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East Bay Animal Advocates July 13, 2007 eNews
East Bay Animal Advocates: Online at www.EastBayAnimalAdvocates.org...
Posted: Fri, Jul 13, 2007 2:58pm PDT
university says sitters topped trees
Can someone more reliable than the AP newswire quoting this university press official provide the real story of what happened here? They are saying that the tree sitters at the Oak Grove by International house in Berkeley actually took a chain saw to redwoods and oaks in order to make a big platform. That sounds suspect. Where did the big pieces of tree go when they did that? They are concluding that the trees might die now....
Posted: Fri, Jul 13, 2007 1:19pm PDT
Solidarity Needed for East Bay Gargage Workers
Update on garbage lockout and what you can do to help....
Posted: Fri, Jul 13, 2007 10:47am PDT
UC, Academic Workers Negotiate
Thursday, July 12, 2007 : Workload issues are taking center stage as the union representing student academic employees, including GSIs, meets with the university to negotiate a new contract this summer....
Posted: Fri, Jul 13, 2007 7:14am PDT
Hospital Makes Transition to Eco-Friendly Medical Supplies
Thursday, July 12, 2007 : In a move to become more eco-friendly, the Alta Bates Summit Medical Center announced last week a complete switch away from old IV units that officials said add waste and chemicals to the environment....
Posted: Fri, Jul 13, 2007 6:55am PDT
California Judge Tentatively 'Nullifies' Election Result
Friday, July 13, 2007 : Oakland, Calif. - On Friday, July 13, at 9:30 a.m., a California judge will rule on sanctions against Alameda County for botching its response to a contested race conducted on Diebold electronic voting machines. In a tentative ruling issued Thursday, Judge Winifred Y. Smith said that the election results in the race were "nullified" and ordered a revote....
Posted: Fri, Jul 13, 2007 6:39am PDT
As garbage ripens, Waste Management locks out 500 workers
Friday, July 13, 2007 : OAKLAND, Calif. — As leftovers from July 4 barbecues festered in the hot summer sun, locked-out workers were on the picket line at garbage giant Waste Management here and in other San Francisco Bay Area communities this week. On July 2, just two days after the previous contract expired, Waste Management suddenly locked out 500 workers represented by Teamsters Local 70 at facilities serving Oakland, Emeryville, Castro Valley, Hayward and several other Alameda County co...
Posted: Fri, Jul 13, 2007 6:34am PDT
East Bay Garbage Lockout
East Bay garbage lockout enters second week. Solidarity needed....
Posted: Thu, Jul 12, 2007 11:27pm PDT
Sanitation Workers Struggle in the East Bay
Since July 2 Waste Management Inc. Has Locked Out Its Union drivers as Garbage Piles Up in the Poorer Communities in the East Bay....
Posted: Thu, Jul 12, 2007 4:44pm PDT
Film screening and discussion “Welcome to New Orleans”
Niebyl Proctor Marxist Library
6501 Telegraph Ave. at 65th St., Oakland...
Event Date: Thu, Jul 19, 2007 7:00pm PDT
Posted: Thu, Jul 12, 2007 2:22pm PDT
Support Locked-Out Garbage Collectors
Davis Street Station, San Leandro
2615 Davis Street, off Doolittle Drive...
Event Date: Wed, Jul 11, 2007 10:30am PDT
Posted: Wed, Jul 11, 2007 9:41am PDT
2 Nites of African Venezuelan Culture
Oakland Museum's James Moore Theatre...
Event Date: Tue, Jul 17, 2007 8:00pm PDT
Posted: Tue, Jul 10, 2007 8:11pm PDT
Beth El Wecomes First Gay Rabbi
Tuesday, July 10, 2007 : Senior Rabbi Yoel Kahn gave his first service at Congregation Beth El Friday night, marking the first time the congregation has had an openly gay rabbi. “It went well,” said Kahn. “We had about 150 people in attendance. We also got a new prayer book. I think people are excited.” Berkeley Councilmember Kriss Worthington, also openly gay, said he enjoyed the service....
Posted: Tue, Jul 10, 2007 4:36pm PDT
People’s Park Workshop A Success, Says UC
Tuesday, July 10, 2007 : Sunday was a day of envisioning the future of People’s Park. While some park regulars basked in the sun or played a round of basketball, there were those who gathered inside the First Church of the Christ Scientist on Dwight Way to attend the first community workshop on the future programs and designs of this historic piece of land....
Posted: Tue, Jul 10, 2007 10:43am PDT
Oakland School Board Regains Limited Authority
Tuesday, July 10, 2007 : California State Superintendent for Public Instruction Jack O’Connell came to Oakland on Monday to sign a memorandum of understanding (MOU) returning a portion of the Oakland Unified School District back to local control, telling a crowd of reporters, citizens, education activists, and politicians gathered at East Oakland’s Franklin Elementary School that “this is a big day for Oakland Unified....
Posted: Tue, Jul 10, 2007 10:43am PDT
Announcing Little Black Cart version 1.0
Announcing Little Black Cart version 1.0 a new way to get hard-to-find anarchist (and nearly anarchist) material....
Posted: Tue, Jul 10, 2007 3:17am PDT
Cannabis Action Network (CAN) meeting
1605 Ashby Ave. in Berkeley...
Event Date: Mon, Jul 9, 2007 7:30pm PDT
Posted: Mon, Jul 9, 2007 1:20pm PDT
Screening of Reel Bad Arabs: How Hollywood Vilifies a People
Mt. Diablo Peace & Justice Center, 55 Eckley Lane, Walnut Creek, CA...
Event Date: Wed, Jul 25, 2007 7:00pm PDT
Posted: Mon, Jul 9, 2007 12:52pm PDT
Steve Taylor-Ramírez in concert for homeless
College Ave. Presbyterian Church
5951 College Avenue
Oakland (Rockridge), CA 94618...
Event Date: Fri, Jul 20, 2007 7:30pm PDT
Posted: Mon, Jul 9, 2007 10:58am PDT
Waste Managment Workers Locked Out!! Rally on Wednesday
Union garbage workers were locked out July 2nd, Scabs brought in to clean up the trash....
Posted: Mon, Jul 9, 2007 9:31am PDT