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Fresno Trashes Workers 
City and County Officials Utilize Slave Labor to Beautify Fresno....
Posted: Fri, Aug 19, 2005 6:45am PDT
Picket at Berk Honda/ Rally this Thurs 8/18 @ 4:30 They decided to have a rally weekly, for now on
Thursdays at 4:30. Stop by at Shattuck @ Parker if you can....
Posted: Tue, Aug 16, 2005 11:36am PDT
South Bay labor starts special election campaign At least one northern California labor council has already started its special election campaign activity. On July 30, precinct walkers gathered at the South Bay Labor Council’s San Jose headquarters before fanning out to talk with union families about what’s at stake in the Nov. 8 special election called by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger. Precinct walking continues on weekends, and phone banking started Aug. 1....
Posted: Tue, Aug 16, 2005 8:55am PDT
Peace at the Berkeley Bowl: Workers Agree To Two-Year Labor Contract 
Picture taken from walkout of workers after Arturo Perez was fired for supporting the union.
(credit goes to Mahtin with Indybay.org for the pic)...
Posted: Sun, Aug 14, 2005 3:26pm PDT
Workers' Struggles: Voices from the Community (audio/mpeg 19.8MB) What various workers' rights struggles and campaigns have achieved ::: How multiple challenges of class and immigrant status affect workers ::: Why building alliances amongst all workers is critical today :::::: a panel discussion at the Center for Political Education, San Francisco, on August 11th, 2005. 84 minutes....
Posted: Fri, Aug 12, 2005 3:35am PDT
POTENTIAL STRIKE AT FREMONT PICKETLINE SUPPORT MAY BE NEEDED -- POTENTIAL STRIKE AT FREMONT
NUMMI PLANT...
Posted: Mon, Aug 8, 2005 10:51am PDT
8/10 OEA To Challenge Jerry Brown & Oakland Police On Free Speech Rights The Oakland Education Assoication is challenging Oakland Mayor Jerry Brown and the Oakland Police
over the right to leaflet at the City Center in Oakland on August 10, 2005 at 12:00 noon. Support is neede
in this free speech fight...
Posted: Sat, Aug 6, 2005 11:56pm PDT
8/28SF Meetin On Labor Media & Repot Back on The AFL-CIO Convention There will be a meeting by the KPFA Labor Collective on Labor Media and the AFL-CIO convention on August 28, 2005....
Posted: Fri, Aug 5, 2005 9:48am PDT
8/6 KPFA Special Programming On AFL-CIO Convention & Labor Struggles The KPFA Labor Collective on Saturday August 6, 2005 at 9:00 AM will be producing a one hour labor radio show on the events at the 2005 AFL-CIO convention
and struggles going on in the bay area. It can be heard on the internet at www.kpfa.org....
Posted: Thu, Aug 4, 2005 6:00pm PDT
Phil T. Rich and St. Francis take sides in the San Francisco Hotel boycott (video/quicktime 18.4MB) UniteHERE Local 2 is joined in boycott of St. Francis Hotel by members of the Association for Theatre in High Education. Both were protesting ATHE leadership's failure to honor the boycott. Four-minute QuickTime movie. 18MB....
Posted: Wed, Aug 3, 2005 10:47am PDT
Urgent: Don't Let Nabolom Close There will be a Town Hall Meeting, THIS MONDAY, August 1, 7-9 p.m. at
Nabolom (Russell & College) to discuss how the community can help save
the bakery....
Posted: Sat, Jul 30, 2005 8:38pm PDT
Nabalom Bakery Plans to Close Just when you think things cannot get worse, another community instiution falls. What is next?...
Posted: Sat, Jul 30, 2005 4:23pm PDT
6/28Rally and March At SFO Against Terminations Of Pensions Flight attendants and others will protest the use of bankruptcy laws to attack pensions....
Posted: Wed, Jul 27, 2005 10:28pm PDT
Labor Conference: Democracy and Divisions in the House of Labor In light of the split in the AFL-CIO that erupted this week, this conference, "Democracy and Divisions in the House of Labor" is very relevant....
Posted: Tue, Jul 26, 2005 8:51am PDT
Northern California Bricklayers / Stonemasons on Strike Oakland, CA July 21, 2005- On July 18, 2005 the Northern California Bricklayers/Stonemasons went on strike. Events leading up to the strike began when contract negotiations broke down last week. The Northern California Masonry Contractors Association sent a letter to the Bricklayers/Stonemasons and Allied Craftworkers (BAC) Local 3 Union announcing they are cutting off contract negotiations. BAC decided to call a strike against members of the contractors association in an effort to get them t...
Posted: Mon, Jul 25, 2005 1:51pm PDT
Hot or cold 
Hot or cold I guide water to our food and clothing. Isn't my work as valuable as a plumber or carpenter¿? Might I not be paid as much¿?...
Posted: Sat, Jul 23, 2005 9:40am PDT
UC Nurses Strike Delayed by Court Order (audio/mpeg 9.0MB) Interview with CNA bargaining team member Manny Punzalan of UCLA...
Posted: Wed, Jul 20, 2005 6:05pm PDT
14,500 jobs to be slashed at Hewlett-Packard Computer and printer giant Hewlett-Packard (HP) revealed plans July 19 to eliminate 14,500 jobs, or some 10 percent of its global workforce of 151,000. The company, based in Palo Alto, California, also said it would freeze the pension and retiree medical-program benefits of certain employees, increasing instead its contributions to most of these workers’ 401(k) plans....
Posted: Wed, Jul 20, 2005 6:25am PDT
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