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UFCW Strike: A Battle for All Labor - Extend the Strike Nationwide! Students: Take a Side! 
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The Spartacus Youth Clubs call on students and youth who hate exploitation and oppression to join us in supporting the striking workers. Their fight is our fight!
The SYCs say: Victory to the UFCW strike! Show your solidarity—every dollar counts! All money collected by the SYCs will go to the UFCW strike fund....
Posted: Mon, Feb 9, 2004 7:46pm PST
Chukchansi casino stiffs us for $17 million 
Chukchansi Indian casino for 9 months won’t pay us builders. They owe us over $17 million. 2 videos less than one minute each....
Posted: Mon, Feb 9, 2004 9:56am PST
Unemployment: The Person as Incidental "For its business, industry in Germany needed 9.2 billion work hours in 1991. Ten years later only 6.2 billion hours were necessary..Those who cause unemployment and crises should pay for their consequences just as the one causing an accident must be responsible for the damages.."...
Posted: Mon, Feb 9, 2004 5:50am PST
March 5th, Irvine - March and rally at Taco Bell Headquarters March 2-4 -- March from East LA to Irvine, CA, home of Taco Bell's global headquarters
March 5 -- Rally at Taco Bell headquarters, Irvine, CA -- music, speakers, political theater, and more!...
Posted: Sun, Feb 8, 2004 6:56pm PST
We Will Shut Down the Safeway on Mission St. in Santa Cruz 
Two months after Safeway CEO Steve Burd forced 70,000 families to strike against healthcare and pay cuts, the Bush administration appointed him as a presidential advisor on domestic terrorism.
At 5:00 PM on Wednesday, February 11, we will gather at the Mission St. Safeway
in Santa Cruz to send George Bush a message:
Healthcare IS Homeland Security…
and Steve Burd is a Domestic Terrorist.
Our peaceful, legal, disciplined, creative action will effectively shut down the store....
Posted: Sun, Feb 8, 2004 1:35pm PST
Oakland25 Excellent speeches by reps from ILWU and anti-war activists at Courthouse Oakland Feb 6, 2004...
Posted: Sun, Feb 8, 2004 11:47am PST
Gay Shame Protests Safeway (video/quicktime 9.5MB) A seven minute video of Gay Shame SF's march to and disruption of the Church and Market Safeway. Highlights include: March from the Mission; Shots of All Safeway Protestors; Gay Shame Inside the Store; Police Corraling of Gay Shamers. It's a compressed file so the image quality may be low but allows for a faster download....
Posted: Sat, Feb 7, 2004 10:03pm PST
Demand that Democratic candidates support supermarket strike Activists should urge supermarket workers to demand that the Democratic candidates support their strike; rip off the false pro-labor masks...
Posted: Sat, Feb 7, 2004 9:51pm PST
Will there be jobs on the Moon? "The Labor Department surprised everyone by reporting that only 1000 new jobs had been gained for the month of December. It was far below expectations (the experts predicted 150,000) and shocked the financial markets."...
Posted: Sat, Feb 7, 2004 10:52am PST
Iraq-corporate take over of port by SSA I was arrested on April 7 protesting SSA at the port of Oakland, now I've come to Iraq to get the real story, but this is background...
Posted: Sat, Feb 7, 2004 8:02am PST
Brazil:Movement for a new workers’ party launched An article by Tony Saunois, cwi, followed by a translation of the declaration by ‘Left Democratic Socialist Movement for a new party’ of Brazil....
Posted: Sat, Feb 7, 2004 12:03am PST
Hundreds Rally to Defend the Oakland 25 
25 people arrested on April 7, 2003 continue to face charges of “disrupting a business” and “creating a public nuisance” for daring to protest the shipment of war materials out of the Port of Oakland. Hundreds of union members, anti-war activists, and others rallied today in front of the Alameda Courthouse in Oakland today prior to the last scheduled pre-trail hearing....
Posted: Fri, Feb 6, 2004 11:05pm PST
There is power in a union! The current period is marked by an increase in workers' anger and action. Trade unions have started to reassert themselves. Strikes, while increasing, are nowhere near the levels of 20 and 30 years ago. However, it is still early days. What happens next depends on what direction trade union militants decide to take....
Posted: Fri, Feb 6, 2004 10:36pm PST
Pictures From Oakland 25 Rally 
The District Attorney of Alameda County is still attempting to prosecute 25 persons arrested at the Port of Oakland on April 7, 2003. Over the last several months there has been a series of pretrial hearings. At the hearing today, Judge C. Don Clay is expected to decide whether the case of the Oakland 25 will go to trial. Defense attorneys will present motions to demur and dismiss charges for “vindictive prosecution” against defendants whose only “crime” was to exercise their First Amendment ...
Posted: Fri, Feb 6, 2004 2:37pm PST
Demo against Social Cuts, Dusseldorf, Germany "Our worst enemy is lethargy, the attitude `Nothing can be changed any more'. The left must show that being in solidarity and struggling together is rewarding. More people will be encouraged and join if we are successful somewhere. We must develop actions that build pressure, for example the strike."...
Posted: Fri, Feb 6, 2004 5:38am PST
Friday, Feb 6 - Support our Protesters! The Oakland 25 Please attend the Friday rally to support our protesters and defend our First Amendment rights!...
Posted: Wed, Feb 4, 2004 1:08pm PST
2/7Labor-Community Speakout On Racism In Workplace On Feb 7 at 11:00 AM in SF , there will be a labor/community town hall meeting on racist incidents in the workplace including "hanging nooses" being put up against Black workers at SF city work locations....
Posted: Wed, Feb 4, 2004 4:43am PST
LC4PJ: Safeway picketing spreads to North Berkeley, Weds 5-7:30pm Picket North Berkeley Safeway(Shattuck and Rose)
Every Wednesday from 5-7:30pm
Starting February 4th....
Posted: Tue, Feb 3, 2004 8:30pm PST
Alameda Labor Council: Healthcare Fight Update and Coming Actions... Update About Healthcare Fight and Coming Actions
(Call for Picket Solidarity on Friday at 51/Broadway Safeway and Call for February 11 Action Against Safeway in San Francisco)...
Posted: Tue, Feb 3, 2004 8:16pm PST
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