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Devastating Layoffs In Yosemite
At the core of each year’s layoffs is the cold-hearted corporate indifference and dollar-driven David Sloma, Aramark’s Vice President of Operations....
Posted: Sat, Jan 13, 2024 9:27am PST
Plutonium & Fighting for Justice & Accountability for Residents & Workers at Hunters Point
The continuing cancers and epidemic of disease in Hunters Point shipyard and Treasure Island has been happening for decades despite protests of the community and workers about the dangers. Now Dr. Ahimsa Sumchai has discovered that there is plutonium in the bodies of residents. This is a direct correlation between their cancers and the radioactive toxins that are only produced by nuclear fission. Politicians including Newsom, Kamala Harris, Nancy Pelosi, Willie Brown and many others have been...
Posted: Wed, Jan 3, 2024 1:04pm PST
CFA & IBT 2010 Members Announce January 22-26 Statewide Strike At All CSU Campuses
This strike will take place at all CSU campuses in California from January 22 to January 26....
Event Date: Mon, Jan 22, 2024 7:00am PST
Posted: Mon, Jan 1, 2024 7:03pm PST
Speak Out at SF Civil Service Commission on Layoffs at Tenderloin Neighborhood Development
Terminated workers at the Tenderloin Neighborhood Development Corporation (TNDC) and community members protested the layoff at the "non-profit". The City of San Francisco does no oversight of these agencies which are contracted out do do public work with private non-profits with self appointed boards....
Posted: Tue, Dec 19, 2023 11:25am PST
Bay Area Unions & Thousands of Workers Rally & March for Palestine in Oakland
Thousands of workers and unionists from throughout the Bay Area rallied in Oakland against the US supported Israel war on Gaza and the Palestinians. A growing number of unions are breaking from the pro-Zionist leadership including AFL-CIO president Liz Schuler and many of other union heads...
Posted: Sun, Dec 17, 2023 6:55pm PST
Labor Holds Oakland Rally and March to Support Palestine
Thousands march for cease fire, end of occupation and end of US complicity in slaughter of Palestinians...
Posted: Sun, Dec 17, 2023 2:40pm PST
At SF Google, Thousands Demand No Tech for Genocide & Google Workers Speak Out
Thousands of tech workers, community activists and Google workers rallied at San Francisco Google offices at the foot of Market St. to demand that Google stop profiting off Israeli's genocide by supporting their technology in the war on Palestinians...
Posted: Fri, Dec 15, 2023 10:11am PST
Watsonville Community Hospital nurses ratify new contract
Nurses win strong measures to improve retention of experienced nurses, patient safety...
Posted: Wed, Dec 13, 2023 1:31pm PST
Monterey Bay Central Labor Council Calls for Ceasefire in Israel and Palestine
On December 6, the Monterey Bay Central Labor Council voted on a statement calling for a ceasefire in Israel and Palestine to local, state, and federal electeds. The Monterey Bay Central Labor Council (MBCLC) is the local body of the AFL-CIO. MBCLC serves as a coalition of the Labor Community in Monterey and Santa Cruz Counties, with over 80 affiliated unions, representing more than 37,000 union members and their families....
Posted: Wed, Dec 13, 2023 8:13am PST
SEIU1021 SF General Hospital Workers & Healthcare Workers for Palestine Rally at Hospital
San Francisco SEIU 1021 General Hospital workers rallied to prepare for their contract expiration and the growing attacks by Mayor London Breed who is cutting healthcare funds while wanting to increase the police budget by $300 million. They were joined by a contingent to Healthcare Workers For Palestine who called for more money for healthcare and not war....
Posted: Tue, Dec 12, 2023 12:26am PST
Washington Post San Francisco Bureau WBNG Journalists Speak Out At Solidarity Strike Rally
Striking Washington-Baltimore News Guild members who work at the Washington Post rallied in San Francisco and spoke out about why they're striking nationally....
Posted: Thu, Dec 7, 2023 3:29pm PST
Labor 4 Palestine Rally-Permanent Ceasefire/No US Military Aid To Israel/ End Occupation
Oscar Grant Plaza
Next to Oakland City Hall...
Event Date: Sat, Dec 16, 2023 1:00pm PST
Posted: Sun, Dec 3, 2023 11:01pm PST
Stop AFT 2121 CCSF Sell Out Of Part Time Faculty
The AFT 2121 leadership has again sold out part time faculty in their latest agreement....
Posted: Sat, Dec 2, 2023 1:48pm PST
Stanford Students Rise Up as Japan's Kishida, S Korea's Yoon Speak on Campus Pt II
Loud drumming, shaman-inspired dancing, chanting, and student speeches arose on the Stanford University campus on November 17th when a coalition gathered to protest outside the Hoover Institution. President Yoon of the Republic of Korea (ROK/South Korea) and Prime Minister Kishida of Japan were speaking there at a joint event celebrating increasing military and economic alliances amongst the US, Japan, and the Republic of Korea.
photos via @saaacofficial and @raging_grannies (instagram)...
Posted: Thu, Nov 23, 2023 7:12pm PST
SF Says No to APEC in Massive Action
Many groups in twenty thousand strong rally and march...
Posted: Mon, Nov 13, 2023 2:37pm PST
Protest at SFLC, No AFL-CIO Support for Genocide in Palestine! No Ties to Israel Histadrut
As part of a global day of action a protest was held at the offices of the San Francisco Labor Council to protest it's leadership and the AL-CIO supporting the apartheid Israeli regime. In 2021 they shut down a discussion on a labor boycott of Israel and used a letter from AFL-CIO president Liz Schuler that there could be no discussion or debate. They also support ties with the racist Israeli union Histadrut. There was also a rally on the same day in New York at the AFL-CIO offices....
Posted: Sun, Nov 12, 2023 9:11am PST
Watsonville Community Hospital nurses to picket Monday
Nurses to protest management’s refusal to address RNs’ deep concerns about safe staffing, retention, and safe patient care...
Posted: Sun, Nov 12, 2023 8:05am PST
SFGH UCSF Healthcare Workers Protest Israeli US Genocide In Gaza Against Palestinians
San Francisco healthcare workers from San Francisco General Hospital and UCSF walked off the job and rallied on Friday November 4, 2023 to protest the massacre and genocide against the Palestinian people in Gaza. They talked about the conditions of healthcare workers and their patients....
Posted: Tue, Nov 7, 2023 11:35am PST
Call for Global Labor Strike for Palestine on 11/9/23 at SF Rally for Palestine
At a mass rally in San Francisco in front of City Hall, trade unionists called for workers and the global labor movement to support a strike against the war on Palestinians on November 9, 2023...
Posted: Sun, Nov 5, 2023 1:16pm PST
APEC, Labor & Imperialism-An Attack On The Working Class & Oppressed
518 Valencia St. Near 16th St.
San Francisco...
Event Date: Sun, Nov 5, 2023 3:00pm PST
Posted: Mon, Oct 23, 2023 8:29am PDT