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DESCRIPTION:End Racism, Discrimination & Corruption At SF City Hall  Commemorate MLK 
 Day By Joining The Picket Line & Speak-out    Friday January 13, 2006 4:00 
 PM  Polk St. Steps To SF City Hall    The commemoration of Martin Luther 
 King’s birthday is not a happy one for Black, Latino and other workers in 
 San Francisco.  Anita Labossiere, who discovered "hanging nooses" being put 
 up at her work location to terrorize Blacks at South East Sewage Plant two 
 years ago is now in the process of being terminated on trumped up charges. 
 When she went public in the San Francisco Bay View, the PUC managers sought 
 to drive her out of her job. Other Black workers have faced similar 
 harassment. No report or investigation has been released to the public 
 about these incidents by the PUC or the City Of San Francisco.  
 http://www.sfbayview.com/082003/workingforthecity082003.shtml  At the same 
 time, Black and Latino men and women laborers from SF DPW who are members 
 of LIUA Local 261and had many years of service with the city were laid off 
 and replaced with workers from Hunter’s Point at $11.00 an hour.  Their 
 supervisor Mohammed Nuru of DPW, had previously been investigated for 
 illegally ordering SLUG workers to campaign for Newsom in the last mayoral 
 election yet he still has his job.  This same Nuru was involved in these 
 discharges of these DPW laborers and the most vocal workers who spoke out 
 about them are still without jobs.  At the same time, Mayor Newsom, Nuru 
 and the City had signed an agreement with the leadership of LIUNA 261 that 
 new workers would be brought in a new classification doing much of the same 
 work of these layed off workers but at 50% less pay. Newsom also signed an 
 agreement that their union initiations and union dues would be paid for by 
 the City of San Francisco.  
 http://www.sfexaminer.com/articles/2005/02/23/news/20050223_ne05_dpw.txt  
 This is a clear ethics violation and Mayor Newsom has been told personally 
 by these laid off workers about this violation in March and December of 
 2005. Why is he covering this up and why has he not acted to put these 
 workers back to work.  Even the Board of Supervisors passed a supplemental 
 appropriation of $1.4 million to rectify this situation, yet the workers 
 are still being retaliated against.  Call Mayor Newsom and ask him for some 
 answers. Call The SF Board Of Supervisors and demand hearings on the 
 growing corruption and discrimination scandal at the PUC and DPW and at SF 
 City Hall.    Rally initiated by  Bay Area Labor Action Coalition (BALC) 
 Endorsed By SF Bay View  For Information call (415)786-7530 (415)750-1091  
 http://www.laboraction.org  laboractionnow@yahoo.com\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2006/01/09/84663.php
SUMMARY:Protest Racism, Discrimination& Corruption At SF City Hall
LOCATION:This protest will take place on the steps of  SF City Hall next to Polk 
 St./McAllister
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2006/01/09/84663.php
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