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DESCRIPTION:For Immediate Release: September 17, 2002\nPress Contact: Renee Saucedo 
 (415) 553-3404, Elly Kugler (between 8am-12noon on 9/18 only) (415) 
 235-0162\n\nSan Francisco Day Laborers Picket Against Oakland Volunteers Of 
 America \n\nOn Wednesday, September 18th at 10:00AM, San Francisco Day 
 Laborers will hold a picket in front of Volunteers Of America’s (VOA) 
 Oakland Office to send a clear message of opposition against the agency’s 
 application to administer the SF Day Labor Program.  Three weeks ago, a 
 delegation of SF community organizations held a meeting with VOA President 
 John Bailey to inform him of the contentious political context in which 
 Mayor Willie Brown placed Day Labor Program up for public bid.  A variety 
 of community leaders explained that the transfer of services away from La 
 Raza Centro Legal would be extremely disruptive to Day Laborer organizing.  
 Despite these grave concerns, Bailey and VOA have decided to pursue their 
 application. “We don’t want VOA running our Day Labor Program because 
 in Oakland, they support the police moving workers off the public sidewalks 
 and we don’t want that here.  No one will support our rights as human 
 beings as La Raza has,” says day laborer Hector Valdez.\nFollowing a 
 series of peaceful demonstrations last Spring, in which members of the SF 
 Day Labor Program denounced continuing abuses by the Mission Police 
 Department, Mayor Brown put the program up for bid.  The Mayor’s office 
 accused La Raza Centro Legal, the agency that has successfully administered 
 the program for the past three years, of ‘using the day laborers to 
 further its own political agenda.’  As evidenced by this response, the 
 Mayor’s retaliatory actions are a flagrant attempt to strip the primarily 
 immigrant workers of their 1st amendment rights.  The city has since 
 proceeded with a highly questionable bidding process, actively soliciting 
 applicants in a desperate search for another agency both willing and 
 qualified to compete with La Raza.    At the close of bidding, only VOA has 
 applied.  \nThe picket will take in front of VOA’s office at 303 
 Hegenberger Road, Oakland at 10:00AM,Wednesday. The Mexican Bus 
 transporting workers and supporters will depart the Day Labor Program (17th 
 and Hampshire Streets, SF) at 9:00AM.\n\n\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2004/02/03/10733.php
SUMMARY:SF Day Laborers Picket Volunteers of America
LOCATION:303 Hegenberger Rd.
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2004/02/03/10733.php
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