BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 X-WR-CALNAME:www.indybay.org PRODID:-//indybay/ical// v1.0//EN BEGIN:VEVENT UID:Indybay-23853 SEQUENCE:23853 CREATED:20040203T182500Z DESCRIPTION:2003 Northern California Peace and Freedom Party Labor Conference\n\nThe Labor Committee of Peace & Freedom Party will be holding a\nNorthern California labor conference on the attacks facing working\npeople and what to do about them. We will also host a Peace & Freedom\nParty Labor Forum on The Recall, Labor And Democracy\n\n2003 Northern California Peace And Freedom Party Labor Conference \nThe New Labor Fightback/ \nTime For Workers Democracy \n& Unions That Fight The Bosses \n\nSunday \nSeptember 21, 2003 \n9:00 AM - 5:00 PM \nFellowship Of Humanities \n390 27th St./Broadway Oakland, CA \n\n$10 For Conference \n$12 includes lunch \n(no one turned away due to lack\nof funds)\n\nCalifornia workers are under attack. Gray Davis has cut the wages and\nbenefits of tens of thousands of public workers and the response to\nthe Republicans by the Democrats is to attack education, housing,\nhealthcare and social services.\nWorking people need a political alternative to the corporate\ncontrolled Democrats and Republicans and that means that we need\ndemocratic unions where the rank and file control their political\nfunds and have a vote on where these funds are spent.\n\nWe also need a democratic trade union movement with the principle of\none person, one vote and the direct election of all the officers from\nbusiness agents and all local officers to all international officials\nand the leadership of the AFL-CIO.\n\nOur union leadership is in bed with the Democratic party and this is\nan albatross on our ability to fight back and defend our unions. Join\nrank and file unionists from many unions inside the AFL-CIO and\noutside, when we discuss and plan to to go on the offensive to defend\nour unions, our rights and our lives. All workers are welcome to\nparticipate.\n\n9:00 AM Registration\n9:30 AM Introductions\n10:00 AM Issues (continued after lunch)\nWorkers Rights\nHealth And Safety\n\nLunch Sasetru Obrero, Sasetru Belongs to the Workers, \nvideo from Argentina with presentation by Adam Richmond\n\n1:00 PM Issues (continued)\n Immigrant Rights\n War & Repression\n Democracy & Our Unions\n Partial List of Speakers and others to be announced!\n\nRoland Sheppard\nRetired Business Representative of Painters Local, Peace and Freedom\nCandidate for Congress (8th District Seat, currently held by Pelosi)\n\nJennifer Salazar\nShop Steward, International Association of Machinists and Aerospace\nWorkers, Local 1781\n\nSteve Zeltzer\nLabor Video Project, International Union of Operating Engineers\n(IUOE), Local 39\n\nShahram Aghamir\nMember of International Federation of Professional & Technical\nEngineers (IFPTE), Local 21, Discriminatorily Fired from the City of\nOakland\n\nC.T. Weber\nPeace and Freedom Party Candidate for Governor, President of District\nLabor Council 784 of the Civil Services Division of CSEA, Local 1000,\nof Service Employees International Union\n\nMary Ann Ring\nTrustee and Executive Board Member, UAW Local 2244\n\nRenne Saucedo\nProgram Director, San Francisco Day Labor Program\n\nLarry Rose, MD, MPH\nThe last doctor of the Cal-OSHA Medical Unit, who is about to be laid\noff by Gray Davis\n\n4:00 PM Proposal For Action \n5:00 PM Adjourn\n\n \nSponsored by Northern California Peace & Freedom Labor Committee \n\nConference Web Site\nhttp://www.geocities.com/new_labor_fightback/\n\nPeace and Freedom Party\nhttp://www.peaceandfreedom.org \n\nFor More Information:\n\nCall: (415)864-3537/(415)867-0628 \n\nEmail: sf_adam@rocketmail.com or lvpsf@igc.org \n\n https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2004/02/03/23853.php SUMMARY:2003 Northern California Peace and Freedom Party Labor Conference LOCATION:Fellowship Of Humanities \n390 27th St./Broadway \nOakland, CA URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2004/02/03/23853.php DTSTART:20030921T160000Z DTEND:20030922T000000Z END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR