Welle Earns Labor Endorsement. CONGRESSIONAL CANDIDATE JOSH WELLE.

Hi David,

Josh earned another major endorsement from 32BJ SEIU, which represents 12,000 property service workers including office cleaners, school maintenance and food service workers, residential workers and security officers while also working with airport workers.

They have been successful in passing legislation in New Jersey including paid sick leave laws and Standard Wage legislation in various counties and cities.

SEIU Vice President, Kevin Brown said, “We congratulate Joshua Welle on his Primary Day victory. We think Welle will work toward making New Jersey a more inclusive state and will put problem-solving and bipartisan solutions over ideology. Our district looks forward to working with him as we head into November’s midterm elections. We are confident Welle would be a champion for DREAMers and TPS recipients and enact progressive legislation that would be a welcome change in a district whose current representative has failed immigrant communities with his inaction and false promises.”

Our campaign has been working tirelessly to ensure a broad coalition of organizers and community leaders are activated to protect DREAMers and working families.

Service First,

Team Welle

News: U.S. Wants to Deport Woman Enslaved by Guerrillas. FREEDOM UNITED.

Woman Enslaved by Salvadoran Guerrillas to be Deported by U.S. for “Supporting Terrorists” June 7, 2018 A woman from El Salvador who gained Temporary Protected Status in the U.S. after being abducted and enslaved by guerrillas is now facing deportation after a court ruled that her forced labor constituted “material support for terrorists.” READ NOW Unprecedented UN Sanctions Slapped on ‘Millionaire Migrant Traffickers’ June 7, 2018 The United Nations Security Council has hit six major human traffickers operating in Libya with unprecedented sanctions. Shockingly, one is a commander in the Libyan Coast Guard who allegedly sank boats full of African migrants. READ NOW An American 13-Year-Old, Pregnant and Forced to Marry Her Rapist June 1, 2018 Dawn Tyree was molested by a family friend when she was just 11. When her parents found out, they didn’t go to the police. Instead, as Dawn recalls, “It was decided for me that I would marry him.” READ NOW Court: Mars No Need to Disclose if Candy Made from Child Slave Labor The Ninth Circuit of the U.S. Court of Appeals has ruled that candy maker Mars Inc. does not need to disclose if cocoa beans used in its chocolate were produced using child slave labor as it is not a “physical defect” in the product. Read Now >> Thai NGO: 10 Out of 100 Arrested Sex Workers are Victims of Trafficking Empower Foundation is calling for a ban on police raids targeting the sex industry, arguing that the stings violate human rights of women by shaming sex workers and improperly detaining trafficking victims. Read Now >> H&M and Gap to Probe Violence and Sex Abuse in Asian Factories The move comes after NGOs interviewed workers in supplier factories, finding that female workers were at particular risk of retaliation if they reported the abuses. Read Now >> Ex-Crew Help Fellow Victims in Thailand’s Fishing Industry Over 100 rescued fishermen have come together to form the Thai and Migrant Fishers Union Group (TMFG) to help prevent their fellow countrymen from falling victim to forced labor and exploitation at sea. Read Now >> Why Prawns are Off the Menu at Air New Zealand The company's chief executive says, "We’ve recently taken prawns off because we don’t have confidence about the supply and where they’re coming from, what conditions they are caught in and what conditions the workers are in.” Read Now >> Correction: Brands Using Certification Scheme Fail to Stop Labor Abuse A previous version of this article unfortunately contained an image featuring tea brands which are not implicated in the recent news story. In fact, they were social enterprises that are examples of positive change. As a consumer, you can also take positive action to help ensure tea workers are treated fairly. Ask brands: Who Picked My Tea?

Don’t take shortcuts with safety. Jennifer Boysko Chair of Run Everywhere.

David,

The next time you read about safety concerns derailing a billion-dollar infrastructure project like the Silver Line, thank a Republican.

Hundreds of precast concrete slabs for new Silver Line stations have major defects. According to a recently unsealed whistleblower lawsuit, the manufacturer knew about the flaws and may have falsified data to cover them up.

This is what happens when you award millions of dollars to contractors solely because they're the “low bidder” — which is how the contractors on Silver Line Phase 2 were selected. Instead, by using Project Labor Agreements (PLAs) or Best Value Contracting, the Commonwealth can develop a trained and skilled Virginia workforce that doesn’t cut corners.

Also thanks to that lack of PLAs, Phase II of the Silver Line -- one of the country’s largest infrastructure projects -- was 13 months behind schedule when the defects came to light.

This costly double boondoggle was completely avoidable. But Virginia’s Republican leadership prefers shady backroom deals to transparent public agreements.

Virginia can’t afford business as usual.

Thanks as always for your support,

Jennifer Boysko
Finance Chair, Virginia Democratic House Caucus
Chair of Run Everywhere

CONSUMER GUIDE TO AVOIDING SCAMS AND SCOUNDRELS. GOING ON A DIET? YOU CAN LOSE MORE THAN JUST WEIGHT. PT 1.

No doubt, most all of us have worried about those extra pounds that add unwanted dimensions to our bodies. This seems especially true the older we get.  However, to often people are unwilling to put in the Time, Effort or Discipline it takes to trim down, and add muscle to replace fat.  That is a dilemma the Con- Man has been willing to exploit for generations.  As has happened throughout the years, a new group of aging adults is falling for the same type of Hocus- Pocus their Parents and Grandparents fell for. 

Unfortunately, sometimes we see things as they could be, and ignore what they actually are.

First lets look at some common Terminology you may encounter.

Dietitian vs Nutritionist-  A Dietitian is a Licensed, Board Certified and Formally Educated Individual Legally recognized as an expert in their field.  A Nutritionist is required to have no specific education or training.  This does not mean that a Nutritionist is completely unqualified to advise you, just be diligent and check Background and Accreditation.

Cleansing Diets -  You can dress it up any way you want, but these diets are just another form of FASTING. Eliminating or Drastically cutting back the intake of Foods, and replacing them with Water, Special "Drinks", Pills etc are Decades old Lures that differ only in the Names of the Products and Diet Plans being offered for sale.

Naturopathy-  Lies in the category of Alternative Medicine. It is not based on evidence that passes scrutiny using the Scientific Method, and seems to rely only on Faith and Belief.  Any assertions made by those practicing Naturopathy have no basis in reality, because they have not been accurately tested and studied under proper clinical conditions.

"All Natural" or "Organic"-  If you find a claim that is emphasizing either of these two terms as a reason for success, don't buy in.  They are Buzzwords that have nothing to do with weight loss, and are used for Marketing purposes.

Look for PT 2.