By late 2015, the United States plans to start a pilot aimed at making it cheaper and quicker for U.S. employers to employ foreign workers. This has particular importance to the Canada‑U.S. bilateral relationship–which realized “$632 billion in total (two ways) goods trade during 2013.” All that trade means a significant number of Canadian workers […]
SHRM: “DHS Considering Cross-Border Trusted Employer Program with Canada”
Stop The Fast Track To A Future Of Global Corporate Rule. The Dangers Underlying the TPP and TTIP “Trade Agreements”
Several major international agreements are under negotiation which would greatly empower multinational corporations and the World Economic Forum is promoting a new model of global governance that creates a hybrid government-corporate structure. Humankind is proceeding on a path to global corporate rule where transnational corporations would not just influence public policy, they would write the […]
Southern California Edison layoffs get U.S. Senate attention
FA Question: How will foreign (H‑1B) IT workers controlling our critical infrastructure maintain the “security” of the Smart Grid promised by DHS? Southern California Edison’s replacement of IT workers with H‑1B workers is getting attention from one U.S. lawmaker who is in a positon to influence immigration law. Sen. Jeff Sessions (R‑Ala.), who heads the Senate’s immigration […]
The White House Has Gone Full Doublespeak on Fast Track and the TPP
Sen. Ron Wyden and Sen. Orrin Hatch are now in a stand-off over a bill that would put secretive trade deals like the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) agreement on the Fast Track to passage through Congress. The White House meanwhile, has intensified their propaganda campaign, going so far as to mislead the public about how trade […]
ALERT: HR 5, the Student Success Act of 2015
The following information is critically important. It should go viral immediately. Send it to every parent and grandparent, school board member, state legislator, voter, friend.… Post it on Facebook, websites, blogs, etc. Time is very short! This bill is on the FAST TRACK! The vote on H.R. 5 may take place as early as Tuesday […]
Watch Out For Opt Out!
A “Seismic Shift” In Assessing Students “The group calls for what’s called “assessment literacy” for teachers, but also administrators, school boards, parents — and students.” (Source) A 3D Research Report by Mari Caplan Many parents, understandably fed up by the aggressive testing associated with Common Core Standards or now Career and College Ready Standards, are […]
Obama Unveils His Executive Order To Share Your Confidential Information With Corporations: Live Webcast
As reported earlier, today Obama will unleash his latest executive order, one which will set the stage for “information sharing and analysis organizations” (ISAOs) — or, in political jargon “hubs where companies share cyber threat data with each other and with the Department of Homeland Security.” In regular parlance, what Obama will do is merely […]
Utility Commissioner’s Emails Reveal Smart Meter Conspiracy
FAT CAT IS OUT OF THE BAG: Evidence has now been made public of illegal actions and collusion between former California Public Utilities Commission president Michael Peevey and utility PG&E, as criminal investigations continue. As part of a federal and state investigation into what appears to be systemic corruption involving former senior executives at PG&E […]