We the People, Not We the Corporations

On January 21, 2010, with its ruling in Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission, the Supreme Court ruled that corporations are persons, entitled by the U.S. Constitution to buy elections and run our government. Human beings are people; corporations are legal fictions.

We, the People of the United States of America, reject the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling in Citizens United, and move to amend our Constitution to firmly establish that money is not speech, and that human beings, not corporations, are persons entitled to constitutional rights.

The Supreme Court is misguided in principle, and wrong on the law. In a democracy, the people rule. We Move to Amend.

DFA-MC will work to bring about an amendment to the constitution that says Corporations are not people and money is not speech.

Here in the Phoenix area we are making plans for the anniversary of the Citizens United decision.  A handful of people cannot do it alone – we need each of you to participate in the planning.  We are working on several ideas.  Pick a couple that work for you and join the planning.

Wednesday, November 30^th there will be a meeting of the viral and image theatre and occupy flash mob task forces at 5:30pm at the home of Nancy Hornyak.

Saturday, December 3^rd there will be three task forces meeting at 2pm at Nancy’s house: one will make plans for a freeway banner another will discuss boycotting businesses and the third will be discussing a ballot initiative.  At 3:30pm all the groups will meet to discuss Occupy or Circle the Court.

For more information email email nhornyak@cox.net.

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Corrine asked that we send letters to the Phoenix City Council concerning the working conditions at Sky Harbor  Airport.  Please copy the letter below or write your own drop them off at Democratic Headquarters or send them to Corrine Horowitz at UFCW99, at 2401 N Central Ave, 2nd Floor, Phoenix, 85004-1331.

August 4, 2011

TO:      Mayor Phil Gordon

Members of the Phoenix City Council

Danny Murphy, Phoenix Sky Harbor Aviation Director

Members of the Downtown Aviation Advisory Committee

Sky Harbor Airport workers take pride in making a great first impression.  They serve our guests coffee, offer them a ride to their gate, and keep them company while shining their shoes—and they do it all with a smile.

Because workers at Sky Harbor Airport are the first and last faces visitors to our great city see, they are extremely important to the local economy and community. As such, business that have contracts there, or anywhere else with the City of Phoenix, should be a source of high quality jobs for Valley residents.

Yet many Airport workers, who are also residents of our city, are struggling to feed their families and face difficult conditions at work every day.

A group of employees at GCA Services—one of the companies contracted by the City of Phoenix to clean the Airport terminals—recently began to respond to those conditions.  In May, over thirty of these working men and women went to GCA’s Mesa headquarters to talk to company management about these and other concerns. GCA management refused to even meet with the employees, and just days afterward, the company terminated three employees who were trying to form a union.

GCA employees have stated their wish to improve their access to health insurance, to earn fair wages, to share costs for their security badges and uniforms; and to end the requirement for a doctor’s note for even a single day in which they are sick and cannot work.

The men and women who make Sky Harbor “America’s Friendliest Airport” must be treated with the dignity and respect they deserve.  In particular, employees at GCA, should be able to exercise their right to improve wages, benefits, and working conditions without fear of harassment, intimidation, or termination.

We, the undersigned, ask that you ensure that GCA and all other companies that do business with the city of Phoenix, treat their workers with dignity and respect.

Sincerely,

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Tim Hogan (The Arizona Center for Law in the Public Interest (ACLPI)) asked that we go to their website and support the work they are doing in court on behalf of the environment, education and healthcare.  http://www.aclpi.org/.

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Tim Schmaltz of PAFCO told us of their monthly training sessions for activists on the last Wednesday of the month at 3pm.  Check back for the location of training.  Tim emphasized that Facts are not enough. It takes a combination of facts, stories and persistent citizen action to make change or persuade a policy maker.  See the PAFCO website at http://www.pafcoalition.org/.

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