[PEN-L:9553] Re: MAI

1997-04-18 Thread David Harvie
George Monbiot is not "one of Britain's *leading* environmental activists". He is an environmental activist, who *happens* to be media-friendly, to have a column in the Guardian newspaper, etc. This might in some way be connected with his priviliged, public (i.e., private) school background,

[PEN-L:9555] FW: BLS Daily Report

1997-04-18 Thread Richardson_D
BLS DAILY REPORT, FRIDAY, APRIL 18, 1997 RELEASED TODAY: Median weekly earnings of the nation's 90.7 million full-time wage and salary workers were $504 in the first quarter of 1997. This was 3.1 percent higher than a year earlier, compared with a gain of 3.0 percent in the CPI-U over the

[PEN-L:9557] Re: URPE Summer Conference

1997-04-18 Thread BAIMAN
Jim, On behalf of the URPE steering committee I've been asked to ask you if you can be "disk jockey" at the summer conference yet again? I believe this would be the second night of the conference which will be held during the usual dates in late August. Let me know as soon as you are able.

[PEN-L:9558] Re: FWD: IMPORTANT !!! READ RIGHT AWAY!!!! -Forwarded

1997-04-18 Thread BAIMAN
Subject: FWD: IMPORTANT !!! READ RIGHT AWAY Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Disposition: inline -- Subject: IMPORTANT READ RIGHT AWAY! Date: Tuesday, April 08, 1997 11:03AM ATTENTION INTERNET AND ONLINE USERS.. Be on the lookout for

[PEN-L:9559] Re: MAI

1997-04-18 Thread Mark Weisbrot
I am posting below the article from the Ecologist that the Guardian article posted by Sid refers to. It was from us, and we are about to begin a major public education campaign on the MAI, in conjunction with Public Citizen. A similar article appeared in the Nation. If anyone wants to be on a

[PEN-L:9560] AFL-CIO on the net

1997-04-18 Thread D Shniad
AFL-CIO TAKES CLASS STRUGGLE INTO CYBERSPACE WASHINGTON, April 10 (Reuter) - The American labour movement has taken class struggle into cyberspace. With hefty executive pay drawing widespread attention and some scorn during the peak season of annual shareholder meetings, the

[PEN-L:9561] Re: FWD: IMPORTANT !!! READ RIGHT AWAY!!!!

1997-04-18 Thread blairs
Do not forward this message to anyone. The message itself is the scam. Email cannot execute a virus. A Microsoft Word file attached to an email can do lots of things to Word and Word files, but only if you open it. (And anyone using Word 6 or later can install free Word Macro protection as easy

[PEN-L:9554] FW: BLS Daily Report

1997-04-18 Thread Richardson_D
BLS DAILY REPORT, THURSDAY, APRIL 17, 1997 The U.S. labor market in the 21st century will face a growing scarcity of highly skilled workers and a dearth of younger workers to replace the baby boomers who hope to retire before the year 2020, the Hudson Institute predicts in a report released