From LISTSERV@LISTSERV.UIC.EDU Tue Feb 12 16:32:47 2002 Date: Tue, 12 Feb 2002 17:48:15 -0600 From: "L-Soft list server at UIC (1.8d)" To: Laura Q Subject: File: "FEMINISTSF LOG0112C" ========================================================================= Date: Mon, 17 Dec 2001 15:45:00 -0800 Reply-To: "For discussion of feminist SF, fantastic & utopian literature" Sender: "For discussion of feminist SF, fantastic & utopian literature" From: Jo Ann Rangel Subject: Fw: BUSH TO CLOSE ALL REGIONAL OFFICES OF THE WOMEN'S Comments: To: feministsf@uic.edu MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit ----- Original Message ----- From: To: Sent: Monday, December 17, 2001 9:27 AM Subject: BUSH TO CLOSE ALL REGIONAL OFFICES OF THE WOMEN'S > Received: from h-net.msu.edu [35.8.2.57] by WGSERVER.Silent-Running.com with smtp > id AMBKCLEH ; Mon, 17 Dec 2001 12:26:44 -0500 > Received: (qmail 6559 invoked from network); 17 Dec 2001 20:26:52 -0000 > Received: from h-net.hst.msu.edu (HELO h-net.msu.edu) (35.8.2.57) > by h-net.hst.msu.edu with SMTP; 17 Dec 2001 20:26:52 -0000 > Received: from H-NET.MSU.EDU by H-NET.MSU.EDU (LISTSERV-TCP/IP release 1.8d) > with spool id 132886 for H-WOMEN@H-NET.MSU.EDU; Mon, 17 Dec 2001 > 15:26:49 -0500 > Delivered-To: H-Women@H-Net.MSU.EDU > Received: (qmail 6550 invoked from network); 17 Dec 2001 20:26:47 -0000 > Received: from email.smith.edu (131.229.64.115) by h-net.hst.msu.edu with SMTP; > 17 Dec 2001 20:26:47 -0000 > Received: from SCDOM-MTA by email.smith.edu with Novell_GroupWise; Mon, 17 Dec > 2001 15:26:47 -0500 > X-Mailer: Novell GroupWise Internet Agent 6.0 > Approved-By: Kathleen Nutter > Message-ID: > Date: Mon, 17 Dec 2001 15:26:19 -0500 > Reply-To: H-NET List for Women's History > Sender: H-NET List for Women's History > From: Kathleen Nutter > Subject: BUSH TO CLOSE ALL REGIONAL OFFICES OF THE WOMEN'S BUREAU > To: H-WOMEN@H-NET.MSU.EDU > > ACTION ALERT: Please act immediately to register your opposition to this > pending decision. Before the > budget is finalized, call Secretary of Labor Elaine Chao at (202) 693-6000 > and tell her you oppose the elimination of these offices. > > > > > National Partnership Agency Watch Alert > > Friday, December 14, 2001 > > ********************************* > > > > BUSH ADMINISTRATION PLANS TO CLOSE ALL REGIONAL OFFICES OF THE WOMEN'S BUREAU AT LABOR DEPARTMENT > > > > As part of our Agency Watch efforts, the National Partnership for Women & > > Families has learned that the Department of Labor's 2003 budget - > currently being finalized - calls for the elimination of all the Regional Offices > of the Women's Bureau. This follows on the heels of the elimination of the > White House office for Women's Initiatives and Outreach, and the > elimination of the Equal Pay Matters Initiative. Taken together, these actions > > constitute a real threat to the well being of working women throughout > the country. > > > > The mission of the Women's Bureau remains - as it has through all > Republican and Democratic administrations since 1920 - to promote the welfare of wage-earning women, improve their working conditions, increase their efficiency, and advance their opportunities for profitable employment. > The ten Regional Offices play an invaluable role in ensuring that this > mission is carried out effectively at the local level. These offices provide > > critical services, including educating women about their legal protections > > against workplace abuse, providing specialized information about training > > programs and workplace supports to help low-income and low-skilled women, and assisting women who need language or computer assistance. These offices also play a central role in meeting the Department's own goal of helping women become self-sufficient through increasing access to non-traditional occupations. > > > > These offices give the Department important information about the > policies and issues that should be addressed locally to increase women's full > > participation in the workforce. It is clear that the elimination of these > > offices would end programs that are vital and necessary. > > > Please act immediately to register your opposition to this pending decision. Before the budget is finalized, call Secretary of Labor Elaine Chao at (202) > 693-6000 or write: Department of Labor, 200 Constitution Ave, NW, Washington, DC 20210 with a CC to the Women's Bureau and tell her you oppose the elimination of these offices. > > > > We are committed to improving the lives women and men by working towards balancing work & family, workplace fairness, and health care reform. Your continued support helps the National Partnership remain a leading force > for change. Tell your friends to GET INVOLVED! > > > > Visit us on the web at http://www.nationalpartnership.org. > > > ----------------------------------------------------- > Silent Running BBS, Riverside, California. > 2 MajorMUD games, 3 LORD games and 2 Tradewars games > WWW.Silent-Running.com / Telnet:Silent-Running.com > 909-343-2030 > -------------------------------------------------- This is the feministsf listserve, intended only for discussion of feminism and Speculative Fiction. To unsubscribe from this listserve, send a message to LISTSERV@LISTSERV.UIC.EDU and in the body of the message say: unsubscribe feministsf Contact feministsf-request@UIC.EDU if there are problems. ========================================================================= Date: Tue, 18 Dec 2001 20:28:46 EST Reply-To: "For discussion of feminist SF, fantastic & utopian literature" Sender: "For discussion of feminist SF, fantastic & utopian literature" From: Christine Ethier Subject: TP, LOR, and Reindeer MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Nothing really topical but, Prachett has a new book out besides the LAst Hero, its the Discworld verison of the Pied Piper. In Lord of the Rings Arwen is suppose to wield a sword. And all Santa's reindeer have to be female because they still have thier antlers (male reindeer drop them in Nov). It explains why he doesn't get lost. chris -------------------------------------------------- This is the feministsf listserve, intended only for discussion of feminism and Speculative Fiction. To unsubscribe from this listserve, send a message to LISTSERV@LISTSERV.UIC.EDU and in the body of the message say: unsubscribe feministsf Contact feministsf-request@UIC.EDU if there are problems.