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Kroger members of United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) 1059 have rejected three contracts and the 1059’s negotiating team is returning to the bargaining table with Kroger corporate today (Tuesday, September 27).
UFCW 1059 members also voted to strike if the union leadership would authorize it, but so far 1059 President Randy Quickel – who’s salary is over $222,000 – has sent mixed signals to the 12,500-plus Kroger members of 1059.
For example, word was spreading through local stores that if a strike were to be authorized, 1059 would pay $250 for 20 hours of picketing but only for the first week. But because 1059 leadership does not take questions from the media, and just offers statements, the Free Press could not confirm this.
Nonetheless, Kroger corporate is also preparing for a strike.
Experts on children, youth, and college students never tire of spouting superficial generalizations about the relative ease or difficulty of growing up over time. They seldom define their terms, specify age ranges, present systematic data, or pay attention to either socio-historical context or patterns of difference.
This issue is central to our understanding of higher education and its current challenges. In his Higher Ed Gamma Blog, Inside Higher Education, July 26, 2022, Steven Mintz asks, “Has Childhood Changed?” Mintz counters Larry Cuban’s confused response to the ill-formed question “Are today’s children different than children in the 1890s?”—No. (Cuban, “Are Today’s Children Different than Children in the 1890s” (https:larrycuban.wordpress.com/2022/07/25/are-todays-children-different…)) Mintz outlines some of the changes to which Cuban alludes that contradict his overall assertion. Both historian Mintz and educationist Cuban confuse basics.
Tuesday, September 27, 6-8:30pm, Antiques on High, 714 S. High St.
Columbus is feeling the impacts of climate change — extreme weather, power outages, rising temperatures, and more. So what can we do about it?
Join the Ohio Environmental Council’s Emerging Leaders Council to learn more about the Columbus Climate Action Plan and how you can get involved in local climate work on Tuesday, September 27, 6-8:30pm., at Antiques on High at 714 S. High St.
The evening will include a brief overview of the Columbus Climate Action Plan from Sustainable Columbus followed by an informal discussion and a question-and-answer with community members. You’ll learn concrete ways that you can act on climate right now in Columbus!
Dinner will be provided. The first 30 people who arrive at the event will receive a free drink from the bar!
RSVP for this event by using this link.
Sofar Sounds Columbus: Discovery Show
Saturday, September 24, 8-10:30pm, somewhere in Gahanna [the exact location will be sent to guests 36 hours before the event via the e-mail address that had been used during the ticket purchase]
This event will be a secret, PopUp, live show, creating an immersive experience that brings guests and artists closer together. Each Sofar typically features three diverse acts, from a wide range of genres, with no headliner.
This show will be an outdoor, BYOB, accessible performance at a coffee shop/art Gallery [in Gahanna] that will feature three amazing musicians.
Ticket cost: $18.00.
RSVP for this event by using this link.
Contact: Terry Tertiary (City Lead), <terry.tertiary@sofarsounds.com>.
Hosted by Sofar Sounds Columbus.
Kroger corporate negotiators told UFCW 1059 on Wednesday they will return to the bargaining table on September 27.
Kroger 1059 members and union stewards are calling it “a win” for their union and, more importantly, themselves.
Overworked, exhausted, and stressed out, Kroger 1059 members exhaled deeply Wednesday night as word spread the standoff had ended since they rejected the last contract vote a week ago, the third time in 45 days they voted down their three-year deal.
These same Kroger 1059 members were telling the Free Press that word was spreading through the stores that union stewards were pressing 1059 leadership – its main office in White Hall – to authorize a strike.
But what made Kroger corporate return to the bargaining table, and not make their last offer its “last, best, and final offer,” is unknown.
The time for niceties is over.
Democratic gubernatorial candidate Nan Whaley’s campaign has gone nowhere since the primary more than four months ago.
She was 15% behind in a reputable poll immediately after the primary and she has remained 15% behind in other recent reputable polls.
Nan must fire her campaign manager and advisers immediately and find a new set who can put her on the right path. I am not convinced that Nan’s own campaign judgment is all that stellar either, but she can’t fire herself.
Her opponent Gov. Mike DeWine has outfoxed her at every turn
First, he stayed quiet and tried to rebuild the Republican coalition, 52% of which abandoned him in the primary. Republicans are better at forgiving and forgetting after disputes. DeWine offered them some extremist anti-abortion red meat to smooth the process. His latest coup was getting the endorsement from former President Trump that makes it more likely that the Trumpers who passed on DeWine in the primary will come home.
Thursday, September 22, 3-6pm
925 Mt Vernon Ave
Our theme: Sharing the Wealth refers to the wealth of the land and the community. BGM@MPACC reserves space for Ohio farmers/growers, as well as cottage food operations and small processors that source ingredients locally and local craft artisans.
The market encourages the following: developing and niche farmers; farmers/urban gardeners practicing organic farming methods and season extension; producers that source locally; community gardens and producers eager to educate consumers about their products.
Bronzeville Growers Market @MPACC's Box Park
occurs every Thursday
July 7 to September 29 | 3 - 6 pm
at 925 Mt. Vernon Avenue, corner of 17th.
Free parking is located across from the market.
Ah, the children!
They belong to us, sayeth the Department of Defense. At least some of them do.
It’s a little more complicated than it used to be, thanks to one of the changes that occurred back in 1973, a year of startling historical significance. That was the year of the Roe v. Wade decision and, oh yeah, the Watergate hearings (remember those?). But there was more. The United States, tangled militarily in the quagmire of Vietnam and increasingly torn apart on the home front by protests, was on the brink of conceding defeat in Nam and getting the hell out of the ravaged country. Before that came about, the military-industrialists made a pragmatic decision. They got rid of the draft.
The idea was to shut up the protesters by taking away their personal stake in America’s militarism. The term that was then emerging was “Vietnam syndrome” — people were sick of war. Uh oh! Big problem for the defense industry and all the groveling politicians indebted to it. Patriotism itself had become poisoned. People began calling for profound national change, including (God help us) an end to war. Was the antiwar movement becoming the new patriotism?
Jean-Luc Godard: “Beauty is composed of an eternal, invariable element whose quantity is extremely difficult to determine, and a relative element which might be, either by turns or all at once, period, fashion, moral, passion.
Pusha T: “Shorty in my ear say she got a thong on.”
Jean-Luc Godard died at the age of 91. Upon hearing of the French New Wave’s director’s death, I rode COTA to the Columbus Metropolitan Library’s website and requested as many movies as possible. I spent my weekend bumping Pusha T’s latest album while watching Breathless.
I thought: Godard lived until 91. He did something correct.
I aligned my Flex Beats headphones with my iPhone and jumped on the 31 from Lane and High. I transferred and boarded the number 8 via Neil Avenue from South Campus.
I jumped the COTA and walked two minutes until I was standing looking at Pusha T’s name from Kemba Live’s sign.
I set my Flex Beats headphones, writing utensil, wallet, Futura Lanyard, and iPhone on a tray. After the metal detectors, I was frisked, and I walked towards the stage.
Opener IDK was playing a set which sound like a mixture of southern rap, and Odd Future.
WHAT LED YOU TO THE OPEN SHELTER?
“I asked some homeless guys where to get stuff at and they told me the location. They showed me where to go and ever since I have been coming here. It was about eight or nine years ago. I didn’t have anywhere to go. I didn’t want to live with my family. I needed to go away and get my stuff together. There was drama. I wanted to be by myself. I was staying in a tent in downtown.”
“I would get up at 7 in the morning. Trying to find places to eat, get clothes and stuff I need. I never had any real problems except for the city coming down and tearing people’s tents down for no reason. I lost a lot of things. Sometimes other campers won’t tell you if the city is coming. So if you go away for a couple of days, your stuff could be gone.”