Hi there! Thanks for visiting my blog. It's how I manage to stay in touch with family, friends,
folkies and fellow travelers. I'm so happy to have this way to stay in touch with you. Please
reply with any comments or questions, or news that you think would interest my list.
The Women's March in DC was so energizing! I know lots of you were there, or at a March in
San Francisco, LA, Chicago, Pittsburgh, Boston, St Louis -- Millions of women and men marching
for justice and equality, peace, health care, LGBTQ and a safe environment. I was hanging
with the CODE PINK crowd. I arrived at 8AM and by 10am it was so crowded backstage that I
had to leave my dear companeras to get some air. I ended up on 1000 Pennsylvania Avenue, so I
elected to walk the six long blocks to the White House and get a good perch on the reviewing
stands still up from the Unauguration/Usurpation to watch the marchers arrive.
One of my favorite signs said BRAINS are the New "Tits." Here a few more:
 
I didn't get a picture of:
YOU HAVE PISSED OFF THE PUSSY
NOW YOU MUST PAY!!
Special thanks to Code Pink stalwarts -
Colonel Ann Wright, Medea Benjamin, Paki Weiland and Leslie Harris.
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PITTSBURGH CD RELEASE CELEBRATION!!
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 2ND
WALLACE'S TAPROOM
@ THE INDIGO HOTEL
7pm-9pm 123 N. Highland Avenue
OR order the CD now at http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/warontheworkers 
If you can't make it to the Pittsburgh celebration, you can:
ORDER WAR ON THE WORKERS AT CDBABY.COM
Check out the NEW http://annefeeney.com - It's currently under construction by my mighty web admin,
Ashley Reilly. It's very exciting to tune in every day to see what features, bells and whistles Ashley has added. Check it out and leave comments and suggestions on my guestbook, or my blog http://fellow-travelers-advisory.blogspot.com annefeeney.com was WAY overdue for a make-over.
From the day my website went up in the 1990s, UBC member/activist Dave Livingston of Nelson, BC was my
web admin. Dave retired from the Carpenters' Union, and from being my web admin, a couple years ago. It took me a while to find someone as willing, talented and flexible as Dave. He's got my respect and my undying gratitude for all that he did for annefeeney.com. Thanks, Dave!
I've checked out SOLAR CITY and, if you get enough sun, you can get solar panels installed on your roof
for little or no cost. You may not see a big drop in your electric bill right away, but Solarcity also guarantees your KWH energy rate will not increase for at least 15 years.
The panels come with a 20 year warranty that is transferable if you sell your property.
I've done it already, and I loved working with SOLAR CITY.
Call Mark Maskas at 702-426-0298
or email him at mmaskas@solarcity.com and get more info.
This is a tangible way to resist Little Hand's agenda.
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Sunday, January 29, 2017
JANUARY 2017 - ANNE FEENEY'S FELLOW TRAVELERS' ADVISORY - VOLUME 10, Number 11
Tuesday, October 02, 2012
October 2012 - Anne Feeney's Fellow Travelers' Advisory - VOLUME EIGHT, Number 4
IMMEDIATE DESTINATIONS:
CLEVELAND, OH
PITTSBURGH, PA
MERCER, PA
PITTSBURGH, PA
The Berrymans Return! Don't Miss It!
I'm so pleased to be able to present Lou and Peter Berryman again. Their shows are always so hilarious, inspiring and energizing. Don't miss this chance to hear them in Pittsburgh. This time they're traveling with our super talented pal Matt Watroba, who hosted the best folk show ever in Detroit for 22 years - "Folks Like Us" and now hosts a folk show online for Folk Alley. He's a fabulously talented musician and he and I will both do some performing that evening.
Don't miss it!
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Thursday, October 4th, 2012 7:30 PM
House Concert at Sue's!!
Sue's House
Cleveland Heights, OH
216-214-7673
http://annefeeney.com/calendar.html
Price: $Suggested $15-25
Call or email Sue to make reservations and get directions.
suehanibal@gmail.com (wheelchair accessible)
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Sunday, October 7th, 2012 7:30 PM
Thomas Merton Center Fundraiser with Mike Stout and the Human Union
Frick Fine Arts Auditorium
University Of Pittsburgh Campus
Pittsburgh, PA 15213
412-361-3022
http://mikestoutmusic.com/
I'll sing a couple songs at this show, too - support the Thomas Merton Center!
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Saturday, October 13th, 2012 10:00 AM
WE ARE ONE Rally - Join Us to Stand Strong for Public Education and Unions!!
Mercer County Courthouse Lawn
Mercer, PA
724-748-4972
Price: free
call Judy Hines at the number above for more information.
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Saturday, October 20th, 2012 8:00 PM
Peter and Lou Berryman in Concert
Allegheny Unitarian Universalist Church
416 W North Ave
Pittsburgh, PA 15212
412.877-6480
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Thursday, November 8th, 2012 6:00 PM
Thomas Merton Center 40th Anniversary Party with Medea Benjamin!
Sherator Station Square
Pittsburgh, PA
http://thomasmertoncenter.org
Medea Benjamin founded Code Pink and will be a FABULOUS speaker.... don't miss this wonderful event! I'll be there and sing a few songs, too!
shows continuously updating at http://annefeeney.com/calendar.html
cds available for purchase or download at http://cdbaby.com/all/unionmaid
I had so much fun getting to sing for my pal Liana Kennedy's union - CUPE - (the Canadian Union of Public Employees) at the University of Victoria on my Canadian tour last month. And I spent a wonderful morning workshop with Vancouver's awesome Solidarity Notes choir! And Michael Goodman and Sharon Sjerven hosted a lovely brunch for me. Jim and Joey and Chris and Liana & Frances provided their usual fabulous hospitality, and all the presenters were great... thanks Tark, Karen, Ken & Carol.
Congratulations to the Chicago Teachers! Well done! I'm in Cleveland right now with the amazing president of ATU - Larry Hanley - organizing a "Vote Transit" conference. He's a fantastic true-blue trade unionist who truly knows which side he's on. (and he knows the value of labor culture! hooray!) I'm predicting now that Republicans are NOT going to be able to vote for Romney. They'll prefer a more moderate Republican like Barack Obama. I'm hoping Obama maintains his lead in PA so that I can comfortably vote for Jill Stein without worrying that Romney would carry Pennsylvania. (Pennsylvania is the state that James Carville described as 'a large state with a big city on each end and Alabama in the middle) In 1972 Richard Nixon, then considered a right-wing Republican, supported a Guaranteed Annual Income for all Americans. Can you imagine Obama doing that? But still, I urge you all to vote. If voting didn't change anything they wouldn't have shoved so many Voter Suppression Acts through the legislatures. Do it for the same reason you would pick up a piece of trash on the street. It's not going to save the world, but it only takes a few minutes, and it's the right thing to do. It certainly doesn't discharge your civic duties ... we must all continue to raise hell and work to build a better world.
Two great Election Day videos:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ceN-JBMZWOg (not for prudes...)
FRIENDS AND FAMILY - BIRTHDAYS AND SUCH
Casey Horne, Oct 5; my son Daniel Feeney Berlin, Oct 6; cousins Maureen Metcalfe and Jennifer Erin McCahill also Oct 6; Wonderful pal Jan Boyd, Oct 9; cousins Jill Merrill and Bill Feeney, Oct 16, never-to-be-forgotten dear friend Tim Sullivan, Oct 18; Shelley Belusar, Oct 20; cousin Steve Merrill, Oct 20; cousin Della Belmont McCahill, Oct 21; Mason Avery Gailiunas is 4 years old!, Oct 22; cousin Carolyn Weldon Mitchell, Oct 28; singer/songwriter Annie Dinerman, Oct 29. Happy Birthday!
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| Monique (4th from left, looking right at the camera) "Dancing Under the Stars" in Zimbabwe! |
Karen Brandow is doing much better! Keep Jon Fromer and Jerry Tucker in your hearts, thoughts and prayers. And add my wonderful activist friend Al Dale, from Bellingham, WA to your list. He's really struggling to come back from a stroke. Al's an amazing guy... among other things, he was the original faculty sponsor for the Black Panthers on campus at San Francisco state. He and his wife of many years, Dotty, have been stalwart peace and justice activists for better than 6 decades. You could send Al a get well card:
Al Dale
741 Chuckanut Dr
Bellingham, WA 98226
I was so saddened to hear of the passing of legendary Canadian feminist labor singer Arlene Mantle
| Hellraiser Arlene Mantle - 1939-2012 |
I'm going to be off for most of the rest of the year to help Amy any way that I can in planning her wedding. It will be wonderful, too, to be in Pittsburgh with my husband and to work on some of the many domestic projects I have in mind.
Many many thanks to the generous friends who have stepped up to help me with my expenses. My bank account must have a sensor... as soon as anything accumulates in it, I have an economic meltdown commensurate with the amount... last month I lost a tenant, had to paint the rental, replace the carpeting... just as my water heater and washer at home gave up the ghost. always something. I have a whole new round of doctor visits in October, but I'm expecting all good news!
If you're within 100 miles of Pittsburgh, you don't want to miss the Lou and Peter Berryman concert on October 20th.. See you there (I hope!)
Til next month,
Anne
Saturday, August 20, 2011
September 2011 - Anne Feeney's Fellow Travelers' Advisory - VOLUME SEVEN, #5
Coming right up - hope you DC, MD, VA folks will celebrate Labor Day with me at this wonderful venue, listening to these fabulously talented musicians! Buy your tickets or donate now at http://annefeeney.com
You can buy or download my CDs by calling CDBaby - 1-800-BUY-MY-CD (1-800-289-6923) or clicking here: http://cdbaby.com/all/unionmaid You'll have your CDs in time for Labor Day if you order now... I've got a lot of CDs in inventory, and since I'm not working, it's really a help if you order CDs. Thanks to Amy Goodman and Democracy Now! for featuring War on the Workers on today's show!
Labor Day 2011 - I've packed this month's newsletter with lots and lots of labor news... I hope you enjoy it...
When will we quit glorifying greed? Somewhere along the line some deep thinker in the GOP said ... "So why is it we don't take candy from babies? It would be so easy..." and a new spiral of the most disgusting rapacious avarice began... suddenly anything that might make a buck is fair game in the world of capital. But instead of shocking the conscience of the nation, this greed is enshrined in the pop culture, glorified by the corporate media ... making the bottom line an all-powerful mantra for our nation. All sorts of despicable behaviors are accepted in the service of the bottom line. Just disgusting. Thanks to a rash of free trade agreements and the under-the-table machinations of the IMF and world bank a global restructuring begins. Social programs, education, health care are disassembled globally. Millions of people are forced into migration. Capital moves freely across borders while immigrants are interned, punished, deported. Unions are declared irrelevant, and the race to the bottom is in full swing.
But these truths remain:
An injury to one is an injury to all.
The union makes us strong.
How much money do you think Verizon would have to make in order to offer better benefits to its loyal CWA workers? How could their they force workers out on strike during a year of record-breaking profits?
This is a great article to read this Labor Day
http://www.inthesetimes.com/working/entry/11832/verizon_strike_highlights_union_effect_on_middle_class_jobs/
And my old nemesis Conn Selmer is up to new evil... this time at its musical instrument factory in Eastlake, OH. This company was the focus of my labor day message in 2009...
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Support-Local-2359-Eastlake-Ohio/170339503034839
My friends in the Pacific Northwest will want to support this struggle at Fred Meyer..
http://www.teamsters117.org/?zone=/unionactive/view_article.cfm&HomeID=213876
I'm headed to North Dakota next month to help celebrate the 100th anniversary of the ND AFL-CIO. Wouldn't you know one of the largest regional employers has locked out 1300 workers! SHAME!
http://www.bctgm.org/ACS_news.html
And take a look at these feisty guest-worker students! Give 'em hell!
http://www.pennlive.com/midstate/index.ssf/2011/08/state_department_probes_claims.html
Jen Wallis, the plaintiff in this wonderful whistle-blower case, is a great pal. I couldn't be happier about this result!
http://ruln.blogspot.com/2011/08/bnsf-harassment-cost-over-30000000-in.html#comment-form
BNSF Harassment cost over $300,000.00 in whistle blower case
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: August 16, 2011
BNSF Fined $150,000 Punitive Damages, $125,000 Compensatory
Damages, $22,917 Attorney’s Fees and 30 day’s back pay for Harassing
an Employee who filed an Accident Report under Federal Whistleblower Law.
The $150,000 punitive damages award is the largest thus far awarded
nationally under the new Whistleblower law.
On November 16, 2008, Jen Wallis, a BNSF Hostler employed in
Seattle, WA, sustained an on the job injury in which she injured her
knee. BNSF officials followed her to the hospital, attempted to go into
the room with doctors and staff but were not allowed to do so after Ms.
Wallis complained. Ms. Wallis filed a personal injury report with
BNSF.
Eight days later BNSF served a notice of investigation upon Ms. Wallis
requiring her to attend an “investigative hearing” after which employees
can be disciplined or even fired. Ms. Wallis retained William
Jungbauer to represent her in her claim for injuries under the Federal Employer’s Liability Act
(FELA).
Jungbauer filed her case in Federal Court in Seattle, and moved for a
protective order from the Court to protect Ms. Wallis from being
subjected to questioning and/or discipline in the “investigative hearing”
that BNSF had scheduled.
The Federal Court granted Jungbauer’s motion and BNSF was unable to
force Ms. Wallis to attend the “investigative hearing”. BNSF later
decided to hold the hearing anyway, even in Ms. Wallis’ absence.
BNSF assessed discipline of 30 days, deferred on Ms. Wallis and further
put 40 “Points” on her disciplinary record. BNSF calls such points
“Risk Identifier Points” and CLAIMS that such points are not used for
any harassment or intimidation purpose.
Congress had previously held hearings before the House Transportation
and Infrastructure Committee in October of 2007 during which the BNSF
“points system” was discussed by Jungbauer, who testified on behalf of
injured workers and by a BNSF vice president. Historic Whistleblower
protections were passed by both Houses of Congress and signed by the
President in 2007 and 2008.
Jungbauer then filed a Whistleblower claim against BNSF on behalf of
Ms. Wallis in Seattle, WA. OSHA investigated the BNSF system of
“points” and whether or not injured BNSF employees such as Ms. Wallis
were harassed or intimidated by such BNSF programs. Under the BNSF
program, workers who file injury reports that are “reportable to the FRA”
get 40 demerit points; workers who file reports that are not reportable to
the FRA get only 5 demerit points.
“This system punishes workers who file accident reports that are required
by law to be reported to the FRA. It is clearly an effort to discourage
employees from filing accident reports that are passed on to the FRA”
said Jungbauer.
Ms. Wallis settled her personal injury FELA case with BNSF over a year
ago for an amount that cannot be disclosed as part of the settlement.
Late yesterday the Secretary of Labor, acting through the Regional
Administrator of OSHA in Seattle issued the Secretary’s Findings and
Preliminary Order in Ms. Wallis’ case:
1. BNSF must pay back wages to Ms. Wallis of $21.00 per hour for 30
days;
2. BNSF must pay Ms. Wallis $125,000 for mental pain and suffering;
3. BNSF must pay Ms. Wallis $150,000 for punitive damages based
on BNSF’s “recklous and callous indifference” to Ms. Wallis’
legally protected rights under the Federal Whistleblower Laws;
4. BNSF must expunge from Ms. Wallis’ personnel records any
adverse references relating to BNSF’s suspension of Ms. Wallis for
future requests for employment recommendations.
5. BNSF must remove and destroy the suspension from Ms. Wallis’
record and must remove the 40 “points” and any other “points”
BNSF assessed against Ms. Wallis for reporting her injury;
6. BNSF must pay Ms. Wallis’ attorney $22,917.50 in attorneys fees;
7. BNSF must post Whistleblower Protection Information Documents
at all locations where employees are given information from BNSF;
and
8. BNSF must post a notice to employees signed by Matt Rose,
President of BNSF informing employees of their rights and that
BNSF will not use the “point system” again against employees who
report personal injuries.
“This is the most significant Whistleblower Decision in the History of the
Law” stated Jungbauer. “BNSF was directly scolded by Chairman
Oberstar of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee in
2007 about the harassment effects of the “points system” . Perhaps
BNSF will now comply with the Federal Law rather than pay damages
and punitive damages to injured employees across the country. BNSF
needs to know that this is only the first of many cases that are already
filed or about to be filed across the country in which the “Point System”
and other programs and policies that harass or intimidate injured workers
will be at issue.”
And this is a wonderful article on labor forwarded to me by my friend Bill Barry:
8 Union Victories Progressives Should Be Watching -- and Learning From ...
By Eric Loomis
http://www.alternet.org/story/151974/8_union_victories_progressives_should_be_watching--and_learning_from
If Rick Perry isn't scaring you to death yet, read this...
http://www.talk2action.org/story/2011/8/8/114844/0135
AUGUST 24-28 IN MADISON, WI
http://democracyconvention.org/
Join me at the Democracy Convention in Madison. A glance at this webpage should convince you to clear your calendar!
FAMILY NEWS/BIRTHDAYS
Dan, Monique and Sebastian off to Zimbabwe!
My son and his family started their Zimbabwe adventure yesterday. They apparently don't have email or phone service yet. It's small consolation to be able to keep the remote control and phone on the coffee table when it means that there's no Sebastian show starting here at 8AM daily... Our months together here were so precious.
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| The family at Kennywood Park |
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| Monique and Sebastian getting ready to cut into his 1st birthday cake! |
I don't know how I'll make it until December, when I hope to see them again in Harare, Zimbabwe - I miss them all so much already.
Amy Berlin turns 30!
My beautiful Amy turns 30 on September 1st. She's having a big birthday bash at the Kerrville Wine and Music Festival. I'm twice as old as my daughter this year!
Big family wedding coming up!
Cousin Christina Mumphrey to marry Michael Schafer November 19th in New Orleans... Should be a wonderful celebration!
Radiation - 13 down, 2 to go..
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| The mask goes on... |
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| The laser lines up the spot |
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| Bald again! |
Cousins cruise - I've got 8 cousins on the inland passage cruise to Alaska from August 25th- September 2nd... I'm pea-green with envy! What a great trip that will be. Still haven't seen Alaska or Hawaii...
September Birthdays....
Christina Mumphrey, Sep 3rd - Mary Grefenstette, Sep 11th - Kris Deelane, Sep 12th, Danny Donnelly and Faith Petric (96!), Sep 13th - Tod Faller, Sep 14th - Mardy Weber McCahill, Sep 21st - Kay McCahill Mumphrey, Sep 25th - Charlie Warren, Sep 27th
Thanks for reading another episode of the Fellow Travelers' Advisory ... Your letters, emails, cards and support mean more to me than I'll ever be able to adequately express. This mandatory slowdown has given me an opportunity to spend more time with my family and friends - a great gift at this time in my life... Thank you for making it possible for me with your generosity and kindness. Hoping to see some of you in DC on Labor Day, and all of you someday soon...
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