On March 16th the Bay Area IWW held two workplace intervention rallies. The first, in the early morning hours, was at Curbside Recycling in Berkeley to show support to the shop steward for alleged harassment (including unpaid suspension) on the part of management. Several of the shop workers were also there to show support, and the crowd was invigorated by speeches from several of the recyclers as well as other branch members. The rally was intended to demonstrate to management that the union can mobilize when it is needed to support the workers fighting for their interests. The workers may try to increase pressure for a good contract when the current one expires jointly with the the Buyback Recyclers, an IWW shop on the same lot.

In the evening there was a rally outside of Shattuck Cinemas, also in Berkeley, where the IWW has won a representation election. Landmark Cinemas, the parent corporation, has been stalling on a good contract, trying to get in clauses which could bankrupt the union in mediation or take away the rights of the workers to act on their own. There was discussion about the consistently worsening conditions of labor, and the on-the-job resistance that it engenders. The rally ended with a march through the streets (stopping outside of the "United Artists" one block away) and a barbeque at the IWW office.

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