Instead of retyping what I've already written, I'm simply going to link you up to the story as it appears at our new home, uncharted.ca: The MFD Archive! It's alive!If you're unsure what I'm talking about, the post below this one has some more details.In short, ufcw.net will be HISTORY as of March 2nd. The forums are already closed and most content requests are already being redirected to the new MFD Archive.Lator Gators! Hope to see you at uncharted.ca!...

Today we are happy to announce that our new home on the internet is up, operational, and looks pretty spiffy to boot.For those not in the know, back in November of 2005, at the end of a 5 year legal dispute with the UFCW, the Supreme Court of British Columbia decided that we didn't have the right to use the domain name ufcw.net for our web site.In the months since, we developed a plan to deal with the decision and kept two specific goals in mind:Rebirth:...

contributed by atuuschaawAs far back as the Revolutionary War here in the U.S., the media has played a huge role in the structuring of war and has been an integral part of the strategies associated with wars. Swaying public opinion and attempting to alter their opinions so as to support and reinforce a certain belief has always been a tool of leadership in practically all of our societies. And the art of propaganda was very much alive even during...

By atuuschaawThat it is the nature of the oppressed to imitate the oppressor, and by such actions try to gain relief from the oppressive condition.Paulo Friere, in his book Pedagogy of the Oppressed speaks of the banking concept of education and how this concept is used to maintain a control of oppression. In the banking of education, the teacher is the depositer and the students are the depositories. The teacher passes on information that the students...

contributed by atuuschaawThe hypocrisy continues with no relief in sight! I'm still amazed at how the population is willing to accept the atrocities of the growing totalitarianism of our current administration! The architecture of a regime, through the increasing disregard to the constitution and the ongoing breaking of civil law, seems so obvious to me. And the formation of a Patriot Police worries the hell out of me. Yet there are millions of...

Havana. The United States, the European Union and the international financial institutions are watching their economic order being bashed in Latin America, where popular sectors are having their demands heard for the first time.Read more

UFCW Local 588 Retiree HellThis letter was originally posted on Grocery Workers United for a Democratic Union. This is life for some retirees under the UFCW Local 588 Loveall dynasty's "Greatest Contract In The Nation". Former Local 588 President Jack Loveall and current President Jacques Lovall will never have to experience life like this in their retirement...thanks to the dues dollars of thousands of union members.by ElaineWe are retirees who...

The question is; Are workers' rights better protected by employers than they are by corrupt labour? What are the options? The following is a picture of labour just prior to it's bones being picked clean by corporately funded Right to Work.contributed by truckmakerDetroit, Mich. (January 24, 2006) – With free legal aid from the National Right to Work Foundation, five autoworkers from three major facilities today filed a class-action federal racketeering...

by atuuschaawThe evolvement of the blogosphere continues and depending on which source you want to quote, there are currently somewhere around 20 million blogs online. And the growth rate of these blogs is somewhere between 60,000 and 80,000 per day! Bloggers post content to the web around 600,000 times per day with a regular readership of over 50+ million. Last summer, Technorati stated that a blog was created every second. However, in the nature...

contributed by LaboryesFacts about UFCW 588 and Northern California's Concessionary Food Industry ContractsFormer Local 588 President Jack Loveall and his son, Jacques, have been at the forefront of leading concessionary bargaining with Safeway and Northern California’s other major food employers since the Lovealls tookover 588 in 1984. The UFCW 588 impact on bargaining increased when the union merged five local unions in the early 1990’s to expand...