Posted by AzBlueMeanie: The House passed legislation this past Friday designed to strengthen the ability of workers to combat wage discrimination. House Launches New Labor Agenda With Wage Discrimination Bills The measure (HR 11), known as the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act (Lily Ledbetter, pictured at right), is designed to reverse a 2007 Supreme Court … Read more
posted by Marlene Phillips Want to have fun and help the Community Food Bank at the same time? Come to The Shanty on 4th Ave. this Thursday evening and take part in Tucson Drinking Liberally's first-ever Silent Auction. We've heard President-Elect Barack Obama call for a Day of Service, and we know that now more than … Read more
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: “No Man’s life liberty or property is safe while the legislature is in session.” Long attributed to Mark Twain and various other nationally prominent humorists, the quote is actually the invention of Judge Gideon Tucker, formerly of the New York legislature. It was appropriated by Mr. Clemens for his Twain persona. This … Read more
by David Safier Listen to what John McCain said on Fox, according to Sam Stein, writing on Huffington Post: Reverting to the role of Republican foil that made him an unpopular figure for many conservatives, John McCain argued on Friday that historical circumstances should compel his GOP colleagues to work closely with Barack Obama. "There … Read more
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: A hat tip to Tula Connell at Firedoglake blog for this post Seventy-Eight Percent of Public Support Employee Free Choice Act. She writes that: [D]espite the $200 million being spent by Big Business on fighting the Employee Free Choice Act, the public still overwhelmingly supports it. We released a survey today that … Read more