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Could you get by on the minimum wage? Assembly Bill 48 (Lieber) would increase our minimum wage by $1
over two years and then index it to inflation. It is is set to
be heard on the Assembly Floor this week....
Posted: Tue, May 31, 2005 10:48pm PDT
KPFA Manager's report part2 (video/quicktime 40.5MB) Part 2 of the May 21 KPFA board meeting with manager's report and board member feedback and Q&A...
Posted: Fri, May 27, 2005 9:18pm PDT
Mass Protest Demands Contract for Workers at Claremont Hotel 
Hundreds of hotel workers and their supporters staged a boisterous march and mass picket on May 25, 2005. The workers are seeking a contract at the Claremont Resort & Spa in Oakland....
Posted: Fri, May 27, 2005 7:54pm PDT
KPFA manager's report (video/quicktime 41.2MB) Part 1 of manager's report...
Posted: Fri, May 27, 2005 7:37pm PDT
Sacramento Action Day 
Some of the thousands who descended on the capitol of California on May 25, 2005....
Posted: Fri, May 27, 2005 11:00am PDT
Anti-Arnold's Budget Rally, Sacramento Coverage (audio/mpeg 6.4MB) Audio file of Sacramento Anti-Arnold's Budget - May 25, 2005...
Posted: Fri, May 27, 2005 12:26am PDT
Photos from the May 25 Day of Action 
Photographs from the May 25 Day of Action....
Posted: Thu, May 26, 2005 8:21pm PDT
More KPFA Video (video/quicktime 28.4MB) Interview with Steve Zeltzer (Labor Video Project) on the troubles at KPFA and Quicktime file of the listener feedback portion of meeting. From May 21...
Posted: Wed, May 25, 2005 11:21pm PDT
Strike website Website for Thurs. May 26 UC state-wide strike...
Posted: Wed, May 25, 2005 3:27pm PDT
Bart riiders website Website from a BART union to riders asking for support....
Posted: Wed, May 25, 2005 2:48pm PDT
KPFA board meeting from May 21 (video/x-pn-realvideo 30.9MB) Listener feedback to KPFA board May 21 05 Berkeley...
Posted: Tue, May 24, 2005 12:21am PDT
University of California Research and Technical Workers Set to Strike on May 26th UPTE-CWA Local 9119, a union representing nearly 10,000 employees at the University of California is set to strike on May 26th 2005, if UC continues to bargain in bad faith and refuses to sign a fair contract....
Posted: Fri, May 20, 2005 11:19am PDT
University of California Continues to Discriminate in Hiring Women Faculty University of California Continues to Discriminate in Hiring Women Faculty, According to New Report...
Posted: Wed, May 18, 2005 9:55pm PDT
Hotel Workers Protest at the Fairmont hotel Thursday, May 19th Where: The Fairmont (California and Mason Sts on Nob Hill)
When: Thursday May 19th 2pm-6pm...
Posted: Mon, May 16, 2005 5:39pm PDT
Johnson & Johnson Beset by RNs: No quarter given to Schwarzenegger allies 
"Last year, after Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger vetoed four bills that would have allowed Californians to buy cheaper prescription drugs from Canada, Johnson and Johnson contributed almost $50,000 to defeat the measure. Now the industry has pledged $10 million to defeat a ballot initiative that would create drug price controls with real teeth. Johnson & Johnson has already donated $1.3 million to the campaign."
--California Nurses Association, May 11, 2005...
Posted: Sun, May 15, 2005 7:51am PDT
Militant Tactics by Nurses’ Union Spur Big Drop in Schwarzenegger’s Popularity ...
Posted: Sat, May 14, 2005 11:56pm PDT
Sutter Press Round-Up 5/13/05 PERSISTENT PATIENT CARE PROBLEMS PUT SUTTER HOSPITALS'
"REPUTATION AT RISK"...
Posted: Fri, May 13, 2005 6:48pm PDT
Teachers and Allies hold Successful Rally in SF 
The United Educators of San Francisco celebrated California's official "Day of the Teacher" by rallying and lining the streets at the corner of Van Ness and McAllister to educate the public about their contract fight and the governor's attacks on public education....
Posted: Thu, May 12, 2005 9:11am PDT
Fresno Welcomes the Governator! 
A Unique Fresno Welcome for Arnold Schwarzenegger ....
Posted: Wed, May 11, 2005 8:57pm PDT
Is Cesar turning over in his grave¿? 
Is Cesar turning over in his grave¿? 1 minute video...
Posted: Mon, May 9, 2005 9:42am PDT
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