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CWA AT&T Mobility Workers National Day Of Action-Time To Fight Telecom Bosses! 
A national day of action was held by AT&T and Mobility workers who are fighting against concessions and for a contract. The company is demanding more concessions and cost shifting for workers as well as fighting unionization at DirectTV....
Posted: Sun, Feb 12, 2017 1:15pm PST
SF Cover-up Blows Up At Superfund Hunters Point Naval Shipyard "Clean-up" Meeting 
At a meeting at San Francisco Hunters Point superfund site, the US Navy, EPA, California Department of Toxic Substances and San Francisco Department of Public Health tried to explain what they are doing about the systemic falsification of testing at the highly contaminated site. There has been on Federal, state or local criminal investigation of the intimidation, workplace bullying and termination of health and safety testers and whistleblowers at Test America and Tetra Tech. The US Navy also...
Posted: Thu, Feb 9, 2017 10:58am PST
UBER Stop Screwing The Drivers! Protest Trump & UBER CEO At SF UBER World HQ 
UBER, Lyft and taxi drivers protested in SF as part of a national action against UBER billionaire and CEO Travis Cordell Kalanick who helped screw striking NY taxi workers solidarity action against the attacks on immigrants by Trump. They also discussed what the conditions are for these drivers and how Travis Cordell Kalanick fights union and worker rights for the drivers....
Posted: Thu, Feb 2, 2017 11:17pm PST
Mass Protest Stops Breitbart Milo Yiannopoulos From Speaking At UCB 
A mass protest and confrontation prevented Breitbart editor Milo Yiannopoulos from speaking at UBC on February 1, 2017...
Posted: Thu, Feb 2, 2017 2:57pm PST
SF Protest Against UBER-UBER, stop collaborating with Trump 
1455 Market Street...
Event Date: Thu, Feb 2, 2017 5:00pm PST
Posted: Wed, Feb 1, 2017 4:34pm PST
Demand UBER Support Saudi Women Drivers! Uber Headquarters
1455 Market Street (near Van Ness Avenue)
San Francisco, California...
Event Date: Thu, Feb 9, 2017 1:00pm PST
Posted: Tue, Jan 31, 2017 9:56pm PST
Bay Area Teachers, Parents & Public Education Supporters Rally Against Trump Appointment of Betsy DeVos 
Hundreds of teachers, parents and supporters of public education rallied in Oakland on January 31, 2017 against the appointment by Trump of Betsy DeVos...
Posted: Tue, Jan 31, 2017 8:58pm PST
ChangeFest speakers rally for Driscoll's Boycott, against domestic violence & for fracking ban 
Speakers and musicians covered a range of issues, ranging from violence against women, to the Driscoll’s boycott in support of indigenous farmworkers in Mexico, to successful campaigns to ban fracking in San Benito and Monterey Counties, to the No DAPL struggle at Standing Rock, to the successful struggle by the City of Vallejo to stop oil trains from running through the city.
Photo: The Changefest drew hundreds of people to the north steps of the State Capitol in Sacramento on January 2...
Posted: Fri, Jan 27, 2017 9:33am PST
The People v. Mark Peterson Trial: Equal Justice For All In Contra Costa County! 
The People v. Mark Peterson trial was held on January 18th, 2017 at the Contra Costa District Attorney's office. A seven count indictment was read about the personal corruption, obstruction of justice and retaliatory prosecution by Contra Costa District Attorney Mark Peterson...
Posted: Sun, Jan 22, 2017 6:14pm PST
On J20 SEIU 1021 SF General A Hospital Healthcare Workers And Docs Protest Trump Agenda 
Dozens of San Francisco General Hospital workers protested the attacks on public healthcare by Trump and the growing privatization and corporatization at SF General Hospital renamed "Zuckerberg" SF General....
Posted: Fri, Jan 20, 2017 8:15pm PST
ILWU's Trump protest shuts down Oakland terminal 
ILWU Local 10 longshore workers refused to work on J20 to protest Trump and the attacks on unions, working people and minorities. As a result the largest container facility in Northern California could not operate and was forced to shut down....
Posted: Fri, Jan 20, 2017 1:58pm PST
ILWU10 Members Speak Out On Trump, Capitalism, The Need For Workers Party And Take Action 
ILWU Local 10 members and leaders spoke out the day before the inauguration of Donald Trump as president. Longshore workers talked about the role of the Democrats in failing to take up worker issues and also the need to move toward the formation of a workers party with a program for the working class....
Posted: Fri, Jan 20, 2017 9:43am PST
J20 Inauguration Day WALK OUT at UCSC 
9:00-10:30 AM -- People's Inauguration starting at Kresge College
11:00 AM -- RALLY and MARCH Downtown from Quarry Plaza...
Event Date: Fri, Jan 20, 2017 9:00am PST
Posted: Wed, Jan 18, 2017 5:24pm PST
SFPOA Covering Up Take-Over Funding Of SFERS And Calls For Transparency From Malia Cohen 
The San Francisco Police Officers Association is running a secretly funded campaign to seize control of the $20 billion San Francisco active and retired pension plan. They want 25% of the pensions invested in secret hedge funds and are keeping their campaign contributions secret. They contributions to the SFPOA's pension grab likely include hedge fund operators who could make millions for the vulture speculators. Even SF Supervisor Malia Cohen is calling for more transparency legislation to r...
Posted: Sun, Jan 15, 2017 9:12pm PST
Equal Justice, Corruption & Contra Costa DA Mark Peterson with Attorney Pamela Price 
Pamela Price, a civil and human rights attorney in the East Bay is interviewed about the cover-ups by Contra Costa County District Attorney Mark Peterson. She also discusses the illegal use of political contributions for personal use by District Attorney. A coalition is calling for a trial "The Public v. Mark Peterson on January 18, 2017 at 12 noon at the DA's office 900 Ward St. Martinez, CA...
Posted: Sat, Jan 14, 2017 11:18pm PST
Teamsters Local 2010 Initiates Mass Walkout and Strikes at University of California 
Disruptions, Closures and Delays at UC Campuses...
Posted: Thu, Jan 12, 2017 6:44pm PST
IBT2010 UCSF Teamster Workers Strike For Living Wages And Against Unfair Bargaining 
Hundreds of IBT 2010 UCSF clerical and administration employees went out on an unfair labor strike on January 10, 2017. Workers talked about their fight for a living wage and the attack on their pensions....
Posted: Tue, Jan 10, 2017 7:44pm PST
NUHW Pres. Rosselli On Union Democracy, ACA &Trump And Kay Walker On SFERS Hedge Fund Scam 
WorkWeek on 1/3/17 looks at the issue of union democracy with NUHW president Sal Rosselli and what this means in the fight against Trump and protecting healthcare and immigrant rights. Next WorkWeek looks at the pension grab by the SF Police Officers Association SFPOA, Bob Muscat of IFPTE Local 21 and the Municipal Executives Association MEA who have united to turn over 25% of SFERS pensions to hedge funds. We also look at the role of former mayor Gavin Newsom and present mayor Ed Lee to give...
Posted: Wed, Jan 4, 2017 9:10am PST
The election for a seat on the SFERS' Board of Directors is crucially important. The majority of San Francisco city workers are subsidizing the spectacular benefits for Retired policy officers like SFERS Board member and retired SFFD. The election for a seat on the SFERS' Board of Directors is crucially important....
Posted: Fri, Dec 30, 2016 11:25pm PST
"Truth & Fiction" SFERS Board Member Herb Meiberger Exposes IFPTE 21 Muscat Hit Video 
IFPTE Local 21 Executive Director Bob Muscat has put out a hit video slandering SF Employee Retirement System Board Member Herb Meiberber. Muscat is in a cabal with the SF Police Officers Association SFPOA, the city bosses union Management Employees Association MEA and the hedge fund operators to turn the pension fund over to speculators and hedge fund operators who will milk the public worker pension funds for massive profits....
Posted: Sun, Dec 18, 2016 10:35pm PST
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