BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 X-WR-CALNAME:www.indybay.org PRODID:-//indybay/ical// v1.0//EN BEGIN:VEVENT UID:Indybay-18321464 SEQUENCE:18327495 CREATED:20061019T135800Z DESCRIPTION:Peace and Freedom Party State Wide Labor Conference \nHow Unions & Workers \nCan Go On The Offensive\nWhy Are SEIU President Andy Stern, UBC President Doug McCarron and other union officials helping Schwartzenneger?\nWhy Have The Trade Unions Dropped Efforts To Repeal Taft-Hartley?\nHow have labor-management "partnerships" and "business unionism" undermined the strength of working people and how can we win our battles?\nWhy democracy is key to rebuild our unions and defeat union busting politicans & the bosses? \nSaturday October 21, 2006 8:30 AM - 5:00 PM Free\nCalifornia State Building 455 Golden Gate St. San Francisco\n8:30 AM To 9:00 AM Registration Introductions:\nImmigration, Labor and Justice (9:00 AM to 9:50 AM)\nLessons of the May Day Demonstrations\nAl Rojas- Nancy Keiler\nUnion Democracy, SEIU/Change To Win and Fighting Business Unionism\n(10:00 AM to 10:50 AM)\nCT Weber, Retired member SEIU 1000 Sacramento\nHealthcare, Injured Workers, Single Payer Health Care, Unions, The Insurance Industry & Democrats\n(11:00 AM to 11:50 AM)\nDina Padilla- Injured worker and past member SEIU UHW\n12:00 -12:50 Lunch\n1:00 PM - 1:50 PM\nPeace and Freedom Party's role in the Labor Movement- Panel\n2:00 PM to 2:50 PM\nLabor And The War-What Our Unions Can Do To Stop The War\nSteve Zeltzer, IUOE Local 39, Albert Dragstat, Professor St. Mary's College\n3:00 to 3:50 PM\nThe Role of the Democratic Party in Undermining Union Rights & How To Fight Back\nJack Heyman, ILWU Local 10 member and Chair Transport Workers Solidarity Committee\n4:00 PM to 4:50 PM\nPlenary Session: Bringing it all together and which way forward\nFor Information call (415)867-0628 (916)916-725-2673 (510)531-0416 or Peace_and_Freedom_Labor_Committee-subscribe@yahoogroups.com www.peaceandfreedom.org\nPeace & Freedom Party Labor Committee\n-labor donated-\nPeace and Freedom Labor Party Platform\n\nhttp://www.peaceandfreedom.org/Platform.htm\n\nLabor and Full Employment\n * We demand a socially useful job at union pay levels or a\n guaranteed dignified income for everyone.\n * We support the establishment of a Universal Basic Income (UBI) to\n alleviate poverty and homelessness.\n * We call for a 30-hour work week for 40 hours' pay and abolition of forced overtime.\n * We demand a legally mandated annual paid vacation of at least 4 weeks.\n * We demand expansion and enforcement of job health and safety laws.\n We call for the restoration of all labor rights previously won by\n women and their extension to men as well.\n * We demand paid parental leaves and time off work for childcare.\n * No prison labor for private profit. Living wage and full union rights for any prison labor.\n * Defend workers' rights to organize, form union caucuses, strike, and boycott.\n * No replacement of striking workers.\n * Federally-funded public works programs to rebuild the nation's infrastructure and restore the environment.\n * International solidarity of workers against international capitalist schemes such as NAFTA and WTO in defense of jobs, wages, working conditions and environmental laws.\n * International trade agreements must guarantee the protection of workers and democratic rights in all participating countries.\n * A rank and file socialist-oriented labor movement to mobilize working-class people to assume ownership and control of the economy.\nUndocumented Workers\nImmigrant workers are hounded by government authorities, worked and housed in substandard conditions by unscrupulous bosses, and blamed by Republican and Democratic demagogues for society's problems.\n * We call for open borders.\n * We demand an end to deportations of immigrants.\n * We demand full political, social and economic rights for resident non-citizens.\nPeople With Disabilities\nPeople with disabilities are entitled to equal rights to education, housing, health care, recreation and transportation. Attendant care and other services or adaptations must be provided to enable fuller participation in all aspects of society.\nRetired Workers\nRetired workers must be guaranteed a decent living at union wage levels. \nWe demand:\nImmediate improvements in economic benefits and social services.\nFree, quality, multi-lingual and multi-cultural medical and home health care.\nAccessible transportation.\nAn end to all forced retirement.\nStop the segregation and isolation of senior citizens.\n\n\n https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2006/10/19/18321464.php SUMMARY:State Wide Peace&Freedom Party Labor Conference LOCATION:455 Golden Gate Avenue/Polk St in San Francisco URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2006/10/19/18321464.php DTSTART:20061021T153000Z DTEND:20061021T153000Z END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR