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Regarding Postmaster General DeJoy Temporarily Suspending Some Recent Policy Decisions 
Despite limited concessions by Postmaster General Louis DeJoy after a public outcry against mail delaying tactics, community members and postal workers rallied to demand that Congress save the US Postal Service in protests across the US. Of course the San Francisco Bay Area was no exception. On August 19, APWU National President Mark Dimondstein issued a statement saying why concessions made to assuage concerned Americans are not enough....
Posted: Sat Aug 29, 2020 3:38PM
Car Caravan in Fresno Promotes Equity 
In Fresno on Monday, August 24 Cars were decorated with signs promoting equity through taxing millionaires and billionaires. They then drove in a caravan through the city....
Posted: Fri Aug 28, 2020 10:56PM
SF Postal Workers in "US Mail Not For Sale" Rally 
Nationwide protests called by APWU and NACL in response to Trump's attack on the US postal system....
Posted: Tue Aug 25, 2020 10:44PM
DeJoy Resign! SF Postal Workers/Supporters Of USPO Protest Privatization & Attacks 
Postal workers from APWU SF and the Mail Handlers as well as supporters of the US Post office rallied in San Francisco against the shutdown of postal sorting machines and the continued privatization of the public services that also threatens a democratic election.
The rally took place on August 25, 2020 as part of a national day of action to protect the post office....
Posted: Tue Aug 25, 2020 10:43PM
Prosecute UBER CEO Dara Khosrawshahi For Failure To Provide Workers Compensation 
Uber Must Provide It's Drivers Required Workers Safety Net NOW - Prosecute UBER CEO.
Despite the passage of AB5, UBER refuses to follow the law and is appealing it in the courts to stall compliance....
Posted: Mon Aug 24, 2020 8:59AM
Don't Throw Us Under The Bus! SMART 1741 SF School Bus Drivers Fight For Healthcare 
The San Francisco Unified School District Superintendent Vincent Matthews and the SFUSD school board are taking away healthcare benefits from the SMART 1741 school bus drivers and union members protested on 8/20/20...
Posted: Fri Aug 21, 2020 4:54PM
"Pay Us Benefits" & "No On Prop 22" Uber Workers Protest at SF Uber World HQ 
Uber and Lyft workers and supporters protested at the UBER World Headquarters to demand worker benefits and also to oppose Proposition 22 which would undermine AB5 which forces ridedshare companies to pay workers comp, disability and social security,...
Posted: Thu Aug 20, 2020 9:16PM
SMART Local 1741 School Bus Drivers Rally At SF City Hall For Justice 
SMART 1741 School bus drivers will be protesting against their layoffs, cuts in medical benefits and privatization...
Posted: Mon Aug 17, 2020 12:54PM
Giants and Warriors Workers Rally at Ballpark 
Giants and Warriors workers rallied at the Giants ballpark on Friday, August 14. The Giants have lost 13 out of 19 games since the Giants fired their concession workers....
Posted: Mon Aug 17, 2020 9:38AM
"They're Trying To Boot Us Out" Unite-Here 2 Concession Workers Protest Owner Of Giants 
Hundreds of Giants Unite Here Local 2 concession workers protested the union busting tactics of Giant's billionaire owner Howard Johnson....
Posted: Fri Aug 14, 2020 10:39PM
Fired UCSC Grad Students Win Their Jobs Back 
The COLA movement shows that when we fight we win! Our wildcat strike has made concrete gains for grad student-workers, including a $2,500 annual housing stipend and 5 years of guaranteed TAships or other funding.
Let this win motivate us in our fight for justice in higher education!...
Posted: Wed Aug 12, 2020 11:19PM
Rally & March to Slash SFPD's Stash Gather at Civic Center Plaza in front of SF City Hall
March to 850 Bryant...
Event Date: Fri Aug 21, 2020 12:00PM
Posted: Wed Aug 12, 2020 1:27PM
Giants and Warriors Workers Fight Back 
Willie Mays statue, 3rd and King Streets, Giants ballpark (Oracle Park)...
Event Date: Fri Aug 14, 2020 6:00PM
Posted: Sun Aug 9, 2020 10:03PM
Giants and Warriors Give their Workers the Boot 
While loudly proclaiming support for BLACK LIVES MATTER, the Giants and Warriors fired 2,154 largely Black, Latino and Asian concession workers last week....
Posted: Thu Aug 6, 2020 3:43PM
Hunger Striker At KPFA Calls For More Programming On Testing/tracing & Worker Safety 
An artist and KPFA member John Sheridan spoke out in front of KPFA about the need to have more programming on the need for mass testing and tracing to stop the pandemic...
Posted: Wed Aug 5, 2020 9:32PM
Connecting Dots! GAP Fisher Family Attacks ILWU & SF Malcom X Academy With A KIPP Charter 
ILWU members, other unionists and supporters of public education rallied in San Francisco on August 1, 2020 at the GAP corporate headquarters. They spoke against GAP & A's owner John Fisher's plan to privatize the Howard Terminal in the Port of Oakland and and against the efforts of Doris Fisher, John's mother to bust up the SF public school Malcom X Academy in Bayview Hunters Point. SF KIPP which she runs has sued the SFUSD to allow the KIPP school to grab more rooms from Malcom X Academ...
Posted: Mon Aug 3, 2020 6:37PM
Rally and March for the UCSC 41 
UC Santa Cruz
1156 High St, Santa Cruz...
Event Date: Mon Aug 3, 2020 1:00PM
Posted: Sun Aug 2, 2020 10:10AM
Shut It Down! Workers Shut Amazon DSF4 For Health/Safety & Living Wages 
Amazonians and workers shutdown the Amazon DSF4 warehouse on August 1, 2020 to protest the lack of health and safety and slave labor wages...
Posted: Sun Aug 2, 2020 9:55AM
"We're With Katy" Rally To Protest Firing Of ILWU 6 VCA-Mars Unionist Katy Bradley 
A rally was held on 7/30/20 to protest the firing and union busting tactic of VCA-Mars who fired ILWU Local 6 negotiating committee member Katy Bradley...
Posted: Fri Jul 31, 2020 9:56AM
"We Mean Business" SF Unionists Protest SF POA & Demand Defunding of Police/Militarization 
San Francisco trade unionists protested at the office of the San Francisco Police Association POA to defend the police and stop militarization and police terror....
Posted: Mon Jul 27, 2020 4:54PM