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1986 - COC board votes to allow Argentine cliff swallows to nest forever on sides of buildings [story]
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The Santa Clarita Valley Media Collaborative invites local creatives, media industry professionals, students, parents, teachers, and more to celebrate the next generation of media makers participating in the inaugural NextGen MediaMakers Festival on Saturday, May 18 from 2-5 p.m. at the Canyon Country Community Center.
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1986 - COC board votes to allow Argentine cliff swallows to nest forever on sides of buildings [story]
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1974 - Gov. Ronald Reagan speaks at dedication of COC's first permanent building, the William G. Bonelli Instructional Resource Center [story]
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1994 - Sand Canyon homeowner Eddie Murray sets MLB record for switch-hit home runs in games (11 times) [story]
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Hello Auto Group has announced its partnership with the Santa Clarita Veteran Services Collaborative for the second annual Military Spouse Appreciation Event. This event, dedicated to honoring military spouses, will take place on Military Spouse Appreciation Day Friday, May 10, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Anthony Vince Nail Spa at 24250 Town Center Drive #140, Valencia, CA 91355.
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The Valley Industry Association of Santa Clarita is set to ignite innovation and transformation with its VIA Workforce Development Conference 2024 at the Hyatt Regency Valencia on Thursday, May 16. Jorge Marquez, chairman of the Los Angeles County Workforce Development Board, has been added to the list of speakers appearing at the event. He will serve as the opening speaker at the conference.
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The Los Angeles County Department of Economic Opportunity and its regional partners have held the first of several upcoming rapid response events to urgently connect soon-to-be laid off local workers, impacted by the recent bankruptcy and closure of dozens of local 99 Cents Only Stores, to critical workforce services.
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Joe have you seen how many local teens work at Mcdonalds, and Taco bell, and Carls, Jack in the Box, and Burger king? Young people are no longer working at these establishments, it is the imported non English speaking, that is out competing those who maybe in college or high school and need a job like this. I encourage you to crack down on this issue, In-in-out is a local example of putting youth first.
Im talking here in the SCV
I guess it doesnt matter if your ancestors were also once immigrants to this country….. check the logs at ellis island and then find out what THEIR first jobs were in America. At least they are working and not commiting crimes!
The usual rightwing fringe myths. And as usual, the facts are against them.
1. Half of all minimum-wage workers are over 25:
http://www.bls.gov/cps/minwage2011tbls.htm#1
2. Minimum-workers today are older and better educated than before:
http://www.cepr.net/documents/publications/min-wage3-2012-04.pdf
3. Nearly 70 percent of U.S. jobs don’t require more than a high school education:
http://www.dailyfinance.com/2012/12/10/fast-food-labor-strikes-what-will-happen-if-workers-have-it-the/
4. The recession has done more damage to teenage workers than any wage increase could:
http://www.epi.org/publication/teenage_jobs_and_the_raise_in_the_minimum_wage/
5. Costco, Trader Joe’s, and many other retail businesses in the U.S. pay a living wage and are doing quite well.
http://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2013/03/the-trader-joes-lesson-how-to-pay-a-living-wage-and-still-make-money-in-retail/274322/
6. And no, a hamburger won’t cost $16.50. Doubling wages does not double food cost. You could expect perhaps a 10 to 25 percent increase in food costs, or a .10 to .25 cents increase for each dollar of food. Big Mac would be about $1.20 more, for about $5.30 total.
7. In Australia and Japan, McDonald’s pays $14.50 an hour, and it’s doing just fine:
http://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2013/08/the-magical-world-where-mcdonalds-pays-15-an-hour-its-australia/278313/
Of course, Messina is not one to pass up an opportunity to union-bash, condescendingly conflating living wage with union dues and “low I.Q.” Certainly in Messina’s fevered fringie imagination, all union members wear hoodies and jackboots. Union thugs!
And while Messina and the rightwing scream, “free market!” low wages and low prices are heavily subsidized by the American taxpayer.
Corporate subsidies, tax breaks, incentives, Section 8, Medicaid, food stamps and more. Remember that 80 percent of Wal-Mart workers are on food stamps. Each Wal-Mart costs taxpayers about a $1 million each year in subsidies, public services for workers, etc.
http://www.forbes.com/sites/lauraheller/2013/05/31/are-wal%E2%80%90marts-low-wages-a-drag-on-the-economy-new-report-says-yes/
Which is actually socialism for the wealthy and corporations, and capitalism for the workers.
Looks more like the real thugs are corporations, not workers.
It’s getting increasingly difficult for the rightwing fringe to prove its mythical case. There are just too many facts that contradict regressive positions and policies.
very helpful post. i learn a lot from it, thamks.