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CFA Members File Unfair Practice Charge Over Cal Poly Humboldt’s Campus Closure
May 9, 2024 - This week, CFA members filed an Unfair Practice Charge with California’s Public Employer Employee Relations Board (PERB) over Cal Poly Humboldt administration’s decision to close the campus for the remainder of the spring semester. Management took the extraordinary step of closing down the campus last month in response to students protesting the war in Gaza when other campuses around the country have remained open despite fairly large actions and police responses. At Cal Poly Hu...
Posted: Wed, May 15, 2024 6:14am PDT
Carpenters Union Opposes Contractor Bidding on UC Santa Cruz Housing Project
On May 3, members of Carpenters Union Local 505 distributed information at the base of the UC Santa Cruz campus about W.E. O’Neil Construction Co., which is bidding on the 17-acre Family Student Housing development proposal slated for the East Meadow. The union is currently appealing UC Santa Cruz’s refusal to disqualify W.E. O’Neil for the construction project, claiming the company falsified the bid. “W.E. O’Neil attempted to hide the fact that a worker was killed by electrocution on a recen...
Posted: Mon, May 6, 2024 8:09pm PDT
May Day March for Immigrants' Rights in Fresno
There was a march May Day through downtown Fresno, calling for immigrants' rights....
Posted: Sat, May 4, 2024 9:25pm PDT
W.E. O’Neil Construction Co. Unqualified to Bid on U.C. Santa Cruz Student Housing Project
W.E. O’Neil Construction Co. Unqualified to Bid on U.C. Santa Cruz Student Housing Project, Carpenters Union Alleges
University of California should reject W.E. O’Neil bid based on new evidence. Carpenters Local Union 505 Says Construction Company Falsified State Bid...
Posted: Fri, May 3, 2024 3:00pm PDT
SF Workers Rally for a General Strike for Palestine & Labor Party on May Day 2024
A May Day rally was held at Harry Bridges Plaza in San Francisco and ILWU 10 longshore workers, healthcare workers, non-profit workers and students spoke out about the struggles of working people and the link with the struggle of Palestinian workers and people....
Posted: Thu, May 2, 2024 6:59pm PDT
Port Closure Prompts Palestine Support Rally at BART Station
A quick victory for Bay Area resistance to Israeli war crimes...
Posted: Thu, May 2, 2024 10:30am PDT
Workers Speak Out in SF Mission on May Day 2024 & Bring Solidarity with Palestine
Workers rallied in the Mission district in San Francisco to commemorate May Day 2024 and spoke out about the attacks on workers in the US and Palestine....
Posted: Thu, May 2, 2024 5:59am PDT
On May Day, UCSC Students Establish Gaza Solidarity Encampment
Today, students at UC Santa Cruz marched for International Workers' Day and established a Gaza solidarity encampment at Quarry Plaza....
Posted: Wed, May 1, 2024 7:06pm PDT
CFA Humboldt Condemns Arrest of Students and Faculty
CFA Humboldt Condemns the arrest of students and faculty in response to Solidarity with Palestine protest on Cal Poly Humboldt Campus...
Posted: Tue, Apr 30, 2024 3:47pm PDT
On Workers Memorial Day 2024, Injured Workers Demand Justice at CA State Oakland Building
On Workers Memorial Day 2024 injured workers and supporter spoke out in front of the California State Building in Oakland that has OSHA and Workers Compensation offices. They talked about the less than 200 Cal Osha inspectors for California's 18 million workers and also the corruption of the workers compensation system which they said is controlled by the insurance companies and employers....
Posted: Mon, Apr 29, 2024 12:44pm PDT
Workers Protest SFLC Honor for Zionist ILWU Pres Willie Adams: No Labor Support for Genocide
Workers protested the San Francisco Labor Council honoring of ILWU president Willie Adams at a COPE dinner. Adams flagrantly violated the ILWU policy of support for Palestinians and supported the Zionist regime. He also fired the Editor of the Dispatcher for telling him what the policy was. The SFLC leadership has also blocked any discussion of the genocie in Gaza and action to oppose it....
Posted: Sat, Apr 27, 2024 9:57am PDT
May Day Port Shutdown: Rise for Palestine
Meet at West Oakland BART...
Event Date: Wed, May 1, 2024 4:00pm PDT
Posted: Wed, Apr 24, 2024 10:19am PDT
ACLU Responds to California Supreme Court Ruling on Minimum Wage for Incarcerated Workers
OAKLAND, Calif., April 22, 2024 — The California Supreme Court ruled today that the state’s minimum wage law does not apply to people working for private companies while they are held in pretrial detention in California’s jails. The lawsuit, Ruelas v. County of Alameda, was brought by people incarcerated at the Santa Rita Jail in Alameda County who worked without compensation for Aramark, a for-profit corporation that provides food in jails and prisons....
Posted: Tue, Apr 23, 2024 12:48pm PDT
REI Workers in Santa Cruz Vote to Unionize
On April 18, workers at the REI store in Santa Cruz voted 32-12 in favor of forming a union. The workers filed for a union election with the National Labor Relations Board on March 14, at which time they announced their intent to join United Food and Commercial Workers International Union (UFCW) Local 5. The Santa Cruz REI store is the second REI location in the Bay Area to unionize, and the tenth nationwide. REI Workers in Santa Cruz say they are unionizing for "fair pay, sustainable schedul...
Posted: Fri, Apr 19, 2024 12:55pm PDT
Occupy Mill Street
Walking only section of Mill street in Grass Valley...
Event Date: Wed, May 1, 2024 9:00am PDT
Posted: Wed, Apr 17, 2024 10:16pm PDT
Earthquakes, Robo-Taxis and Land Lines, a Looming Disaster
Earthquake preparedness, along with robotaxis and a proposal by AT&T now before the CPUC (California Public Utility Commission) calling for the company’s release from providing landline phone service to four million customers across the state, were the interrelated topics of discussion in calling for “people before profits.”...
Posted: Tue, Apr 16, 2024 7:33pm PDT
Workers Demand General Strike for Palestine & Against Genocide in Gaza at SFLC Meeting
Workers called on the San Francisco Labor Council to support a general strike for Palestine and against the genocide in Gaza. The SFLC leadership tried to lock the door to the meeting. They also have prevented any resolution on Palestine from coming up at their meetings....
Posted: Sun, Apr 14, 2024 11:07am PDT
May Day General Strike to Stop Genocide & Rally at Harry Bridges Plaza
Harry Bridges Plaza
In Front Of Ferry Building...
Event Date: Wed, May 1, 2024 12:30pm PDT
Posted: Fri, Apr 5, 2024 10:22pm PDT
Healthcare Workers 4 Palestine UCSF Parnassus Action on Palestine Children's Day
UCSF Parnassus healthcare workers had vigil on Palestine Children's Day April 5, 2024 to remember the children and protest the mass genocide and murder of the US supported Israeli apartheid regime....
Posted: Fri, Apr 5, 2024 9:57pm PDT
International Palestinian Children’s Day– Not A Celebration
– In recognition of International Palestinian Children’s Day, healthcare workers along with human rights activists and others held a vigil today outside of the prestigious UCSF Parnassus medical school hospital campus library mourning the killing of more than 32,000 Palestinians in Gaza, of which 70 percent are women and children.
The vigil organized by Healthcare Workers 4 Palestine and the UPTE CWA 9119 union, who are employed at UCSF, also recognized the 72,000 wounded thus far “…of who...
Posted: Fri, Apr 5, 2024 5:38pm PDT