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textBTL:Opponents of US Ratification of Central American Free Trade Agreement Say.. by Between the Lines' Melinda Tuhus
...Victory is Within Reach~ Interview with Shane Stevens, of CISPES, the Committee in Solidarity with the People of El Salvador, conducted by Between the Lines' Melinda Tuhus...
Posted: Sun, Feb 27, 2005 6:33am PST
text“High Ideals, Low Pay”—how the University of California exploits its employees by wsws (reposted)
While salaries for University of California (UC) President Robert C. Dynes and campus administrators consistently rise, many UC service employees are struggling to survive. According to a report released last Tuesday by the National Economic Development and Law Center (NEDLC), UC devalues the contribution of those that clean and maintain its nine campuses and five medical facilities throughout California. In the report entitled “High Ideals, Low Pay: A Wage Analysis of UC Service Workers,” NE...
Posted: Sat, Feb 26, 2005 10:24am PST
textSweatfree Bay Area Campaign Kick Off by Global Exchange, SweatFree Bay Area Coalition
Are the Workers who Make your Clothes “Slaves to Fashion”? Thursday, March 3, 7:00 PM New College Theater, 777 Valencia Street San Francisco $5 donation at the door. No one turned away for lack of funds....
Posted: Sat, Feb 26, 2005 12:22am PST
textExpanding the Fight; Boycotts at Non-Union Hotel Properties by UNITE HERE Local 2
As the hotel industry continues to attack our union in San Francisco and Los Angeles, UNITE HERE has begun a boycott campaign across the United States to show the industry it can no longer expect to attack local unions and avoid a fight throughout the industry. UNITE HERE members work for North American and global hotel companies. For that reason, UNITE HERE members, who work for the same companies involved in the labor disputes, have supported Local 2 & Local 11’s contract struggles by organ...
Posted: Thu, Feb 24, 2005 8:18pm PST
imageSan Francisco city workers protest firings
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by Bill Carpenter
Also speaking on Feb. 22nd were Genevie Gallegos,La Raza Centro Legal attorney specializing in employment law, who is representing the workers, and Sylvia Alvarez-Lynch, SEIU Local 790, and a member of the SF Labor Council....
Posted: Wed, Feb 23, 2005 6:32pm PST
text2/24SF Labor TV On The Right To Union Job&SF Laborers Protest Corruption by Labor Video Project
Labor On The Job on 2/24/05 will be looking at the attack on IAM Local 1173 and IBT 315 workers who were fired by the Future Ford Auto Agency for being union members. It will also interview SF city laborers who were members of LIUNA 261 about the growing corruption and their illegal layoffs....
Posted: Wed, Feb 23, 2005 4:09pm PST
textDefense Workers' Unions File Suit Against Rumsfeld by AFGE
AFGE, Nine Other DOD Unions Challenge New Personnel System Proposed Regulations Circumvent the Will of Congress, Say Union Presidents...
Posted: Wed, Feb 23, 2005 3:41pm PST
videoSF City Laborers Protest Corruption & Layoffs (video/quicktime 27.6MB) by Labor Video Project
Dozens of San Francisco city laborers who are members of LIUNA Local 261 protested at the Department of Public Works at their illegal layoffs, nepotism and corruption by the management of the DPW. They also were angry at the silence of SF Mayor Gavin Newsom. 9 min. 27 MB...
Posted: Wed, Feb 23, 2005 2:59pm PST
textSOCIAL SECURITY Income Calculator by eldon thompson
There is NO CRISIS in SOCIAL SECURITY ... it is a myth from the rove/cheney/bush Propaganda Machine ... Check out the Social Security Calculator...
Posted: Wed, Feb 23, 2005 2:41pm PST
textDetecting Dental Deception by Coca-cola cavity creator
The dental industry rakes in big bucks from expensive procedures. Daily dosage radiation from X-rays is just one of the hazards dental hygenists are exposed to at work. Promoting fluoride and remaining silent about bioaccumulation of fluoride causing fluorosis keeps the dental chair spinnin' round.....
Posted: Wed, Feb 23, 2005 12:28pm PST
textPeoplePC-Earthlink Out Sourcing 200 Tech Jobs by John Conner
A short article about the impending out sourcing at PeoplePC-Earthlink....
Posted: Tue, Feb 22, 2005 9:08pm PST
textFlying Picket at Oaks Theater, Friday evening, 2/25 by aaron
There will be a community solidarity picket in front of Oaks Theater in Berkeley on Friday evening, February 25 to oppose the brutal practices of the Metropolitan Theater Corp., which recently took-over the Oaks Theater in Berkeley....
Posted: Tue, Feb 22, 2005 12:37am PST
text"The Take" by Avi lewis & Naomi Klein by Blas
The National Movement of Factories Recovered by the Workers wants to leave in clear its total opposition al documentary The Takes of Avi Lewis and Naomi Klein....
Posted: Mon, Feb 21, 2005 11:35am PST
textUC workers are paid so little that they depend on welfare to get by by sfbg (reposted)
First the governor proposed a rule change that could eliminate lunch breaks for California workers. Now, if a new report about the University of California is correct, it seems lunchroom workers themselves are paid so little at UC campuses that many of them qualify for nine public subsidies for the poor, including food stamps and public housing....
Posted: Mon, Feb 21, 2005 8:35am PST
textSchwarzenegger Threatens California State Teachers Retirement System by PWW (reposted)
Four big squares marked “vacant” sat alongside photos of remaining board members on the California State Teachers Retirement System (CalSTRS) web site this week. It seems the squares’ former occupants (two Republicans and two Democrats) had the nerve to vote against Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger’s proposal to privatize pensions of all new state workers, including teachers, into a 401(k)-type system starting in 2007, and his proposal to shift onto local school districts the state’s contribution t...
Posted: Mon, Feb 21, 2005 8:29am PST
textDubya as Economist by www.dubyaspeak.com
"We got into deficit because the economy went into the recession-is how we got into deficit..The more money they have in their more pockets-in their pockets, the more likely it is that somebody will find work..An ownership society is a compassionate society" - Economic wisdom from good ol' Dubya...
Posted: Mon, Feb 21, 2005 6:34am PST
textMarx and Makhno vs. McDonald's in Paris by Anon.
This is a good article about non-union working class action against service sector exploiters. It also highlights how the nationalist scumbag Tamil Tigers of Ceylon intervened on the side of Mickey-D's against the wage slaves....
Posted: Sun, Feb 20, 2005 12:39pm PST
textWal-Mart's Sweetheart Deal by louis bettencourt
Wal-Mart may be the most visible offender of good workplace practices—it's the retail giant progressives love to hate, with good reason. Exhibit A: In a recent deal with the government, Wal-Mart agreed to pay a small fine for breaking child labor laws, with the understanding that next time the feds want to investigate, the retailer will be warned ahead of time. Jonathan Tasini says we can't reform the corruption of the corporate landscape overnight, but a Safe Workplace Act would at lea...
Posted: Sat, Feb 19, 2005 11:04pm PST
textRepressing the Class Struggle by Werner Rene Schwab
As the employers' president said, capital and labor have long been reconciled among us. He said this while employers forced down wages with the help of politicians, cut pension claims, reduced social benefits and extorted dependent persons by threats of dismissal....
Posted: Sat, Feb 19, 2005 7:07am PST
textNew Anti-Capitalist Website: Prole.info by prole.info
Announcing a new anti-capitalist website: http://www.prole.info It has lots of pamphlets in PDF form, as well as a number of online texts. Check it out....
Posted: Sat, Feb 19, 2005 12:34am PST
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