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on statewide Nevada Newsmakers TV-radio-web program
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Navigating
the flagship—>Making quick work of NevadaLabor.com
WHEN
ALL ELSE FAILS DEPT.—> I recently got my first criticism
in 18 years that this site is a bit confusing to navigate. I take
that as a compliment. Confusing people is one of my few talents.
I thought I had anticipated any such problems
years ago by liberally sprinkling links to the front page site
map. (These days, am I supposed to say that I sprinkled progressively
rather than liberally?)
The front page of NevadaLabor.com acts
as a chronological listing of recent workplace news with the latest
at the top. I archive annually to create a continuous permanent
record fully accessible via the site map or
any garden-variety websearch.
"We Don't
Need No Education" has now passed its 25th installment
and thus merits its
own section inside. Say hi to Don Quixote.
Current
Barbwires plus more than 20 years of columniacal archives,
the Statewide News Roundup
and Breaking News/Bull'tins/Almanac
are all available via the site map—>as
well as the usual general or specific ongoing madness and historical
inflammation. (Once something's posted here or to any of my other
sites, it's up forever.)
While the front page is chronological,
the Statewide News Roundup
is categorical, e.g., construction, hospitality, legislation,
health care and many others. Breaking
News/Bull'tins/Almanac often publishes original U-News as
well as links to items at other sites that are not hot enough
for the front page chronology. The NevadaLabor.com
search engine acts as a short-cut to everything, depending
on what you seek. So simply seek and ye shall find.
As my old friend Wise John the Lake
Havasu Cropduster Pilot often says, "when all else
fails, read the instructions." So when all else fails,
re-read the above, then go to the nearest site
map link and/or "search."
The NevadaLabor.com search engine is really amazing. It's also
union-signatory and thus quite efficient.
Thanks for your inputs and support over
lo, these many years. Keep up the good work and the good fight.
Esté bien. Haga infierno. / Be
well. Raise hell.
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HAPPY
NEW YEAR/Little
Christmas/Kwanzaa/Feliz
Año Nuevo
Warring
tribes battle the great black whale
Barbwire
by Barbano / Expanded from the
12-26-2013 Sparks Tribune
Hope
you and yours enjoyed Happy High Holly Days!
MerryChristmas/Kwanzaa/Solstice/Festivus/Chanukah/Thanksgibleting
RENO,
Nev. (12-5-2013) — Former Nevada Assemblymember and Washoe Medical
Center Trustee Vivian Freeman died at her Reno home. She was 86.
CELEBRATION OF LIFE SATURDAY
JAN. 18—> NEW: PHOTO OF EVENT
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1927-2013
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2013:
Unlucky number for an ugly year
Barbwire
by Barbano / Expanded from the
12-19-2013 Sparks Tribune
They
don't do anything until somebody dies
UNR
and downtown Reno theater firetraps show how little was learned from
the infamous Las Vegas Hilton and MGM disasters
Remembering
Sen. Joe Neal's landmark high-rise fire sprinkler law
Barbwire by Barbano / Expanded from the
12-12-2013 Sparks Tribune
Barbano
on statewide Nevada Newsmakers TV-radio-web program
Click
above for lineup, re-run times and dates
Barbano
vs. D.A. Gammick on cel-phone privacy
KRNV TV-4 Reno / KENV TV-10 Elko / 12:30
p.m. PST Tuesday,
10 Dec. 2013
Poor
Denny's Almanac
11-30-2013—>On
this date in 1835, Samuel Langhorne Clemens was born in the four-year-old
hamlet of Florida, Mo.
Hope
you
and yours
enjoyed Happy Thanksgibleting.
Reader
beware of what's not really there
Barbwire
by Barbano / Expanded from the
11-28-2013 Sparks Tribune
John
F. Kennedy's 2014 Inaugural Address
Barbwire
by Barbano / Expanded from the
11-21-2013 Sparks Tribune
Breaking
News and Bulletins—>
Nov. 20: 50th anniversary of Las
Vegas Sun fire / Nov. 21: State Senate Majority leader Mo Denis
headlines informational meeting regarding Driver’s Authorization
Cards / Nov. 23: FOUR Immigration Reform marches in Reno
With
friends like these, who needs enemies?
How
Many More Labor Setbacks Will Occur Before Needed Changes Are Made?
LaborFightBack.org / 11-22-2013
POOR
DENNY'S ALMANAC 11-21-2013
— On this date in 2004, Ray Hagar and Sandi Wright reported
in the Reno Gazette-Journal that local schools attended by
low income students tended to be the most poorly maintained schools.
THE
BARBWIRE RESPONDS: So what else is new? Over the decades, the RGJ
has done a sterling job investigating separate but unequal health
care and education. Alas and alack, nothing much ever changes on
the High Desert Plantation. For a quick sad summary, see the Barbwire
of April 2, 2006 (updated periodically). |
Remembering
another local school murder
Barbwire
by Barbano / Expanded from the
11-14-2013 Sparks Tribune
UPDATES: Peggy Pierce memorial service and I-80 road construction deaths
Death
on the job: Nevada workers remain cheap and disposable
Updates on two Laborers' Local 169 members killed and two
injured on I-80
Worker dies trimming trees at MGM's Mirage
on Las Vegas Strip
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on statewide Nevada Newsmakers TV-radio-web program
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above for re-run times and dates
KRNV TV-4 Reno / KENV TV-10 Elko / Monday, Nov. 11, 2013
Host: Sam Shad
Guests: C.J.
Hadley, Editor/Publisher, Range
Magazine
Carolyn Dufurrena, Rancher and Author
Pundits: Chip Evans, former Washoe County Democratic Chair and talk
radio host
John Gwaltney, Economist and President Emeritus, Truckee Meadows Community
College
Andrew
Barbano, Editor, NevadaLabor.com
As
usual, the pundits jousted over schools and taxes.
Read the Barbwire
in the March 28 Sparks Tribune for a radically conservative solution.
For
further outrage and erudition, go to We
Don't Need No Education: The continuing & neverending series
A new med school for UNLV? Another program to underfund. What
doctor shortage?
Turn
on, tune in and tell a friend.
The
bloody guns of October fire on November
Barbwire
by Barbano / Expanded from the
11-7-2013 Sparks Tribune
Death
on the job: Nevada workers remain cheap and disposable
Updates on two Laborers' Local 169 members killed and two
injured on I-80
Worker dies trimming trees at MGM's Mirage
on Las Vegas Strip
Nevada
Day Required
Reading
The
Lady in the Red Dress
The Barbwire's classic Nevada Day column
written in 1983
The compleat history of the Silver State in 500
words
SO
WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE?
Sparks
Tribune 10-31-2013 and previously
Barbano
on statewide Nevada Newsmakers TV-radio-web program
10-30-2013:
Sam & TRPA boss + Barbwire Man vs. the Moonhowlers
Reno
memorial service for Assemblymember Peggy Pierce, D-Las Vegas, announced
for Nov. 16
Let's
persuade Apple to start making i-Guns here
Barbwire
by Barbano / Expanded from the
10-24-2013 Sparks Tribune
Prayer
vigil for Sparks Middle School shooting victims
Barbano
on the Barbwire plots new TV season
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above to support community TV & see all the news you never knew
you needed to know 'til now
The
African Americans: Many Rivers to Cross
with
Henry Louis Gates, Jr./Oct. 22-Nov. 26 8-9:00 pm. Eastern/Check local
listings for times and re-runs
A
new six-part series now on PBS TV stations
Déjà
vu all over again and again and...
Viruses in the program: Apple downtown Reno/UNR
center was never put in writing—>
TOL'JASO DEPT.—>Apple
burns the mouse pad: Years of union warnings confirmed. Reno Gazette-Journal
editorial demands more transparency in corporate welfare tax giveways
like Apple's $89 million freebie and UNR no-bid contracts. Better
late than never?
Will
Gomorrah South learn? Southern Nevada unions protest wealthy corporate
welfare queens' scheme to build Las
Vegas 51s baseball park with $88 million in public funds.
Read
the whole sad story and spread the word.
Barbwire:
Nevada not really
a state
No, we were not Battle Born in Kenya
Top
10 reasons Nevada lives in the 19th Century
Barbwire
by Barbano / Expanded from the
10-17-2013 Sparks Tribune
Clandestine
construction cash: Laborers' Union handbillers take community's case
to UNR students
Union
wants student-moderated public forum
USA
at crossroads:
New Deal or
new Confederacy?
Barbwire
by Barbano / Expanded from the
10-10-2013 Sparks Tribune
Update—>Bill
Moyers: Shutdown is simply secession by other means
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In
Memoriam: The Best of the Best
Reno memorial service
for Assemblymember Peggy Pierce, D-Las Vegas, Nov. 16
Southern
Nevada memorial service
Assemblymember
Margaret "Peggy" Cornstock Pierce, D-Las Vegas
1954-2013
(10-10-2013, 7:18
a.m. PDT) — Peggy went rapidly downhill the last few
days. She was very confused and virtually non verbal. Yesterday
we decided to go into hospice on her oncologist’s recommendation.
It took most of the day to through all of the evaluations and
have the hospital bed, oxygen and medications delivered. We
started her on them last night.
One of the things on my to do list for today was to let
everyone know know. Peggy didn’t wait however. After a
very restless night she let go at around 4:15 a.m. (PDT,
10-10-2013)
Thanks for all of your over this difficult time.
Jon
Editor's
Note: Longtime Washoe Legal Services leader Jon Sasser
was Peggy's companion in her final years.
Sasser told KRNV
TV-4 News that she finally succumbed to a third recurrence of
cancer at age 59. He called her a fierce advocate for workers'
rights and the environment and champion of the people who don't
otherwise have a voice.
Nevada State AFL-CIO
Executive Secretary-Treasurer Danny Thompson said "We
have received very sad news today that Assemblywoman Peggy Pierce
has lost her long battle with breast cancer. Peggy’s passing
is a huge loss for her labor family and for all working families
in Nevada. Peggy was a loyal member of Culinary 226 and was
elected to the Nevada Assembly in 2002. She served Nevada proudly
and was a champion for workers’ rights and environmental
issues. We will miss her greatly."
She returned to the
legislature several sessions ago with no hair after chemotherapy.
She refused to wear a wig, defiantly wanting people to see what
a cancer fight looks like.
Peggy ranks with
legislative liberal giants who preceded her—>that happy
few, that band of sisters whom only death could defeat: Assemblymember
Nancy Gomes (D-Reno), Assemblymembers and Senators Mary
Gojack (D-Reno) and Jean Ford (R and D-Las Vegas).
Requiescant
in pacem.
UPDATE—>Tributes
to Peggy continue to pour in.
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Never
fly United
By
Jake Highton / Sparks Tribune / 10-10-2013
Sex,
sports and rock 'n' roll dept.
Moneyball: Invest in texting, tweeting & twerking
Barbwire by Barbano / Expanded from the
10-3-2013 Sparks Tribune
Nevada
union voters can represent more than one in six
By
Dennis Myers / Reno News & Review / 10-3-2013
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Free
at last!
As
of October 1, 2013, a Nevada job applicant's credit history cannot
be used to impact a hiring decision. Senate Bill 127 makes it
illegal for employers to condition employment on someone's credit
information and stops the longtime practice of requiring credit
reports by many organizations. Some exceptions apply. Click
here to read the law and its legislative history.
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Unfortunately,
the opening episode fails to mention that the Texas rebellion,
sanitized by the Alamo myth, was a pro-slavery war.
Late-coming Anglo settlers from slave states were angered
that Mexico had banned slavery. Makes you want to toss your
Davy Crockett pseudo-coonskin cap and plastic Bowie
knife.
Later installments show how the Rev.
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and union leader César
Chávez
sparked a long-smoldering fire. Check listings for frequent
re-runs of the six-hour
PBS series.
Let your local station know about the omissions
and tell us
what they say. |
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César
Chávez
is featured on the final first-run installment.
Check local listings and pbs.org
for re-runs.
Almanac:
On Oct. 2, 1835, the
Battle of Gonzales, the first skirmish of the Texas Revolution
took place. Texian settlers half-heartedly exchanged fire
with Mexican soldiers near the Guadalupe River. The Mexican
Army finally withdrew. It wasn't much of a fight, but it was
the first.
Latino
Americanos, una serie documental
que marca un hito con sus seis horas presentadas en tres partes.
PBS sacará al aire la serie a nivel nacional en el otoño
de 2013.
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Just
like old times: UN,R and Hot August Nights
Barbwire
by Barbano / Expanded from the
9-26-2013 Sparks Tribune
NEW—>The
smoking gun: UN,R subcontractor hires & exploits undocumented workers
Laborers'
Union demonstrates at UNR 9/20
Worker
files complaint with Dept. of Homeland Security
UPDATE:
Unions protest UNR student housing construction giveaway
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Reno
Gazette-Journal
Front page/ 9-24-2013
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How
to play pro ball and be cruel to your school
Barbwire
by Barbano / Expanded from the
9-19-2013 Sparks Tribune
Applecart
Tipping?
Critics claim Apple/NVEnergy partnership will put ratepayers at risk
By Dennis Myers / Reno News & Review 9-19-2013
For
sale: The American way of life — and death
Barbwire
by Barbano / Expanded from the
9-12-2013 Sparks Tribune
Barbwire
more than a decade ahead of the curve —>
The campaign against forcibly paid obituaries
Site
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9-11-2001
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Nevada
unemployed unable to file claims; benefits cut
State: Just wait or go lower-tech
Muhammad
Ali & Sir David Frost faced off here
Barbwire
by Barbano / Expanded from the
9-5-2013 Sparks Tribune
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Hope
you celebrated
your work on
Labor Day!
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LABORING FOR LABOR DAY (6 Sept. 2010) — Union
members prepare for the 2010 Virginia City Labor Day Parade,
the only such soirée in Nevada. Left to right are Penny
Bueno (holding the yellow UAW banner) and Bob Bueno,
current president of UAW 2162/AFL-CIO (with the American flag).
Holding the white banner behind the Chevy are Glenda Gravelyn,
left, and Rudy Viola, right, in the Indiana Jones
hat. Rudy is immediate past-president of the local. Doing
his best impression of Uncle Sam on steroids is Robert
"Tuna" Townsend, a member of the Industrial
Workers of the World union.
Grand
Marshal George "Battling" Nelson
of the United Auto Workers Retirees is seated in the
1957 Chevrolet behind driver Mike Murray of UAW 2162.
Brother Nelson reports that the UAW has entered three General
Motors products in the Monday 2 September 2013 event:
a 2014 Chevrolet Impala, a 2013 GMC Acadia Denali and a 2013
Cadillac XTS. In July, the Impala received surprising rave
reviews from Consumer Reports, a legendarily tough
crowd. (UAW
2162 photo)
Labor
Day 2013
State
of the Unions: Labor advocates talk Apple, school taxes, Southeast
Connector, what hurts workers here
By Mark Robison / Reno Gazette-Journal Sunday
9-1-2013
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Corporate
welfare for downtown casino railroad trench turns into a nine-figure
payday loan for the City of Reno
Extension
demands sales tax increase from legislature
By Dennis Myers / Reno News & Review 8-29-2013
MORE at the NevadaLabor.com corporate welfare
archive
Site
Map
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WILL
THE TEAM CHOKE IN THE ROSE BOWL?
8-29-2013: The Nevada
Interscholastic Activities nee Athletic Assn. today canceled
all weekend events due to the forest-fired smoke polluting the
region's air which has already caused at least one death.
UNR's new football coach has kept his squad in full drills all
month, blithely disclaiming that "we're watching our asthma
guys."
So is self-taught physician Brian Polian just another
morally obtuse dumb jock or crazy like a fox, keeping his players
out in the smog to prepare them for playing UCLA in the infamous
dirty air of Los Angeles?
Be well. Raise hell. —> AB
UPDATE:
On August 31, the Nevada-Reno Wolf Pack lost to No. 21 UCLA
58-20, irrespective of the effusive cheerleading of the local
jockocracy. Former Coach Chris Ault may prove prescient, having
retired when he recognized that the envelope he pushed for four
decades is finally impenetrable. In sports-besotted America,
you just can't run with the pros on a semi-pro budget in a self-defeating
state that believes we don't need no
education.
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LAWNMOWER
MAN, BLADE RUNNERS AND SMOKE EATERS —> March on Washington 50th
anniversary commemorators were hit and endangered by an employee at
the Reno federal courthouse
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WHO
WAS THAT MASKED MAN, TONTO? All participants in the demonstration
were reminded that breathing is both voluntary and optional. There
is no requirement forcing anyone to inhale Reno's foul forest-fired
air. (Photo
courtesy of L. Martina Young/APoeticBody.com)
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IN
MEMORIAM — On Aug. 26, 1919, during a nationwide strike, drunken
deputies hired by the steel companies murdered United Mine Workers organizer
Fannie Sellins and steelworker
Joseph Starzeleski at West Natrona, Pennsylvania.
[MORE] (Courtesy of longtime Nevada reporter Dennis
Myers' Poor Denny's Almanac.)
Nevada
State AFL-CIO not officially onboard with teachers' K-12 tax initiative
despite leader's support
Las
Vegas Sun / 8-28-2013
Site
Map
We
don't need no education, Part 24
Barbwire
by Barbano / Expanded from the
8-22-2013 Sparks Tribune
Web
extra — Bill O'Reilly's
sex education
A
quarter-century of Barbwire, part deux
Barbwire
by Barbano / Expanded from the
8-15-2013 Sparks Tribune
Barbano
on statewide Nevada Newsmakers TV-radio-web program
Long-ago
predictions of softshoe fascism sadly come true
Barbwire:
25 years before the masthead
Barbwire
by Barbano / Expanded from the
8-8-2013 Sparks Tribune
Major
union leaders blast Obamacare for hurting health plans
Labor starts to bail: Democratic health care plan support erodes
By Dennis Myers / Reno News & Review 8-1-2013
Full
text of letter to Reid and Pelosi
Workers
& taxpayers protest Apple's lack of transparency
Schools pay the price of corporate welfare
Powerful
demonstration at Reno Summit Sierra shopping complex
Newly
updated with video and photos / Power company boss fires back
Visitors:
Is America still tough enough?
Barbwire
by Barbano / Expanded from the
8-1-2013 Sparks Tribune
The
presence of all colors gives you black
Barbwire
by Barbano / Expanded from the
7-25-2013 Sparks Tribune
Bagging
black bucks in the Gunshine State
Barbwire
by Barbano / Expanded from the
7-18-2013 Sparks Tribune
7-15-2013
—>
César Chávez came
to Reno 27
years ago today
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Obama
pays tribute to late Reno labor leader
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THE
WAY WE WERE — The above is a recently discovered
photo from July 15, 1986. Left to right are Kathy Brown,
Culinary Union Local 86 office manager; Miguel Contreras,
Local 86 Secretary-Treasurer; Local 86 President Bill Uehlein;
a lady named Natalie (anyone who knows her last name, please
write), and César Chávez. This item was
first published in Ahora, northern Nevada's Spanish-English
weekly, on March 26, 2008. (On 3-19-2009, President Obama paid
tribute to Brother Contreras as he spoke in the L.A. building
named after the late labor leader. See the 1986 Chávez
Reno archive, below.)
(Photo
courtesy of Dan Rusnak, retired business manager of Laborers'
Union Local 169.)
More stories and photos
from César Chávez's 1986 Reno visit
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Map
NAGPAC's
Ghost Riders Saddle Up Again
Blackguards
challenge Nevada's legendary None of the Above ballot option
Barbwire by Barbano / Expanded from the 6-17-2012
Daily Sparks Tribune
Updated
6-22-2012, 9-8-2012 and 7-13-2013: Appellate court
throws out GOP attempt to nuke nihilistic None of the Above
Blogging
with the rabble on the Tower of Babel
Barbwire
by Barbano / Expanded from the
7-11-2013 Sparks Tribune
Barbano
on statewide Nevada Newsmakers TV-radio-web program
7-8-2013:
Nevada OK's Internet gambling and ignores addiction
Death
panels hard at work right here in River City
Barbwire
by Barbano / Expanded from the
7-4-2013 Sparks Tribune
Clarence
Thomas, Little Anthony & the Imperials
Barbwire
by Barbano / Expanded from the
6-27-2013 Sparks Tribune
Rosy
the poll dancer's destructive seduction
Barbwire
by Barbano / Expanded from the
6-20-2013 Sparks Tribune
Googling
for liquid Romanian castanets
Other
than doing our laundry, what should we do about
Big Brother peeking into our collective lace undies?
Barbwire by Barbano / Expanded from the
6-13-2013 Sparks Tribune
D-DAY
DEFEAT FOR WORKERS' WAGES / 6-6-2013 — Gov. Veto El Obtúse
has vetoed Assembly Bill 218. Like his predecessor Jim the Dim, for
sport, he assassinates anything and everything that might help the little
guy.
Enron
II: Nevada's Battle-Born Toxic Event
Indigence
and indigestion from ingestion at Warren Buffett's buffet
Barbwire by Barbano / Expanded from the
6-6-2013 Sparks Tribune
SITE
MAP
Hotel
casino dealers at Paris and Bally's Las Vegas vote overwhelmingly to
unionize
Las
Vegas Review-Journal / 6-3-2013
2014
Nevada Press Association Award Winner
The
2013 looney tunes legislative lexicon
Barbwire
by Barbano / Expanded from the
5-30-2013 Sparks Tribune
/ Updated 6-1-2013
Bad
News & Worse News Dept.—>
Former
Nevada Consumer Advocate Jon Wellinghoff to leave FERC chairmanship
Las Vegas Review-Journal / 5-29-2013
Mega-investor
Warren Buffet to acquire NVEnergy
Las Vegas Review-Journal / 5-29-2013
Assembly
Bill 218 to strengthen Nevada prevailing wage law passes both houses
on party line votes
We
Don't Need No Education: The Neverending Series
Nevada and North Carolina newspapers / 2012-2013
Star-stuck:
Dirty deals for dirty movies
Ghostrider
Nicolas Cage sticks it to Nevada school kids
Barbwire by Barbano / Expanded from the
5-16-2013 Daily Sparks Tribune
This
week, do something nice for and/or fondly remember the progenitors of
organized labor: Mothers. Be
well. Raise hell. — AB
Site
Map
Mr.
Wynnderful waxes wealthier whilst we wither
Barbwire
by Barbano / Expanded from the
5-9-2013 Daily Sparks Tribune
CLINGING
TO THE LEDGE: SB457 (municipal election ward voting for Henderson,
Reno, Sparks and Carson City) comes before the Assembly Legislative
Operations and Elections Committee on May 7 along with SB458 (uniform
election act) and SB325 (plain language ballot). Read
more about them here. Show up and if you can't —> turn
on, tune in and tell a friend.
Be well. Raise hell. / Esté bien. Haga infierno. (Pardon
my Spanglish.)
The
asinine assassination of KJFK talk radio
The
Travus 'n' Andy Show's last chance
Barbwire
by Barbano / Expanded from the
5-2-2013 Daily Sparks Tribune
4-28-2013
National
Workers Memorial
Day of the Dead
You're
not worth much dead or alive
Impose
the death penalty on companies
knowingly causing worker fatalities
Do
you think your life is worth more than $566 a year?
Barbwire
by Barbano / Expanded from the
4-25-2013 Daily Sparks Tribune
UPDATED
5-7-2013 with Robert Reich commentary
Updated
in the Barbwire of
11-7-2013
Gov.
Sandoval's $3 million New York State of Mind
New
Nevada ad campaign slips
on a sideways banana
Barbwire
by Barbano / Expanded from the
Sunday 4-21-2013 Reno Gazette-Journal
Portions
of the above also appeared in the 4-10-2013 RGJ and the 4-18-2013 Reno
News & Review
2014
Nevada Press Association Award Winner
Hopelessly
trying to win an earthquake
I
publicly wept when they looked at me.
Barbwire
by Barbano / Expanded from the
4-18-2013 Daily Sparks Tribune
Sitting
ducks in Sparks as storks stalk Carson
Barbwire
by Barbano / Expanded from the
4-11-2013 Daily Sparks Tribune
SITE
MAP
César
Chávez's fight continues
Barbwire
by Barbano / Expanded from the
4-4-2013 Daily Sparks Tribune
Tony
Mayorga:
César Chávez event looks like America
Reno Gazette-Journal Guest Commentary
/ 3-28-2013
Sandoval,
César Chávez and the Grateful Dead
Barbwire
by Barbano / Expanded from the
3-21-2013 Daily Sparks Tribune
Thank
you/gracias for a record attendance at César Chávez
XI. Watch this website for photos and information about the event. Remember
to mark Monday, 31 March 2014 on your calendar. Same time. Same place.
¡Sí se puede!
César
Chávez Celebration XI
Join
us again on Thursday, 28 March 2013
Gov.
Sandoval declines invitation for third year in a row
Celebración
de César Chávez XI
Jueves,
28 de Marzo, 2013 / Circus Circus - Reno
El Gobernador de Nevada, Brian Sandoval,
declinó la invitación por el tercer año consecutivo.
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Obama
pays tribute to late Reno labor leader
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THE
WAY WE WERE — The above is a recently discovered
photo from 1986. Left to right are Kathy Brown, Culinary
Union Local 86 office manager; Miguel Contreras, Local
86 Secretary-Treasurer; Local 86 President Bill Uehlein;
a lady named Natalie (anyone who knows her last name, please
write), and César Chávez. This item was
first published in Ahora, northern Nevada's Spanish-English
weekly, on March 26, 2008. (UPDATE: On 3-19-2009, President
Obama paid tribute to Brother Contreras as he spoke in the Los
Angeles building named after the late labor leader. See the 1986
Chávez Reno archive, below.)
(Photo
courtesy of Dan Rusnak, retired business manager of Laborers'
Union Local 169.)
More stories and photos
from César Chávez's 1986 Reno visit.
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Fixing
education: The bulldozer solution
Barbwire
by Barbano / Expanded from the
3-28-2013 Daily Sparks Tribune
Rally
to Protect Saturday Mail Delivery & Strengthen Postal Service
Sunday 24 March 2013 3:00-5:00 p.m. PDT
Reno Main Post office / 2000 Vassar Street
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FROM THE PAST —> FED UP AT
THE FEDERAL BUILDING (9-27-2011) —> More than
200 postal workers and members of other unions demonstrated at the
Bruce Thompson Federal Building in Reno in favor of passage of HR
1351, which would remove the funding drain now threatening the United
States Postal Service. The federal courthouse may be seen in the
window reflections of the auto in the foreground.
(NevadaLabor.com
photo) |
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AFL-CIO
and NAACP support Obama choice of Perez for new Secretary of Labor
Las Vegas Sun / 3-18-2013
Breaking
Solidarity:
Union goes unilateral, striking LV cabbies grumble, strike expansion
considered
Las Vegas
Review-Journal / 3-15-2013
Papa
Francisco Primero: ¡Viva La Revolución!
Barbwire
by Barbano / Expanded from the
3-14-2013 Daily Sparks Tribune
Barbano
vs. vindictive lawmakers: Cutting prevailing wages won't stimulate economy
By Dennis Myers / Reno News & Review / 3-14-13
We
Don't Need No Education Part XVIII—>
Petition
pondering & pandering:
Just Say No, a Nevada tradition
CLINGING TO THE LEDGE—>Do the
Nancy Reagan thing
Just
say no to the teachers' tax petition and invalidate term limits and
right-to-work-for-less in the process. What's not to like?
Barbwire by Barbano / Special Online Abstinence Edition / 3-5-2013
An
edited and updated version appeared in the 3-7-2013 Daily Sparks Tribune
The
brutal law of unintended consequences
Between the devil and the deep Joe Neal
Long-lost
research may invalidate more than 100 longstanding Nevada laws
IRONY ALERT—>New
higher electoral standard for teachers' tax petition may generate more
support
Barbwire by Barbano / Expanded from the 2-28-2013 Daily Sparks Tribune
Barbano
back on statewide Nevada Newsmakers TV/radio program
