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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
Photos From The Berkeley Honda Picket Lines
Workers at Berkeley Honda are still on strike since the owners refuse to negotiate in good faith. Rallies are held every week on Thursdays from 4:30-6:00 and on Saturdays from 1:00-2:30....
Posted: Sat, Dec 10, 2005 6:11pm PST
"Dream What We Can Become & Rejoice" UC Berkeley
Multimedia exhibit — photos, music, videos, DVDs, smellavision — from the carkness of worker oppression to the light of hopeful organizing....
Posted: Fri, Dec 9, 2005 6:33am PST
12/5Testimony of SF Hearing On On Agreesive Union Busting In SF & N. CA
On Monday Dember 5, 2005 a SF City hearing was held on agressive union busting in
San Francisco and Northern California....
Posted: Thu, Dec 8, 2005 5:04pm PST
Justice for Delphi Workers Demo, Saturday in Concord
Workers’ Rights March and Rally
Saturday, December 10, 2005
Lithia Dodge
4901 Marsh Drive, Concord
11:00 a.m....
Posted: Thu, Dec 8, 2005 12:28am PST
Berkeley Honda Rallies, Negotiation
Where: Shattuck & Parker
When: Th., 12/8, 4:30-6:00
Sat., 12/10, 1-2:30...
Posted: Tue, Dec 6, 2005 11:04am PST
City Hall Hearing on Aggressive Union-Busting in San Francisco
Testimonies of local union activists who have been illegally fired, followed and threatened, and hurt.
Monday, Dec. 5, 2005. San Francisco City Hall, 1 Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Place, San Francisco, Room # 263. 12:00 press conference on City Hall steps. 3:00 pm hearing in Room 263.
Sponsered by SF Supervisor Jake McGoldrick and the San Francisco Labor Council....
Posted: Sat, Dec 3, 2005 11:58pm PST
12/5 SF Hearing On Agressive Union-Busting Tactics In N. CA
A SF city government hearing will be held on Monday December 5, 2005 at 3:00 PM at SF City
Hall on the use of union-busting tactics by N. California employers to prevent workers from
organizing, striking or having labor rights on the job....
Posted: Sat, Dec 3, 2005 11:52am PST
New Events for Week of Dec 10
Please join with California unions and unions across the country
to celebrate International Human Rights Day by declaring your
support for our fundamental freedom to form unions....
Posted: Fri, Dec 2, 2005 1:50pm PST
12/5 in Oakland: Come help "Move the Movement" for Transportation Justice
December 5th, 2005, 4:00-5:30pm Frank Ogawa Plaza (in front of City Hall) Broadway & 14th Street, Oakland...
Posted: Fri, Dec 2, 2005 1:47pm PST
Today at 2:15: Officials to Hold Press Conference re: Stanford Hospital Not Bargaining
Elected Officials Will Hold Press Conference on December 1st in front of
Stanford Hospital Showing Opposition to Stanford Hospital's Refusal to
Return to Bargaining Table...
Posted: Thu, Dec 1, 2005 12:38pm PST
WHERE'S THE SOLIDARITY? Labor, Democrats Betray Females on Repro Rights
The fallout from labor’s refusal to oppose Prop. 73 (the “parental notification” initiative on CA’s recent “special election” ballot) will have an impact nationally and globally because it represents a prime example of labor’s refusal to “walk the walk”—not just “talk the talk”—on gender equity issues. Although women—especially the predominantly female CA Nurses Association—are credited for being the initial and sustaining force behind defeating Schwarzenegger’s anti-worker ballot initiatives...
Posted: Mon, Nov 28, 2005 8:55am PST
We leaflet grinch of all seasons —WalMart
We leaflet grinch of all seasons —WalMart. 1 minute video...
Posted: Sun, Nov 27, 2005 4:13pm PST
11/30: Contra Costa’s healthcare workers request solidarity in the struggle for healthcare
Wednesday, November 30 at 12 Noon
Informational Picket
Mt. Diablo Medical Center, 2540 East Street, Concord...
Posted: Fri, Nov 25, 2005 1:57pm PST
11/25 SF Labor TV On Labor, Zionism & Palestinians
Labor On The Job interviews Israeli university lecturer Ilan Pappe about his struggle
for equal rights in Israel and the boycott of Bar-Ilan and Haifa by the UK Association
of University Teachers for the harassment of him and his student....
Posted: Wed, Nov 23, 2005 7:04pm PST