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The California Grocery Strike And The War Over Healthcare
LOS ANGELES, CA (1/17/04) -- Today Mark Norton is
one of 70,000 workers forced on strike, or locked out,
in southern California. Soon he may be one of hundreds
of thousands more facing the same difficult
predicament....
Posted: Sat, Jan 17, 2004 6:06pm PST
Analysis of Arnold's Cuts To Health Programs
Rough & Dirty Analysis of the Governor’s 2004-05 Budget Proposal...
Posted: Thu, Jan 15, 2004 3:16pm PST
Hidden payments may shape grocery strike outcome
The outcome of the Southern California grocery clerks strike may depend less on a meeting of the minds between employers and employees than on an obscure grocery business practice that has become so pervasive it has sapped the competitive strength of three of the largest grocery chains in America....
Posted: Wed, Jan 14, 2004 10:39am PST
New Labor Spirit Stirs In California Grocers
The more than 70,000 members of the United Food and Commercial Workers on strike against four supermarket chains in central and southern California are fighting for more than a fair and decent contract. They are fighting for more even than preserving the health benefits they’ve enjoyed for years....
Posted: Tue, Jan 13, 2004 1:28pm PST
Open Letter to the Global Indymedia Network from San Diego
A recent open letter from the SF Bay Area IMC letter stated that "What has happened here with the SF Bay Area IMC seems to be quite unprecedented within the history of the IMC Network". Unfortunately it is not....
Posted: Mon, Jan 12, 2004 10:55pm PST
Environmental Links
Please post links, as comments, that you would like to see on this page....
Posted: Mon, Jan 12, 2004 5:22pm PST
Community Colleges Plan Protest March to Sacramento!
Community Colleges are planning a huge march to Sacramento on March 15 to protest fee hikes and budget cuts. Endorse the march, donate and even join us to protect education!...
Posted: Mon, Jan 12, 2004 4:09pm PST
Michael Parenti to Speak At a Press Conference Against the Sleeping Ban in Santa Cruz
Michael Parenti will be speaking at a press conference against the Sleeping Ban in Santa Cruz (MC 6.36.010 a & b) on Tuesday, January 13, at 3:30PM outside Mayor Scott Kennedy's City Council meeting at Santa Cruz City Hall. Micky Z., Yves Engler and many other people will be a the press conference. A statement by Cynthia McKinney will also be read (McKinney will have already left town after her presentation on Monday night).
While we all feel a national unity to throw Bush out of office,...
Posted: Mon, Jan 12, 2004 10:31am PST
MESSAGE FROM BAKERSFIELD
Forward of message from the coordinator of the Bakersfield Chapter of Marriage Equality California seeking support....
Posted: Mon, Jan 12, 2004 7:50am PST
San Fran Activists Launch Ford Campaign in LA
Global Exchange and Rainforest Action Network scale downtown LA skyscraper and release giant banner to protest US oil addition...
Posted: Sun, Jan 11, 2004 11:33am PST
Bush orders settlement to conservative GOP website by City of Fresno
Settlement funnels money to local conservative website on orders of president George Bush. Rightwing website "FreeRepublic" to recieve large settlement from City of Fresno....
Posted: Sat, Jan 10, 2004 11:03pm PST
Southern California — Grocery workers defending your health care
Health care is perhaps the most life-and-death human rights crisis in America. The unchecked greed of the insurance and pharmaceutical monopoly empires has driven health care costs sky-high. Union-negotiated health care plans are about all that stands between you (if you’re lucky enough to have a job and health insurance) and an end to employer-paid or partially-paid health care coverage....
Posted: Sat, Jan 10, 2004 1:56pm PST
1/13 Crawl for Justice!
January 13, 2004 at 11:00 AM
Sacramento Federal Courthouse, 5th and I Streets
Our very last chance to save civil rights for people with disabilities. If we lose this Supreme Court appeal,
we will be officially and legally the Inferior Americans, not entitled to the opportunities of this country....
Posted: Fri, Jan 9, 2004 9:25pm PST
1/31-2/1 California Biodiesel Consumers' Conference
Towards sustainable biodiesel for passenger car and small
business B100 consumers in California...
Posted: Thu, Jan 8, 2004 8:33am PST
Sherman Austin Benefit
Please come to the Bay Area benefit for Sherman Austin, the imprisoned African American webmaster and activist....
Posted: Fri, Dec 5, 2003 6:11am PST
Benefit for Sherman Austin
Benefit Show for anarchist prisoner Sherman Austin...
Posted: Wed, Dec 3, 2003 8:18pm PST
How to support SHERMAN AUSTIN
20 year-old activist and webmaster Sherman Austin remains in federal prison for information another youth had on his website, which was linked to Sherman's site. Why should you care about this?...
Posted: Fri, Oct 24, 2003 8:12pm PDT