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DESCRIPTION:Meeting; DEFEND PUBLIC EDUCATION AND  ALL PUBLIC SERVICES\n\nDEFEND PUBLIC 
 EDUCATION AND\n\nALL PUBLIC SERVICES\n\nUnite The 1.5 Million Public 
 Workers In CA\n\nCA Public Workers Conference\n\nFebruary 20, 2010 San 
 Francisco\n\n \nThe deepening economic decline of California and the United 
 States threatens the maintenance of public services including education, 
 transit,  healthcare and all local, regional and state jobs. Additionally, 
 the collapse of housing prices in California will have a long term impact 
 on the revenue stream for education and other public services. The need for 
 a unified political strategy and action plan for the defense of public 
 services and the users of these services is critical.\n\nThe continued 
 successful efforts by anti-labor forces using this crisis to make 
 structural changes to bring privatization of education and the outsourcing 
 and destruction of our public services through furloughs and lay-offs of 
 education of public services  is growing. Already the Democratic controlled 
 legislature has voted for “The Race To The Top” which will privatize 
 more of California education and their legislative analyst is proposing a 
 10% wage cut for all California state workers.\n\nThis year the need to 
 have a united mass action that unites all million public workers and those 
 threatened with the lost of their public services to act together 
 collectively is vital. Public workers cannot solve this crisis only by 
 isolated actions in their district, college, city or county.\n\nThe 
 California Faculty Association, the California Federation of Teachers, the 
 UTLA, the OEA, APC, UESF, the California Federation of Labor, the San 
 Francisco Labor Council, UPTE, AFSCME 444, UPWA.info and many other 
 organizations have called for support to the March 4 strike and actions to 
 defend public services.\n\nA statewide public workers conference has been 
 supported by the Northern California organizing committee for this March 4 
 Action and UPWA to address these important issues and unite the 1.5 million 
 public workers in California with a platform and program of 
 action.\n\nInitial List Of Speakers:\n\nDiane Brown, Progressive Teachers 
 Of Richmond, Member of UTR*\n\nCharles Smith, Former Chief Steward AFSCME 
 Local 444\n\nRepresentative from UTLA*\n\nWren Bradley, Deputy Chair SEIU 
 521 Santa Clara County Employees\n\nGeorge Wright, AFT 1493* Skyline 
 College\n\nNate Holmes, SEIU 1021* Steward\n\nMaria Lourdes Nocedal, 
 UESF*\n\nJohn S. James, APC Council Member Chief Steward, CSU 
 Chico\n\nVicky Legion, AFT 2121 San Francisco City College\n\nRon Dicks, 
 IFPTE Local 21 and V.P. Western Region IFPTE\n\nPeter Byrne, Journalist 
 Investigating The UC Regents\n\nRepresentative From UPTE UCB\n\nHarold 
 Brown, past president BART ATU 1555\n\n*for information only\n\nSaturday 
 February 20, 2010 10:00 AM-3:00 PM\n\nILWU Local 34\n\n800 2nd 
 St./Embarcadero next to AT&T Ballpark,SF\n\nInitiated by\n\nUnited Public 
 Workers For Action www.upwa.info\n\nMarch 4 Northern California Organizing 
 Committee\n\nEndorsed By APC, TWSC, SF P&F\n\nFor information call 
 (415)867-0628\n https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2010/02/16/18637951.php
SUMMARY:DEFEND PUBLIC EDUCATION AND ALL PUBLIC SERVICES
LOCATION:ILWU Local 34\n801 2nd St/Embarcadero On left side of AT&T Stadium\nSan 
 Francisco\nParking available in union parking lot\n\n
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2010/02/16/18637951.php
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