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Segregation in the US and Bay Area Trade Unionists (audio/mpeg 7.3MB) This interview exposes the history of segregation and the
effect on SEIU UHW hospital workers....
Posted: Fri, Jan 20, 2006 7:12pm PST
Labor Studies Courses at SJCC San Jose City College is gearing up for classes starting at the end of this month! Unions want more people to become informed and active in the challenges ahead. Help get your colleages involved by enrolling in one of our 5 week mini classes(Marked *) or our special programs to become a Mediator or assistant with our immigrant Community! These are practical classes taught by excellent instructors that are committed to helping to create a more just society....
Posted: Thu, Jan 19, 2006 10:04pm PST
The Bay Area General Strikes; '34 in SF & '46 in Oakland 
This year marks the 60th anniversary of the 1946 Oakland General strike. To commemorate, a presentation of the '46 Oakland strike will be presented--along with Chris Carlsson's description and analysis of the 1934 San Francisco General Strike. These descriptions and analyses will be followed by a discussion about how keeping the memory of the strikes alive helps us understand how we might express our solidarity with struggles going on today.
The Bay Area General Strikes event is on Wednes...
Posted: Mon, Jan 16, 2006 1:45am PST
KPFA Labor Collective Portal Launched The KPFA Labor Collective which has produced labor programming for KFPA for over 3 years is
launching a labor portal on the MLK weekend. This portal at www.laborcollective.org will contain
links to labor programming on radio and video, labor history and culture as well as a labor
calendar....
Posted: Sat, Jan 14, 2006 2:46pm PST
LaborFest 2006 Call for Video Submissions 
LaborFest 2006 July 5 - 31
Call for Labor Videos & Films
For 13th Annual International Working Class Film & Video Festival
The deadline to submit all videos is May 1, 2006
(Application form)...
Posted: Fri, Jan 13, 2006 2:56pm PST
Working Immigrant Safety and Health Coalition Trainings in Feb 
Two day training 2/9 and 2/16, 9 to 5pm @ Freedom Archives, 522 Valencia Street, San Francisco, 94110 - lunch provided...
Posted: Thu, Jan 12, 2006 10:41pm PST
Protest Schwarzenegger's Lunch Break Takeaway Noon at State Capital 1/13 Arnold the Bullying Lowlife now wants to steal the lunch breaks of workers! Don't miss this protest tomorrow!...
Posted: Thu, Jan 12, 2006 10:09pm PST
Back to Berkeley Honda - Support the Strikers; Join the Union/Community Outreach Group When: Th., 1/12, 4:30-6:00 Berkeley Federation of Teachers
Sat., 1/14, 1:00-2:30 The Raging Grannies...
Posted: Thu, Jan 12, 2006 1:07am PST
Shattuck Slasher Strikes Union’s Rat A surreptitious stalker slashed the robust rodent outside Berkeley Honda at high noon Thursday, briefly deflating the colorful symbol of striking union members....
Posted: Fri, Jan 6, 2006 3:52pm PST
Chronicle Seeks to Undermine Minimum Wage Study The San Francisco Chronicle opposed the November 2003 initiative that created an $8.50 per hour city minimum wage, believing that the $6.75 state minimum was sufficient. Now that a new study has shown that none of the predicted negatives associated with the wage hike has occurred, the Chronicle’s January 4 article on the report continues the paper’s anti-wage hike crusade. Forget the fact that the current $8.82 per hour remains far below what city contractors must pay, or that the state minim...
Posted: Fri, Jan 6, 2006 8:41am PST
Twentieth Annual Western Workers Labor Heritage Festival, Jan. 13-15, 2006 The Twentieth Annual Western Workers Labor Heritage Festival, honoring Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s contribution to the civil rights and labor movements, will be held January 13-15, 2006.
The weekend of solidarity in an era of war, racism, and hard times features music, drama, visual arts, spoken word, poetry, photography and more....
Posted: Mon, Jan 2, 2006 8:41pm PST
1/13/05 SF Protest Against Racism, Discrimination & Corruption At SF City Hall On Jan 13, 2005 at 4:00 PM on the steps of SF City hall workers will protest the racism, Discrimination
and corruption at SF City Hall. Black PUC chemist Anita Labossiere faces a trumped up
termination after exposing hanging nooses at the S. E. Sewage plant and 22 Black & Latino LIUNA 261 laborers
remain unemployed after an illegal deal to lay them off and replace them with workers doing
the same work at 50% less pay....
Posted: Fri, Dec 30, 2005 11:30am PST
Job lock-outs plus gentrification equals genocide “To understand what’s going on in Hunters Point you have to do an exhaustive study on gentrification,” says Khalid Muhammad, publisher of the magazine, First Impressions Home Improvement Guide. Muhammad grew up in Bayview Hunters Point and heads his own painting company, First Impressions Painting....
Posted: Thu, Dec 29, 2005 8:02am PST
Sutter Health Investigated for Abusing Nonprofit Status State Assembly Committee Chair Criticizes Sutter at Hearing on
Hospital and Non Profit Status...
Posted: Tue, Dec 27, 2005 7:58pm PST
12/23/05 KPFA Labor Show "Labor Rights Are Human Rights" The KPFA Labor Collective will be programming a show titled "Labor Rights Are Human Rights"
on Friday December 23, 2005 at 6:30 PM on KPFA FM 94.1. It is also available on the internet...
Posted: Wed, Dec 21, 2005 3:13pm PST
Labor Heritage/Rockin' Solidarity Chorus class at Laney College The Labor Heritage/Rockin' Solidarity Chorus will be starting its seventh year at City College of San Francisco and Laney College in Oakland....
Posted: Tue, Dec 20, 2005 11:14pm PST
Green Party Window Dressing Undermines Working Class Power Todd Chrétien is a great activist and has offered much in leading the ISO in their anti-war movement and various solidarity and educational efforts. His foray into Green Party politics is a step backwards....
Posted: Sun, Dec 18, 2005 9:49pm PST
Restaurant Workers Claim Victory Against Abusive Manager Restaurant workers at Steak Escape in the downtown San Francisco mall united and worked with Young Workers United to force an abusive manager to quit....
Posted: Thu, Dec 15, 2005 6:24pm PST
12/22 SF Forum On Labor In Haiti And Role Of AFL-CIO Solidarity Center Labor researcher Jeb Sprague will speak about the role of the AFL-CIO Solidarity Center in Haiti
and how his research on this issue has led to retaliation against him at California State
University at Long Beach...
Posted: Mon, Dec 12, 2005 12:38pm PST
Twentieth Annual Western Workers Labor Heritage Festival, Jan. 13-15, 2006 The Twentieth Annual Western Workers Labor Heritage Festival, honoring Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s contribution to the civil rights and labor movements, will be held January 13-15, 2006.
The weekend of solidarity in an era of war, racism, and hard times features music, drama, visual arts, spoken word, poetry, photography and more....
Posted: Mon, Dec 12, 2005 9:43am PST
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