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RONALD MCDONALD FORCED TO COUGH UP 16.5 BIG MACS TO POMONA WOMAN HE DEFRAUDED The now-dying McDonald's Corporation forced out Sandra Darling, who had six well-performing Southern California restaurants in the early 1990s, because she criticized some of its policies. Her victorious suit contended that by the time her franchise renewal came up, the Hamburglar had instituted a policy giving it the option of repurchasing the highest-performing franchises. Ronald McDonald refused to back loan applications, lowered Darling's store quality ratings and opened competing restaur...
Posted: Tue, Apr 29, 2003 10:37pm PDT
We will always be rebels they say, “we seize power from above and then we change things;” while we say: from below, without any desire to seize power, we struggle....
Posted: Mon, Apr 28, 2003 8:43pm PDT
ANTICHRIST BACKS ''RIGHT'' OF NIKE TO PUBLICLY LIE ABOUT ITS SWEATSHOPS The case against Nike was sent to the US Supreme Court after California’s Supreme Court narrowly ruled last May that Nike could be liable for false public claims about working conditions in its factories abroad, according to the Christian Science Monitor. With the Antichrist on its side, Nike is arguing that because their lies were not produced in formal advertisements they are protected as free speech. Yes, the same Antichrist who has brought us the Patriot Act to suppress individual liberti...
Posted: Sun, Apr 27, 2003 7:57am PDT
YOU make me sick Some of the Middle east discussions on SF indy show that even progessve are just small little colinzers waiting to get out of the "progressive" closet....
Posted: Fri, Apr 25, 2003 11:10am PDT
Bay Area IWW Organizing Victory East Bay Depot for Creative Reuse workers vote 13-0 to officially unionize with the Bay Area IWW....
Posted: Tue, Apr 22, 2003 10:00pm PDT
4/23-Rally to Save Public Services and Jobs in San Francisco SEIU Locals 250, 535, and 790 are holding a rally wednesday at City Hall as part of their campaign to achieve a balanced solution to the cities budget crisis....
Posted: Tue, Apr 22, 2003 4:31pm PDT
[gangbox] SLAMMING THE DOOR ON THE DOORMEN SLAMMING THE DOOR ON THE DOORMEN...how New York City's luxury apartment building workers union grovels before the corporate rich.......
Posted: Tue, Apr 22, 2003 6:58am PDT
Nike to argue for free speech in ads - challenge of false advertising goes to high courts PORTLAND — Nike Inc. is about to argue that corporations have the right to free speech just like individuals. A landmark case on truth in advertising has reached the U.S. Supreme Court after a consumer activist challenged Nike claims about improving conditions at contract factories in Asia....
Posted: Mon, Apr 21, 2003 10:13pm PDT
AFSCME 2019 Motion Protesting Police Attack on IWU Members and Protesters at the Oakland P Text of union motion protesting April 7th police attack at Oakland Port; motion also demands that any charges against protesters and union members be dropped....
Posted: Mon, Apr 21, 2003 7:26pm PDT
Single Mom Spearheads Spray Fight Los Angeles Unified School District (2nd largest in nation) created model policy that eliminates pests, and protects kids....
Posted: Sun, Apr 20, 2003 2:45pm PDT
Levi Strauss stands accused Two ex-employees of Levi Strauss are suing the clothing firm, alleging they were sacked for refusing to cover up fraudulent accounting practices at the jeans maker....
Posted: Wed, Apr 16, 2003 6:07am PDT
4/19Forum On AFL-CIO, Corruption& ULLICO The BAWDN will focus on the growing corruption scandal within the AFL-CIO. A union controlled insurance company called ULLICO has been allowed by top officials of the AFL-CIO to make millions of dollars off of insider trading on Global Crossing Stock. What does this corruption mean for working people and what can we do about it will be some of the questions addressed in this forum...
Posted: Tue, Apr 15, 2003 5:49pm PDT
Levi Strauss denies fraud allegation Levi Strauss & Co., the world's No. 1 maker of brand name clothing, saw its bonds drop 12 points Tuesday after a news article was published detailing allegations of accounting fraud....
Posted: Tue, Apr 15, 2003 4:48pm PDT
AFSCME 444 Protests Police Attack on ILWU Members and Protesters AFSCME Local 444 protests police attack on anti-war protesters and ILWU members at Oakland docks last Monday April 7....
Posted: Tue, Apr 15, 2003 7:28am PDT
Santa Cruz Union Leaders Arrested Without Cause Deputies waded into the crowd and selected them for arrest, saying nothing to anyone, simply taking the two away in handcuffs....
Posted: Wed, Apr 9, 2003 9:10pm PDT
Tears of Inspiration from Argentina "The chorus is "We are the future and the present, to resist and to occupy". It goes on with more inspiring lyrics. (Somewhere between 150 and 200 factories are now being occupied and run by the workers, the form ranges from occupations like Zanon or Brukman, to occupations that then ask for a judicial nod and become collectives."...
Posted: Wed, Apr 9, 2003 9:01pm PDT
HERO MUSLIM PILOTS SAVE DOWNTOWN ST. LOUIS FROM DOOMED JET Two pilots whose crash landing into the Mississippi River caused a brief concern of terrorist attack were actually heroes who steered their doomed jet away from populated areas, the top FBI official at St. Louis said Wednesday....
Posted: Wed, Apr 9, 2003 6:23pm PDT
Bay Area IWW Rally and Organizing News The East Bay Depot for Creative Reuse Workers to rally on Sunday, April 13, 2003 from 2 - 4 PM....
Posted: Wed, Apr 9, 2003 5:13pm PDT
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