Celebrate the Right To Organize, Oakland General Strike Anniversary 12/6

The Alameda Labor Council, AFL-CIO Invites You to Celebrate the Right to Organize, the Courage of Workers, and the 60th Anniversary of Oakland's General Strike

"On this spot, street car driver Al Brown stopped his car to honor a picket line of women retail clerks. The workers were on strike to demand recognition of their union at Kahns and Hastings Department Stores. When Brown stopped his car, the streetcars behind him stopped, too. Soon more than 100,000 East Bay workers joined in a 'work holiday' in support of the clerks. The Oakland General Strike lasted three days. Its solidarity led to union recognition for the retail clerks, a more progressive city government, and better lives for working families."

TICKETS: $10 in advance, $25 at the door, at Oakland Rotunda Building, 300 Frank Ogawa Plaza, opposite City Hall, 5:30 to 7:30pm

Honored guests: Lieutenant Governor-elect, John Garamendi Councilmember Jane Brunner Skyline High School Jazz Band Collective Bargaining Institute Students Laney Labor Studies Scholars

With a Special Presentation on the Employee Free Choice Act (EFCA)

SPONSORS:

AFGE 2391 American Income Life ATU 192 Bakers 125 Berkeley Federation of Teachers California Commercial Investments/Rotunda California Nurses Association Communications Workers 9415 Machinists 1584 Northern California Carpenters Operating Engineers 3 Pile Drivers Local 34 SEIU 616 ULLICO / TFA UFCW Western States Council UFCW Region 8 / Western UFCW Locals 101,120,and 870

Send checks to: Central Labor Council of Alameda County, AFL-CIO, 100 Hegenberger Road, Suite 150, Oakland, CA 94621 or call (510) 632-4242 x221 for info