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Hotel Picket Audio from after the Union Square Rally (audio/x-wav 9.4MB)
Sounds and Interviews from the Westin St. Francis picket line after the UNITE/HERE Local 2 rally in Union Square...
Posted: Wed, Oct 13, 2004 12:00am PDT
Solidarity with Hotel Workers - Pictures from Flying Picket Line on 10/10/04
The following are pictures from the Flying Picket Line on Sunday October 10th organized by community members in solidarity with the hotel workers and their struggle for health care....
Posted: Tue, Oct 12, 2004 7:50pm PDT
Report From Hotel Picket line
Is UNITE/HERE really different from any other AFL-CIO Union when it comes to the issue of fighting the employers?...
Posted: Tue, Oct 12, 2004 2:33pm PDT
SF Hotel Strike: Fat Cats, Scabs, Fires & Marines
--->> UNITE HERE Local 2 has called a rally for Tuesday, October 12, 4:15 PM, in Union Square. This is the day before the two-week strike was originally scheduled to end. See you there....
Posted: Tue, Oct 12, 2004 12:57pm PDT
Spanish shipyard workers continue protests
Spanish shipyard workers continued their anti-privatisation demonstrations and protests on October 1 by blockading traffic in the port of Ferrol in the northwestern region of Galicia...
Posted: Tue, Oct 12, 2004 11:06am PDT
S. KOREA. New Struggle Report...
...by striking migrant workers, now since 332 days occupying Myeong-dong Cathedrals compound, downtown Seoul. We demand legalization, work visa, the right to choose our work places and full labor rights....
Posted: Tue, Oct 12, 2004 9:23am PDT
Flying Picketers & others who want to support Hotel Workers
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Posted: Mon, Oct 11, 2004 11:58pm PDT
More Audio from Hotel pickets on 10/10 (audio/x-wav 18.0MB)
A call was put out on indybay a few days in advance and as a result many people showed up sunday night (10/10) to express their support for the striking and locked out hotel workers. These are some of the sounds from the night's activities. All the cuts are short....
Posted: Mon, Oct 11, 2004 11:53pm PDT
More Audio from Hotel pickets on 10/10 (audio/x-wav 2.9MB)
Interviews with workers and union representatives, chants, and ambient noise durint the community "flying solidarity picket" that moved to different hotels bringing new energy and showing support....
Posted: Mon, Oct 11, 2004 11:36pm PDT
Hotel Worker Interview from last nights "Flying Solidarity Picket" (audio/x-wav 11.5MB)
Audio of Striking Hotel Worker from Sunday (Oct. 10th) night....
Posted: Mon, Oct 11, 2004 8:57pm PDT
AFSCME President addresses WA state workers (audio/mpeg 21.9MB)
AFSCME International President Gerald McEntee addresses the 41st WFSE/AFSCME State Convention, SeaTac, WA (Oct 9 04)...
Posted: Mon, Oct 11, 2004 5:51pm PDT
Possible Next Steps for the Million Worker March
Congratulations to everyone who has worked so hard to make the MWM a reality. I look forward to seeing everyone in DC. As hard as we have worked, we must work harder still to guarantee the continuation of this great movement for the independent organization of workers and the working class....
Posted: Mon, Oct 11, 2004 4:23pm PDT
Let's Exapnd and Continue the Million Worker March Movement
The Million Worker March is a historic mobilization for the U.S. working class. Never before has the labor movement stood independent of the Democrats and Republicans to clearly state the class needs of those who do all the work in this country.
This is what one socialist group, Workers Action, suggests to strengthen and expand this groundbreaking movement....
Posted: Mon, Oct 11, 2004 4:00pm PDT
10/12: Union Sq: Jesse Jackson joins hotel workers' rally
Please come join us tomorrow on Union Square, to send a clear message that the hotel industry must begin treating workers, and the entire San Francisco community, with respect....
Posted: Mon, Oct 11, 2004 3:40pm PDT
Monster Cable is trying to steal our domain name!
Monster Cable is attempting to takeover our domain name. Monster Cable has filed a Federal Lawsuit to take over www.Monstervintage.com. Monster Cable claims we do not have the right to use the word MONSTER. PLEASE HELP. Attorney’s for Monster Cable reported to the court fraudulent signatures to sneak thru the Federal Court and take over Monstervintage.com putting us out of business and stealing our domain name....
Posted: Mon, Oct 11, 2004 3:39pm PDT
San Francisco Hotel Workers: Stop Bosses’ Business or Watch Another of our Unions Smashed!
A fight to win strategy has to replace the Union leaders passive approach if the SF hotel strike is to win...
Posted: Mon, Oct 11, 2004 2:31pm PDT
Hotel Strike: Upcoming Tuesday rally & Sunday Chronicle article
Upcoming UNITE HERE Local 2 rally &
Joan Ryan article on scab maids...
Posted: Sun, Oct 10, 2004 4:16pm PDT
Dialogue, Music and Solidarity-Meet JPN Delegation
Meet and hear from the labor/community delegation from Japan that is visiting the US to participate in the Million Worker March. They will be stopping by in San Francisco on Oct 14 at ILWU Local 6 for a reception and discussion...
Posted: Sat, Oct 9, 2004 10:53pm PDT
10/14SF Labor TV Show On Hotel Strike
On San Francisco Cable Channel 29 on Thursday October 14, 2004 there will be a one hour show on the struggle of striking and locked out hotel workers with edited footage and interviews with the workers....
Posted: Sat, Oct 9, 2004 10:48pm PDT
Domestic Workers Rights Coalition supports Local 2 Hotel Workers (video/quicktime 20.2MB)
The California Domestic Workers Rights Coalition held a press conference at the Women's Building in San Francisco's Mission District October 7th. Various speakers told what they had done to aid the strikers, and several Local 2 members spoke. Renee Saucedo told how hotel management's attempt to round-up scabs in The Mission had been thwarted. Six-minute QuickTime movie. 20MB.
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Parts 2 and 3 of the press conference will be down below in several days.
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A higher-res version of this movie i...
Posted: Fri, Oct 8, 2004 10:23am PDT