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As most people know, June 30, 2002 is Gay Pride Day in San Francisco. This year, it is urgent that everyone, gay, straight, lesbian, transsexual, transgender, bisexual and any other sexual orientation, participate in the parade to demonstrate to the current fascist president, George War Bush, that the gay liberation movement is here to stay and grow, and that we will not tolerate a fascist dictatorship....
Posted: Sun, Jun 16, 2002 3:11pm PDT
The ninth annual LaborFest 2002 will begin it's celebration on July 5, 2002 with films from the US and Turkey as well as photographs of Joe Blum and paintings by Mike Conner...
Posted: Sat, Jun 15, 2002 9:11pm PDT
N. Cal Maritime&Transport Workers will rally on June 27 in preparation for a possible W.Coast ILWU strike or lockout. Also a support meeting will be held on June 18 7:00 PM at 400 N. Point St. SF...
Posted: Sat, Jun 15, 2002 7:38pm PDT
No Father’s Day for Men on Cesar Chavez Street. Parents beg mayor, police to end the ticketing and move-alongs....
Posted: Thu, Jun 13, 2002 3:13pm PDT
Strike at San Francisco's Marriott Courtyard Hotel...
Posted: Tue, Jun 11, 2002 10:02pm PDT
San Francisco has 4 Footlockers. The Campaign for Labor Rights is coordinating actions in 20+ cities to protest Footlocker. 2) Contact Campaign for Labor Rights, CLR@afgj.org, 202-544-9355, or go to
the US/LEAP website to get an action packet (available
Monday, June 10th) that includes:
~ Leaflet samples to download and use
~ Talking points for store managers
~ Up-to-date reports of the STIT fight in El Salvador and the international
campaign...
Posted: Tue, Jun 11, 2002 8:16pm PDT
LABOR PROTEST DRAWS 800 TO CITY HALL
Activists want more action; Labor leaders and "Progressive" Democrats
have no answers
By Gina Alvarez...
Posted: Tue, Jun 11, 2002 3:35pm PDT
Activist Protest Gap with no problem...
Posted: Mon, Jun 3, 2002 11:41pm PDT
There are two rallies in the Presidio today, Take It To The Bridge to Stop the War on Crissy Field, and a rally in support of workers and against privatization at Lombard Gate. From a press release on the OWC wire (Open World Conference in Defense of Trade Union Independence & Democratic Rights, SF Labor Council):...
Posted: Sat, May 25, 2002 7:54am PDT
Local 2 on strike at Courtyard by Marriott Fisherman's Wharf...
Posted: Fri, May 24, 2002 11:13am PDT
Support Thursday's March by Local Day Laborers!...
Posted: Mon, May 20, 2002 11:40am PDT
Union Busters at the Presidio have layed off over 60 workers in their efforts to privatize the park. Workers & the community will rally to protest this on 5/25...
Posted: Sun, May 19, 2002 1:53pm PDT
National Maritime Day 2002 Celebration will highlight African American contributions to the developmento the California's Maritime Industry. Featuring keynote speaker Captain Bill Pickney, first African American to solo sail around the world....
Posted: Tue, May 14, 2002 8:49pm PDT
Day laborers and their supporters demanded that SFPD Captain Corrales halt his officers' three-month-long on-going crackdown at a meeting at Mission Police Station on May Day Eve, Tuesday, April 30. Hostile homeowners and the SFPD defended Corrales' crackdown....
Posted: Mon, May 13, 2002 10:21pm PDT
As we know, June is Gay Pride Month, and San Francisco's Gay Pride Parade and Celebration, attracting 1 million plus participants, is the best in the West! The 32nd Annual Parade and Celebration will be on June 30, 2002 from Beale and Market (near the Embarcadero) to the Civic Center. As always, there will be a Labor Contingent, and everyone regardless of sexual orientation who supports labor and gay rights is welcome to join us....
Posted: Sun, May 12, 2002 1:11pm PDT
MayDay 2002, SF. Reclaim the streets with immigrant workers....
Posted: Sat, May 4, 2002 6:42pm PDT
Video is now available of the "man in black", evidently
an undercover police officer, who arrested
an Indymedia photographer at the May Eve
Reclaim the Streets demonstration in Berkeley....
Posted: Sat, May 4, 2002 6:27pm PDT
5.5 minute Music Video from Reclaim the Streets, Berkeley, 4/30/02. MayPole and Fire Dance at College and Ashby....
Posted: Thu, May 2, 2002 5:36pm PDT
With "Five Million Ways to Kill a CEO" blaring on a mobile soundsystem, a couple hundred people in Berkeley marked the beginning of May 1st International Workers Holiday, coinciding with protests and/or celebrations in dozens of cities around the world....
Posted: Wed, May 1, 2002 4:10am PDT