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Bay Area IWW Organizing Victory
East Bay Depot for Creative Reuse workers vote 13-0 to officially unionize with the Bay Area IWW....
Posted: Tue, Apr 22, 2003 10:00pm PDT
4/23-Rally to Save Public Services and Jobs in San Francisco
SEIU Locals 250, 535, and 790 are holding a rally wednesday at City Hall as part of their campaign to achieve a balanced solution to the cities budget crisis....
Posted: Tue, Apr 22, 2003 4:31pm PDT
[gangbox] SLAMMING THE DOOR ON THE DOORMEN
SLAMMING THE DOOR ON THE DOORMEN...how New York City's luxury apartment building workers union grovels before the corporate rich.......
Posted: Tue, Apr 22, 2003 6:58am PDT
Nike to argue for free speech in ads - challenge of false advertising goes to high courts
PORTLAND — Nike Inc. is about to argue that corporations have the right to free speech just like individuals. A landmark case on truth in advertising has reached the U.S. Supreme Court after a consumer activist challenged Nike claims about improving conditions at contract factories in Asia....
Posted: Mon, Apr 21, 2003 10:13pm PDT
AFSCME 2019 Motion Protesting Police Attack on IWU Members and Protesters at the Oakland P
Text of union motion protesting April 7th police attack at Oakland Port; motion also demands that any charges against protesters and union members be dropped....
Posted: Mon, Apr 21, 2003 7:26pm PDT
Single Mom Spearheads Spray Fight
Los Angeles Unified School District (2nd largest in nation) created model policy that eliminates pests, and protects kids....
Posted: Sun, Apr 20, 2003 2:45pm PDT
Levi Strauss stands accused
Two ex-employees of Levi Strauss are suing the clothing firm, alleging they were sacked for refusing to cover up fraudulent accounting practices at the jeans maker....
Posted: Wed, Apr 16, 2003 6:07am PDT
4/19Forum On AFL-CIO, Corruption& ULLICO
The BAWDN will focus on the growing corruption scandal within the AFL-CIO. A union controlled insurance company called ULLICO has been allowed by top officials of the AFL-CIO to make millions of dollars off of insider trading on Global Crossing Stock. What does this corruption mean for working people and what can we do about it will be some of the questions addressed in this forum...
Posted: Tue, Apr 15, 2003 5:49pm PDT
Levi Strauss denies fraud allegation
Levi Strauss & Co., the world's No. 1 maker of brand name clothing, saw its bonds drop 12 points Tuesday after a news article was published detailing allegations of accounting fraud....
Posted: Tue, Apr 15, 2003 4:48pm PDT
AFSCME 444 Protests Police Attack on ILWU Members and Protesters
AFSCME Local 444 protests police attack on anti-war protesters and ILWU members at Oakland docks last Monday April 7....
Posted: Tue, Apr 15, 2003 7:28am PDT
Santa Cruz Union Leaders Arrested Without Cause
Deputies waded into the crowd and selected them for arrest, saying nothing to anyone, simply taking the two away in handcuffs....
Posted: Wed, Apr 9, 2003 9:10pm PDT
Tears of Inspiration from Argentina
"The chorus is "We are the future and the present, to resist and to occupy". It goes on with more inspiring lyrics. (Somewhere between 150 and 200 factories are now being occupied and run by the workers, the form ranges from occupations like Zanon or Brukman, to occupations that then ask for a judicial nod and become collectives."...
Posted: Wed, Apr 9, 2003 9:01pm PDT
HERO MUSLIM PILOTS SAVE DOWNTOWN ST. LOUIS FROM DOOMED JET
Two pilots whose crash landing into the Mississippi River caused a brief concern of terrorist attack were actually heroes who steered their doomed jet away from populated areas, the top FBI official at St. Louis said Wednesday....
Posted: Wed, Apr 9, 2003 6:23pm PDT
Bay Area IWW Rally and Organizing News
The East Bay Depot for Creative Reuse Workers to rally on Sunday, April 13, 2003 from 2 - 4 PM....
Posted: Wed, Apr 9, 2003 5:13pm PDT
El Reportero: Day Laborers rebel against Renee Saucedo
El Reportero: Day Laborers rebel against Renee Saucedo...
Posted: Tue, Apr 8, 2003 9:56am PDT
[gangbox] BOTTOM OF THE LIST
BOTTOM OF THE LIST....will the new federal monitor clean up the New York District Council of Carpenters job referral system?...
Posted: Sun, Apr 6, 2003 10:56pm PDT
Stonemountain and Daughter Fabrics Workers Unionize
We, the majority of Employees at
Stonemountain and Daughter Fabrics has come together as a union!...
Posted: Fri, Apr 4, 2003 12:25am PST
4/13Korean"Single Spark" & Videoo S
On April 13 Dr.Chun Soon Ok, the sister of historic labor leader Chun Tae-Il will give a presention on the life&legacy of Chun Tae-Il and the Women Workers Movement in S.Korea.
We will also screen a video about the Korean women workers movement called ""I Always Dream Of Tomorrow"...
Posted: Thu, Apr 3, 2003 6:19pm PST