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4/21 KPFA Pushing Limits Show On Workers Comp Crisis & Attack on CA-OSAH The KPFA show Pushing Limits will focus on the attack on workers' comp and CA-OSHA as well
as the April 28, 2006 Workers Memorial Day rally in Sacramento on the south steps of the capitol....
Posted: Sun, Apr 16, 2006 6:03pm PDT
Lt. Governor Candidate Proposes Rail System The Peace and Freedom Party candidate for California lieutenant governor, Stewart Alexander, is proposing an elevated twin rail system to move commuters between Riverside and Orange County. This is a plan to reduce traffic congestion and pollution in Southern California. The candidate is opposing the present plan, to build a 10 mile tunnel, drilling holes in the Santa Ana Mountains and the Cleveland National Forest....
Posted: Sun, Apr 16, 2006 4:43pm PDT
Groups Calls for ‘A Day Without an Immigrant’ LOS ANGELES -- Activists with the March 25th Coalition, organizers of the massive immigration rights protest which took place in Los Angeles two weeks ago, are now calling for an economic boycott to take place next month....
Posted: Sat, Apr 15, 2006 11:23am PDT
Congrats HUFF! The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals has struck down LA's sleeping ban! They are going to prevent its enforcement for as long as the homeless population exceeds the shelter beds. Cruel and unusual punishment was the grounds for striking it down. Inform yourself at the web link provided....
Posted: Fri, Apr 14, 2006 11:33pm PDT
Federal Court Overturns Sleeping Ban Enforcement in Skid Row in L.A. ...
Posted: Fri, Apr 14, 2006 6:42pm PDT
Defend Labor Programming At KPFA-Rescind Ban By KPFA Program Council & Management The KPFA Program Council with the support of KPFA management has banned labor programming
proposals from the KPFA Labor Collective for one year. There will be a meeting of the KFPA Local
Station Board on 12:30 on April 22, 2006 and a motion will be made to rescind this action....
Posted: Fri, Apr 14, 2006 4:12pm PDT
Remove the grizzly bear from the state flag! as sure as the seasons change
day will follow night
usnea is cure for staph...
Posted: Wed, Apr 12, 2006 8:07pm PDT
More Student Arrests at UC Schools Police arrest ten students at UC Riverside for anti-sweatshop actions
Send email telling administrators to meet student demands at:
http://www.unionvoice.org/campaign/ucarrested...
Posted: Wed, Apr 12, 2006 10:07am PDT
BIG JUMPS AT GAS PUMPS Gasoline prices and profits are soaring to all new heights throughout California and Stewart Alexander says Governor Schwarzenegger must take immediate action to save the wallets of Californians....
Posted: Wed, Apr 12, 2006 9:06am PDT
BIG JUMPS AT GAS PUMPS Gasoline prices and profits are soaring to all new heights throughout California and Stewart Alexander says Governor Schwarzenegger must take immediate action to save the wallets of Californians....
Posted: Wed, Apr 12, 2006 8:43am PDT
Anti-sweatshop activists arrested at UC Berkeley EIGHTEEN University of California at Berkeley students were arrested this afternoon for peacefully demonstrating in support of a Sweat Free UC!
Please don't forget to call the administration RIGHT NOW and express your outrage at their actions and your support for the adoption of the Designated Suppliers Program.
Robert Dynes President of the University of California Phone number: 510-987-9074 Fax number: 510-987-9086 Email: Robert.dynes@ucop.edu
Chancellor Robert Birgeneau at UC Berk...
Posted: Tue, Apr 11, 2006 3:59pm PDT
Demonstrators take to the highway (Davis to Sacramento 9-mile march) About 200 people, mostly UC Davis students, marched nine miles from the Chiles Drive exit off of Interstate- 80 on Monday, joining about 4,000 demonstrators in Sacramento in protest of tough immigration bills being debated in Congress....
Posted: Tue, Apr 11, 2006 12:51pm PDT
Eighth Grader Commits Suicide After Being Threatened With Jail Time for Organizing Walkout An eighth grader in California killed himself two weeks ago after being threatened by a school official for participating in the student immigrant rights walkouts. Anthony Soltero, 14, died after he shot himself in the head on March 30th. We speak with the attorney representing Soltero's mother....
Posted: Tue, Apr 11, 2006 9:34am PDT
Immigrant Rights Protests Rock the Country In an unprecedented wave of protests, as many as two million people took to the streets Monday in more than 100 cities and towns around the country to march for immigrant rights. We hear some of the speakers at the largest rallies in New York and Washington and we speak with some of the demonstrators about why they are taking to the streets....
Posted: Tue, Apr 11, 2006 9:31am PDT
Local 588’s Flawed Merger Election Process The Loveall Family Union (588) has a new name with the same familiar faces, UFCW 8 Golden State. Now with the successful merger with Fresno’s Local 1288, the Loveall clan has added 5,100 new dues payors to help support their lifestyle of the rich and famous....
Posted: Sun, Apr 9, 2006 9:23pm PDT
SPENDING PENSION FUNDS - BAD IDEA State Treasurer Phil Angelides wants to spend the retirement income of working class people to repair the state’s infrastructure, however Stewart Alexander, the Peace and Freedom Party Candidate for California Lieutenant Governor, says it’s a bad idea....
Posted: Sun, Apr 9, 2006 7:48am PDT
First Casualty of Student Walk Outs! Eighth grader Anthony Soltero shot himself through the head on Thursday, March 30, after the assistant principal at De Anza Middle School told him that he was going to prison for three years because of his involvement as an organizer of the April 28 school walk-outs to protest the anti-immigrant legislation in Washington. The vice principal also forbade Anthony from attending graduation activities and threatened to fine his mother for Anthonys truancy and participation in the student protests...
Posted: Sat, Apr 8, 2006 12:26pm PDT
An Alternative to Endless War and Perpetual Poverty 
Todd Chretien is a Green Party candidate running for the U.S. Senate against Dianne Feinstein. This article is reposted from CounterPunch where it was introduced by the statement: "What the Pentagon Budget Could Buy You."...
Posted: Fri, Apr 7, 2006 7:01pm PDT
UFCW Members Vote 85% for Merger in Record Turnout UFCW Members Vote 85% for Merger in Record Turnout; Mandate Sends Message of Unity in First Step Toward Negotiations
Vote Creates UFCW 8-Golden State
UFCW 588-Northern California and UFCW 1288-Central California Combine to Form Union’s Largest Affiliate in Western U.S....
Posted: Thu, Apr 6, 2006 4:58pm PDT
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