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

2. 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

3. US Wealth Distribution - Shocking

4. HISTORIC LEVELS OF INEQUALITY

7. 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

10. Tax and Transfer System makes the Rich Richer

11. 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

12. WELCOME TO FINANCIALIZATION

16. CORPORATE BOSSES AMERICA’S ARISTOCRACY

18. TAX CUTS FOR THE 1% AND CORPORATIONS STARVE GOVERNMENT

22. 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

32. THE AMERICAN DREAM YOU FIND IT IN DENMARK OR CANADA

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

35. MIDDLE CLASS COSTS FOR HOUSING, COLLEGE AND HEALTH

40. CONTROL OF MASS MEDIA HOW TO BRAINWASH A NATION

41. 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

42. FIRST THEY TEST IT OVERSEAS THEN THEY USE IT ON US

51. 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

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

57. Dumbing Down the American People

61. CORPORATIONS HAVE CORRUPTED OUR DEMOCRACY AND STOLE OUR GOVERNMENT

67. TIME TO WAKE UP OUR MEMBERS

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

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