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Picket the Claremont - Saturday, Dec. 18. - Noon 
Jobs With Justice Solidarity Action...
Posted: Fri, Dec 10, 2004 10:59pm PST
Sutter replacement worker fired for falling asleep during Caesarean section SUTTER REPLACEMENT WORKER FIRED FOR FALLING ASLEEP DURING
CAESAREAN SECTION...
Posted: Thu, Dec 9, 2004 6:38pm PST
Stockton IWW Truckers Strike Again! 20 Independent Stockton Truckers organized under the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW), went on strike today, against unfair practices of the Kach trucking company....
Posted: Thu, Dec 9, 2004 6:09pm PST
How Low Can You Go? Hospital Workers Locked Out (video/mpeg 8.2MB) Caregivers from SEIU 250 and CNA are mobilizing to get the word out about the out-of-control, rogue "non-profit" "community-based" healthcare corporation, Sutter. Yesterday a community forum was held in downtown Oakland....
Posted: Sat, Dec 4, 2004 7:17am PST
Day 3 SEIU 250 Sutter Strike Newsletter 
On Wed. Dec. 1, registered nurses and hospital workers conducted a one day unfair labor strike at 13 Sutter hospitals throughout Northern
California. Returning to work on Dec. 2nd, the workers were told they were locked out of their jobs until Monday....
Posted: Fri, Dec 3, 2004 5:01pm PST
Muni Fare Increase Threatened Again Despite the fact that we suffered a large fare increase in fares for San Francisco buses and trains (SF Muni Railway or Muni) just over 1 year ago, we are again threatened with a fare increase from $1.25 to $1.50 with admittedly no increase in service....
Posted: Thu, Dec 2, 2004 10:03am PST
Labor Leaders Speak Out on KPFA Elections We would like to list a few principles we think are important to keep in mind as we vote for KPFA local board candidates, and as we try to ensure an environment at the station which will produce programming serving our community....
Posted: Wed, Dec 1, 2004 12:23am PST
SF Muni Fare Increase Threatened Again Despite the fact that we suffered a large fare increase in fares for San Francisco buses and trains (SF Muni Railway or Muni) just over 1 year ago, we are again threatened with a fare increase from $1.25 to $1.50 with admittedly no increase in service. We need your protests now to demand that the large Financial District Corporations pay a profits tax to Muni....
Posted: Tue, Nov 30, 2004 7:26pm PST
Fired San Francisco IWW Realfood Workers Get Boost By David Lazarus - San Francisco Chronicle November 24, 2004.
Fired IWW workers at Real Foods may be rehired....
Posted: Mon, Nov 29, 2004 4:02pm PST
We Madera home care workers march to raise lowest wages 
We Madera home care workers march to raise lowest wages. 1.5 minute video...
Posted: Mon, Nov 29, 2004 10:34am PST
A list of worker-owned shops Here you'll find a list of cooperative and collectively run businesses in the Bay Area. This list comes from Rainbow Grocery's website....
Posted: Thu, Nov 25, 2004 2:38pm PST
Flying Pickets will continue to support hotel workers Now that the SF hotel worker lockout is over, the boycott of the 14 hotels will continue during the 60-day "cooling off" period. Join us at 7:00 PM, Sunday November 28th at the corner of Powell & Geary as we go to the hotels to let anyone going into them know that the workers there don't have a contract....
Posted: Thu, Nov 25, 2004 12:02pm PST
On a revolutionary day we ex-braceros march for our $1 billion 
On a revolutionary day we ex-braceros march in Fresno for our $1 billion. 62 years of robbery. $$$ deducted from our meager pay with promise of payment when we completed our work. Was never done. 4 one minute videos...
Posted: Thu, Nov 25, 2004 5:46am PST
Home Care Workers March for a Living Wage 
Home care workers in Madera, a small town in the Central Valley, march and rally for a living wage....
Posted: Tue, Nov 23, 2004 7:56pm PST
UMC Nurses Strike in Fresno 
Joined by SEIU Local 535 and the Fresno County Peace and Freedom Party, UMC Nurses began a one day strike today....
Posted: Tue, Nov 23, 2004 6:24pm PST
Photos from Community Solidarity Picket 
This was a rowdy march that included pickets and rallying at about half of the hotels that were locked out until today....
Posted: Sat, Nov 20, 2004 11:38pm PST
Photos from MWM Rally+Picket for Hotel Workers 
Photos from the march - we went to several hotels, saw scabs, cheered up the workers who were still at their picket stations......
Posted: Sat, Nov 20, 2004 11:25pm PST
Statement from Unite HERE Local 2 Saturday morning, in negotiations at Mayor Gavin Newsom's office, the San Francisco Multi-Employer Group agreed to end the lockout....
Posted: Sat, Nov 20, 2004 10:54pm PST
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