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Million Worker March in Japan (video/quicktime 28.2MB)
Million Worker March in Japan in support of hotel workers...
Posted: Sun, Dec 12, 2004 10:18am PST
Building Bridges Radio - Massacre of Workers in the Phillipines
Building Bridges:Your Community and Labor Report presents this 28 minute radio program. TO LISTEN CLICK ON WEB LINK BELOW....
Posted: Sat, Dec 11, 2004 7:42am PST
Picket the Claremont - Saturday, Dec. 18. - Noon
Jobs With Justice Solidarity Action...
Posted: Fri, Dec 10, 2004 10:59pm PST
Sutter replacement worker fired for falling asleep during Caesarean section
SUTTER REPLACEMENT WORKER FIRED FOR FALLING ASLEEP DURING
CAESAREAN SECTION...
Posted: Thu, Dec 9, 2004 6:38pm PST
Stockton IWW Truckers Strike Again!
20 Independent Stockton Truckers organized under the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW), went on strike today, against unfair practices of the Kach trucking company....
Posted: Thu, Dec 9, 2004 6:09pm PST
Millions on Strike
The general strike in Italy was directed against the budget draft of the italian government and its tax policy. Instead of lowering the top tax rates, tax evasion should be combated. The five million pensioners need relief, not the rich....
Posted: Thu, Dec 9, 2004 10:37am PST
Black Farmers Historic Lawsuit
Black Farmers Seek to Resolve Historic Lawsuit...
Posted: Wed, Dec 8, 2004 11:30am PST
How U.S. Corporations Illegally Sponsor Foreign Workers
Those job ads are strange for a reason....
Posted: Tue, Dec 7, 2004 7:09am PST
S. KOREA. 12.6/Last Week's Struggle Report
Migrant workers in S. Korea, now since one year and three weeks in sit-in strike, are always participating the local class struggle....
Posted: Mon, Dec 6, 2004 8:32am PST
Breakthrough at 1st Latin American Working Class Film & Video Festival
The first Latin American Working Class Film and Video Festival was held in Buenos Aires this past month. Plans are being made to tour it throughout the US and internationally....
Posted: Sun, Dec 5, 2004 12:32pm PST
How Low Can You Go? Hospital Workers Locked Out (video/mpeg 8.2MB)
Caregivers from SEIU 250 and CNA are mobilizing to get the word out about the out-of-control, rogue "non-profit" "community-based" healthcare corporation, Sutter. Yesterday a community forum was held in downtown Oakland....
Posted: Sat, Dec 4, 2004 7:17am PST
Sen. Boxer Pays Millions for Churches, not Bus Service, Healthcare
California Democrats Senator Boxer and Rep Farr are sponsored a bill to pay $10 million for repairing Catholic missions, in clear violation of their oath of office to separate Church and State, while San Francisco bus riders are threatened with a fare increase to pay for buses and the people of San Francisco are threatened with a TB epidemic due to no money to pay for TB screening of the poor....
Posted: Sat, Dec 4, 2004 12:25am PST
Day 3 SEIU 250 Sutter Strike Newsletter
On Wed. Dec. 1, registered nurses and hospital workers conducted a one day unfair labor strike at 13 Sutter hospitals throughout Northern
California. Returning to work on Dec. 2nd, the workers were told they were locked out of their jobs until Monday....
Posted: Fri, Dec 3, 2004 5:01pm PST
Building Bridges Radio - US Representatives Demand Election Irregularities Investigation
Building Bridges: Your Community and Labor Reports presents this 28 minute radio program. TO LISTEN CLICK ON LA INDYMEDIA WEB LINK BELOW...
Posted: Fri, Dec 3, 2004 1:35pm PST
The New Unity Partnership: A Manifest Destiny for Labor
Since unions are supposed to be organizations of workers, we at CounterPunch thought the members might like the opportunity to review a document cobbled up by five union presidents outlining big plans to spend the workers' money, consolidate their unions and revamp institutional labor -- whether by breaking with the AFL-CIO or destroying it and remaking it in the image of this particular gang of five is not entirely clear. Members aren't likely to get this opportunity through any formal union...
Posted: Fri, Dec 3, 2004 12:15pm PST
Muni Fare Increase Threatened Again
Despite the fact that we suffered a large fare increase in fares for San Francisco buses and trains (SF Muni Railway or Muni) just over 1 year ago, we are again threatened with a fare increase from $1.25 to $1.50 with admittedly no increase in service....
Posted: Thu, Dec 2, 2004 10:03am PST