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imageIWW Rally At Shattuck Cinemas, IWW Party At Humanist Hall
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by Worker Freedom
This year, the General Assembly of the Industrial Workers of the World will be hosted by the San Francisco Bay Area General Membership Branch at the Humanist Hall in Oakland, California, at 390 27th Street. On Friday Sept. 1st, the day before the Assembly is called to order, the IWW will be recieving Fellow Workers from throughout the Union at its headquarters in the Grassroots House in Berkeley at 2022 Blake St., just west of Shattuck....
Posted: Sat, Aug 26, 2006 4:08pm PDT
textHotel Workers Strike Vote Today by Beyond Chron (reposted)
Reports of voting by mid-afternoon appear to show strong support for strike authorization. Final totals will be released tonight...
Posted: Fri, Aug 25, 2006 6:29am PDT
text9/4 Labor & Immigrants Rights March on Market in SF by +
Labor Day, September 4, 2006, we are having a second, and hopefully bigger and better, labor and immigrants rights march this year in San Francisco on Market Street from the Embarcadero to the Civic Center, with a rally at 10 a.m. and the march at 11 a.m....
Posted: Thu, Aug 24, 2006 7:51pm PDT
text8/29 AC ATU192 Bus Drivers To Protest In Oakland by Labor Action Coalition
ATU 192 AC bus drivers will be protesting at the AC Transit HQ over harrassment and mismanagement of the bus agency....
Posted: Thu, Aug 24, 2006 4:58pm PDT
textSUPPORT THE UNITED FARM WORKERS -- BOYCOTT CHARLES KRUG AND MONDAVI WINES! by via Alameda Labor
ASK BEVERAGES AND MORE (BEVMO), the largest California wine superstore chain with 54 locations, to remain neutral in this dispute and not carry Charles Krug wines until a fair contract is renegotiated....
Posted: Wed, Aug 23, 2006 11:37pm PDT
calendarMarch for Immigrant, Worker and Community Justice by Regional Unity Coalition
Start : 10 am Justin Herman Plaza at the Embarcadero March: 11:00 am to Civic Center...
Event Date: Mon, Sep 4, 2006 10:00am PDT
Posted: Tue, Aug 22, 2006 11:23am PDT
videoHunger Strikers at City Hall (video/quicktime 18.8MB) by Bill Carpenter
Mayor Gavin Newsom accused of union-busting by eleven DPW workers who still are denied their jobs. Three-minute QT movie. 19MB....
Posted: Mon, Aug 21, 2006 11:23pm PDT
imageSupport the IWW workers at Shattuck Cinemas
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by Worker Freedom
All Members Please join this group after registering. This will allow you to choose whether your forum posts are viewed by the general public or members only....
Posted: Sun, Aug 20, 2006 8:35am PDT
text8/24 Premier Doc Screening "Rebuilding San Francisco: The Workers Story" & N. CA TV Schedu by Rebuilding San Francisco Committee
There will be a premier screening of the new documentary "Rebuilding San Francisco 1906-1910" "The Workers Story" on November 24, 2006 and it will also be programmed on PBS channels in the bay area during the Labor Day Weekend....
Posted: Fri, Aug 18, 2006 3:15pm PDT
documentLabor Center offers Latino Leadership School - Centro Laboral Ofrece Escuela de Liderazgo
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by Karen Navarro
We would like to announce the Latino Leadership School that the UC Berkeley Labor Center, UCLA Labor Center, Latino Issues Forum are organizing with the sponsorship of the Central Valley Partnership....
Posted: Fri, Aug 18, 2006 10:16am PDT
textWho's Hijacking Who? Injured Workers To Protest and Speakout in Oakland on August 23 by California Coalitoin For Workers Memorial Day
Carrie Nevins, the acting director of the Division of Workers Compensation has charged that injured workers "hijacked" her hearing on workers compensation. The attack on injured workers is part of the drive by insurance companies which control her agency to terroize injured workers and force them to go to SSI, Disability Insurance and public hospitals to get their care taken care of . Injured workers will speak out and picket on August 23 at the Oakland State Building...
Posted: Thu, Aug 17, 2006 6:16pm PDT
imageIWW Shattuck Cinema Workers, Management Discuss Grievances
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by Worker Freedom
By Riya Bhattacharjee - Berkeley Daily Planet, August 11, 2006...
Posted: Mon, Aug 14, 2006 5:17am PDT
textYoung Workers United Hot in the City Update by Young Workers United
An update of Young Workers United activities the summer of 2006 including cases won, organizing campaigns, and news on paid sick days....
Posted: Fri, Aug 11, 2006 4:39pm PDT
calendarPremiere of "Nurses Vs. Arnold" Movie//Prop. 89 Event by Shum Preston
Grand Lake Thater--3200 Grand Av. in Oaklant...
Event Date: Thu, Aug 24, 2006 3:00pm PDT
Posted: Thu, Aug 10, 2006 3:23pm PDT
text8/21 Laid Off DPW Workers to Hold Hunger Strike in SF by via Renee Saucedo
WHAT: Week-long hunger strike and vigil; Press Conference on Monday, August 21, 10 am, Front steps of City Hall. WHERE: SF City Hall, 1 Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Pl. WHEN: Monday, August 21, 8 am to Friday, August 25, 5 pm....
Posted: Tue, Aug 8, 2006 11:54am PDT
text8/11 SF Newspaper Workers Protest SF Chron Hearst Corp by Union Supporter
SF Chronicle Pressmen will be protesting the attacks on the union on Friday August 11. 2006 at noon in front of the SF Chronicle at 5th & Mission St....
Posted: Tue, Aug 8, 2006 7:35am PDT
textCoalition for Paid Sick Days Presents Case by Beyond Chron (reposted)
Last week the Coalition for Paid Sick Days presented before the Board of Supervisors the case for San Francisco’s ailing workers. Today, the coalition, which consists of Young Workers United, the Chinese Progressive Association, SEIU-Committee of Interns and Residents, Center for Young Women’s Development, and Young Community Developers, continues to perfect the legislation that will go onto the November 2006 ballot. The proposal is expected to go through with the support of supervisors Peski...
Posted: Mon, Aug 7, 2006 7:11am PDT
imageWobbly Cat!
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by Worker Freedom
Hey everyone...
Posted: Sun, Aug 6, 2006 6:02am PDT
textVictory! - IWW Helps Landmark Cinemas Corporation Discover Cash by Steve Ongerth
Workers at Shattuck Cinemas in Berkeley and all Landmark Cinema employees nation wide are about to receive a pay increse....
Posted: Sat, Aug 5, 2006 12:45pm PDT
textUFCW Local 8: Members Pay With No Say! by Angry Grocery Worker
It's 4 months since Loveall's “bigger is better Local 8 Golden State”merger mania - which robbed Local 588 member's of their democratic right - came into effect. Mergers at election time in the Loveall rich local have facilitated one Loveall (and now another) to warm the 588 Presidential throne for over two decades....
Posted: Sat, Aug 5, 2006 7:48am PDT
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