Courage on the Picket Line, by Andrew Moss

by Andrew Moss
Guest Writer, Dandelion Salad
April 20, 2023

They prepare in-flight meals for carriers like Air France, Singapore Airlines, and Lufthansa.

But not right now.

Workers for the Flying Food Group (FFG) plant in Inglewood, California are on strike, demanding a living wage, a decent pension, the retention of their health benefits, and their dignity as workers. Represented by UNITE HERE Local 11, the 350 workers at the plant voted overwhelmingly (99 percent) on March 15 to authorize a strike action against their employer, and they went out on strike on April 11.

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The Real Paul Makinen? by David R. Yale, Reviewed by Diane Donovan

Dandelion Salad

Sent to DS by the author, David R. Yale

by Diane Donovan
Midwest Book Review Bookwatch, Aug. 10, 2022
April 3, 2023

The Real Paul Makinen?
By David R. Yale
A Healthy Relationship Press, LLC
978-0-9791766-0-9,  978-0-9791766-1-6,  978-0-9791766-3-0
www.DavidRYale.Com

The Real Paul Makinen? is a novel not for those seeking quick reads, but is highly recommended for readers not daunted by complex, in-depth probes of emotional relationships, from family and work to potential loved ones.

Set in three parts, it introduces the milieu of Minneapolis in the early 1970s, where the 19-year-old Paul receives his draft notice, refuses to go, and is summarily thrown out of his parents’ house.

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Striking Education Workers Help Teach a City about Inequality, by Andrew Moss

by Andrew Moss
Guest Writer, Dandelion Salad
March 28, 2023

For three days, 30,000 education workers struck the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD), the second-largest in the nation. Bus drivers, special education assistants, custodians, food service workers, and gardeners stayed off the job, joined in solidarity by the 35,000 members of the United Teachers of Los Angeles (UTLA). By Friday, March 24, the workers’ union, Service Employees International Union (SEIU) Local 99, had attained a tentative agreement with the district, securing 30 percent wage or more increases for the lowest paid workers.

continued at https://dandelionsalad.wordpress.com/2023/03/28/striking-education-workers-help-teach-a-city-about-inequality-by-andrew-moss/