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Kasky v. Nike, Inc. (2002)27 Cal.4th 939 Acting on behalf of the public, plaintiff brought this action seeking monetary and injunctive relief under California laws designed to curb false advertising and unfair competition. Plaintiff alleged that defendant corporation, in response to public criticism, and to induce consumers to continue to buy its products, made false statements of fact about its labor practices and about working conditions in factories that make its products....
Posted: Thu, Jan 2, 2003 1:23am PST
Join The Localization Lobby Localization as the only means to take back our economy and our democracy....
Posted: Wed, Jan 1, 2003 3:13pm PST
Workers vs War Newsletter Workers from the bay area organize against the war - newsletter (1st issue) and flyer....
Posted: Wed, Jan 1, 2003 3:03pm PST
SF: Call Supes To Demand No Muni Fare Hike Call all 11 San Francisco Supervisors today to demand no Muni fare hike. The Battle of the Budget begins now and the Board of Supervisors makes the final decision on the budget. Muni should be free as fares cannot pay for Muni and fares are by definition a regressive tax, that is, they are anti-workingclass....
Posted: Wed, Jan 1, 2003 8:09am PST
A Left Wing New Years Resolution: Localization vs. Globalization This is why it is good to get some union activist experience. You'll soon discover that people are mainly interested in how to improve their lives and the lives of their families first and foremost....
Posted: Sun, Dec 29, 2002 3:39pm PST
SF 2003: Willie Brown's Muni Fare Hike & Unionbusting As reported in Matier & Ross, Chronicle, 12/25/02, Democratic "mayor" Willie Brown of San Francisco plans a fare hike of 25 cents and to attack labor unions....
Posted: Wed, Dec 25, 2002 4:49pm PST
Invisible No More 
Workers hold candle light vigil in struggle for living wage...
Posted: Mon, Dec 23, 2002 7:53pm PST
BUSH versus PROUDHON BUSH versus PROUDHON
The anarchic thinker of always :Proudhon...
Posted: Mon, Dec 23, 2002 3:16pm PST
((i)) Argentina: FIRST CACEROLAZOS! Live, thru internet radio, the "cacerolazos" of december 19th...
Posted: Thu, Dec 19, 2002 3:30pm PST
Political Targeting What do liberal civil servants, whistleblowers and political activists have in common?...
Posted: Thu, Dec 19, 2002 1:46pm PST
Plans Afoot to Shift Taxes from Wealthy to the Poor! According to an article in the Washington Post, the Bush Regime is working on ways to justify shifting the tax burden away from the wealthy to the poor and middling class. Suggestions provided for regime change in the US and what they can do with their taxes!...
Posted: Mon, Dec 16, 2002 10:20pm PST
UGSOA is Financially BROKE ! Many of the Local Unions within the UGSOA, are very upset with the leadership of Jim Viser and James Carney...
Posted: Sat, Dec 14, 2002 1:12pm PST
Discrimination Suit against FedEx (audio/mpeg 2.1MB) (4:36) Six lawyers held a press conference to announce a race and gender discrimination suit against Federal Express. The attorneys hope to expand it into a national class action....
Posted: Fri, Dec 13, 2002 10:05pm PST
Green Disaffection Opens Doors for Democrats I'd like to submit the following opinion for your review. The "hook" is essentially that by endorsing alternative voting systems, Democrats could appeal not only to disaffected Greens, but also to Libertarians similarly excluded from the political system. It might be an unholy alliance, but it's one offering tremendous potential force, both in terms of electoral strength and the future direction of American political structure....
Posted: Fri, Dec 13, 2002 4:18pm PST
The most important site on the most important anarchic thinker of always :Proudhon The most important site on the most important anarchic thinker of always :Proudhon
Subjects of interest yesterday as today that they can be found in http://www.franciscotrindade.com Join some of the works and articles, published and unknown, that the author of these pages had chance to write in these last sixteen years....
Posted: Fri, Dec 13, 2002 11:19am PST
The Coolies of the American Empire Role of Immigration in the British and American Empire...
Posted: Fri, Dec 13, 2002 8:48am PST
SEIU OKs vaccine plan: But says program has problems (audio/mpeg 1.6MB) (3:33)The White House is planning to begin vaccinating military and health care personnel against smallpox in January. The Service Employees International Union. won't oppose the program, but says it needs improvements....
Posted: Thu, Dec 12, 2002 2:11pm PST
The Welfare State and a Human Future "Increased mass consumption leads to full employment..The economy is stimulated in this situation of under-consumption when wages, social security contributions and taxes are raised and the state spends its revenues for the citizens." From the German...
Posted: Thu, Dec 12, 2002 9:49am PST
Nat Labor Conf Targets Taft-Hartley/Union Busting More than 250 trade unionists and activists came together in San Francisco to learn about the Taft-Hartley and union busting. The issue of the war and repression was also a critical topic....
Posted: Wed, Dec 11, 2002 8:21pm PST
Workers Struggle in Ozarow 
Workers Struggle in Ozarow, Poland...
Posted: Wed, Dec 11, 2002 3:38pm PST
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