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7/19 Greet CA Gov In SF
The union busting anti-labor governor ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER will be visiting SF on Wednesday
to talk about his plans with Asia.
Join injured workers and others protesting his destruction of Cal-Osha, his terrorizing and
destroying the lives and families of injured workers at 11:30 AM....
Posted: Wed, Jul 19, 2006 11:28am PDT
KPFA Local Station Board meeting
Freight and Salvage in Berkeley, 1111 Addison/San Pablo near University Ave....
Event Date: Sat, Aug 19, 2006 11:00am PDT
Posted: Tue, Jul 18, 2006 3:30pm PDT
Protest Banning Of KPFA Labor Collective Programming
The voice of local and state labor activism is being muzzled by listener sponsored Pacifica radio station KPFA. Next Local Station Board meeting: Saturday August 19, 2006, 11:00 AM at Freight and Salvage in Berkeley 1111 Addison/San Pablo near University Ave. Meeting is open to the public....
Posted: Tue, Jul 18, 2006 3:16pm PDT
CA Peace and Freedom Party Statement on Workers' Compensation Scandal
The California state legislature has been investigating massive institutional malfeasance inside the California State's Division of Workers' Compensation. Injured workers are sickening and dying because of denial of just claims....
Posted: Tue, Jul 18, 2006 2:21pm PDT
Shattuck Cinema Workers Rally on Saturday July 22
Shattuck Workers Rally on Saturday July 22 at 2pm at Shattuck Cinemas, 2230 Shattuck Ave, Berkeley....
Posted: Tue, Jul 18, 2006 4:52am PDT
Quicksilver Messengers submit their demands. It was almost TOO easy.
Quicksilver Messengers submit their demands. It was almost TOO easy....
Posted: Mon, Jul 17, 2006 6:46am PDT
Oakland: International Working Class Film & Video Festival
Fellowship of Humanity Hall
370 27th St. near Broadway, Oakland...
Event Date: Wed, Jul 19, 2006 7:00pm PDT
Posted: Sun, Jul 16, 2006 3:34pm PDT
SF: Poetry-Labor, War and Immigration
Modern Times Bookstore
888 Valencia St. near 20th St., San Francisco...
Event Date: Wed, Jul 19, 2006 7:00pm PDT
Posted: Sun, Jul 16, 2006 3:26pm PDT
SF: Labor and Organizing: Lessons for Labor
ILWU Local 6 Hall
255 9th Street, near Howard, San Francisco...
Event Date: Tue, Jul 18, 2006 7:00pm PDT
Posted: Sun, Jul 16, 2006 3:22pm PDT
Shattuck Union Workers Prepare for Contract Negotiations-- Support Rally Saturday, July 22
Workers at Shattuck Cinemas in Berkeley recently unionized with the Industrial Workers of the World. They're holding a rally on Saturday, July 22nd at 2pm to keep pressure on the company and ensure that they get a good contract....
Posted: Sun, Jul 16, 2006 12:57pm PDT
Decision in San Francisco
The San Francisco Board of Supervisors will decide this Monday and Tuesday, July 10 and 11, on legislation for healthcare and the minimum wage laws....
Posted: Sat, Jul 15, 2006 2:40pm PDT
Shattuck Cinema Workers Prepare for Contract Negotiations; Support Rally on Saturday June
By Mary Loritz - July 14, 2006...
Posted: Sat, Jul 15, 2006 7:54am PDT
San Jose: The Struggle for Women's Rights, Worker Rights, and Economic Development in Haiti Today
SEIU Local 715 Union Hall, Great Room (2nd Floor)
2302 Zanker Rd., San Jose...
Event Date: Thu, Jul 20, 2006 6:00pm PDT
Posted: Fri, Jul 14, 2006 8:55pm PDT
Fresno Living Wage
The campaign for a living wage for the city of Fresno launches a new website at www.livingwage-fresno.org....
Posted: Fri, Jul 14, 2006 9:00am PDT
Upton Sinclair's Jungle: A Read-Aloud Event
EXIT Theatre
156 Eddy Street, San Francisco, near the Powell Street BART...
Event Date: Sat, Jul 15, 2006 3:00pm PDT
Posted: Fri, Jul 14, 2006 1:11am PDT
Shattuck Theater Workers Union Rally
Shattuck Cinema
2230 Shattuck Avenue
near Kittredge Street
Berkeley, CA
United States
See map: Google Maps...
Event Date: Sat, Jul 22, 2006 2:00pm PDT
Posted: Thu, Jul 13, 2006 3:59am PDT
IWW Organizing Update - Shattuck Theater Workers Union Rally
Bay Area General Membership Branch Group...
Posted: Thu, Jul 13, 2006 3:46am PDT
Spain: Unions agree to anti-working class labour reforms
Last year, Spanish unions threatened a “Winter of Discontent” when the Socialist Workers Party (PSOE) government announced proposals to reform labour laws to enable employers to dismiss workers more easily....
Posted: Wed, Jul 12, 2006 6:32am PDT
Michigan auto union officials convicted in extortion scheme
A federal jury in Detroit has found two United Auto Workers (UAW) officials guilty of prolonging an 87-day strike at General Motors facilities in Pontiac, Michigan in order to pressure management to give jobs to friends and family members. The jury returned the verdict June 26 after little more than one day of deliberations....
Posted: Wed, Jul 12, 2006 6:28am PDT
Bay Area Nurses Take to the Streets
Three hundred nurses and allies marched in Oakland July 11th to demand protection of right to organize and advocate for patients....
Posted: Tue, Jul 11, 2006 4:29pm PDT