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NEDLC Study: UC Service Workers Do Not Receive Living Wages
OAKLAND – A report released today finds that the wages of many service workers at the nine University of California (UC) campuses and five medical centers are too low to cover the bare-bones cost of living for a worker and his or her family. Researched by the National Economic Development and Law Center (NEDLC), the report finds that despite UC’s high profile as a premier public institution of learning and opportunity, 46% of UC service employees earn wages that would not meet basic needs fo...
Posted: Tue, Feb 15, 2005 2:42pm PST
Letter from GLAAD's Eddie Gutierrez (moving on)
As many of you know through our media trainings, I am one to get to the
point and stay on message. So without burying the lead, a wonderful
opportunity has crossed my path: I have been offered the Director of
Communications position for Equality California - California's
statewide lesbian, gay. bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) civil rights
organization - and I have decided to pursue this opportunity....
Posted: Tue, Feb 15, 2005 12:56am PST
Trouble with Regulation? Need help? Feb 19 conference/ support for dispensaries
if you want lunch, pre-register for conference this weekend; ASA needs to be told what is going on in your community...
Posted: Tue, Feb 15, 2005 12:54am PST
CA Governor Aims to Rehabilitate Prison System
Governor Aims to Rehabilitate Prison System
His push to reduce recidivism by preparing inmates for life outside is a
break with tradition....
Posted: Mon, Feb 14, 2005 11:11pm PST
Devin Brown Shooting - Debate and Outrage Continue
LOS ANGELES - Residents in South Los Angeles react to the fatal police shooting of a 13-year-old suspected car thief with shock and anger and question whether it was justified....
Posted: Mon, Feb 14, 2005 11:23am PST
AUDIO: KFC Protest in Santa Cruz 2-12-05
About two dozen people gathered on Saturday 2-12-05 at the KFC on Mission St. in Santa Cruz to protest KFC's continued failure to put a stop to abuses against chickens taking place in the factories and slaughterhouses that provide chicken to KFC. Chickens are routinely scalded alive, beaten and kicked. In addition, the chickens are kept in crowded filthy conditions and pumped full of hormones which frequently results in their inability to stand up or flap their wings.
The protests take place...
Posted: Sun, Feb 13, 2005 11:37pm PST
Senator Boxer to receive bouquet of 5,000 Roses on Valentine's Day!
Senator Barbara Boxer of California will receive a bouquet of almost 5,000 roses from supporters and constituents across the country on Valentine's Day, February 14th, as a loving thank you for her recent outstanding service in the Senate....
Posted: Sun, Feb 13, 2005 10:54pm PST
URGENT: Your Help Needed to Protect Free Speech in San Diego! Please forward widely!
On January 20th at the Reclaim the Streets demonstration in downtown San Diego, journalist Carly Delso-Saavedra and activist Janice Jordan were both arrested on charges that, according to witnesses, were fabricated. If you have photos or videotape of any arrests made that night...
Posted: Sun, Feb 13, 2005 8:35pm PST
Michael Jackson's self-destructive hubris
:as self-destructive as Wilde; less honest than NAMBLA:...
Posted: Sun, Feb 13, 2005 11:33am PST
Linking the American Left to Terror-The Stewart Conviction
The true meaning of the radical persecution of civil-rights attorney Lynne Stewart is simply to link the American left wing with terrorism....
Posted: Sun, Feb 13, 2005 11:03am PST
2/13 Placerville Protest Against Hate
Come join the rally on Sunday February 13 from 2-5.
Meet at the Court House Steps on Main Street in
Placerville. Bring signs that are positive.
(Placerville welcomes all, Hate not in our town, Good
neighbors come in all flavors...)...
Posted: Sat, Feb 12, 2005 5:04pm PST
NCPA: Opponents Lose on Clear Skies Amendment; Committee Votes for Version That Does Not I
DALLAS, Feb. 11 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Members of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee have offered a new version of the Clear Skies Act to committee members. The new version of the Act is a clear defeat for critics of the original bill, and scholars at the National Center for Policy Analysis said it would be better for the bill to die in committee rather than move forward with the caps on CO2....
Posted: Sat, Feb 12, 2005 1:30am PST
LAPD Offers Revised Policy After Teen Shot
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Police Chief William Bratton on Friday proposed a new policy that would ban officers from firing at moving vehicles, less than a week after the fatal police shooting of a 13-year-old suspected car thief....
Posted: Sat, Feb 12, 2005 1:16am PST
Get a whiff of the new pot-sniffing technologies, coming to a highway near you
One look at the Cozart RapiScan, a self-proclaimed complete "on-site oral fluid drugs of abuse diagnostic system," and it's obvious: This isn't your parents' drug test. Gone are the golden days of the plastic collection cup....
Posted: Fri, Feb 11, 2005 10:16pm PST
Nov. 9-12, 2005: LONG BEACH, CA - The Drug Policy Reform Conference
the Drug Policy Alliance
will be hosting the next international drug policy reform conference -
in Long Beach, California (close to L.A.). It will start on Wednesday
eve, November 9 and end Saturday evening, November 12....
Posted: Fri, Feb 11, 2005 6:05pm PST
Wireless World: WiMax is coming
A story about WiMax gaining momentum at a rapid clip....
Posted: Fri, Feb 11, 2005 2:46pm PST
Hundreds of Workers Protest Governor’s Proposal to Weaken their Rights
On Tuesday, hundreds of San Francisco’s workers came before the Division of Labor Standards Enforcement (DLSE) to protest Governor Schwarzeneggers’s proposal to ease laws protecting a worker’s right to lunch breaks. While groups like the California Labor Federation (CLF) gathered at a press conference to condemn the governor’s continual erosion of worker’s rights, the DLSE heard from a diverse group of workers pleading for protection from abusive employers....
Posted: Thu, Feb 10, 2005 9:33am PST
Articles about California Lunch Break Struggle
Nurses Next to Kick Butt Vs. Arnold? The Daily News of Los Angeles...
Posted: Wed, Feb 9, 2005 10:27pm PST
February 2005 Jobs with Justice Update
- DC Hotel Workers Win New Contract!
- National Student Labor Week of Action March 31- April 4, 2005
- JwJ Joins Delegation to the 2005 World Social Forum
- Janitors win Justice at Providence College!
- Jobs with Justice Tour with Indian Allies a Success!
- NE JwJ Coalitions Take on Verizon Wireless
- Victory at Intelicoat!!!
- Central OR JwJ Organizes Panel and Discussion on Immigrant
Rights
- Atlanta JwJ WRB Holds Hearing on Public Transit
- JwJ Celebrates International H...
Posted: Wed, Feb 9, 2005 12:05pm PST