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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
South Mountain Company Interview on 'In The Meantime' (21.JUN.05) (audio/mpeg 15.1MB)
Interview on June 21, 2005 with John Abrams, Co-founder and co-owner of South Mountain Company (SoMoCo), an employee owned, resource conscious design/build firm located on the island of Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts. John's book about the company, "The Company We Keep: Reinventing Small Business for People, Community and Place," was recently published by Chelsea Green Publishing. SoMoCo provides a wide range of services including development, planning, architecture, building, ca...
Posted: Sat, Jul 2, 2005 11:30pm PDT
Eggplant Active Media on "In The Meantime' (17.MAY.05) (audio/mpeg 12.3MB)
Interview on May 17, 2005 with Jason Lemieux and Arthur Folsha of Eggplant Active Media in Vermont, a worker run collective which provides new media and communication services to businesses, communities, organizations and individuals. Eggplant supports grassroots organizations, social and political movements, and individuals working for social change through donations of time, money, and services. They also promote and participate in open-source software communities through development, imple...
Posted: Sat, Jul 2, 2005 10:57pm PDT
IWW Berkeley Curbside Recyclers Union Update
BERKELEY- Workers at the Ecology Center in Berkeley, known as Curbside, welcomed their new operations manager Friday July 1st, with a meeting to discuss their expectations of his conduct. As the new boss sat and listened, Fellow Workers Todd Miller and Dominic Moschella outlined their complaints....
Posted: Sat, Jul 2, 2005 5:20pm PDT