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DESCRIPTION:Community Forum & Eyewitness Report from Wisconsin\n"Wisconsin to 
 California—Workers Fight Back!"\n\nAcross the country, working people – 
 employed and unemployed – are facing vicious assaults by the corporate 
 rulers and their bought-and-paid-for politicians.  Vital healthcare 
 programs – particularly those impacting children, elderly and ill people 
 – are being slashed. So, too, is funding for education, and hundreds of 
 thousands of teachers and other public workers are threatened with layoffs. 
 For those remaining on the job, wages are being frozen or cut, at the same 
 time they face demands to pay more for health and pension benefits. \n\nThe 
 rights of public workers to collective bargaining, to strike, and even to 
 have a union are under attack in many states. When workers don’t have a 
 union, management has all the power. It’s either collective bargaining or 
 individual begging. \n\nAt the same time as this unprecedented attack on 
 working people is taking place, the big banks, corporations and investors 
 made the largest profits in history in 2010! The same banks and 
 corporations were responsible for the economic collapse of 2008, which in 
 turn caused a massive  decrease in the funds for government programs. The 
 bankers and other corporate owners got bailed out (remember “too big to 
 fail”?) and are now raking in record profits while receiving huge tax 
 breaks and government subsidies. \n\nNow working people around the country 
 from Wisconsin to California -- are standing up to say, “Enough is 
 Enough!”  And it’s not just here. The determined struggle of the 
 Egyptian people has inspired people all over the world, and proved once 
 again the people are the force that can change history. \n\nHere in San 
 Francisco, the UNITE HERE Local 2 hotel workers have just won a major 
 victory, gaining a strong new contract from the Hilton chain. The dynamic 
 tactics of Local 2 were key to this victory. The struggle continues to win 
 contracts at the other SF hotels for 12,000 workers. \n\nJoin us for a 
 community forum to discuss the workers’ fightback movement here and 
 across the country, and what is coming next. \n\nPanel will include:\n- 
 Rev. Israel Alvaran, Community Outreach Coordinator, UNITE HERE Lo. 2\n- 
 Connie Hibbard, Lo. 2 hotel worker, Westin St. Francis\n- Jeff Bigelow, 
 organizer, public sector workers in Midwest\n- Gloria La Riva, Pres. 
 Typographical Sector, Pacific Media Guild, Lo. 35921\n- Representative, 
 Teachers for Public Education\n\nSponsored by ANSWER Coalition. Wheelchair 
 accessible. $5-10 donation (no one turned away for lack of funds)\n\n\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2011/03/23/18675414.php
SUMMARY:Community Forum & Eyewitness Report from Wisconsin "Workers Fight Back!"
LOCATION:2969 Mission St. btwn 25th & 26th Sts., San Francisco
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2011/03/23/18675414.php
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