Queen Jane Approximately

[slaveplanet]

Has anybody in Cleveland been following this?

In summary, Mayor Jane Campbell, elected under heavy union support, used the cover of a slick new (Local) development plan in the flats, to spring the announcement of a Walmart, across town, in the historic Steelyard Commons site.

Oh the irony (pun intended) of it all. The site of the legendary steel mill,a place where generations of Clevelanders used to manufacture real steel, the best in the world, shipped everywhere in the world. Will now be the new home of the fascist, non union, box retailer. All done by Queen Jane, in secret double dealings. She needs to be sent back to Shaker Heights.

I'm tired of these traitor Dems...

http://www.noclevelandwalmart.org/

Campbell Still Dealing In Secret
May 24th, 2005

Sources told me that Mitch Schneider and Jane Campbell were in Las Vegas last night, still stabbing City Council in the back, still in secret, over Steelyard Commons. Schneider had time to call in to a talk show on WCPN on Monday morning, from Vegas, but still has no time to meet with City Council.

Meanwhile, City Council was actually discussing the issue in public in Cleveland on Monday night, with Burt Saltzman, the local owner of Dave’s Supermarket, in the audience paying very close attention. Dave’s is the locally owned union grocery store that will be most in the crosshairs of Walmart’s superstore.

Jane Campbell should really be ashamed of herself.

[capriccio]

1. Queen Jane, approximately

"When all of your advisers heave their plastic
At your feet to convince you of your pain
Trying to prove that your conclusions should be more drastic
Won't you come see me, Queen Jane?"

[slaveplanet]

2. I edited the thread subject

as an homage to Mr. D.... :patriot:

[slaveplanet]

3. time for Chinese goods

they call it progress....



July 7, 1937: Barred by military rule from gathering within 1,500 yards of the Corrigan-McKinney plant of the Republic Steel Corp., Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO) steel strikers on a bluff watch as national guardsman aided in reopening the mills. Only twelve pickets were allowed at each gate (Photo: Cleveland Plain Dealer).

[Algorem]

4. "Nigger Dave"

Friend of working people

http://www.clevescene.com/Issues/2005-06-29/news/firstpunch.html

Wal-Mart district manager Keri Brown recently wrote The Plain Dealer to chastise AFL-CIO chief John Ryan for his criticism of the company and his vow to unionize the new Steelyard Commons store.

Among assorted half-truths and misleading arguments, Brown chided Ryan for not understanding the loyal Wal-Mart worker: "If he had looked closer to home, Ryan would have found that Wal-Mart associates in Ohio are proud of their jobs and their companies."...

When Scene last wrote about Brown <"Nigger Dave," October 15, 2003>, she was ignoring overt racism in her store. Elyria employee Dave Thomas had repeatedly been called "that nigger Dave" by fellow workers. Yet Brown, the Elyria manager at the time, refused to do anything about it. Thomas -- who, incidentally, had many witnesses to the slurs -- was forced to take his plight to her superiors. But managers at the Hillbilly Enron seemed worried only about whether or not he'd hired a lawyer. He was eventually fired.

So when Brown claims that "Wal-Mart treats its associates well," you can guess what she's talking about.


"Nigger Dave"

That's what they called him at Wal-Mart. His managers didn't seem to care.

By Pete Kotz

Published: Wednesday, October 15, 2003

http://www.clevescene.com/issues/2003-10-15/news/kotz.html

The first time David Thomas was called a nigger, he'd spent just 45 days on the job. Two co-workers had taken to announcing that they hated "that nigger Dave" to anyone who would listen.
Thomas, an even-keeled and courteous man -- the kind who calls you "mister" -- had no idea what he'd done to piss the women off. "I didn't even know these people," he says. But everyone knew they were pissed. "They didn't care who heard it."

Two managers at the Elyria Wal-Mart called him into the office. "Did you hear anything?" they asked. He was told to write it all down.

But as the weeks passed, the women continued to pronounce their hatred for "that nigger Dave." "The first shift heard about it, the second shift heard about it," says Thomas. "People would come up to me and say, 'Are you hearing these things they're saying about you?'" When he asked managers if they were following up, they'd simply reply, "We're handling it in our own way."

But a few months later, it happened again. Thomas was working the overnight stocking shift when, for reasons no one can seem to explain, another woman called him a "black bitch."...

[OzarkDem]

5. And Cleveland continues to lose

forever locked in the death grip of opposing parties (union vs corporations)with neither side giving an inch.

[Kolesar]

6. It's impressive what good journalism comes out of the alternative press

The weeklies with all the racy ads with big phone numbers printed in them.