Children and Friends of United Labor Union Organizer Toney Orr of Little Rock, Arkansas did a clean up at KABF Radio Station in Little Rock. They cut grass and picked up debris from around the station and they had a good time doing it.

Reminder that Local 100 is sponsoring a radio show at 9:00 A.M to 9:30 A.M every Thursday morning called "The Workplace." It is hosted by Toney Orr, our organizer in Little Rock Arkansas. We will be dealing with all topics pertaining to our members and working families in general. So, tune in to 88.3 KABF or live stream KABF 88.3.org and listen to the Work Place. And if you have any comments or stories of interest, call me at 501-588-3272 or email me at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .

Local 100 member Ms. Davis Food Service manager at Hollman Middle School in HISD signing up a new member.  

What seems wrong about this photo from a elementary school in Houston Texas.

Well, lets start with the lunch tray. No vegetables, no milk, no nothing but a order of greasy nachos and two cups of sugar, food coloring and ice.

Has this become the all American lunch that will fortify our children for the educational battle with workers of the world or just a profit machine for Aramark, the private company, that's making profits on the stomachs of our children?  You wonder why diabetes is running wild in HISD as Rome burns. Maybe fiddle music should be playing as we view this lunch.

April 3rd, 2013

Excellent meeting with Congressman Al Green in Houston today about Comcast giving internet access, remittance justice on pricing for money transfers, the need for higher funding for Head Start workers, and increasing the minimum wage. What a great peoples' representative!

3/25/13

Dallas Crossing Guards met Saturday, 3/23 to come up with a pay raise demand for the Dallas County Schools budget committee meeting. Crossing Guards in Dallas were City of Dallas employees and part of the Dallas Police Department until they were trannsferred to Dallas County Schools a few months ago. Dallas County Schools is a County school district that provides support services and Transportation services to School Districts in Dallas County.

As city employees, they were able to draw unemployment during the summer but they lost the ability to do that when they were transferred because they became School Districts employees

Replacing that lost income, which amounts to 94 cents per hour, is a major issue. Rasheed Rashad pointed out that they had been promised $9.63 when they came to Dallas County Schools and had the documentation to prove it. So the calculation was simple. $9.63+$ .94= $10.57. The first Budget committee meeting will be April 11th, the next one is in June and the Budget has to be finished by July. Crossing Guards are justified in asking for a $2.24 per hour raise and are determined to get what they deserve.

Pictured are Anne Kail on the left, Rasheed Rashad in the middle and Lola Hollins on the right.

Members of the United Labor Unions Local 100 and Arkansas Community Organizations and parents who have filed complaints with Comcast cable hold a rally outside KARK-TV , the Local NBC affiliate in Little Rock, Arkansas urging Comcast to be more active in getting internet essentials out to more families and to be accountable to what they promised they would do for our children here in Little Rock.