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Pictures Of Arrests At Oakland Safeway Protest
Labor leaders and members of the clergy were arrested at the Sat Jan 31st Safeway protest in Oakland. As around one thousand workers and labor activists picketed in front of the store, at least 14 people sat down in the street in an act of civil disobedience.
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Sometimes words are worth a thousand pictures. See the commentary at http://www.indybay.org/news/2004/01/1669241_comment.php for a much better idea of what was going on, and what is and has been going on with the strike.
For more information:
http://www.indybay.org/news/2004/01/166924...
OAKLAND -- A noisy, enthusiastic rally supporting 70,000 retail clerks on strike against Southern California supermarkets drew nearly 500 marchers Saturday afternoon and ended in the arrest of 13 demonstrators including Oakland City Council President Ignacio De La Fuente.
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The sit-in outside the store was in some ways purely symbolic. Those arrested chose to be, while hundreds of others looked on. There were no serious confrontations and no violence, Oakland police Lt. Dave Kosicki said. Each person arrested was cited for two misdemeanors, refusing to disperse and blocking the entrance. They later were released.
Others arrested included Alameda County Central Labor Council executive secretary Judy Goff, Teamsters Local 70 executive Chuck Mack, and the Rev. Carol Been of Clergy and Laity United for Economic Justice.
http://www.sanmateocountytimes.com/Stories/0,1413,87~11268~1929097,00.html
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The sit-in outside the store was in some ways purely symbolic. Those arrested chose to be, while hundreds of others looked on. There were no serious confrontations and no violence, Oakland police Lt. Dave Kosicki said. Each person arrested was cited for two misdemeanors, refusing to disperse and blocking the entrance. They later were released.
Others arrested included Alameda County Central Labor Council executive secretary Judy Goff, Teamsters Local 70 executive Chuck Mack, and the Rev. Carol Been of Clergy and Laity United for Economic Justice.
http://www.sanmateocountytimes.com/Stories/0,1413,87~11268~1929097,00.html
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