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May 24, 2014 11:28 PMHOUSTON -- The kitchen of the Houston detention center was bustling as a dozen immigrants boiled beans and grilled hot dogs, preparing lunch for about 900 other detainees. Elsewhere, guards stood sentry and managers took head counts, but the detainees were doing most of the work -- mopping bathroom stalls, folding linens, stocking commissary shelves.
As the federal government cracks down on immigrants in the country illegally and forbids businesses to hire them, it is relying on tens of thousands of those immigrants each year to provide essential labor -- usually for $1 a day or less -- at the detention centers where they are held when caught by the authorities.
This work program is facing increasing resistance from detainees and criticism from immigrant advocates. In April, a lawsuit accused immigration authorities in Tacoma, Wash., of putting detainees in solitary confinement after they staged a work stoppage and hunger strike. In Houston, guards pressed other immigrants to cover shifts left vacant by detainees who refused to work in the kitchen, according to immigrants interviewed.
Federal authorities say the program is voluntary, legal and a cost-saver for taxpayers. But immigrant advocates question whether it is truly voluntary or lawful, and argue that the government and the private prison companies that run many of the detention centers are bending the rules to convert a captive population into a self-contained labor force.
Last year, at least 60,000 immigrants worked in the federal government's nationwide patchwork of detention centers -- more than worked for any other single employer in the country, according to data from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, known as ICE. The cheap labor, 13 cents an hour, saves the government and the private companies $40 million or more a year by allowing them to avoid paying outside contractors the $7.25 federal minimum wage. Some immigrants held at county jails work for free, or are paid with sodas or candy bars, while also providing services like meal preparation for other government institutions.
Unlike inmates convicted of crimes, who often participate in prison work programs and forfeit their rights to many wage protections, these immigrants are civil detainees placed in holding centers, most of them awaiting hearings to determine their legal status. Roughly half of the people who appear before immigration courts are ultimately permitted to stay in the U.S. -- often because they were here legally, because they made a compelling humanitarian argument to a judge or because federal authorities decided not to pursue the case.
"I went from making $15 an hour as a chef to $1 a day in the kitchen in lockup," said Pedro Guzman, 34, who had worked for restaurants in California, Minnesota and North Carolina before he was picked up and held for about 19 months, mostly at Stewart Detention Center in Lumpkin, Ga. "And I was in the country legally."
Mr. Guzman said that he had been required to work even when he was running a fever, that guards had threatened him with solitary confinement if he was late for his 2 a.m. shift, and that his family had incurred more than $75,000 in debt from legal fees and lost income during his detention. He was released in 2011 after the courts renewed his asylum visa from Guatemala, which had mistakenly been revoked, in part because of a clerical error. He has since been granted permanent residency.
Officials at private prison companies declined to speak about their use of immigrant detainees, except to say that it was legal. Federal officials said the work helped with morale and discipline and cut expenses in a detention system that costs more than $2 billion a year.
"The program allows detainees to feel productive and contribute to the orderly operation of detention facilities," said Gillian M. Christensen, a spokeswoman for the immigration agency. Detainees in the program are not officially employees, she said, and their payments are stipends, not wages. No one is forced to participate, she added, and there are usually more volunteers than jobs.
The compensation rules at detention facilities are remnants of a bygone era. A 1950 law created the federal Voluntary Work Program and set the pay rate at a time when $1 went much further. (The equivalent would be about $9.80 today.) Congress last reviewed the rate in 1979 and opted not to raise it. It was later challenged in a lawsuit under the Fair Labor Standards Act, which sets workplace rules, but in 1990 an appellate court upheld the rate, saying that "alien detainees are not government 'employees.'"
Immigrants in holding centers may be in the country illegally, but they may also be asylum seekers, permanent residents or U.S. citizens whose documentation is questioned by the authorities. On any given day, about 5,500 detainees out of the 30,000-plus average daily population work for $1, in 55 of the roughly 250 detention facilities used by ICE. Local governments operate 21 of the programs, and private companies run the rest, agency officials said.
These detainees are typically compensated with credits toward food, toiletries and phone calls that they say are sold at inflated prices. (They can collect cash when they leave if they have not used all their credits.)
Some advocates for immigrants express doubts about the legality of the work program, saying the government and contractors are exploiting a legal gray area.
"This in essence makes the government, which forbids everyone else from hiring people without documents, the single largest employer of undocumented immigrants in the country," said Carl Takei, a lawyer with the American Civil Liberties Union's National Prison Project.
Jacqueline Stevens, a professor of political science at Northwestern University, said she believed the program violated the 13th Amendment, which abolished slavery and involuntary servitude except as punishment for crime. "By law, firms contracting with the federal government are supposed to match or increase local wages, not commit wage theft," she said.


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4.1 The main source of food to people living in remote Indigenous communities is the store. While some people supplement their supply of fresh food through market gardens, fishing, and small food industries, they rely on the store for the bulk of their food stock.
4.2 Therefore, consistent regular access to healthy food at the store in remote Indigenous communities is essential. Health experts maintain that many of the foods that remote Indigenous communities need in order to avoid ill health are perishable and it is essential that stores are stocked with fresh food at least every week.[1] Freight expert Ian Lovell contended that of the products which need to be consumed to counter health problems in remote Indigenous communities, 50 per cent are perishable. This means there is a need for weekly transport service to remote Indigenous communities to deliver appealing fresh produce. If weekly transport is not possible, adequate storage is required at the store.[2]
4.3 The Committee found that food quality and supply is poor and costs are high in remote Indigenous communities, particularly for fresh fruit and vegetables.[3] Surveys, such as the Northern Territory Market Basket survey, the Queensland Healthy Food Access Survey and surveys of Government Business Managers in the Northern Territory reveal that remote communities have insufficient access to fresh fruit and vegetables.[4]
4.4 Dr Adam Pritchard, Medical Officer, Royal Flying Doctor Service, Queensland was frustrated that, due to poor supply, people were unable to take action on his advice to eat healthy food:
It is disheartening, in a way, to give someone some advice and then see them not be able to put that into practice—if you say, 'Eat more fruit and vegetables. Eat healthy options' and they are not then able to buy those things at the store.[5]
4.5 Poor food supply in remote Indigenous communities undermines efforts to address the poor nutrition and health status of the Indigenous people living there. The National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Nutrition Strategy and Action Plan (NATSINSAP) states:
Strategies to address improved access to good quality, affordable, healthy foods – particularly fresh vegetables and fruit – in remote communities is fundamental to the prevention of chronic diseases such as diabetes, heart disease, overweight and obesity.[6]
4.6 This chapter considers issues related to ensuring the security and integrity of the food supply chain to remote communities, including the development of alternative purchasing and delivery models. It also considers store infrastructure to maintain food quality and opportunities to encourage the local supply and production of fresh foods.
4.7 The challenges of freighting goods, especially perishable goods, to remote Indigenous communities include: the time it takes to travel the distance, the ease of access due to the conditions of roads, rail, access channels and barge ramps, and weather conditions. Many witnesses described the difficulties of getting goods freighted to remote communities within good timeframes. Some stores order two weeks before the stock is received and when managers order they generally have another order in transit.[7]
4.8 There are seasonal disruptions to road access in some communities, such as during the wet season. Aboriginal communities in Cape York and Arnhem Land are geographically isolated during the 'Wet ' from August to the November. During the wet season road food supply can be cut off entirely for a month or more. In the Torres Strait, safe navigation and access is impeded by tides and currents.[8] Some communities across Australia rely on air drops.[9]
4.9 In the Torres Strait, the effectiveness of freight is totally reliant on the condition of the sea and infrastructure at delivery points. Seaswift, the only freight company servicing the Torres Strait Islands, referred to problems with infrastructure which affect delivery times. The Committee heard that poor road conditions affect the timeliness and cost of freight to remote Indigenous communities.[10]
4.10 In Western Australia, the Government introduced the State Isolated Communities Freight Subsidy Emergency Management Plan which provides a freight subsidy for the difference between the normal freight cost and the cost incurred using an alternative means of supply. The freight subsidy only applies to approved life sustaining commodities for communities with retail outlets and the communities prone to isolation are required to minimise the need by stockpiling supplies before the wet season.[11]
4.11 Because of the access and time challenges associated with freighting large distances to remote Indigenous communities, consideration must be given to threats to the cold chain for perishable items.[12]
4.12 To highlight the importance of the cold chain link during the transportation of fresh food to remote Indigenous communities, Ian Lovell, freight logistics expert, asked the question: 'Would you rather eat a crisp lettuce or a limp one; a rotten apple or a fresh one?' Mr Lovell referred to a study which found that after a customer buys a poor plum or nectarine, they will not re-buy that product for at least another six weeks.[13] When poor food is presented on shelves in remote Indigenous communities it will not be sold and is often thrown out.[14]
4.13 Alternatively, when good quality fresh food is presented it will be bought, sometimes despite high costs.[15] Joseph Elu, Mayor, Northern Peninsula Area Regional Council (NPARC), put the success of the Seisia store down to the better quality fresh fruit and vegetables, meat and smallgoods available for purchase.[16]
4.14 The Committee heard that there is demand for fresh fruit and vegetables and in many communities children are choosing oranges cut into quarters as a reward instead of lollies.[17] Professor Johnathan Carapetis, Director, Menzies School of Health Research, stated:
… the concept many people have that if good quality affordable food were available to Aboriginal people they would still choose to eat an unhealthy diet. This is an absolute myth that needs to be busted. There is evidence available already that if good quality affordable food is available it will be purchased and consumed.[18]
4.15 Ian Lovell referred to an apple possibly passing 34 sets of hands from orchard to store customer.[19] Products are being packed and unloaded in the sun and transport systems may be temperature compromised. Therefore there are many steps along the freight journey which potentially interrupt the cold chain. Stock does get damaged and witnesses referred to the criticality of not breaking the cold chain; as soon as the cold chain is broken the quality of the food deteriorates.[20] Arnhem Land Progress Aboriginal Corporation (ALPA) stated that from time to time it does not accept goods due to a quality issue. The predominant ongoing problem affecting the quality of product is directly linked to packaging and transport.[21]
4.16 Store groups, such as the Islanders Boards of Industry and Service (IBIS), will inspect the quality of produce before it is shipped and select only produce which can withstand the rigours of the supply chain.[22] Island and Cape management inspect the quality of fruit and vegetables at their Cairns warehouse before they are dispatched in the chiller to their stores in Cape York and the Torres Strait islands. Island and Cape also use a mini data-logger system every two to three weeks in each store to monitor the temperature of the products through to store, which highlights where any problems might lie.[23]
4.17 Different stores have developed different supply models to increase frequency of supply and reduce freight costs. Different supply models are addressed below. The issue of freight costs to remote communities is discussed in Chapter 5.
4.18 Some remote Indigenous community stores within close proximity of each other have consolidated their freight logistics to receive a more efficient supply. Most remote Indigenous community stores in a cluster group receive weekly deliveries.[24] Successful regional coordination models include:
n Outback Stores uses aggregated buying power and retail experience to create clusters of stores that give communities access to the best suppliers and the best food at the best quality and price. The clustering of stores gives the group buying power to negotiate good deals with suppliers.[25]
n In the Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara (APY) Lands in South Australia, eight stores joint tender for the supply of produce. The stores receive weekly deliveries from Alice Springs. Also, all the communities have agreed to have standardised freight costs across the stores. So, in negotiations with the transport company the freight costs were averaged out across the stores, irrespective of how remote they are.[26]
n IBIS has a centralised group buying process that operates out of Cairns. Costs are absorbed by the group as a whole, not by individual stores, and IBIS doubted that the outer island stores would break even if they operated under a single store model. The supply chain to the islands of the Torres Strait is complex and accumulates significant freighting costs, especially to the outer islands. IBIS cross-subsidises unhealthy food against healthy food in order to sell fresh produce at a cheaper rate than it would otherwise be.[27]
n In the Ngaanyatjarra Lands in Western Australia, a single supplier services 12 community stores in the Lands which provides for reliable supply and reduced costs to the stores.[28]
n Communities in the Dampier Peninsula in Western Australia are working collaboratively to a combined freight strategy.[29]
4.19 Regional supply models can be effective ways to increase the frequency of supply. The Committee heard that in 2006 three stores (Balgo, Mulan and Billiluna) in the East Kimberley coordinated freight so the stores received weekly instead of fortnightly deliveries. Sales of fruit in the Billiluna store went up 70 per cent.
4.20 However, freight monopolisation can increase costs to other stores or knock out regional buying power options. For example, in April 2008, the Balgo store (mentioned in the above paragraph and operated by Outback Stores) withdrew from the group freight arrangement, so the other two stores went back to fortnightly deliveries and the percentage of sales of fruit went down again.[30]
4.21 Store group operations such as ALPA, Outback Stores, Island and Cape, IBIS, and the Queensland Department of Communities stores have evolved group purchasing models to reduce cost and improve quality and supply of stock. These purchasing models produce stock volumes sufficient enough to negotiate favourable trading terms from wholesalers and improved services from freight suppliers.
4.22 An example is IBIS which operates in the Torres Strait and uses Seaswift, the freight company which has the monopoly in the region to provide the freight service from Cairns to its stores. Supply is generally weekly, even to the outer islands.[31] IBIS also maintains a computer system which allows IBIS management in Cairns to capture data on stock levels in the stores.[32]
4.23 An independent purchasing group in Western Australia is WA Buying Services (WABS) which services 14 remote stores by offering an online shopping catalogue for store managers to order from. WABS coordinates freight of all dry, frozen and chilled goods, groceries, fresh fruit and vegetables, and meat and dairy products. Also, WABS worked with the state health department to review and endorse healthy alternatives in their catalogue which they review regularly.[33]
4.24 Purchasing groups can ease the burden on store managers who do not have the time to research better freight strategies for their communities.[34] However, Alastair King, General Manager, ALPA stated that it is 'critical' that store managers have control over ordering and described the ALPA central buying model:
You put standard operating procedures in your store, you give your managers policies to abide by and you have central buying. … We also have a minimum core range that they must stock, but the store managers actually do the ordering and they can add to the range any time they like. They can have a go at anything they want to have a go at. [35]
4.25 Ian McDowell, who has worked as a store manager in various locations in Northern Territory and Queensland, reflected on the importance of store managers being able to have some influence over what is being ordered into the community:
I think so, because you are able to reflect what is required. However, there is that core range of products that you have to carry. Given that there is a core range, the range that you do carry should reflect what is going on in that community.[36]
4.26 In speaking about range of products in the store, John Kop, Chief Executive Officer of Outback Stores, stated that all store committees should have input on their range. There would be a 'core range' which is the minimum range of goods that people would purchase and the community has absolute discretion over things they would like in their store. Despite the ordering being controlled in a centralised environment, the store manager makes the decision on quantity and is the crucial contact point for anything the community requires.[37]
4.27 The communities the Committee visited with stores managed by ALPA and Outback Stores were happy with their ability to engage with store managers about the store generally and the produce that was being ordered in.[38]
4.28 Conversely, the Committee was advised that group operators in Queensland were not engaging with communities or store managers on what was being supplied to their store. Joseph Elu, Mayor, NPARC asserted that local store managers working for IBIS did not have ordering powers 'so they are not really managers; they are just shop assistants…They just sell whatever Cairns supplies them with'.[39]
4.29 In communities in the Torres Strait and Cape York, store managers and community members believed they had no influence in supply when they gave feedback about stock levels and the types of products they wanted in their stores.[40]
4.30 IBIS responded that it is the job of IBIS store managers to provide feedback relating to stock levels and requests for stock holdings; store managers are welcome to make suggestions to the buyers and the Regional Managers about new product lines or discontinuing non-selling stock: 'The IBIS Store Managers are the IBIS managers on the ground and we rely on them to tell us how to serve our customers.'[41]
4.31 The Queensland Government stated that store managers of the Department of Communities stores have access to the centralised ordering system and are required to review, confirm and change any order generated. Store managers may add or reduce quantities and request additional items not in the order.[42]
4.32 The Committee observed some risks associated with centralised supply models as there was a sense of loss of influence by communities and store managers.
4.33 An important factor in the supply of foods and goods is whether they are to client preference and the correct amount stock has been ordered. There must be mechanisms in place for communities to provide input on supply preferences.
4.34 The Committee strongly urges all community store operators, whether federal, state or privately owned and managed, to ensure that there are appropriate opportunities for communities to request items and that store managers have the autonomy to meet the preferences of different communities.
4.35 The Committee considers that every remote Indigenous community should be empowered to provide input into the supply of goods to their store.
4.36 Some witnesses asserted that there is not one blanket solution to fresh food supply to remote Indigenous communities; it has to be solved community by community.[43] Ian Lovell is the author of the Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing funded Freight Improvement Toolkit which states:
Freight service requirements vary for different supply chains, so each community store, or group of communities and stores, need to make sure they develop their own freight documentation and business plans and contracts to reflect their individual needs.[44]
4.37 Some remote Indigenous communities are developing innovative ways to access quality foods, for example:
n Hub and spoke—Laynhapuy Homelands Association Incorporated was in negotiations with Outback Stores to develop a hybrid model involving distribution warehousing, bush orders, kiosk style outlets and the potential for conventional stores at largest homelands. The model seeks to have freight cost equalisation across the homelands. The model is a significant departure from the conventional community store model that Outback Stores has been involved in. The business plan seeks capital funding from Government,[45]
n Bush orders—the Bawinanga Aboriginal Corporation (BAC) provides a mobile store service to remote dwelling outstation people. This service supplies the people in the Homelands at same price as is paid in the shop in Maningrida,[46]
n Regular pick up from major centre—the Jarlmadangah Burru Aboriginal Corporation in remote Western Australia runs a truck to Broome every fortnight to pick up a pre-packed supply of vegetables, eggs, frozen meats and chickens from distributors, and other groceries and dry goods from the major supermarkets. The community can take advantage of the weekly specials and will pay the same price as they would in Broome.[47] The Finke River Mission store also operates it own refrigerated trailer to Alice Springs weekly,[48] and
n Own freight service—the BAC runs its own road freight service which costs approximately 40 per cent less than the barge service and has a shorter turnaround time of two days as opposed to four days.[49]
4.38 Mr Lovell proposed the Commonwealth Government establish a small national remote Indigenous food supply chain coordination office to foster and facilitate:
n commitment by supply chain partners to improve performance,
n cooperation of communities to group-buy services and operate to common benchmarks,
n communication specifically on supply chain issues,
n capability to gain knowledge and resources to improve supply chain performance, and
n capacity to spend enough time on improving supply chain operations and monitoring food temperatures.
4.39 Mr Lovell explained further that the small group of freight facilitators—perhaps one person in each state coordinated by one person centrally—could work with individual communities and stores to review how their supply chain is performing:
They could maintain a freight issues log so you could pick up where problems are occurring. They could improve cold chain management and supply chain performance. More importantly, they could look at connecting communities through group freight buying and they could assist in setting performance benchmarks for each person in the supply chain. They could ensure that the procurement of freight services and suppliers is clear and transparent, which is not always the case.[50]
4.40 He suggested the coordination team be funded for a term of about three years and ensure that learning is shared broadly. Supply models developed by some of the initial communities could be used as demonstrations of what can be done. Freight coordinators would made connections with freight sinks or receivers, such as mining operations, to approach freight providers with enough facts about volumes for an improved service.[51]
4.41 Clustering stores in order to bulk purchase would appear to achieve cost savings and efficiencies in purchasing power and transport logistics including the frequency of delivery (for example, weekly rather than fortnightly). Regular freight into communities reduces the need for additional storage and mitigates any stock deterioration that may occur during transport.
4.42 The Committee is supportive of individual or regional groupings of communities developing supply models which suit their long term sustainability. The Laynhapuy Homelands Association Incorporated's hub and spoke business proposal demonstrates that if communities are committed and have the resources, they will develop a supply model to suit their unique circumstances.
4.43 The Committee supports the proposal of Ian Lovell that the Australian Government establish a national remote Indigenous food supply chain coordination office to work with different communities to be innovative and develop sustainable supply models to suit their distinctiveness. It is important that the government coordination body does not enforce any particular model but provides the logistical expertise for communities to develop the most effective and efficient model for their location and needs.
4.44 The coordination office would supply information to communities and provide practical advice on the implementation of supply models. This would also address concerns that some stores may be being negatively impacted by their exclusion from the Outback Stores regional cluster model. A coordination office may assist them to participate in this cluster model or develop their own appropriate supply model.
4.45 The Committee contends that all government initiatives to improve freight arrangements should aim to deliver perishable goods on a weekly basis where possible. In addition a data logger, as mentioned earlier, could be used to identify any dysfunction in the cold chain during delivery.
4.46 Information on options, lessons learnt and best practice in supply of fresh food to remote Indigenous communities could be disseminated widely via the national remote Indigenous food supply chain coordination office. This could include options for investigating a cross-subsidisation model on healthy food for interested communities. However, the Committee strongly recommends that any cross-subsidisation model that is implemented requires an open and transparent policy arrangement. This is important so that communities participating in such a model are aware of the cross-subsidisation arrangements taking place with other communities.
The Committee recommends that the Australian Government establish a national remote Indigenous food supply chain coordination office to:
n support individual communities or regional groupings of communities to develop supply models by examining the possibilities appropriate to them,
n facilitate the establishment of cooperative arrangements including transparent cross-subsidisation models, if appropriate,
n assist to develop supply models that deliver healthy perishables to remote communities weekly where possible, and
n disseminate information on options for supply models to remote Indigenous communities.
4.47 The supply of free fruit and vegetables to remote communities, such as through schools, should be considered as part of supply network. For instance, FoodBank Western Australia, which has a large food warehouse and distribution network across the state of Western Australia, could possibly partner with government and communities to coordinate the supply of gifted healthy produce. FoodBank Western Australia sees itself as being underutilised by governments and business.[52]
4.48 The Committee suggests that the remote Indigenous food supply chain coordination office investigate the merits of working with charitable delivery organisations, such as FoodBank Western Australia, to aid in the supply of fruit and vegetables to remote Indigenous communities.
The Committee recommends that the Australian Government, through the proposed national remote Indigenous food supply chain coordination office, investigate working with charitable delivery organisations, such as FoodBank Western Australia, to aid in the delivery of fresh fruit and vegetables to remote Indigenous communities.
4.49 The criticality of store infrastructure and maintaining the cold chain continues in the store. Once food has been delivered to the store, its shelf life depends on the store having:
n prompt off loading and packaging for shelves,
n appropriate chill display and storage areas,
n reliable electricity supply, and
n timely access to maintenance.
4.50 The Committee found that many remote community stores lack the storage capacity to store large amounts of foods, especially perishables.[53] In most cases, chiller areas are required to store perishables for at least seven to ten days until delivery by the freight provider. Storage was a problem in Jilkminggan where there was insufficient space to store larger quantities of produce.[54] Communities which have prolonged inaccessibility due to weather conditions require greater storage infrastructure.
4.51 The Committee also heard that stores run out of fresh produce soon after delivery because there is a rush on purchasing fresh food. For example, fresh foods are in short supply after barge day in the Torres Strait Islands.[55] Stores also reported increased sales when people have money to spend on days when income was paid.[56]
4.52 If infrastructure breaks down in a remote store, it can take a significant amount of time to fix. The Committee notes that maintaining equipment in remote locations is a challenge and costs are high.
4.53 In its submission, IBIS commented on the time taken and the costs associated with maintaining store infrastructure, particularly in maritime environments which are not conducive to longevity of equipment.
4.54 The Committee notes, however, that IBIS currently invests all its profits into infrastructure in its stores across the Torres Strait and Cape York. [57] ALPA also contributes significant amount of profits back into the infrastructure of the store and the Committee observed new fridges and other equipment in the stores in Warruwi (Goulburn Island) and Milingimbi. ALPA's submission states:
ALPA spends on average $1,500,000 to $2,000,000 each year on maintenance, new equipment, refrigeration, takeaway upgrades, store renovations & extensions on its 5 member stores. In fact this is the largest allocation of operational surpluses year on year. We believe we must offer our customers the best possible retail service we can and that by doing this it is a positive way to meet our mission, support our members and create real jobs.[58]
4.55 The Community Stores Licensing Section of FaHCSIA contributed some funding to infrastructure in stores in the Northern Territory in the 2008-09 financial year. 'That, of course, cannot create their commercial viability or solve it, but we have helped with infrastructure.'[59]
4.56 If perishable produce arrives in good condition to a remote community store, the store must have appropriate storage facilities to maintain quality and freshness.
4.57 The Committee believes remote stores should have access to advice about store infrastructure including accepting delivery of products, unloading and repacking, and acquiring and maintaining chill display and storage areas. All stores should maintain appropriate infrastructure for chill display and storage and the Committee recognises that this carries high costs.
4.58 Accordingly, the Committee supports the establishment of a remote Indigenous community fresh food supply fund to support the provision and maintenance of store and storage infrastructure.
4.59 Communities or regional groupings of communities would apply for grants to support aspects of their supply model. Grants could be provided for a range of necessities in the healthy food supply chain, from transport to infrastructure in the store.
4.60 The Committee notes, however, that it must be demonstrated that stores making profits are adequately investing in store infrastructure. This has been one of the reasons ALPA has been a successful, self-sustaining store model.
The Committee recommends that the Australian Government establish a remote community store infrastructure fund to assist stores to invest in delivery, refrigeration and storage facilities that will support the supply of fresh and healthy produce to Indigenous communities. Access to the fund may be contingent on stores having a healthy food policy and participating in a nutrition education program.
4.61 The Committee heard that stores have potential to market and supply fresh local produce to supplement other fresh food supplies.[60] NATSINSAP supported initiatives to promote activities involved in increasing the production and supply of vegetables, fruit and traditional foods by Indigenous people in remote locations. It recommended the government facilitate partnerships in the development and ongoing management of local food production systems including the cultivation of traditional foods.[61]
4.62 Some stores have associated businesses which supplement the supply of fresh local produce as well as keeping prices down. For example, the Northern Peninsula Area Regional Council (NPARC) owned Seisia store runs a beef farm which is the source of the majority of its meat. 'What we are telling people is that we breed our own beef from hoof to plate.'[62] Also, the Jarlmadangah Burru Aboriginal Corporation in remote Western Australia runs a cattle station so the meat they buy in is minimal.[63]
4.63 There are a number of federal, state and territory government programs which support Indigenous horticulture.[64] However, the Department of Health and Ageing have stepped back from investing in market gardens because there was no evidence of long term systematic change in terms of public health care.[65]
4.64 Some communities themselves are supporting training for the maintenance of community gardens or farming as a means to supplement diet with adequate vitamins.[66] John Greatorex, who has worked with people in north-east Arnhem Land for over 30 years, stated that it is usual that the permanent homelands grow fresh fruits and vegetables.[67]
4.65 In other communities there had been community farming and gardens in the past, however they had discontinued due to many challenges associated with the longevity of these community initiatives including:
n regulatory impediments and quarantine, [68]
n lack of community sense of ownership and succession planning,
n inadequate training in technical skills of farming or horticulture, and governance and business,
n arson,
n inadequate water resources and infrastructure, and
n feral pests.
4.66 Allan Cooney, General Manager, Centrefarm Aboriginal Horticulture Ltd (Centrefarm), stated that community farming initiatives can be successful provided external assistance with succession planning, skills acquisition, governance issues and product marketing networks are developed. Centrefarm received $88 425 in funding from the Aboriginal Benefits Account to undertake feasibility studies on potential market gardens in 15 Central Australian communities.[69] Centrefarm was in discussions with Outback Stores to supply produce from the market gardens through its network. [70]
4.67 The Committee has also heard of the positive influences garden projects in schools can have in assisting communities with supply as well as introducing children to the health and taste benefits of fresh produce. For example, the EON Foundation, operating out of Broome, is helping schools set up gardens to educate children about growing and distributing food and supplementing their nutritious food intake.[71]
4.68 In the Torres Strait the Horticulture in Schools Initiative provides children with the ability and knowledge to grow their own healthy food alternatives. The Torres Strait Regional Authority stated that through educating children, it is hoped they will reach the greater community and slowly build on the existing capacity in the community.[72]
4.69 The Committee also notes the recommendation of the House of Representatives Standing Committee on Health and Ageing in its report on obesity in Australia that the Federal Government continue to support community garden projects such as the Stephanie Alexander Kitchen Garden Program which operates in schools.[73]
4.70 Community gardens have the potential to benefit a remote community by improving nutrition through greater access to fresh fruits and vegetables. The practice of community gardening also has the potential to build relationships, foster knowledge sharing and training, and promote self‑determination in remote communities.
4.71 Due to damage to food during transit over large distances, food quality in the store can be problematic. Therefore the Committee believes that the local production of suitable food for the district should be supported in remote communities. In some circumstances, particularly in coastal communities, people already rely on bush tucker as a supplement to food supply and the continuation of this practice should be encouraged.
4.72 There is also potential for small commercial industries to be developed through the supply of fresh local produce, including bush tucker. The gardens could be integrated as far as possible with the local school, health clinic, council and store to enhance community ownership and achieve health and economic benefits.
4.73 The Committee notes that feral animals also destroy the natural habitat and that this impacts on the availability of bush tucker and traditional foods. Therefore the Committee recommends that feral pest eradication programs continue to be funded where appropriate.
4.74 The Committee notes that community gardening and farming initiatives work well in some, but not all, remote Indigenous communities. There are a number of significant challenges, including availability of water, associated with their sustainability. Nevertheless, local fresh food initiatives can improve nutrition and support the local economy in remote communities.
4.75 Any government funding towards local food production should include training in budgeting and planning as well as horticulture and farming to build the capacity of the community members to manage the project in the longer term. Community garden and bush tucker projects are considered useful investments in remote Indigenous communities and the reformed CDEP provides employment and capacity building options in these projects.
The Committee recommends the Australian Government ensure health clinics in remote Indigenous communities are aware of the nutritional value of bush tucker and other traditional foods and actively encourage communities to continue to engage in traditional practices.
The Committee recommends that the Australian Government support community garden, traditional food and farming projects in remote Indigenous communities for the local production of food, particularly in schools, where it is demonstrated that long term sustainability can be attained.
4.76 The Committee believes that the full benefit of local gardening and farming projects could be realised with collaborative arrangements with the store for marketing and distribution. The Committee notes that Outback Stores along with Centrefarm are investigating ways in which this can be done.
4.77 To assist with the sustainability of community gardens and traditional hunting and gathering of food it is important the Government continues to fund programs that will eradicate feral animals in order to protect native flora and fauna.
The Committee recommends that the Australian Government continue to fund programs to eradicate feral animals in remote areas as required.
The Committee recommends that the Australian Government examine ways to facilitate remote Indigenous communities undertaking collaborative arrangements with stores to distribute and /or sell locally grown or harvested produce.
The Committee recommends that the Australian Government assist stores across Australia in remote Indigenous communities to develop partnerships with local food production and harvest industries and expand operations to also function as market places for community grown produce. The Committee recommends that the Australian Government trial a partnership that requires Outback Stores to support local food production and harvesting industries and buy an annual minimum of goods from these local sources.
4.78 Ensuring the secure supply of quality produce to remote stores has several facets. Supply chains must function effectively, there must be adequate storage infrastructure on site, and efforts should be made to supplement external deliveries with locally grown or harvested produce. While these factors will improve the quality and quantity of fresh good available and also increase the nutritional value of the local diet, in many instances cost remains an inhibitor to better eating habits.
4.79 The following chapter considers the cost of living in remote areas, possible cost efficiencies and affordability measures.
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Degüello. Reproduced in Amelia Williams, "A Critical Study of the Siege of the Alamo," Southwestern Historical Quarterly 37 (January 1934). The playing of this Mexican bugle call, announcing that no quarter would be given the rebellious Texans, signaled the final assault on the Alamo.
DEGÜELLO. The degüello, music played by the Mexican army bands on the morning of March 6, 1836, was the signal for Antonio López de Santa Anna's attack on the Alamo. The word degüello signifies the act of beheading or throat-cutting and in Spanish history became associated with the battle music, which, in different versions, meant complete destruction of the enemy without mercy.
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The vote to OK an open-ended walkout raises the stakes for both sides.
For the second time in five weeks, Twin Cities nurses have voted to go on strike.
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Members of the Minnesota Nurses Association turned out by the thousands Monday to authorize an open-ended strike at 14 hospitals. No date has been set, and union officials have said they would hold off on giving the required 10-day notice if the two sides were in "productive negotiations." At the earliest, a strike could begin in early July.
After conducting a one-day strike on June 10, union officials decided they needed the leverage of the strike authorization to pressure the hospitals to reach a favorable agreement.
Maureen Schriner, a spokeswoman for the hospitals, issued a statement late Monday, saying: "We are disappointed in the ongoing insistence of the nurses' union to build its entire negotiating strategy on threat of strikes." She added that the hospitals want a fair contract, and that "strike planning doesn't help achieve that goal. Given that a full-time nurse in the Twin Cities makes an average of $79,000 per year and can gain full benefits for working 16 hours a week, a strike seems out of step with today's environment, and it certainly doesn't reflect a primary interest in patient care."
A two-thirds majority was required to authorize the strike at each of the six hospital groups involved in the contract talks. The union said late Monday that the vote was 84 percent in favor of a strike.
The vote sets the stage for a possible indefinite work stoppage that could inflict painful costs on both sides, testing the economic staying power of the 12,000 nurses and the resilience of the hospitals.
MNA members turned to the union's Facebook page to celebrate. "I have never been more proud to be a nurse than I am at this moment," one wrote.
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"This puts additional pressure on the employer, shows the nurses are willing to go to extreme lengths to obtain their goals," said John Remington, professor of human resources and labor studies at the University of Minnesota's Carlson School of Management. "The stronger the support, the stronger the message it sends to the employer."
The hospitals, meanwhile, have been preparing to hire replacement nurses, just as they did for the one-day strike.
Schriner said the next step is up to the union. "We do want to work something out that we can negotiate," she said.
Contract talks broke down June 4 over disagreements on pensions, wages, staffing proposals and benefits, and the two sides have not been able to agree on conditions for returning to the bargaining table. "The June 10th strike, no one won out of that," Schriner said. "There's no benefit to going on another strike."
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Big Ten Basketball has been pretty damn good over the past couple of years. You got Michigan St., Ohio St., Purdue, Illinois Wisconsin all in like this gridlock to challenge for the Big Ten title. All but Purdue have made the NCAA final four within the last decade.
Pitt wouldn't dominate IMO, they'd just be another dog in the fight for the league title.
Today, Pitt would win that conference 4 out of 5 years. I don't doubt it. They are down this year and are still playing great in the Big East. however jumping to the 10 would hurt their long term recruiting of the kids out of Brooklyn and the rest of NYC. That's key to their recruiting right now, so in about 6 years, when those kids stopped coming to Pitt then I agree, they would just be another dog in the fight.
But as of right now, the only team in the Big 10 in basketball that I really respect is Michigan State because they are consistantly very good. Illinois is up and down, OSU has a good year every 6 years or so, Purdue, yeah ok, one good year, Indiana hasn't done anything worth a dang since Bobby left, Michigan, have they really been a threat lately? Wisky is pretty good, I like them too, Wisky and Mich State and Pitt would dominate that conference until Pitt starting losing its recruits to Cuse.
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Friday, December 12, 2014WASHINGTON, DC – On December 12, U.S. Senators Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) and Chris Murphy (D-Conn) and U.S. Representative Elizabeth Esty (CT-5) announced a $775,914 grant from the US Department of Justice's Office for Victims of Crime to victims and their families, first responders, and members of the Newtown community in the wake of the shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School.
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Thursday, November 20, 2014When the holidays get started in earnest next week, the town will again embark on a season of heightened sensibilities with a celebration of Thanksgiving. Elsewhere, the fulsome holiday spectacle of twinkling lights and jingling cash registers seems to go a little farther over the top with every passing year. But in Newtown the sense of what we have, etched as it is in high relief by what we have lost, has an authentic value worthy of our deepest thanks.
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Wednesday, November 19, 2014United Way of Connecticut released, on November 16, a 121-page, statewide report, documenting Connecticut households struggling to afford living expenses that exceed the official federal poverty level of $11,670 for an individual or $23,850 for a family of four. United Way calls this population ALICE, an acronym for Asset Limited, Income Constrained, Employed. In Newtown, one in five people meet these criteria and live with these daily economic challenges.
AG: Donor Intent Was Honored In Sandy Hook Fund Distribution
Wednesday, August 7, 2013This report was updated August 8 adding comments from Fund Chairman Dr Charles Herrick.
Connecticut Attorney General George Jepsen issued a notice to the United Way of Western Connecticut and the Newtown-Sandy Hook Foundation August 7 indicating the agency and foundation honored donor intent in its decision to distribute $7.7 million of the more than $11 million collected in the wake of 12/14 to immediate victims and their survivors, in the amounts that were designated by the foundation.
Amid Calls For A National Victims' Fund, Local Officials Say Give Newtown A Chance
Monday, March 25, 2013Supporters of a "National Compassion Fund" are looking beyond the efforts of Newtown officials including First Selectman Pat Llodra, who want to see the largest victims' fund amassed following the 12/14 tragedy kept under local control. While eight families have signed on supporting an idea to create a nationally administered infrastructure to administer funds following future disasters, only one survivors' family member has criticized the local United Way fundraising initiative.
Fund Needs To Detach The Strings From Victims' Money
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Cristina Lafferty-Hassinger, daughter of the Sandy Hook principal lost in 12/14, spoke out in an March 6, 2013 Danbury News-Times article, of her frustration with how the United Way of Western Connecticut is distributing the monies from the Sandy Hook School Support Fund, which News-Times reported to now be at $10 million. Key issues were the delay in getting funds distributed and requiring "proof of hardship."
Kent School Students Reach Out To Newtown
Tuesday, March 5, 2013Students at The Kent School were, like so many others across the state and country, upset when they heard the news of the shootings at Sandy Hook School on 12/14. And like others, many students of the independent coeducational boarding school in northwestern Connecticut began reaching out to the residents of Newtown with words of condolence.
Community Forum On Post-12/14 Recovery And Resilience, February 27 At WCSU
Wednesday, February 20, 2013DANBURY — The United Way of Western Connecticut is inviting the public to a community forum to discuss recovery and resilience in the aftermath of 12/14 on Wednesday, February 27.
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The year 2014 marks the centennial of the beginning of the First World War and the 75th anniversary of the beginning of the Second World War. From 2014 to 2020, Canada will mark the events, the battles, and the social conditions that shaped these wars.
These commemorations will highlight the sacrifices of those who took part in these wars and the role they played in shaping our national identity. They are also opportunities for Canadians to honour those who contributed to the Canada we know today.
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In August 2014, the Government of Canada launched its six year commemorative period to mark the 100th anniversary of the First World War and the 75th anniversary of the Second World War. These commemorations will encourage Canadians to understand more about the two world wars and pay tribute to those who contributed in shaping these defining chapters in our collective history.
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- Centennial of the start of the First World War, August 4, 2014
- 75th anniversary of the start of the Second World War, September 10, 2014
- Centennial of the writing of "In Flander's Field," spring 2015
- Centennial of the Battles of the Somme and Beaumont-Hamel, 2016
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- Centennial of the Battle of Passchendaele, 2017
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- Centennial of Armistice Day, the end of the First World War, 2018
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