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Rally and Protest at Driscoll's Berry Store and Distribution Center  1750 San Juan Rd, Aromas, CA 95004-9027... Event Date: Sat Oct 15, 2016 1:00PM Posted: Sat Sep 24, 2016 10:25PM 
Familias Unidas por la Justicia Announce Next Steps after Historic Win  Sacramento, CA – Today, 9/22, Edgar Franks, organizer with Community to Community Development (C2C), the support organization for Familias Unidas por la Justicia (FUJ) reported on historic next steps following the culimination of FUJ’s organizing campaign. The farmworkers at Sakuma Bros. Berry Farm voted in a historic secret ballot election to have Familias Unidas por la Justicia represent them in negotiations for a union contract – the vote represents years of organizing and signals a new er... Posted: Thu Sep 22, 2016 8:26PM 
Thousand of Activists Call for Protection of Silky Sharks at U.N. Wildlife Conference This week conservationists delivered a petition signed by 15,002 global citizens to the Presidents of Costa Rica, Nicaragua, El Salvador and Guatemala calling on them to support greater protections for silky sharks at an upcoming world wildlife conservation meeting.... Posted: Wed Sep 21, 2016 11:17AM
We Clarify and Reiterate the Driscoll’s Boycott is in Full Force  We will continue our resistance, boycotting Driscoll's for a better life and a better future for farmworkers' families in San Quintín.... Posted: Tue Sep 20, 2016 12:30PM
Aclaramos de Manera Reiterada Que el Boicot a Driscoll’s Sigue Con Más Fuerza Seguiremos en resistencia del boicot a Driscoll's por una mejor vida y un mejor futuro para las familias jornaleros en San Quintín.... Posted: Tue Sep 20, 2016 12:22PM
Honduras - 2016 U.S. Presidential Elections May Pivot On Substance  In The U.S.A. We Vote The Politics Of Fear, The Prevailing Mythology:
Vote Your Fears Not Your Values – but wait Bernie Supporters!
What is it people are afraid of? This isn't Honduras. Former Honduran President Manuel Zelaya recently announced on August 26, 2016, that his wife Xiomara Castro will run for the left-wing LIBRE Party in the 2017 presidential elections.” This is the second time that Castro will run for the presidency. She did so in 2013, but lost to Hernandez in a controversi... Posted: Mon Sep 19, 2016 2:30PM
36th anniversary CISPES/FMLN: Party for Migrant Justice SEIU Local 1021, 350 Rhode Island
(enter from Kansas Street, between 16th and 17th Sts)
San Francisco... Event Date: Sat Oct 1, 2016 4:30PM Posted: Fri Sep 16, 2016 7:13PM
Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz & Dina Gilio Whitaker speak about American Indians.  St. John's Presbyterian Church, 2727 College Ave., Berkeley... Event Date: Tue Oct 25, 2016 7:30PM Posted: Wed Sep 14, 2016 2:29PM
FWP Applauds Resolution to Four-Year Labor Dispute Between Farmworkers and Supplier to Driscoll's Berries  Portland, OR, September 13, 2016 – Fair World Project, a project of the Organic Consumers Association, the nation’s largest network of green and ethical consumers, is proud to announce the results of an election on September 12 that confirmed the independent union Familias Unidas por la Justicia (Familias Unidas) as the formal representatives of farm workers at Sakuma Brothers Farm (Sakuma) in Washington State, supplier to Driscoll’s, the largest berry distributor in the world. Fair World Pro... Posted: Wed Sep 14, 2016 2:26PM
Lawsuit Launched to Protect West Coast Whales From Dying in Nets Conservation groups today filed a notice of intent to sue the National Marine Fisheries Service to protect endangered whales from mile-long drift gillnets and strings of sablefish pots off the West Coast. After two years of record reports of whales entangled in fishing gear off the West Coast — more than 60 in 2015 alone — 40 whales were reportedly entangled as of June 30, putting 2016 on pace to break records again. New information indicates that one humpback whale population that migrates f... Posted: Mon Sep 12, 2016 10:36AM
New Report Links Zika Virus to Steep Increase in Birth Defects in Brazil A new study published by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention connects the spreading Zika virus to a significant increase in birth defects in Brazil. According to the study, birth defects involving the nervous system nearly doubled after Zika arrived in Brazil, and researchers linked the virus' spread to poverty and living conditions in Northeast Brazil.... Posted: Fri Sep 9, 2016 8:36AM
WA Farmworkers to Vote on Union / Mexico Farmworkers Continue Driscoll's Boycott  Congratulations to Familias Unidas por la Justicia (FUJ)! FUJ is an independent farmworkers union and one of our newest members! After a three-year struggle, on September 4, 2016, FUJ reached an agreement with Sakuma Brothers Farm in Washington state to conduct a secret ballot election so the workers on the farm can vote whether they want FUJ to be their union. Sakuma Brothers is a supplier to Driscoll's Berries.... Posted: Thu Sep 8, 2016 5:55PM
Driscoll's Boycott Continues 9-4-2016  Many shoppers at at the West Side New Leaf Community Market were very receptive and we were able to get a lot of signatures on the petition regarding the boycott!... Posted: Mon Sep 5, 2016 11:05AM
US and Puerto Rico Faith Groups Send Congress Recommendations on Island's Crisis Religious leaders in Puerto Rico and Jubilee USA urged a new Congressional task force to reform US laws to promote economic growth in Puerto Rico.... Posted: Fri Sep 2, 2016 1:26PM
Understanding Migration from El Salvador/ the impact of US policy Mission Campus, City College of San Francisco (1125 Valencia St. between 22nd and 23rd Streets), room 106 (in the Valencia St. building).... Event Date: Thu Sep 15, 2016 2:00PM Posted: Wed Aug 31, 2016 9:28PM
White House Announces Puerto Rico Oversight Board Membership The White House is announcing members of Puerto Rico's fiscal oversight board established as part of legislation to address the US territory’s debt crisis.... Posted: Wed Aug 31, 2016 10:41AM
National LCLAA Resolution In Solidarity With The Farmworkers In San Quintín (Baja California, Mexico) and Skagit County (Washington State)  The National Labor Council for Latin American Advancement passed a resolution in solidarity with farmworkers in San Quintín (Baja California, Mexico) and Skagit County (Washington State) at the 21st LCLAA National Membership Convention held August 18-20, 2016 in Orlando, Florida.... Posted: Thu Aug 25, 2016 12:41PM
California Mission Foundation Tries to Declare El Camino Real a UNESCO World Heritage Site  California Indians Demand Cruelty to Ancestors Be Disclosed as California Mission Foundation Tries to Declare El Camino Real a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Photo: Map showing El Camino Real.... Posted: Mon Aug 22, 2016 2:25AM
Mexican and Central American Independence Day celebration 2940 – 16th Street, San Francisco
(between Mission and South Van Ness Ave.)... Event Date: Thu Sep 15, 2016 6:00PM Posted: Sun Aug 21, 2016 10:56AM
Watsonville Strawberry Festival and Driscoll's Protest Day #2 Aug.7, 2016  Driscoll's Boycott Continued Today (Sunday) at the Strawberry Festival in downtown Watsonville, California... Posted: Mon Aug 8, 2016 12:45AM |