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SAN FRANCISCO! INTERNATIONAL CALL FOR PROTESTS AT FOOTLOCKER JUNE 13
San Francisco has 4 Footlockers. The Campaign for Labor Rights is coordinating actions in 20+ cities to protest Footlocker. 2) Contact Campaign for Labor Rights, CLR@afgj.org, 202-544-9355, or go to
the US/LEAP website to get an action packet (available
Monday, June 10th) that includes:
~ Leaflet samples to download and use
~ Talking points for store managers
~ Up-to-date reports of the STIT fight in El Salvador and the international
campaign...
Posted: Tue, Jun 11, 2002 8:16pm PDT
Labor Protest in SF Draws 800 to City Hall
LABOR PROTEST DRAWS 800 TO CITY HALL
Activists want more action; Labor leaders and "Progressive" Democrats
have no answers
By Gina Alvarez...
Posted: Tue, Jun 11, 2002 3:35pm PDT
FRESNO, CA - ACTIVISTS FLYER INSIDE THE GAP TWICE
Activist Protest Gap with no problem...
Posted: Mon, Jun 3, 2002 11:41pm PDT
Rally Today to Support Presidio Workers
There are two rallies in the Presidio today, Take It To The Bridge to Stop the War on Crissy Field, and a rally in support of workers and against privatization at Lombard Gate. From a press release on the OWC wire (Open World Conference in Defense of Trade Union Independence & Democratic Rights, SF Labor Council):...
Posted: Sat, May 25, 2002 7:54am PDT
Courtyard Marriott Fisherman's Wharf Strike
Local 2 on strike at Courtyard by Marriott Fisherman's Wharf...
Posted: Fri, May 24, 2002 11:13am PDT
5/23 Day Laborers March to Protest Police Harassment
Support Thursday's March by Local Day Laborers!...
Posted: Mon, May 20, 2002 11:40am PDT
5/25SF Picket To Protest Presido Privatization/Union Busting
Union Busters at the Presidio have layed off over 60 workers in their efforts to privatize the park. Workers & the community will rally to protest this on 5/25...
Posted: Sun, May 19, 2002 1:53pm PDT
African Contributions to California's Maritime Legacy
National Maritime Day 2002 Celebration will highlight African American contributions to the developmento the California's Maritime Industry. Featuring keynote speaker Captain Bill Pickney, first African American to solo sail around the world....
Posted: Tue, May 14, 2002 8:49pm PDT
Day Laborers to SFPD: Stop the Crackdown
Day laborers and their supporters demanded that SFPD Captain Corrales halt his officers' three-month-long on-going crackdown at a meeting at Mission Police Station on May Day Eve, Tuesday, April 30. Hostile homeowners and the SFPD defended Corrales' crackdown....
Posted: Mon, May 13, 2002 10:21pm PDT
6/30 Join SFGay Day Labor Contingent
As we know, June is Gay Pride Month, and San Francisco's Gay Pride Parade and Celebration, attracting 1 million plus participants, is the best in the West! The 32nd Annual Parade and Celebration will be on June 30, 2002 from Beale and Market (near the Embarcadero) to the Civic Center. As always, there will be a Labor Contingent, and everyone regardless of sexual orientation who supports labor and gay rights is welcome to join us....
Posted: Sun, May 12, 2002 1:11pm PDT
Raise your Voice! Raise your fist! Against the world terrorist! sf 5/1/02 (video/x-pn-realvideo 4.5MB)
MayDay 2002, SF. Reclaim the streets with immigrant workers....
Posted: Sat, May 4, 2002 6:42pm PDT
Mayday Undercover Arrest Video (video/mpeg 7.1MB)
Video is now available of the "man in black", evidently
an undercover police officer, who arrested
an Indymedia photographer at the May Eve
Reclaim the Streets demonstration in Berkeley....
Posted: Sat, May 4, 2002 6:27pm PDT
Music Video from RTS Berkeley 4/30/02 (video/x-pn-realvideo 842.5KB)
5.5 minute Music Video from Reclaim the Streets, Berkeley, 4/30/02. MayPole and Fire Dance at College and Ashby....
Posted: Thu, May 2, 2002 5:36pm PDT
May Day Eve 2002 RTS in Berkeley
With "Five Million Ways to Kill a CEO" blaring on a mobile soundsystem, a couple hundred people in Berkeley marked the beginning of May 1st International Workers Holiday, coinciding with protests and/or celebrations in dozens of cities around the world....
Posted: Wed, May 1, 2002 4:10am PDT
Celebrating International Workers Day in OAKLAND- May 1st, 2002
Community and Advocacy Organizations come together to celebrate immigrant workers' contributions on International Workers Day, May 1st....
Posted: Tue, Apr 30, 2002 10:23am PDT
Judi Bari/FBI trial update, peoples park 4/28 (video/x-pn-realvideo 2.1MB)
14 minute video from Peoples Park MayDay Celebration. Starts with history and update re: Judi Bari vs. FBI/OPD; then, hot rock n roll....
Posted: Mon, Apr 29, 2002 5:31pm PDT
Students For Justice in Palestine. Update from peoples park, 4/28. (video/x-pn-realvideo 1.6MB)
11 minute video from peoples park MayDay Celebration. First is speaker from Students for Justice in Palestine talking about the issues and the plann to be tabling on campus this week. Followed by hot rock n roll....
Posted: Mon, Apr 29, 2002 5:17pm PDT
MayDay Convergence SF finggerpuppets and schedule of events (video/x-pn-realvideo 433.8KB)
Video from Saturdays party at the landfill showing fingerpuputs being made and a schedule of events for the next few days...
Posted: Sun, Apr 28, 2002 6:06am PDT
SF MayDay Convergence kicks of with ARISE HipHop in downtown Oakland 4/26! (video/x-pn-realvideo 1.4MB)
Anarchist and Hip Hop community came together in front of Oakland City Hall with a battery powered sound system Friday 4/26 as various artists performed there stuff. Here is 9 minutes of video....
Posted: Fri, Apr 26, 2002 10:44pm PDT