to the hard work of the ATU NJ State Lilburn, GA – [email protected] Council, NJ Transit has installed safety YVETTE SALAZAR shields on 70 buses, and an estimated 1100 more Thornton, CO – [email protected] non-full service buses will receive them as well. The GARY JOHNSON, SR. barriers protect drivers from attacks but allow them to Cleveland, OH – [email protected] communicate with and collect from passengers. ROBIN WEST ATU members will be installing the shields over the Halifax, NS – [email protected] next two years. JOHN COSTA Kenilworth, NJ – [email protected] CHUCK WATSON Syracuse, NY – [email protected]

INTERNATIONAL REPRESENTATIVES INTERNATIONAL OFFICERS EMERITUS ANTHONY WITHINGTON International President Jim La Sala, ret. Sebastopol, CA – [email protected] International President Warren George, ret. DENNIS ANTONELLIS International Executive Vice President Ellis Franklin, ret. Spokane, WA – [email protected] International Executive Vice President Mike Siano, ret. CLAUDIA HUDSON Oakland, CA – [email protected] Subscription: USA and , $5 a year. Single copy: 50 cents. All others: $10 a year. Published bimonthly by the Amalgamated Transit Union, Editor: Shawn Perry, Designer: Paul A. Fitzgerald. Editorial Office: 5025 Wisconsin Ave., NW, Washington, DC STEPHAN MACDOUGALL 20016-4139. Tel: 1-202-537-1645. Please send all requests for address changes to the ATU Registry Dept. ISSN: 0019-3291. PUBLICATIONS MAIL AGREEMENT NO. 40033361. RETURN UNDELIVERABLE CANADIAN ADDRESSES TO: APC Postal IN TRANSIT | 3 Boston, MA – [email protected] Logistics, LLC, PO Box 503, RPO, West Beaver Creek, Richmond Hill ON L4B 4R6. September/October 2012 SEPT/OCT 2012 www.atu.org Vol. 121, No. 5

2 International Officers & General Executive Board NEWS Briefs LOCAL FILES GRIEVANCE OVER FERRY SERVICE CUTS 3 Index Page 4 Talks Break Down in Lockout - Again 4 5 International President’s Message: Will Unions Survive? 6 International Executive Vice President’s Message: Now It’s In Your Hands 7 International Secretary-Treasurer’s Message: Don’t Be Misled 8 Canadian Agenda: Pres Says Activism, Alliances Key to Restoring TTC Luster FIRED UP! READY TO GO! UNION SENDS ACTIVISTS 9 Hillary Clinton Lauds ATU, In Transit Magazine OUT TO ‘ROCK THE TRANSIT’ WORLD Transit Ridership Up, Congress Asleep at the Wheel 14 We Rocked It! Photo Collage 10 18 New Poll: Americans Support Investment to Increase Transportation Choices Today’s Bus ‘Not Your Father’s Bus’ 19 Business, Right-Wing Target State Court Elections 20 Indiana Demands School Bus Drivers Pay Back Summer Unemployment Benefits | FMSCA Issues Tire Pressure Warning After Two OBAMA BIDEN: GOOD FOR TRANSIT More Deadly Discount Operator Accidents 21 Milwaukee Drivers Say Paper Transfers Lead to Disputes, Assaults 16 Boston’s MBTA Uses Old Tunnel for First Responder Training 22 New Presidents, Financial Secretaries Receive Leadership Training 23 Where Have All the Pensions Gone? 24 The ATU 2012-2013 Scholarship Competition In Memory of Gunter Bruckner 25 Winnipeg Transit Driver’s Amazing Act of Kindness TORONTO LOCAL TO FIGHT PRIVATIZATION Stuns Passengers 26 120 Years Ago: ‘It Was a Long and Bitter Fight’ 25 27 Translations (French & Spanish) 30 In Memoriam 31 We Rocked It! Photo Collage (continued) 32 Save the Date: 57th International Convention

IN TRANSIT | September/October 2012 3 Halifax local files grievance over ferry service cuts

ust when you think you’ve got everything settled, Jsomething comes along to upset the apple cart all over again. That’s what seems to happening to Local508 members in Halifax, NS, who are filing a grievance with Metro Transit over expected late night cuts in ferry service. Local President Ken Wilson says that he believes that the ferry service reductions planned by the Halifax Regional Council violate a recently signed contract between management and the union that ended a 42-day strike earlier this year. “It has to do with them violating the contract, they can’t reduce the hours as far as I’m concerned” Wilson said.

Talks break down in Moncton lockout – again

alks between the locked out members of Local T1290 and in Moncton, NB, hit an impasse once again after three days of renewed negotiations collapsed in late September. The lockout began after the mayor and council refused to accept two different proposals from the local, and the city later offered even less than it had offered before. The local requested a third-party arbitrator, but the city said no. The negotiations have been hung up because of Codiac’s refusal to give its workers wages comparable to the pay of other city employees doing similar work. “We’ve given in on what the city has wanted in everything – in changes of efficiencies, overtime and savings,” says Local President George Turple who has renewed his call for binding arbitration.

4 September/October 2012 | IN TRANSIT IN TRANSIT | September/October 2012 5 LARRY HANLEY, INTERNATIONAL PRESIDENT

Will Unions Survive? Many asking that question.

hortly after you read this magazine a big question Our local officers are doing just that. In New York City, Sabout the future of unions will be decided at the polls Local 1181 is organizing parents of school children to in the United States. I am aware that a small group of our fight for better service, while Locals 689 and 1764 in members will vote for Republican leadership in the White Washington, DC, are organizing a whole city to fight House and Congress. privatization and new forms of segregation on public transit. In New Brunswick, Local 1229 is kicking the doors Like any democratic institution we have differing opinions. of the provincial government down and Moncton Local But one thing is clear: those of us who understand the 1290 is engaging riders in the struggle for a fair contract. connection between strong unions and regular people having a chance in the economy will be voting for Barack Obama. In Toronto, Local 113 continues to do exceptional work in getting the public on our side. In Washington state, President Obama is human and he differs with us on some issues. However, on the important questions of the right Memphis, Columbia, SC, and other cities our locals are we have to a contract, a living wage, pensions and health working to get ballot initiatives passed to raise money care (you know, the things that make our lives livable) for transit. the only choice is Obama/Biden. So too with Congress – This International Union is nurturing the idea that we working people will suffer if the GOP wins. must be an extroverted union. We must have allies to win. Two years ago this Union changed. After a tumultuous Our local unions are changing and building coalitions for Convention, the delegates voted for a serious course that purpose. correction. Since then we have sown the seeds that will In Denver and Cleveland – our two anchor cities in this transform our work for a long time to come. The core election – our members and officers are talking to riders at of our change is recognizing the importance of the world bus stops about why every vote counts. All over America around us. ATU members are volunteering their time to save the Union, the country and their way of life – not just for themselves, but for generations to come. Change only comes from outside DC These are the calisthenics of rebuilding the body of our Our emphasis is on getting our passengers to vote. I believe threatened movement; Building the muscle we need to that today, the question of transit labor’s survival is answered repel the billionaire bullies of the 21st century. And, yes in our willingness and ability to see the common interest we will survive and be stronger than ever. we have with the people who ride our buses and trains. Are you IN? Sign up to join the campaign at your local President Obama recognized this truth recently when union office today. he admitted: “The fact that we haven’t been able to change the tone in Washington is disappointing…. The most important lesson I’ve learned is you can’t change Washington from the inside. You can only change it from the outside.”

IN TRANSIT | September/October 2012 5 BOB BAKER, INTERNATIONAL EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT

Now, it’s in your hands

or several months we’ve been telling you about how of the largest contributors to his campaign. It tells me Fa vote for Mitt Romney is a vote to make the rich that he is more concerned about pleasing them than he richer at the expense of the middle class. We’ve warned is about our welfare. you that a vote for the former Massachusetts governor is a vote against unions – a vote against keeping your own job. We know that his backers not only want to pay lower taxes than they do now, but that they also want to In short, a vote for Romney is a vote for someone who make even more by eliminating unions. is mainly concerned about the wellbeing of the people So now it’s in your hands. Vote as if your future and he knows in his own class, and not the rest of us. the future of your family depended on it – because it Never in my wildest dreams, however, did I think really does. that the Republican nominee would make the case far better than we ever could. His now famous comments In Solidarity, in the video in which he spoke about the 47 percent “who pay no income tax” say it all.

Bob Baker ‘My job is not to worry about those people’

Romney characterized Obama voters as people who think of themselves as “victims” – who believe they are entitled to the support of the government in every area of their lives. This just in… “My job is not to worry about those people,” Romney says, “I’ll never convince them to take personal By the way, for anyone who has forgotten Mitt Romney’s responsibility or care for their lives.” position on unions, I offer this recent item that appeared in the Washington Post on October 9: Romney backtracked as quickly as possible from the quotation that so damaged him; saying that he wants Romney has endorsed a national “right to work” law, to be president for 100 percent of Americans. But, he’s which would make it illegal to require workers to join said so many contradictory things that I don’t think unions across the country, an issue popular with the it matters what he says anymore. Republican base but anathema to unions. And just last week, he included references to “card check” legislation into stump speeches in Denver and Fishersville, VA – the What matters first time in months that he’d mentioned his opposition to the pro-union legislation… What matters is the attitude toward half of all Americans he could so easily put on display for some – Washington Post, October 9, 2012

6 September/October 2012 | IN TRANSIT IN TRANSIT | September/October 2012 7 OSCAR OWENS, INTERNATIONAL SECRETARY-TREASURER

DON’T BE MISLED

onservatives in the United States and Canada Education Coften criticize progressives by saying they have no “core values.” By that I suppose they mean that Education is the only effective weapon we have against people who strongly believe in the U.S. Bill of Rights these dishonest tactics, and you may be the only one or the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, have among those you know who can be the educator. no strong, guiding beliefs themselves. So don’t accept the misleading statements you hear about But nothing could be further from the truth. Those any candidate without, first, finding out the truth. And of us in the labor movement, for instance, couldn’t be don’t let your friends and neighbors be misled either. more passionate about the principles we stand for – And finally, don’t let anyone tell you that you have no moral principles, if you will – that motivate everything values because of your political beliefs. Our values are we do. the reason we do what we do. Nevertheless, a lot of well-intentioned people vote against good candidates because they’ve been told that those office-seekers would lead us down the “garden path” to an amoral society. That misimpression threatens everything they hold dear and undermines, they believe, their efforts to instill values in their children.

Who can blame them?

And who can blame them? They have been assaulted over and over again with Right-Wing propaganda that mischaracterizes and demonizes the aims and goals of progressives. And they are continually exposed to wild tales that predict a frightening, dystopian future if anyone but a true conservative is elected.

In this way good people are often manipulated into voting for politicians who work to improve the lives of rich donors at the expense of their constituents.

IN TRANSIT | September/October 2012 7 Canadian Agenda Toronto pres says activism, alliances key to restoring TTC luster by Local President Bob Kinnear, 113-Toronto, ON

nce one of the world’s most envied urban transit potential centre-right opponent to Mayor Ford in the Osystems, the Toronto Transit Commission (TTC) 2014 election, and Glenn De Baeremaeker, a generally has steadily deteriorated for the past two decades. progressive councilor from the city’s most underserviced area, the sprawling east end region of Scarborough. Even as rapid growth forced Canada’s largest city to cry out for relief from the crush of crowded vehicles, longer Enthusiasm for their OneCity plan, which resembled wait times, and constantly rising fares, politicians dithered Transit City in most aspects, was immediate and and bickered over where new routes should be built, widespread. A poll taken by the Toronto Star found an whether they should be above or below ground and, most unheard-of 80 percent of Toronto residents willing to of all, who should pay for them. pay the additional property taxes that were the financial underpinnings of the long-term plan.

Transit City But once again, infighting at City Council over details of the plan and its tax implications killed the idea, which An occasional glimmer of hope appeared in the form of went down to humiliating defeat in a lopsided council big, bold plans to extend the TTC into underserved parts vote to kill it. of the city and enlarge the capacity of existing major Local 113 supported Transit City and OneCity and, routes, with financial aid from the Ontario provincial indeed, virtually every scheme to improve the capacity government. of the TTC. But as usual, the union’s support was One such vision, dubbed “Transit City,” was on the verge deemed self-serving and virtually ignored. Although of implementation when it was killed in early 2011 by discouraging, the union has not let its failure to influence Toronto’s newly elected, right-wing mayor, Rob Ford. politicians stop its activism.

Ford bizarrely declared that “the war on the car is over” despite a study by the local board of trade that found Reaching out to riders Toronto’s auto commute times were the worst in North America, largely because of a lack of transit. Ford Reaching out to ridership, environmental organizations compounded the problem by cutting the TTC’s budget and natural allies in the local labour movement, Local by 10 percent. 113 continues to lobby for anything that will begin to restore the TTC to its once world-leading status.

‘OneCity’ Political support of transit advocates running for council in 2014 is a key element of the local’s strategy, but will In mid-2012, a new big plan suddenly appeared – this not be enough. one called “OneCity.” It was the surprise proposal of two of the nine city councilors who make up the TTC’s governing body: Karen Stintz, commission chair and a

8 September/October 2012 | IN TRANSIT IN TRANSIT | September/October 2012 25 Toronto local to fight privatization with PR campaign

opposition to the Toronto Transit Commission’s plans to privatize 170 cleaning positions.

Kinnear wrote that union employees should not be replaced by workers who receive low wages and no benefits or pension. TTC says no current union members will lose their jobs. Among many options to protest the move, the local is considering a work-to- rule campaign if the TTC city councillors approve the outsourcing.

The local is also about to launch a new PR campaign to fight the outsourcing. campaignA video says, in part: “We get you to school, and to work, get you home, keep you safe… we’re a part of this city; we’re Toronto transit workers.” View video at: http:// ocal President Bob Kinnear, 113-Toronto, ON, bit.ly/OvhprX Lhas written to his members expressing the local’s

Winnipeg Transit driver’s amazing act of kindness stuns passengers

innipeg Transit driver Kris Doubledee, 1505, got up and said to the driver, that was the most amazing Wdoesn’t see himself as ’s most famous bus thing she had ever seen; and then she asked him why driver, but that’s what many in the city are calling him he did that?” after an amazing act of kindness not often seen today. Doubledee answered because he couldn’t stand the While on his usual route, Doubledee stopped and thought of that poor man walking without shoes. “I jumped off the bus to chat with a man that looked to just do it because you›ve got two arms and two legs and be down on his luck – by all accounts, a homeless man. you use them every day. You›ve got one heart and you Surprised passengers who were waiting to get their should use it every day, too,” he said. destination thought Doubledee was going to offer the Campbell said there wasn’t a dry eye on the bus and man a ride until he took off his own shoes and gave the passengers were moved by this bold and selfless them to the man on the sidewalk. gesture. “The bus was dead silent. I think we were all stunned and speechless,” said passenger Denise Campbell. “As we proceeded to our next stop, one of the passengers

IN TRANSIT | September/October 2012 25 120 YEARS AGO

‘It was a long and bitter fight’

The ATU was formed 120 years ago on September 15, 1892. Transit workers began organizing in Canada shortly after that, establishing “Division 30” – the first ATU local in Toronto, ON, in 1893. Magnus Sinclair, a charter member of that early local, was elected to the General Executive Board in 1903. He served on the GEB until his retirement in 1944. Below are some of his recollections from that time excerpted the May 1939 Motorman and Conductor:

When I began my labor in the street railway industry I faced the stern end of an equine beast, which was supposed to propel a sort of pill box set on four small wheels and seating from 12 to 14 passengers at most. The driver stood out in front, exposed to all kinds of weather, and in Canada that term “weather” takes you down to the bottom of the thermometer.

Killing a man cost them nothing

About every two hours the horse or mule was taken from the car and a fresh one put on. The two-legged critter, the human mule, had no such release. If the company overworked an animal and it died it cost them about $75. In the overworking and killing of a man it cost them nothing. They could get a new man and at less wages.

Men stood on the open platforms 12 or 14 hours a day and often longer in rain, in sleet or sub-zero weather.

While these troubles may seem trivial nowadays, they were of great concern to all of us then and, unable to obtain redress as individuals, we lent eager though somewhat fearful ears to the whispered admonition to organize.

‘We were held together in desperation’

Unionize we did, despite company opposition and boss-inspired oppressions. We were held together in desperation, realizing things couldn’t be worse, for if they were we wouldn’t be alive.

One of the first battles engaged in by the Amalgamated Association against the street railway companies was to force them to put a shelter in front of the motorman. It was a long and bitter fight. But the militant Amalgamated Association fought back and the result was the vestibule as we have it – with improvements.

It may be difficult today to evaluate properly the benefit to our pioneers that these reforms brought about, but we enjoy the fruits of their struggles. Not only that, our demands for safety equipment and improved vehicles and right of way bettered working conditions and at the same time increased the confidence of the public in this mode of transportation.

26 September/October 2012 | IN TRANSIT IN TRANSIT | September/October 2012 27 Est-ce que les syndicats « Le fait que nous n’avons pas été capable de changement le ton à Washington est décevant... La leçon survivront? la plus importante que j›ai apprise est que vous ne pouvez Beaucoup de personnes se posent cette question. pas changer Washington de l›intérieur. Vous ne pouvez le faire que de l›extérieur. » Peu de temps après avoir lu ce magazine, une question Nos officiers locaux font cela. Le local 1181 de New importante concernant l’avenir des syndicats sera York demande à des parents d’enfants de se battre pour décidée lors des élections aux États-Unis. Je suis de meilleurs services, alors que les locaux 689 et 1764 conscient qu’un petit groupe de nos membres votera à Washington DC, demandent à une ville entière de pour un contrôle républicain à la Maison Blanche et se battre contre la privatisation et les nouvelles formes au Congrès. de ségrégation dans le transport public. Au Nouveau Comme toute institution démocratique, nous avons Brunswick, le local 1229 bouscule les portes du différentes opinions. Mais une chose est claire, ceux gouvernement provincial, et le local 1290 de Moncton d›entre nous qui savent que le lien entre les syndicats demande aux voyageurs de participer au combat pour forts et les gens ordinaires a une chance dans l›économie, un contrat équitable. voteront pour Barack Obama. À Toronto, le local 113 continue de faire un travail Le président Obama est un être humain et il diffère exceptionnel en demandant au public d’être de avec nous sur certains sujets. Cependant, concernant les notre côté. Dans l’état de Washington, à Memphis, à questions importantes aux droits que nous avons d›avoir Columbia, en CS, et dans d’autres villes, nos centres un contrat, un salaire pour vivre, des pensions et des travaillent pour que les initiatives de bulletin passent soins de santé (vous savez, les choses qui rendent notre pour collecter de l’agent pour le transport public. vie meilleure), le seul choix est Obama/Biden. Il en va Le Syndicat international nourrit l’idée que nous de même avec le Congrès - les travailleurs souffriront si devons être un syndicat extraverti. Nous devons avoir les républicains l›emportent. des alliés pour gagner. C’est pour cette raison que nos Il y a deux ans, ce syndicat a changé. Après une syndicats locaux changent et construisent des alliances . convention tumultueuse, les délégués ont voté pour À Denver et Cleveland - nos deux villes principales dans un changement de direction important. Depuis, nous cette élection - nos membres et nos officiers parlent avons posé les fondements qui transformeront notre aux voyageurs aux arrêts de bus pour leur expliquer à travail pour une longue période. Le principal de notre quel point les votes comptent. Partout aux États-Unis, changement est de reconnaitre l›importance du monde les membres ATU prennent de leur temps personnel qui nous entoure. pour sauver le syndicat, le pays et leur style de vie - pas seulement pour eux, mais pour les générations à venir.

Ce sont les activités que nous devons faire pour Le changement peut se faire qu’à reconstruire le corps de notre mouvement menacé. l’extérieur de DC Renforcer les muscles qui sont nécessaires pour Notre objectif est faire comprendre aux passagers qu’ils repousser les intimidateurs milliardaires du 21em siècle. doivent voter. je crois qu’aujourd’hui, la question de la Et oui, nous survivrons et nous sortirons de cela encore survie du travail se répond par notre volonté et capacité plus forts. de voir l’intérêt commun que vous avons avec les Inscrivez-vous dès aujourd›hui au bureau de votre personnes qui prennent nos bus et trains. syndicat local pour rejoindre la campagne. Êtes-vous partant(e)s? Le président Obama a récemment reconnu cette vérité quand il a admis:

IN TRANSIT | September/October 2012 27 Maintenant, c’est entre campagne. Cela m’indique qu’il se sent plus concerné vos mains de faire plaisir à ces personnes que de se soucier de notre système de protection sociale. Depuis plusieurs mois, nous vous avons expliqué Nous savons que ses partisans veulent non seulement comment un vote pour Mitt Romney est un vote payer moins d’impôts, mais qu’ils désirent gagner pour que les riches deviennent encore plus riches, encore plus d’argent en éliminant les syndicats. aux dépens des classes moyennes. Nous vous avons prévenu qu’un vote pour l’ancien gouverneur du La situation est maintenant entre vos mains. Votez Massachusetts est un vote contre les syndicats — un comme si votre avenir ou l›avenir de votre famille en vote contre le maintien de votre emploi. dépendait, parce que c›est vraiment le cas.

En bref, un vote pour Romney est un vote pour une Solidairement, personne qui se préoccupe principalement du bien- Bob Baker être des gens qui lui ressemblent, en oubliant les autres classes.

Cependant, jamais dans mes rêves les plus fous, je n’aurais pu imaginer une meilleure nomination républicaine, avec ses fameux commentaires dans la Ne vous laissez pas tromper vidéo parlant des 47 % qui « ne payent pas d›impôts Les conservateurs des États-Unis et du Canada sur le revenu ». critiquent souvent les progressistes en disant qu’ils n’ont aucune « valeur fondamentale ». En disant cela, je pense Romney: « Mon travail est de ne pas se qu’ils essayent d’expliquer que les personnes qui croient soucier de ces personnes » fortement dans la déclaration américaine des droits ou la Charte canadienne des droits et libertés, n’ont aucune Romney a caractérisé les électeurs d›Obama comme forte croyance, en eux-mêmes, qui les guident. des personnes qui se voient comme des « victimes Mais rien ne peut être aussi loin de la vérité. Par exemple, » — qui pensent qu›ils doivent être des assistés ceux d’entre nous dans le mouvement ouvrier, ne peuvent du gouvernement dans toutes les démarches de leur vie. pas être plus passionnés concernant les principes que «Mon travail est de ne pas se soucier de ces personnes », nous défendons les principes moraux — qui motivent a dit Romney, « Je ne m›efforcerais jamais de les toutes les démarches qui nous entreprenons. convaincre de prendre soin de leur vie ». Cependant, beaucoup de personnes bien intentionnées Romney est tout de suite revenu sur ces commentaires votent contre les bons candidats parce qu’on leur a dit qui ont été très critiqués; en disant qu›il désire être que ces candidats nous conduiraient vers une société le président de tous les américains. Cependant, il a avec plus de moralité et un « un chemin plus vert ». dit tellement de choses contradictoires que ce qu›il Cette idée menace tout ce qu’ils tiennent à cœur et raconte maintenant n›a plus trop d›importance. ébranle leur croyance et leurs efforts d’instaurer des valeurs chez leurs enfants.

Ce qui importe Qui pourrait les blâmer? Ce qui importe est l’attitude envers la moitié de tous les américains qu’il pouvait aisément afficher pour Et qui pourrait les blâmer? Ils ont été attaqués à certains des plus importants contributeurs de sa plusieurs reprises avec la propagande de droite qui crée

28 September/October 2012 | IN TRANSIT IN TRANSIT | September/October 2012 29 une mauvaise interprétation et diabolise les objectifs Par conséquent, n’acceptez pas les déclarations avec de des progressistes. Ils sont aussi continuellement exposés fausses interprétations que vous entendez concernant à des histoires irréalistes qui prédisent un avenir tout candidat, sans d’abord découvrir la vérité. Et ne effrayant et dystopique si une personne autre qu’un laissez pas vos amis et vos voisins se faire tromper. conservateur était élue. Pour conclure, ne laissez personne vous dire que vous De cette façon, les bonnes personnes sont souvent n’avez aucune valeur, à cause de vos croyances politiques. manipulées à voter pour des politiciens qui travaillent Nos valeurs sont la cause de ce que nous faisons. pour améliorer la vie de leurs donateurs riches, aux dépens de leurs électeurs.

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IN TRANSIT | September/October 2012 29 In Memoriam Death Benefits Awarded July 1, 2012 - August 31, 2012

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