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Italian unions including the independent national logistics union SI Cobus will be having a general strike against the genocide in Gaza, the Ukraine war, the US Israel attack on Iran and the austerity policies of the Meloni and capitalist policians in Italy...
Posted: Thu, Jun 19, 2025 3:10am PDT
Thousands of workers and community members rallied in Los Angeles to demand the freedom of CA SEIU presidentDavid Huerta and the shutdown of ICE....
Posted: Thu, Jun 12, 2025 12:32am PDT
Hundreds of San Francisco workers rallied and union speakers called for the release of CA SEIU President David Huerta and the removal of ICE from California...
Posted: Mon, Jun 9, 2025 2:34pm PDT
A report on the attack on SEIU California President David Huerta was made by SEIU USWS VP Sandra Diaz...
Posted: Mon, Jun 9, 2025 12:01am PDT
National Day Of Action To Free David Huerta & End Raids...
Posted: Sun, Jun 8, 2025 8:14pm PDT
A press conference was held at UCSF to challenge the firing of UCSF professor and Dr. Rupa Marya by management after she spoke up against the bombing of hospitals, the genocide in Gaza and also the role of UCSF in supporting these crimes....
Posted: Thu, Jun 5, 2025 5:23pm PDT
Hundreds of San Francisco City workers and people from the community rallied at San Francisco City Hall to demand that there be no cuts of workers and public services....
Posted: Wed, Jun 4, 2025 6:17pm PDT
Cosechas amargas: Campaña de denuncia y solidaridad con las personas trabajadoras migrantes sin derechos
FILM FRUTOS AMARGOS (THE PICKERS) “RECOLECTOR*S”...
Posted: Wed, Jun 4, 2025 8:39am PDT
As part of a national day of action for single payer, a rally was held at the Harry Bridges plaza followed by a march to Blackrock hedge fund which owns 8% of United Healthcare...
Posted: Sat, May 31, 2025 9:10pm PDT
Fired Federal Workers from the Fork Off Coalition participated in a sit-in at the Capitol on May 20 to make their illegal terminations more visible and in calling to be rehired by their respective agencies, along with continued funding for their vital work. After a short meeting at the Hart Senate Office Building, the group walked to the Capitol only to be held up on the street due to President Trump’s meeting with House Republicans to press them in passing his “One Big Beautiful Bill Act.” I...
Posted: Fri, May 23, 2025 5:51pm PDT
At its wealthier end, skilled professionals continue to jump ship for more lucrative posts in direct service to capital: Scientists give up their research to become “quants” on Wall Street; physicians can double their incomes by finding work as investment analysts for the finance industry or by setting up “concierge” practices serving the wealthy....
Posted: Tue, May 20, 2025 11:40am PDT
Thousands of teachers rallied and marched in San Francisco against the attacks on public education. They spoke about the destruction of Title 1 and the growing privatization of public education as well as the ICE raids....
Posted: Sun, May 18, 2025 4:13pm PDT
Hundreds of San Francisco City workers rallied at the City Hall to demand that SF Mayor Daniel Lurie not cut public jobs and stop the privatization of jobs....
Posted: Fri, May 16, 2025 8:50pm PDT
At the UC People's Tribunal For Palestine, a UCLA UAW 4811 rank and file member talked about the attack on Palestine solidarity activists at the encampment and the role of the UAW 4811 leadership to these assaults....
Posted: Wed, May 14, 2025 10:50am PDT
For the tenth consecutive week the “Fork Off Coalition” of united fired federal workers held their “Job Fair” by visiting Senators’ offices calling on representatives to do more to rein in DOGE’s destructive and illegal cuts to federal programs. This morning’s Fair began in the Hart Senate Office Building atrium next to a massive Alexander Calder stabile where the group representing several agencies discussed the importance of consistent and repeated visits to representatives’ offices to meet...
Posted: Tue, May 13, 2025 4:16pm PDT
The dismissal of Swedish Dockworkers Union (SDU) spokesperson and national deputy chair Erik Helgeson is a blatant act of retaliation for the union’s legally-sanctioned boycott of military cargo to and from Israel. This dismissal represents an attack on trade union rights, freedom of speech, and the democratic decision made by dockworkers across Sweden....
Posted: Tue, May 13, 2025 11:02am PDT
Silicon Valley billionaires and their allies are determined to replace all human thinking and creating workers (i.e. writers, visual artists, computer programmers, teachers) with Gen AI, even though Gen AI is completely incompetent and unable to replace human thinking and creativity.
Many scientists believe that it's not possible to generate enough electricity for all the Gen AI our evil overlords want. Either way, it's killing the planet even faster. And in a capitalist world where people n...
Posted: Mon, May 12, 2025 12:38pm PDT
Society decides on proportions that are relevant for the whole
country. These exist, for example, between work and consumption,
between public services or public goods and private consumption, and between the requirements for efficiency at work and the development of human skills in the workplace....
Posted: Sat, May 10, 2025 4:35am PDT
San Francisco veterans, workers and community members rallied and spoke out about the San Francisco Veteran's hospital about the effects of layoffs and privatization of this department....
Posted: Thu, May 8, 2025 8:00am PDT
"We need to wake up the CalPERS board, staff and employees that we are in a climate emergency and that they should not be funding any more fossil fuel extraction," said Goli Sahba, Third Act Sacramento Facilitator....
Posted: Wed, May 7, 2025 9:54am PDT