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SEIU members, not-yet-union workers ask presidential hopefuls about their plans to address economic injustice at Las Vegas forum
Demand leaders put forward plan to make it easier for working people to join unions
Hundreds of SEIU members traveled to Las Vegas on Saturday to directly ask six current and former elected officials what they specifically intend to do to address the fact that a majority of Americans—of all races—are overworked, underpaid and struggling to provide for their families.
Saturday's forum was one in a long series of actions and events where working people are demanding leaders put forward a bold plan to unrig our economy and make it easier for working people to join unions. Having a concrete plan to do so is one of the requirements SEIU members are making presidential candidates fulfill during the 2020 election cycle.
"Every two weeks I take home just $514 in my paycheck. My rent is $408 a month and I have to rely on Medicaid and food stamps just to survive. Meanwhile, McDonald's makes over $5 billion a year. What will you do to get them to create union jobs like they have in other countries, instead of continuing to duck their responsibility to workers like me and exploit our communities to pad their bottom line," Milwaukee fast-food worker and Fight for $15 and a Union activist Jennifer Berry asked Senator Kamala Harris.
"I would call [the CEO] up and say we need to talk," responded Harris. "You can't promote yourself as being one of the country's oldest businesses that symbolically represents who we are as Americans, but not reflect American values that say if you work hard you should have dignity and should be able to pay your bills."
Members also questioned the candidates on other issues that have to be addressed to move power back to working people, including healthcare, climate change and immigration reform.
"I came here 22 years ago from Honduras to escape violence in that country. I was threatened by my employer for trying to organize a union. I was able to escape, but others were killed," said Maryland janitor and 32BJ SEIU member Miriam Pineda to Senator Amy Klobuchar. "This is my country, and 32BJ SEIU is my family. What will you do to permanently help people like me who came to the US after fleeing violence and are worried about our ability to stay here?"
Read more about the event in the Washington Post, Associated Press, and CNN.
Watch the recording of the event on SEIU.org.
Fight for $15 and a Union activist Adriana Alvarez (standing) addresses Senator Elizabeth Warren


Brad Gatlin is President Madison County for BankPlus. Gatlin has over eighteen years of experience in the banking industry. He is responsible for managing operations in the Madison County markets including Canton, Flora, Gluckstadt, Madison and Ridgeland. His previous banking roles include Credit Analysis, Commercial Lending, and Market Management. Brad received a Bachelor of Science and Master of Business Administration from Mississippi State University. He has also completed The Southeastern School of Commercial Lending and The Southeastern School of Advanced Commercial Lending.
A native of Madison and lifelong resident of Madison County, Brad is a graduate of Madison Ridgeland Academy. He is active in the community where he serves on the board of The Mississippi Kidney Foundation and Madison Ridgeland Academy. He has previously graduated from Leadership Mississippi. He and his wife Kelley Gatlin of 17 years have two daughters Mary Crisler (12) and Frances (9), and attend Madison United Methodist Church and reside in Ridgeland.
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It probably is not very helpful to post ideas about a 4th of July block party on July 5th, but it was a ton of fun. In fact, our group is considering doing it again for Labor Day… or Halloween… or just a Saturday night. I am also including a few recipes that are delicious and worth having for any group gathering. I know others hosted neighborhood block parties. What worked for you? What do I need to add to our upcoming block parties?
The Schedule: Our super friend and neighbor, Jackie, created a flyer with the afternoon's schedule and delivered them to all of our mailboxes several days before the holiday. The line-up included a bike/scooter/golf cart parade (with costumes or festive wear), classic relay races, a cake walk, potluck dinner, and fireworks.
The Parade: We all met at the end of the street at 4:00 and kicked off the events. There was a seating area for the judges near the start line. All participants received a certificate with a special recognition. Our daughter earned most adorable for her wagon entry. You will note that I have shamelessly included a picture of our new puppy!
The Relay Races: Adults and children could participate in a three-legged race, sack race, dizzy bat, egg carry, and others.
The Cake Walk: I have not done one of these in years. Entrants stood on a numbered square. As the music played, you walked around the squares and stopped when the music stopped. A number was drawn, and if you were standing on the matching number, you got to pick any cake or treat from the cake table. This event was highly competitive!
The Prizes: After tallying the totals for the relay races, there were prizes for all. I can't believe the trophies Ms. Jackie put together. You can do a lot with plasticware, dolls from the Dollar Store, and some gold spray paint. Well done!
The Food: The men stabbed and burned, so there were plenty of hot dogs, hamburgers, ribs, and pulled pork. I supplied a twice baked potato casserole that I had not made in awhile. I had forgotten how amazing this casserole is for group events. I also shared a strawberry lemonade cocktail (with a kick) that was perfect for a hot day. Click here for 4th of July Recipes.


When defining a in Spring, you have the option of declaring a scope for that bean. For example, to force Spring to produce a new bean instance each time one is needed, you should declare the bean's scope attribute to be prototype. Similarly, if you want Spring to return the same bean instance each time one is needed, you should declare the bean's scope attribute to be singleton.
The Spring Framework supports the following five scopes, three of which are available only if you use a web-aware ApplicationContext.
singleton This scopes the bean definition to a single instance per Spring IoC container (default).
prototype This scopes a single bean definition to have any number of object instances.
request This scopes a bean definition to an HTTP request. Only valid in the context of a web-aware Spring ApplicationContext.
session This scopes a bean definition to an HTTP session. Only valid in the context of a web-aware Spring ApplicationContext.
global-session This scopes a bean definition to a global HTTP session. Only valid in the context of a web-aware Spring ApplicationContext.
In this chapter, we will discuss about the first two scopes and the remaining three will be discussed when we discuss about web-aware Spring ApplicationContext.
If a scope is set to singleton, the Spring IoC container creates exactly one instance of the object defined by that bean definition. This single instance is stored in a cache of such singleton beans, and all subsequent requests and references for that named bean return the cached object.
Create a project with a name SpringExample and create a packagecom.jtc under the src folder in the created project.
Add required Spring libraries using Add External JARs option as explained in the Spring Hello World Example chapter.
Create Java classes HelloWorld and MainApp under the com.jtcpackage.
Create Beans configuration file Beans.xml under the src folder.
The final step is to create the content of all the Java files and Bean Configuration file and run the application as explained below.
If the scope is set to prototype, the Spring IoC container creates a new bean instance of the object every time a request for that specific bean is made. As a rule, use the prototype scope for all state-full beans and the singleton scope for stateless beans.
3 Create Java classes HelloWorld and MainApp under the com.jtcpackage.


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