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SF: Writers Workshop With Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz The Exit Theatre
156 Eddy St., San Francisco (near Powell BART station)...
Event Date: Sat, Jul 8, 2006 3:00pm PDT
Posted: Fri, Jul 7, 2006 8:58pm PDT
Labor Fest- Presente! (Book Reading) Modern Times Bookstore
888 Valencia St. at 20th, San Francisco...
Event Date: Sat, Jul 8, 2006 2:00pm PDT
Posted: Fri, Jul 7, 2006 8:51pm PDT
A MODEST PROPOSAL- RECRUIT, RUN INDPENDENT LABOR MILITANT CANDIDATES IN THE 2006 ELECTIONS IN THE TIME OF THE GREAT FEAR WE NEED OUR OWN CANDIDATES....
Posted: Fri, Jul 7, 2006 10:21am PDT
Black security officers march for freedom from poverty Los Angeles (PRNewswire) – Hundreds of mostly Black security officers, joined by the NAACP, SCLC, elected leaders and community groups from South L.A. marched downtown on Friday to the Building Owners and Managers Association headquarters, protesting poverty conditions in the private security industry....
Posted: Fri, Jul 7, 2006 6:49am PDT
Protesters to Bush, Talent: ‘Show us the raise!’ ST. LOUIS — Over 600 trade unionists, community activists, peace activists and students protested President Bush’s visit here June 28. Bush was in town for a $2,000-a-plate fund-raiser for right-wing Missouri Sen. Jim Talent, who faces strong opposition from Democrat Claire McCaskill, the state auditor....
Posted: Fri, Jul 7, 2006 6:36am PDT
Israeli Municipal Workers Protest Lack of Wages Just as in the US, the Israeli workingclass derives no benefit from the warmongering policies of its government. In Israel, the workers in one town went on strike protesting lack of wages for a month. The class struggle prevails in Israel, as everywhere....
Posted: Fri, Jul 7, 2006 3:57am PDT
N.Y., Georgia Courts Reject Gay Marriage he top courts in two states dealt setbacks to the gay marriage movement today, with New York's highest court ruling same-sex unions are not allowed under state law and the Georgia Supreme Court reinstating a voter-approved ban on gay marriage....
Posted: Thu, Jul 6, 2006 11:04am PDT
New Zealand government demands further wage restraint as living standards decline New Zealand Finance Minister Michael Cullen last month warned workers against expecting significant pay rises, even as the cost of living sharply increases. Speaking to a parliamentary finance committee on June 14, Cullen gave his backing to Reserve Bank Governor Alan Bollard. A week earlier Bollard had proclaimed that wage restraint was necessary to curb inflation, which the bank forecast would rise to 3.9 percent....
Posted: Thu, Jul 6, 2006 6:23am PDT
In the Stagnation Trap: Capitalist Development Demands for a different distribution and redistribution, for economic democracy and social regualtion opposing market radicalism must be in the foreground. Crisis and opportunity are represented by the same Chinese letter. Repressing crisis and blind spots is the path of least resistance and denial....
Posted: Thu, Jul 6, 2006 5:06am PDT
THE TRUTH ABOUT SPAM (Self Protecting American Measure) Stop Spamming Me!...
Posted: Wed, Jul 5, 2006 4:44pm PDT
Job slashing at Heinz Foods and the role of private equity firms in corporate restructurin Recently announced job cuts by Heinz Foods highlight an important feature of contemporary capitalism: the role of private equity firms in the shaping of corporate policy and the intensification of already brutal attacks on workers’ living standards....
Posted: Wed, Jul 5, 2006 7:29am PDT
Thousands of Chinese students riot over bleak job prospects Facing an uncertain future, thousands of graduating Chinese college students expressed their frustration last month in protests and riots....
Posted: Wed, Jul 5, 2006 7:21am PDT
"Which Way For The SEIU & The Future Of Change To Win To Win" New College Theater
777 Valencia Street/19th St.
San Francisco...
Event Date: Sat, Aug 5, 2006 7:03pm PDT
Posted: Tue, Jul 4, 2006 7:24pm PDT
8/5 SF Forum/Video "Which Way For The SEIU & The Future Of Change To Win CTW"
Which Way For The SEIU
& The Future Of Change To Win (CTW) One year ago, a new national labor federation was founded called Change To Win CTW. This
forum will look at what this new federation has done and also the developments within the
1.8 million SEIU including the merger of hundreds of thousands of members in California....
Posted: Tue, Jul 4, 2006 11:36am PDT
Recapping The Sins of The Loveall's Below is a collection of articles documenting the "Sins of the Loveall's" for quick reference....
Posted: Mon, Jul 3, 2006 8:48pm PDT
Panasonic closes German factory despite hunger strike Despite three months of protests and a hunger strike by workers, the Panasonic tube factory in Esslingen in the state of Baden-Württemberg has closed down. Approximately 600 workers have lost their jobs....
Posted: Mon, Jul 3, 2006 8:41am PDT
Oakland: Security Workers Rally Front of Tribune Tower Downtown Oakland 13 and Franklin...
Event Date: Thu, Jul 13, 2006 5:00pm PDT
Posted: Sun, Jul 2, 2006 7:07pm PDT
LaborFest Opens July 5, 2006 The annual international working class labor cultural arts and film festival LaborFest will be
opening on Wednesday July 5,2005, The festival commemorates the San Francisco General
Strike of 1934 through art, music, theater, film and poetry. Many events are free or low cost.
The San Francisco 1934 General Strike began on July 5 when two workers were murdered by
San Francisco police....
Posted: Sun, Jul 2, 2006 9:37am PDT
7/6 Oakland Protest "Stop Corporate Murder and Terror Against Injured Workers!" Injured workers and their supporters will be protesting at the Oakland California State Building
1515 Clay St. in Oakland on July 6 at 9:30 AM against the premedidated murder of injured workers by
insurance companies and their lawyers and doctors. They will also attend the hearing of the
DIR Commission On Health and Safety and Workers Compensation and speak out about
the criminal activities of these insurance companies and the cover-up by Insurance Commission
Garmendi and Attorney Genera...
Posted: Sat, Jul 1, 2006 5:09pm PDT
Psycho-Management Hit Mexican Maquiladoras Workers at maquiladora factories in Mexico told recent visitors from Texas that they are sometimes asked to undo their work entirely or spend long hours in isolated spaces....
Posted: Sat, Jul 1, 2006 11:01am PDT
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