CWA Local 1180 We Make New York Work for All New Yorkers

INEQUALITY AND THE LABOR MOVEMENT Declining Unions under relentless attackDeclining Unions under relentless attack Declining Middle Class drained of WealthDeclining Middle Class drained of Wealth Economy rigged to send wealth from the bottom to the top, Especially the top.01%Economy rigged to send wealth from the bottom to the top, Especially the top.01% The American Dream Destroyed Especially for our children.The American Dream Destroyed Especially for our children. We are a Plutocracy not a DemocracyWe are a Plutocracy not a Democracy

US Wealth Distribution - Shocking

HISTORIC LEVELS OF INEQUALITY

7 The 1% Had A Plan To Get Richer Seize Political Power Suck The Wealth Out Of The Nation Goal: -Maximize corporate profits and CEO pay Strategy: -Destroy unions -Reduce workers’ wages and benefits

Tax and Transfer System makes the Rich Richer

FINANCIALIZATION OF OUR ECONOMY COMMODITIZE EVERY ENTERPRISECOMMODITIZE EVERY ENTERPRISE –MONETIZE BUSINESSES AND LABOR –MONETIZE HEALTHCARE –MONETIZE HIGHER EDUCATION –MONETIZE UTILITIES –MONETIZE PUBLIC SCHOOLS SUCKING MONEY OUT OF OUR ECONOMYSUCKING MONEY OUT OF OUR ECONOMY –MONOPOLIZING MARKETS –USING GOVERNMENT TO RIG THE SYSTEM

WELCOME TO FINANCIALIZATION

CORPORATE BOSSES AMERICA’S ARISTOCRACY

TAX CUTS FOR THE 1% AND CORPORATIONS STARVE GOVERNMENT

Ronald Reagan began the assault on labor unions when he fired the striking air traffic controllers who were members of PATCO and replaced them with scabs. Reagan’s action was an example that gave Corporations carte blanche to bust unions. The Reagan Revolution

THE AMERICAN DREAM YOU FIND IT IN DENMARK OR CANADA

POOR COLLEGE GRAD WILL EARN THE SAME AS A RICH HIGH SCHOOL DROPOUT BY AGE 40.

MIDDLE CLASS COSTS FOR HOUSING, COLLEGE AND HEALTH

CONTROL OF MASS MEDIA HOW TO BRAINWASH A NATION

Reagan Allowed Changes in FCC Rules Eliminating Fairness Doctrine no longer ensuring Diverse Points of View Reducing Restrictions on Media Monopolies Giving the 1% Greater Control of What We See, Hear, Read and Think. The Reagan Revolution

FIRST THEY TEST IT OVERSEAS THEN THEY USE IT ON US

The Lewis Powell memo’s Agenda for The 1%’s Takeover of the United States of America 1.Dominate the media 2.Spread pro-business propaganda 3.Indoctrinate young students 4.Take over the political system

CORPORATE MEDIA IS AN ECHO CHAMBER FOR THE 1% PUSHING DEREGULATION & TAX CUTS TO MAKE THE TOP 1% RICHER

Dumbing Down the American People

CORPORATIONS HAVE CORRUPTED OUR DEMOCRACY AND STOLE OUR GOVERNMENT

TIME TO WAKE UP OUR MEMBERS

CWA EDUCATING & MOBILIZING MEMBERS TO BUILD A MOVEMENT TO FIGHT BACK

CWA Local 1180 We Make New York Work for All New Yorkers