El Acto de Compensacion Justa en Eureka

Ayuda a nuestro/a’s trabajadore’s!

Vota por un Saldo de Vida (living wage)!!  $10.00 per hour / por hora.

El Acto de Compensacion Justa en Eureka
(The Eureka Fair Compensation Act)

Después de ajustes a causa de inflación, el salario mínimo basado en su estancia desde 1995 ahora fuese mas de $10.00 la hora. Levantar el salario mínimo alentara a mas gente a entrar un trabajo con beneficios y reducirá la demanda puesta en las agencias locales de servicios sociales. Levantar el salario mínimo ayudara a los negocios locales competir con almacenes de cadena (también conocidos como super-centros) . Trabajadores de Salario mínimo compran en negocios locales, el levantar de el salario levantara la prosperidad de los negocios locales y al igual los impuestos locales se levantaran. Trabajadores de salario mínimo gastan casi 100% de sus ingresos, estos dolares circularan y estimularan la economía con un efecto múltiples. El Acto de Compensacion ion Justa en Eureka exigirá que nuestros trabajadore’s compartan en una manera pequeña nuestra prosperidad.

http://eurekaworkers.org
http://fairchance.us

bill@eurekaworkers.org

fairchance@fairchance.us

 

Humboldt Bay Container Port and Yucca Mountain

 

 

Is there a connection between the drive to put a huge container port in Humboldt Bay and a rail freight corridor through Eureka and into the Central Valley and over the Sierras?  Maybe.  Yucca Mountain Nuclear Depository is being developed to accept nuclear waste not only from the United States but also from around the world.  This waste will have to be shipped there, and this will require ports in areas that are unpopulated.  The populations of Los Angeles, Oakland - San Francisco and Seattle will not stand for shipping of nuclear waste through their cities, and the railroads can’t afford the legal liability.  That leaves places like Eureka or Coos Bay.  Think about it.

Of course if the NCRA will publicly renounce the right to transport nuclear waste on their rail line forever, and if the Humbolt Bay Port authorities renounce the right to transship nuclear waste forever, then we can move on.

Your comments please.

Metals Surge as Rationing Cuts Power at Biggest Mines

By Saijel Kishan and Gavin Evans

May 5 (Bloomberg) — Chile’s worst drought in five decades and power rationing from South Africa to China mean the price of aluminum, gold, copper and platinum will keep climbing as the lights go out in the world’s biggest mines.

Those governments are being forced to choose whether to reduce power to their 1.4 billion residents or curtail energy supplies to the world’s biggest copper, aluminum, platinum and gold factories. The energy used by China’s aluminum smelters each week could provide enough power for more than 2 million people for an entire year.

Runaway growth in emerging markets that’s squeezing world oil supplies has led to electricity shortages, cutting output of commodities needed for ever-rising demand. Platinum jumped to a record in January after mines in South Africa closed for five days as utilities rationed power. Cobalt gained 58 percent in the past year as production growth in the Democratic Republic of Congo was limited by electricity supply.

 http://urlet.com/tandem.aid

Post-War Suicides May Exceed Combat Deaths, U.S. Says

By Avram Goldstein

May 5 (Bloomberg) — The number of suicides among veterans of wars in Iraq and Afghanistan may exceed the combat death toll because of inadequate mental health care, the U.S. government’s top psychiatric researcher said.

Community mental health centers, hobbled by financial limits, haven’t provided enough scientifically sound care, especially in rural areas, said Thomas Insel, director of the National Institute of Mental Health in Bethesda, Maryland. He briefed reporters today at the American Psychiatric Association’s annual meeting in Washington.

Insel echoed a Rand Corporation study published last month that found about 20 percent of returning U.S. soldiers have post- traumatic stress disorder or depression, and only half of them receive treatment.

http://urlet.com/faced.developed

 

Kate Mann - Muddy’s Hot Cup - Ladylike Open Mic

Kate Mann - Muddy’s Hot Cup - Ladylike Open Mic

 

Monday, May 12 8PM

 

Muddy’s Hot Cup - Featured guest at Ladylike Open Mic

1603 G Street, Arcata CA

www.katemann.com
www.myspace.com/katemann
www.cdbaby.com/katemann2

MANDATORY TRASH PICKUP IN EUREKA

If you think mandatory trash pickup is a really bad idea, come to the city council meeting Tuesday and express yourself, or you will be facing another $240 per year in fees.

The proposed contract with City Garbage is supposedly needed to attain a landfill diversion target, and to lock in lower garbage rates in an era of rising costs.  HOWEVER, NO ONE, NOT THE CITY COUNCIL, NOT CITY GARBAGE, NOT DAVID TYSON, NOT “STAFF” WILL GUARANTEE THAT THE DIVERSION TARGET WILL BE MET BY THIS PROGRAM.  THE CONTRACT HAS BUILT IN COST ESCALATORS, GUARANTEEING A PROFIT TO CITY GARBAGE, SO PRICES WILL PROBABLY GO UP ANYWAY.

JUST SAY NO! City council meeting Tuesday at 6:30!

Talkin’ Trash:

http://highboldtage.wordpress.com/2008/03/09/mandatory-garbage-pickup-talkin-trash/

From the Times-Standard:

Tuesday, the council also is expected to officially introduce its mandatory curbside garbage and recycling program ordinance, which has long been in the works.

In an effort to boost Eureka’s 45 percent waste diversion rate over the state-mandated 50 percent threshold, city staff is recommending the mandatory plan, which would bring curbside service to every Eureka household. City staff is estimating the new service would tack on $2.50 to existing garbage service rates, bringing the total for garbage and recycling to $19.70 per month.

Leonard said he thinks the proposed ordinance is fair.

”It’s much more equity-driven,” Leonard said. “It’s the fairest approach for rate payers. All the rate payers should pay the same rate for the same service.”

The proposed ordinance will be introduced Tuesday, then is expected to come back before the council May 20 for further discussion and again on June 3 for adoption, according to the staff report. If all goes as planned, the ordinance would become affective July 3.

http://www.times-standard.com/localnews/ci_9156498