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Govanetor joins our protest Arnold's sellout of us working people, our kids, our elders 
Govanetor joins our protest of Arnold's sellout of us working people, our kids, our elders 2 minute video...
Posted: Thu, Mar 24, 2005 11:39am PST
Protest Bush's Social Security Privatization Plan WHEN: Thursday, March 31, 11:30 am
WHAT: Protest Bush's Social Security Privatization Plan
WHERE Charles Schwab office, 101 Montgomery St. @Sutter
(Montgomery Street BART/MUNI Station)
San Francisco...
Posted: Wed, Mar 23, 2005 9:03pm PST
Schwarzenegger Runs into Fresno Protest 
There is nowhere in this state that Governor Schwarzenegger can go where he will not run into a spirited protest. This one was in Fresno....
Posted: Wed, Mar 23, 2005 1:10pm PST
Tonight: Protest Against Wal-Mart in Oakland Town Hall Meeting When: Wednesday Evening, March 23rd 2005, 6:30 - 8:30 PM
Where: ILWU Local 6 Union Hall, 99 Hegenberger Road (cross street
Pardee)...
Posted: Wed, Mar 23, 2005 1:07am PST
US Labor Speaks Out on The War (video/quicktime 48.1MB) On March 19, 2005, hundreds of Bay Area trade unionists and workers joined together in a rally and march against the war. They speak about the connection of the war and the attack on workers at home....
Posted: Tue, Mar 22, 2005 11:23pm PST
Clovis experiments with privatization of city services Clovis City Council unanimously votes to delay a request by a Clovis woman to name a new city park in memory of her son...
Posted: Mon, Mar 21, 2005 11:17pm PST
San Francisco port workers shutting down docks to protest war There’s a rising tide of workers’ anger against the war in Iraq and the cuts in government programs to pay for it -- in enforcement of worker- safety laws, health care, Social Security, education and jobs. The recent victory of the nurses’ union over Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger’s attempt to deny adequate staffing ratios in hospitals shows that labor can turn the tide....
Posted: Mon, Mar 21, 2005 5:56am PST
What's next for California's nurses and their patients? California nurses recently won a well-publicized battle against Gov.. Schwarzenegger and the hospital owner's lobby, but this isn't the first time the lobby has tried to manipulate regulations designed to protect patients....
Posted: Sat, Mar 19, 2005 11:21pm PST
Photos From Labor Contingent At Anti-War Protest 
Several hundred labor rights activists (and groups defending Social Security) gathered behind the tenis courts near 18th and Delores before the main anti-war protest. After many speakers, the labor contingent joined the main march to Civic Center....
Posted: Sat, Mar 19, 2005 3:14pm PST
92% of UC Service Workers Vote to Strike Low-Wage Workers Say 'Disrespect' and 'Bad-Faith Bargaining' Are Key...
Posted: Thu, Mar 17, 2005 8:46am PST
3/19Labor Programming at anti-war rally On KFPA On March 19, 2005 from 12:00 noon to 1:00 PM PST, the KPFA Labor Collective will be providing pre-recorded programming on the labor rally against the war on KPFA FM 94.1. It can also be heard on the internet at www.kpfa.org...
Posted: Wed, Mar 16, 2005 12:44am PST
Cal Nurses Association: Judge Blocks 2nd ‘Emergency’ Order on Safe Staffing A Sacramento Superior Court judge today issued a second injunction against the Schwarzenegger administration, blocking its second “emergency regulation” to suspend key portions of the safe staffing law....
Posted: Tue, Mar 15, 2005 8:51am PST
3/31: National Day of Action to Protect Our Retirement Across the country, unite to Protect our Retirement and tell Schwab: "Don’t Pick Our Pockets to Line Yours!”
WHEN: Thursday, March 31, 11:30 a.m.
WHAT: National Day of Action for Retirement Security
WHERE: Charles Schwab office
101 Montgomery Street, SF (off Montgomery St. BART)...
Posted: Tue, Mar 15, 2005 12:27am PST
AK Press Interview on 'In The Meantime' (audio/mpeg 42.7MB) Interview on February 1, 2005 with Lani Riccobuono and Zach Blue from AK Press, "a workers’ co-operative wholly owned by its members. All decision-making, including which titles we distribute and what we publish, is made collectively. Our goal is to make available radical books and other materials, titles that are published by independent presses, not the corporate giants, titles with which you can make a positive change in the world. The sorts of books we stock are less and less availab...
Posted: Mon, Mar 14, 2005 4:40pm PST
Inkworks Press on 'In The Meantime' (audio/mpeg 20.1MB) Interview on Feb 15, 2005 with Bernard and Melissa from Inkworks Press in Berkeley, CA, 'a worker-managed union shop which has proven to be an innovative organization conducting business in a cooperative and democratic manner.'...
Posted: Mon, Mar 14, 2005 3:15pm PST
Anti-Wal-Mart Oakland Town Hall Meeting What: Town Hall Meeting
Who: Community Residents, Small Business Owners, Community, Labor, and Faith Organizations
When: Wednesday, March 23rd, 6:30 PM to 8:30 PM
Where: ILWU Local 6 Hall, 99 Hegenberger Road, Oakland...
Posted: Sat, Mar 12, 2005 12:00am PST
3/10 - Solidarity Action with Gallo Workers at Bev and More 
Around 100 people showed up at the Beverages and More on Geary St on March 10th to show solidarity with Gallo workers in Sonoma as they continue to bargain with Gallo for a new contract....
Posted: Fri, Mar 11, 2005 3:19pm PST
Sutter's Alta Bates Summit Medical Center In Danger of Losing Accreditation ALTA BATES ACCREDITATION IN JEOPARDY...
Posted: Thu, Mar 10, 2005 7:15pm PST
Hotel Workers Blast Hilton, Encourage Boycott Hotel Workers’ Union Local 2 held a raucous protest in front of the downtown Hilton yesterday, urging San Franciscans to boycott the hotel along with fourteen others. Local 2 hopes the boycott, which some claim has already cost the targeted hotels over $1 million, will force owners to meet workers’ demands during the current contract negotiations. The union is calling for better health care, higher wage increases, and more freedom to organize....
Posted: Wed, Mar 9, 2005 5:47pm PST
First strike ever at the Claremont Spa! QT movie. March 4, 2005 
Twenty Claremont Kitchen workers, including cooks and dishwashers decided to go out on a 2 hour strike in the middle of lunch time after management ignored demands to pull out all the unfair disciplines currently in the kitchen workers' files. Four-minute QT movie. 20MB....
Posted: Tue, Mar 8, 2005 10:30pm PST
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