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Union Members already have choices about where their dues go: Vote No on 75
Union members already have a choice about where their dues money is used. Send this simple article to friends and relatives....
Posted: Fri, Oct 28, 2005 9:42am PDT
Bay Area school workers fight for contracts
School workers and teachers here and across the bay in Oakland are ramping up their struggle in long and difficult contract talks....
Posted: Fri, Oct 28, 2005 6:41am PDT
D.A.A.A. Report from Livingston Picket Lines
Report from Livingston picket lines....
Posted: Thu, Oct 27, 2005 7:52pm PDT
Critical Mass should support striking nurses
I know that Critical Mass has no leaders and that the direction of the ride is up to everyone. It was great showing support for striking hotel workers last year, and we ought to ride to the California Pacific Medical Center at Webster and Clay to show our support with the nurses....
Posted: Thu, Oct 27, 2005 7:45pm PDT
10/28: Rally to Support Striking Health Care Workers
Friday at 5:00pm
CPMC Campus, Webster and Clay Streets, San Francisco...
Posted: Wed, Oct 26, 2005 11:48pm PDT
Berkeley Honda Rallies: Thursdays and Saturdays
Please join us at one of our weekly Berkeley Honda rallies: Thursdays 4:30-6pm and Saturdays 1-2:30 pm...
Posted: Wed, Oct 26, 2005 10:19pm PDT
UC Labor Programs Hit by Terminator Cuts
We regret to report that the UC labor studies programs are facing severe budget reductions in the current fiscal year...
Posted: Wed, Oct 26, 2005 10:15pm PDT
10/29 CA State Wide Programming On Labor And The Elections
KPFK in Los Angeles and KFPA in Northern California will be broadcasting statewide on Saturday
October 29, 2005 between 10:00 AM and 12:00 noon on the issues facing working people in the
upcoming November 8, 2005 election. There will be interviews and call-ins statewide....
Posted: Mon, Oct 24, 2005 11:20pm PDT
Splits in the Labor Movement? Not at CPMC picket lines!
How the support of other unions will help the CPMC strikers win....
Posted: Fri, Oct 21, 2005 2:35pm PDT
Action Alert from Alameda County Central Labor Council
However, we've only just begun. We need to work that many shifts again
before Get-Out-The-Vote weekend, and that many shifts yet again for
GOTV November 5-8....
Posted: Wed, Oct 19, 2005 11:28am PDT
10/29 NWA Strikers Solidarity Picnic
There will be a solidarity picnic for striking NWA mechanics on Saturday October 29, 2005.
The airline bosses are seeking to destroy the union and contract out most of their work....
Posted: Tue, Oct 18, 2005 9:21pm PDT
CFW Initiates Campaign to Raise the Minimum Wage
Californians for Fair Wages, a labor group founded by the Green Party, has begun its campaign to raise the minimum wage....
Posted: Mon, Oct 17, 2005 8:44pm PDT
School Labor Dispute: SFUSD and SEIU Local 790
The results of Governor Schwarzenegger’s financial scheming combined with the long-term reverberations of Proposition 13 continue to manifest themselves. The San Francisco Unified School District (SFUSD), like school districts throughout California, has been operating with less than an optimal amount of funding. Support from the community through bond measures and other efforts has made a difference in terms of being able to repair certain buildings and supplement areas such as libraries, art...
Posted: Mon, Oct 17, 2005 6:42am PDT
12/1 Audio-Video Report On CTW Convention By KPFA Labor Collective
The KPFA Labor Collective covered the Change To Win convention in September 27 in St. Louis.
There will be a video/audio presentation and discussion about the convention and labor media on
Thursday December 1, 2005 7:00 PM at the New College Cultural Center at 766 Valencia St/19th St....
Posted: Sun, Oct 16, 2005 7:40am PDT
Striking Caregivers Protest Harassment by Guards at California Pacific Medical Center
Nursing Assistants, Licensed Vocational Nurses and Other Striking Caregivers
Subjected to Violent Harassment From Military Trained Security Guards...
Posted: Fri, Oct 14, 2005 6:28am PDT
Berkeley Honda on Strike - Important Picket Action (Sat) and other ways you can help
Forward please!
** Join a PICKET against UNION BUSTING BERKELEY HONDA,
this SATURDAY, OCTOBER 15th, at the North End Zone / Memorial Atadium
** Meet at Berkeley Honda picket line (Shattuck at Parker)
between 10:00-11:00 AM, and carpool to the stadium, or
just show up at the North End Zone at 11:30 to join the picket.
The picket will last one hour....
Posted: Thu, Oct 13, 2005 7:02pm PDT
SEIU-UHW & Jesse Jackson:Sutter! Just say YES! (video/quicktime 28.2MB)
Jesse Jackson and others joined striking healthcare workers in San Franciso October 5th to urge Sutter to accept the compromise offered by a federal mediator last August. Three-minute QT movie. 28MB....
Posted: Thu, Oct 13, 2005 4:10pm PDT
Put a dent in Berkeley Honda's Sales
pickets:
Monday through Friday: 6-8pm
Saturdays 3-6pm
Sundays 12-6pm...
Posted: Thu, Oct 13, 2005 3:41pm PDT
Young Workers United Wins $4.5 Million
Rafa Gutierrez and over 180 other Cheesecake Factory restaurant workers know what it’s like to savor the sweet taste of justice. Through organizing their coworkers, taking legal action, and teaming up with community organization Young Workers United (YWU), former and current Cheesecake Factory workers across the state have won a $4.5 million settlement and seen concrete improvements at
their work....
Posted: Fri, Oct 7, 2005 3:19pm PDT
Tell Sutter Health to "Just Say Yes" and end the CPMC hospital strike!
More than 800 CPMC caregivers are walking the picket lines. The strike is entering its 4th week, and still there's no end in sight. Won't Sutter Health "Just Say Yes?"...
Posted: Thu, Oct 6, 2005 7:56pm PDT