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Northern California Bricklayers / Stonemasons on Strike Oakland, CA July 21, 2005- On July 18, 2005 the Northern California Bricklayers/Stonemasons went on strike. Events leading up to the strike began when contract negotiations broke down last week. The Northern California Masonry Contractors Association sent a letter to the Bricklayers/Stonemasons and Allied Craftworkers (BAC) Local 3 Union announcing they are cutting off contract negotiations. BAC decided to call a strike against members of the contractors association in an effort to get them t...
Posted: Mon, Jul 25, 2005 1:51pm PDT
Hot or cold 
Hot or cold I guide water to our food and clothing. Isn't my work as valuable as a plumber or carpenter¿? Might I not be paid as much¿?...
Posted: Sat, Jul 23, 2005 9:40am PDT
UC Nurses Strike Delayed by Court Order (audio/mpeg 9.0MB) Interview with CNA bargaining team member Manny Punzalan of UCLA...
Posted: Wed, Jul 20, 2005 6:05pm PDT
14,500 jobs to be slashed at Hewlett-Packard Computer and printer giant Hewlett-Packard (HP) revealed plans July 19 to eliminate 14,500 jobs, or some 10 percent of its global workforce of 151,000. The company, based in Palo Alto, California, also said it would freeze the pension and retiree medical-program benefits of certain employees, increasing instead its contributions to most of these workers’ 401(k) plans....
Posted: Wed, Jul 20, 2005 6:25am PDT
San Francisco is Numero Uno! (video/quicktime 18.6MB) Arturo Rodriguez, president of the United Farm Workers, explains why San Franciscans are key to the success of the Gallo Boycott.
Four-minute QT movie. 19MB....
Posted: Tue, Jul 19, 2005 8:31pm PDT
Press Operators’ Union President Charges Chronicle with Intimidation, ULPs With the stage set for a possible battle between the San Francisco Chronicle and labor unions over recently expired contracts, it appears San Francisco Web Pressmen and Prepress Workers' Union Local 4 has fired the opening salvo. Following a rally held Monday in front of Chronicle headquarters protesting the newspaper’s requests for labor concessions, the union’s president Tony Price now heads into negotiations this Friday. According to Price, there’s a lot at stake, with likely battles cente...
Posted: Mon, Jul 18, 2005 8:40pm PDT
Chronicle Pressmen receive strong support from labor community 
Frustrated by stalled negotiations with the Hearst Corporation, San Francisco Web Pressmen & Prepress Workers Union Local 4N held a rally in front of the Chronicle building at 5th and Mission on Monday, July 11, 2005...
Posted: Mon, Jul 18, 2005 5:57pm PDT
Thousands March In San Francisco Demanding Gallo Boycott 
UFW President Arturo Rodriguez lead several thousand farm workers and supporters in a “No Gallo!” march through the Mission and Castro districts and down Market St. in San Francisco....
Posted: Sun, Jul 17, 2005 5:06pm PDT
Laborfest Sex Worker Screening 7/17 6:30pm:
TALES OF THE NIGHT FAIRIES8:00pm:
LEGALIZATION SUCKS- DECRIMINALIZE NOW!
9:30pm:
THE STORY OF THE TAIPEI LICENSED PROSTITUTES...
Posted: Fri, Jul 15, 2005 2:07pm PDT
7/17: Hey-Hey! Ho-Ho! Gallo's Greed Has Go To Go! JOIN THE NEW GALLO BOYCOTT SUNDAY JULY 17, 2005
11:30 am
Dolores Park
18th Street & Dolores
(across from Mission High School)...
Posted: Tue, Jul 12, 2005 3:17pm PDT
DAY LABORER CHORUS SINGS IN LABOR FEST! WHAT: Day laborer chorus performance
WHEN: Saturday, July 16, 7 pm
WHERE: New College, Valencia St....
Posted: Tue, Jul 12, 2005 2:06pm PDT
Legacy of The New Deal in California (audio/mpeg 19.8MB) LaborFest lecture on the public works projects built by workers during the great depression...
Posted: Sun, Jul 10, 2005 7:32pm PDT
7/13 SF City Hall WAITRESSES UNITE! San Francisco Waitresses will join together on Wed July 13 to speak about their work and struggles. It will be at 4:45 PM at SF City Hall Polk St. Entrance....
Posted: Thu, Jul 7, 2005 11:23pm PDT
Stop Union Busting at Doten Honda! Take action against the new owners of Berkeley Honda (formerly Doten) for dismissing union workers!...
Posted: Wed, Jul 6, 2005 7:59am PDT
Hell Yes, BART's a Mess, but Don't Blame the BART Union Workers There is much wrong with BART, but the BART workers and BART unions are not responsible for the mess that BART is in, or better yet, the mess that bart is....
Posted: Mon, Jul 4, 2005 9:29pm PDT
Boycott Gallo Wine 
The United Farm Workers invites people of good will to join our second boycott of Gallo wine in 32 years....
Posted: Sun, Jul 3, 2005 2:51pm PDT
Sign the Homecare Banner for Fresno County!!! 
Fresno Homecare Workers, Seniors, People with Disabilities Protest Gov's Attack on Homecare & Power-Grab Special Election...
Posted: Sun, Jul 3, 2005 2:30pm PDT
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