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May 1st International Workers Day: Actions on the California Central Coast
Salinas, Watsonville, Seaside and Santa Cruz...
Posted: Wed, Apr 26, 2006 6:06pm PDT
SF Grocery Workers Win at City Hall !
On Tuesday, 25 April 2006, the San Francisco Board of Supervisors unanimously pass the Grocery Workers Retention Ordinance....
Posted: Wed, Apr 26, 2006 6:01pm PDT
4/28SF Labor TV Programming On Workers Who Rebuilt SF After The Quake
The labor TV show "Labor On The Job" produced by the Labor Video Project will program a show
on the commemoration of the rebuilding of San Francisco and the role of labor with professor Lee
Davis....
Posted: Mon, Apr 24, 2006 1:40pm PDT
5/18 SF Report On Labor Media From South Africa To Turkey
Labor media producer Steve Zeltzer will report on the use of labor media in Africa and Turkey at a
a forum at New College of California on Thursday May 18, 2006 at 7:00PM. He will also screen
video....
Posted: Sun, Apr 23, 2006 4:57pm PDT
4/21 E. Bay Labor And Immigrants Unite Rally At IBT 70
East bay labor councils and immigrant rights groups will discuss and rally at IBT Local 70 hall....
Posted: Fri, Apr 21, 2006 12:39pm PDT
Labor Video On The Fight For Pay Equity Justice At UC (video/quicktime 44.6MB)
This program is part of presentation on October 8-9 2005 by Maurice G. Freedman, past president of the American
Library Association about pay equity and the state of librarian workers....
Posted: Fri, Apr 21, 2006 11:15am PDT
WAJE Hands Over 6,000 Petition Signatures (audio/mpeg 2.2MB)
Photos & Audio (3 min 12 sec) of Nora Hochman and Victor Medina from the Working Alliance for a Just Economy (WAJE) as the group turned over thousands of signatures at City Hall to be verified in the ballot initiative process. If enough signatures qualify, the minimum wage hike will go before the voters in November....
Posted: Thu, Apr 20, 2006 11:37pm PDT
SF Hearing For Grocery Workers Retention Ordinance
Monday, 17 April: Dozens of San Francisco grocery store workers and union leaders testified before the Board of Supervisors Committee on City Operations in support of the proposed Grocery Workers Retention Ordinance....
Posted: Thu, Apr 20, 2006 3:40pm PDT
STRIKE AVERTED, BUT SCHOOLS STILL CLOSED TOMORROW!!!
Just minutes ago the Oakland Education Association reps confirmed that they have reached a settlement and while teachers will be going to work tomorrow, it is still a non-student day ....because the district cannot assure that everyone will get the word and they cannot guarantee safe staffing levels. An extra day will probably be added at the end of the school year....
Posted: Thu, Apr 20, 2006 12:40am PDT
Free Mind Media's May Day Anniversary
FREE MIND MEDIA 1ST ANIVERSARY PARTY
April 29th HUGE BLOWOUT BOOKSALE 9-4pm
PARTY 4pm – 7pm
Guest Speakers:
Harjit Gil - Industrial Workers of the World
Davin Cardenas - Graton Day Laborers
Jack Gerson – Comunications Chair of the Oakland Educators Association
Music: Jonh Courage and Friends TBA
Puppet Show: Free Mind Media “A Year in Review”...
Posted: Wed, Apr 19, 2006 9:40pm PDT
Oakland Schools Strike tomorrow: Ward caves in: No Scabs
Oakland Adult school still needs picketeers...
Posted: Wed, Apr 19, 2006 5:15pm PDT
The 5th Annual May Day Labor Film Festival "Reel Work"
The 5th annual Reel Work May Day Labor Film Festival is jam packed this year with sixteen different events starting Thursday April 20, and ending May 1st, International Workers' Day. This year's festival includes the regional premier screening of Sir! No Sir! a film about rank-and-file GI resistance to the Vietnam War as well as Meeting Face to Face, a film partially funded by Reel Work which depicts the historic nationwide visit of Iraqi labor union leaders to the US in 2005. Highlights o...
Posted: Wed, Apr 19, 2006 5:07pm PDT
Hearing on San Francisco Grocery Workers Retention Ordinance
SF Board of Supervisors will conduct a hearing on the proposed "Grocery Workers Retention Ordinance" on Monday, 17 April. The Ordinance, if adopted, will help preserve the jobs of thousands of grocery store employees in San Francisco....
Posted: Sun, Apr 16, 2006 6:12pm PDT
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
San Francisco School Board votes in Strikebreakers (audio/mpeg 2.5MB)
The San Francisco School Board voted to permit SFUSD to hire subsitute teachers who haven't passed the CBEST, the exam required required by the State of California to become a teacher. This proposal, which passed Wednesday night, goes into affect if the SF teachers union, UESF, goes on strike. UESF voted to strike if contract demands are not met during the ongoing negotations for increased pay and safer schools. The audio piece runs 2:42....
Posted: Fri, Apr 7, 2006 4:01pm 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
PEACE AND FREEDOM PARTY ENDORSES MAYDAY RALLIES AND STRIKE
The Peace and Freedom Party demands full political, social and economic rights for resident non-citizens....
Posted: Mon, Apr 3, 2006 2:31pm PDT
Doug Slaydon and Members for a Democratic Union, Rallies and Press Conferences
Fuel for the fire, against a merger, for an election: Doug Slaydon and Members for a Democratic Union hold rallies and press conferences, Friday, 31 March 2006 in Vallejo and Sacramento...
Posted: Fri, Mar 31, 2006 10:09pm PST
Sat 4/1: SF Forum on China, the Working Class and the Militarization of Asia
Sat 4/1: CHINA, THE WORKING CLASS AND THE MILITARIZATION OF ASIA.
Come to a public forum on the growing danger of militarization in Asia and how it is effecting working people throughout the continent. New College Theater, 777 Valencia St., San Francisco...
Posted: Fri, Mar 31, 2006 4:56am PST
San Francisco Teachers Vote to Authorize Strike
Teacher Voted Overwhelming to Strike...
Posted: Wed, Mar 29, 2006 10:08pm PST