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Cesar Chavez Conferencia y Celebración Juvenil de Liderazgo y Profesión, Salud y Feria de
Cesar Chavez Conferencia y Celebración Juvenil de Liderazgo y Profesión, Salud y Feria de Educación - “Que Ningún Niño Se Quede Atrás”
Sierra College, 5000 Rocklin Rd. en Rocklin, CA 95677 Sábado el 20 de marzo, 2004 8:00 AM á 4:00 PM en la CAFETERIA – GRATIS para estudiantes y padres...
Posted: Sun, Feb 1, 2004 10:58pm PST
Cesar Chavez Youth Leadership Conference
The 3rd Annual Cesar Chavez Youth Leadership Conference is scheduled for Saturday, March 20, 2004 at Sierra College from 8 am to 4 pm. All 6th to 12th grade student activist leaders and parents are invited free of charge. Over 40 career and college preparedness workshops will be available. Co-Founder of the United Farm Workers, Actvist and UC Regent Dolores Huerta will be the keynote speaker at 11:30 am. Breakfast and lunch provided and a play. Sierra College is located at 5000 Rocklin Rd. i...
Posted: Sun, Feb 1, 2004 10:38pm PST
Education not Incarceration Next Steps
Come to the next planning meeting: Monday, February 9th, 7-9PM, Neibel
Proctor Library, 6501 Telegraph (just north of Alcatraz, near the Ashby
BART) to get involved!...
Posted: Sun, Feb 1, 2004 10:23pm PST
Mobilization: Wednesday, 4PM, State Building: Stop the Closure of Oakland Schools
MOBILIZATION TO STOP THE CLOSURE OF THE "OAKLAND 5" ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS!!
Wednesday, 4PM, California State Building
1515 Clay Street, Near the 12th Street BART
More Information or an E-mail Copy of the Flyer: Contact Mike Seigel 510.289.3318 michaeljwsiegel@aol.com...
Posted: Sun, Feb 1, 2004 10:20pm PST
More Safeway Photos
A few more pictures taken at the very exciting and successful demo at Safeway in Oakland, Jan 31....
Posted: Sun, Feb 1, 2004 9:09pm PST
Peril In UFCW Strike
Mike Griffin, a unionist from the War Zone in Decatur, Ilinois reports on the lessons of the present grocery struggle and the role of the AFL-CIO leadership in past struggles....
Posted: Sun, Feb 1, 2004 8:37pm PST
More Pictures From Oakland Safeway Protest
More pictures from the rally and march in Oakland....
Posted: Sun, Feb 1, 2004 1:58pm PST
Safeway video #2 (video/quicktime 22.3MB)
video from j31 safeway action. 2 of 4....
Posted: Sun, Feb 1, 2004 12:54pm PST
2/19 Forum "US Labor&Israel, The "Unkosher" Alliance
This forum will discuss the relationship of the AFL-CIO to the state of Israel and how US unionists' dues are being spent on Israeli bonds and support for the repression of Palestinians and an apartheid state....
Posted: Sun, Feb 1, 2004 10:55am PST
Union March sees 20,000+ in LA
Yesterday in the Los Angeles area, from 12 PM to 2 PM, more than twenty thousands people marched in the streets of Inglewood, California, to support the striking workers from Vons/Pavilions and the locked out workers from Albertsons and Ralphs supermarkets.
At the rally, union leaders vowed actions from Seattle to Baltimore, to support the Californien supermarket working strikers.
Read this excellent article about the strike.
http://www.wsws.org/articles/2004/jan2004/groc-j31.shtml...
Posted: Sun, Feb 1, 2004 10:43am PST
Berkeley Rallies to Halt the Execution of Kevin Cooper
More than 150 people filled a Berkeley church Saturday to rally in support of condemned death row inmate Kevin Cooper -- and to hear from Cooper himself....
Posted: Sun, Feb 1, 2004 9:34am PST
Los Angeles Critical Mass Rides Through Vons
While the corporations refuse to back down, autonomous actions by small groups are becoming more and more necessary....
Posted: Sat, Jan 31, 2004 11:41pm PST
Legacy that needs to be forgotten
The era of Willie Brown as mayor is over. He came in 8 years ago with high expectations. He was going to fix the MUNI and the the problem of homelessness. Only in his second term did he get serious about improving MUNI. He gave up on the homeless. Some of the highlights of the Willie years...
Posted: Sat, Jan 31, 2004 11:29pm PST
Pictures Of Speakers At Safeway Labor Rally
Pictures of speakers at Mosswood Park rally before the Saturday Jan 31st march to Safeway....
Posted: Sat, Jan 31, 2004 10:20pm PST
Pictures Of Arrests At Oakland Safeway Protest
Labor leaders and members of the clergy were arrested at the Sat Jan 31st Safeway protest in Oakland. As around one thousand workers and labor activists picketed in front of the store, at least 14 people sat down in the street in an act of civil disobedience....
Posted: Sat, Jan 31, 2004 9:42pm PST
Safeway Protest a Study in Contrasts
The Oakland protest at Safeway was a study in contrasts - the fighting spirit of workers held back by the union official leadership...
Posted: Sat, Jan 31, 2004 9:40pm PST
Berkeley Bowl BOYCOTT Action Was Needed Support Albertson's and Safeway Strikers TODAY!!!
Berkeley Bowl Unionization Effort Botched Through Lack of Radical Steam...
Posted: Sat, Jan 31, 2004 7:27pm PST
Pictures From Protest At Oakland Safeway
Around one thousand people marched on a Safeway in Oakland today to protest Safeway's attacks on workers in Southern California. Several local labor organizers and several clergy say down in the road in front of the store and were taken away by the police.
The strike by 70,000 Vons, Ralph’s and Albertson workers for affordable healthcare is now past its 100th day. If the giant food chains gets it way health costs for these workers will rise 50% and put it out of reach for many who make an av...
Posted: Sat, Jan 31, 2004 7:08pm PST
THE CITY OF FRESNO MOVES TO EVICT HOMELESS FROM TENT CITY
The City of Fresno moves to outlaw poverty and evict the homeless when they form a community....
Posted: Sat, Jan 31, 2004 7:04pm PST