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Beyond Interest Rates: What Would Real Student Debt Reform Look Like?


http://www.aflcio.org/Blog/Economy/Beyond-Interest-Rates-What-Would-Real-Student-Debt-Reform-Look-Like#disqus_thread


If you have student loan debt or follow the politics of it, you're probably familiar with this deadline: On July 1, if Congress does nothing, the interest rates on subsidized federal Stafford loans will double from 3.4 to 6.8 percent. We absolutely don't want this to happen, since it would mean thousands of extra dollars of debt for many already low-income borrowers. Numerous proposals to address the looming rate doubling are being debated in Congress, and both sides of the aisle have already seen one bill each get voted down. But there's one thing all of these proposals have in common: They don't go nearly far enough to help students...
RELATED: http://www.americanprogress.org/issues/higher-education/news/2013/05/23/64254/proposals-to-bring-student-loan-interest-rates-under-control/

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Backroom Deals

http://wisaflcio.typepad.com/wisconsin-state-afl-cio-blog/2013/06/backroom-deals.html

The 12-4 Republican controlled committee steamrolled over Wisconsin’s middle class and rewarded their campaign contributors by passing almost all of Gov. Walker’s harmful budget proposals. This budget systematically dismantles programs and services that have made Wisconsin a great place for working people. Make no mistake, this budget was heavily influenced by corporate lobbyists spinning deals in backrooms and chocking it full of special interest items...

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State Budget Informational Phone Bank VOLUNTEERS NEEDED

http://wisaflcio.org/index.cfm?action=article&articleID=981dcc64-cc50-4e26-b5f3-e9f597469bed

Help raise the awareness of what is in the Tea Party-version of the state budget.Join us starting Tuesday, June 18 as we call to educate our fellow Wisconsinites about what bad decisions are being made in the legislature. We need volunteers to phone bank from our Madison & Milwaukee predictive dialers to inform voters about the 2013-15 biennial budget.5pm to 8pm on the following days:
Tues (6/18), Wed (6/19), Thurs (6/20)
Tues (6/25), Wed (6/26), Thurs (6/27)Choose your location
Madison Labor Temple
1602 S. Park Street
Madison, WI 53715
Click here to sign up on-line for the Madison Labor TempleWisconsin AFL-CIO
6333 W. Bluemound Road – 2nd Floor
Milwaukee, WI 53213For information or to sign up contact Steve Kwaterski in Milwaukee at 414-771-0700 X17 / skwaterski@aflcio.org or Greg Neil in Madison at 608-556-9521 / gneil@wisaflcio.org

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Revealed: Secret Offshore Tax Evaders

https://www.commondreams.org/headline/2013/06/15-6

Offshore leaks app puts secret users of tax havens in the public eye

An interactive database allowing users to search more than 100,000 secret companies, trusts and funds created in offshore tax havens including the British Virgin Islands has gone online...

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[VIDEO] Rand Paul's outreach coordinator declares 'holy war' on us
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2013/06/16/1214807/-Rand-Paul-s-outreach-coordinator-declares-holy-war-on-us


As rainbow colored flags bravely and proudly wave across the nation in celebration of LBGT pride, activism and unity, there are continuing threats to those of us gathered under the rainbow. We are so used to the idea of "terrorist threats" that could affect us from outside our borders that often we fail to examine and label as terrorism those that are like an asp at our breast. I happened to read a piece in Wonkette about a declaration of holy war made by Rand Paul's new religious outreach coordinator, David Lane, and at first I though it was a satire from The Onion. I followed the links in the story and found it was all too true.Of the likely candidates for the next Republican presidential nomination, I would not have put Rand Paul at the top of my right-wing tea-ublican watchlist as a potential POTUS candidate who...

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Major Milestone: 50 Years of Women in Space

http://www.space.com/21562-women-space-history-anniversary.html?cmpid=514639

Sunday (June 16) marks the 50th anniversary of Soviet cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova's landmark 1963 flight, which launched her into history as the first woman to fly to space — only two years after Yuri Gagarin performed the first spaceflight ever in 1961. Tereshkova circled the Earth 48 times during her time as the pilot onboard the Vostok 6 spacecraft...

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US Uncut on Facebook


In most developed countries, new dads get several months of paid leave. In the US, they're handed a cigar and head back to work.
Source: Wall Street Journal

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Erdogan Goes to War; Police Wound Hundreds, Attack Drivers
Erdogan goes berserk.

http://www.jewishpress.com/news/erdogan-goes-to-war-police-wound-hundreds-attack-drivers/2013/06/16/


One hour after delivering an ultimatum to protesters to leave Taksim Square, police attacked them with rubber bullets and tear gas, injuring drivers as well...

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Occupy Hong Kong group moves to allay fears of protest violence

http://asiancorrespondent.com/108977/occupy-hong-kong-group-moves-to-allay-fears-of-protest-violence/

On June 9, several hundred Occupy Central supporters including pro-democracy lawmakers held the first of three planned deliberation days at Hong Kong University to discuss the direction the movement would take...

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Louisiana Chemical Plant Explosion Site Hadn't Been Inspected by OSHA for 20 Years

http://www.aflcio.org/Blog/Corporate-Greed/Louisiana-Chemical-Plant-Explosion-Site-Hadn-t-Been-Inspected-by-OSHA-for-20-Years



According to an analysis by Think Progress, the Geismar, La., petrochemical plant that exploded on Thursday has not been inspected by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) since 1993. The blast at the Williams Companies Inc.'s olefins plant killed one person and injured 73...

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Kentucky Labor Movement Embraces Social Media

http://www.aflcio.org/Blog/Your-Turn/Kentucky-Labor-Movement-Embraces-Social-Media



This old reporter remembers when “social media” meant a bunch of newshounds bending elbows in a bar after work.Bo Johnson defines it differently. Social media, specifically text messaging, "Is the single best way for us to get the word out to our members," says the vice president of the Paducah-based Western Kentucky AFL-CIO Area Council.Johnson made his point at a recent council meeting...

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Turkish PM gets angry with union head during critical Gezi meeting, calmed down by daughter
http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/turkish-pm-gets-angry-with-union-head-during-critical-gezi-meeting-calmed-down-by-daughter.aspx?pageID=238&nID=48869&NewsCatID=338


Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan reacted angrily toward a union head during a critical late night meeting with a group representing the Gezi Park protesters and had to be calmed down by his daughter, daily Hürriyet reported today. Erdoğan, who was meeting a delegation of 16 people, including members of the Taksim Solidarity Platform, artists and union representatives, lost his temper after an intervention by the General Secretary of the Confederation of Progressive Trade Unions (DİSK), Arzu Çerkezoğlu.Çerkezoğlu told daily Hürriyet that she had pointed out toward the end of the meeting that Gezi Park had acquired a meaning that made impossible the perception of its redevelopment plans as a merely an architectural project, after Erdoğan told...

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Life on edge as new divide ignored
http://theconversation.com/life-on-edge-as-new-divide-ignored-15001


The Fair Work Commission’s recent wage review may have struck an increased pay deal for low-paid workers but its decision overlooks the growth of a worrying new divide in the Australian workforce.With the rise and rise of the insecure worker, the issue has become less about adequate safety nets and more about the power relationship between employee and employer, the way that shapes the work contract, and the increase in a ‘disposable worker’ syndrome.But while an ACTU campaign is trying to draw attention to insecure work growth, the development of a ‘core’ and ‘periphery’ workforce has largely been ignored.Waging warThere are about 1.5 million low-paid workers who rely on the Fair Work Commission’sAnnual Wage Review to protect their living standards: almost one in six of Australia’s 9.5 million employees. Many do not belong to unions but the ACTU represents their interests to the commission’s...

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We must do everything we can to end what this nation is becoming. #TCOT

Verbal timeline from the complete & utter DISGRACE that is @MarcoRubio #AMNESTY #tcot

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Volunteers gathered across #Tennessee today to go door-to-door. We WILL #BeatLamar! #TNsen #teaparty #tcot

OK Sarah, this time DON'T bend to Foxnews censors will yah?! #YouRunYourNarrativesThisTime!!! #tcot

The Brave Died, The Cowards Lied #tcot #sgp #p2 #tpot #ctot #tgdn

From Camelot to Scamalot #p2 #tpot #tcot #ctot #tlot #bcot #hcot #tgdn #ccot

@NBC: Now on to our Top Story... #ocra #tcot #twisters

A nice photo from this past Tues with @SenRandPaul during a rare (semi) quiet moment. #TCOT #TGDN

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