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Teamster's Informational Flyers for Oakland Truck Driver Strike 
2 informational flyers handed out by the Teamsters today at the APL gate. One is about the profits that the steamships are making, and one is about the profits the oil companies have been making....
Posted: Thu, May 6, 2004 3:50am PDT
Truckers' strike continues; community support needed The truckers' strike is still going, despite an inaccurate report announcing that truckers would return to work Wednesday....
Posted: Thu, May 6, 2004 3:42am PDT
Independent Truckers Strike! Part 3 
Independent truckers carry their strike into the fourth day!...
Posted: Wed, May 5, 2004 8:34pm PDT
Call for Solidarity Meeting at APL Gate, Oakland Docks at 6pm Whether that means talking to other folks you know and encouraging them to visit the strikers at the Oakland Docks, calling that friends of yours who works for the corporate media, or even just forwarding this call to action to your friends....
Posted: Wed, May 5, 2004 1:29am PDT
Tuesday Night @ the Oakland Docks 
Tues night at the Oakland docks...scab trucks came in, and left later by police escort , while the truckers who hold the contracts watch on the sidelines and protest loudly at the scandal before their eyes....
Posted: Wed, May 5, 2004 12:53am PDT
URGENT: Support striking truck drivers in Oakland! Call for demonstration of community support...
Posted: Tue, May 4, 2004 11:24pm PDT
Independent Truckers Strike! Part 2 
Independent truck drivers continue their strike into the third day....
Posted: Tue, May 4, 2004 3:23pm PDT
Truck Drivers Still on Strike at Oakland Port 
I will post more of a reportback later in the week. I am busy posting pics, updating the main story, and spending time at the docks. Come out and join the strikers for a while if you can. The strike is on indefinitely, as the workers have commited to stay out in solidarity until all the drivers get the same deal. If the workers decide to settle or any authorities decide to attack the strikers I will try and post an update within a half hour(or get someone else too)....
Posted: Tue, May 4, 2004 3:23pm PDT
Independent Truckers Strike! Independent owner/operators on the West Coast carry their strike through the weekend. Signs of growing solidarity felt in the Oakland area and up and down the Coast....
Posted: Mon, May 3, 2004 6:35pm PDT
Workers News from the Central Valley 
19 farm workers exposed to deadly nerve-gas pesticide, three workers still hospitalized in guarded condition...
Posted: Mon, May 3, 2004 3:36pm PDT
Photos from community organized May Day March 
Community organized May Day March at Powell and Market. Targeted Disney and Levis....
Posted: Sun, May 2, 2004 3:23pm PDT
5/20- Save the Date-- Rally at Safeway Shareholder Meeting On May 20th, thousands of grocery workers, labor allies, and community supporters will rally outside the Shareholder Meeting to send a clear message to Safeway investors:
We will keep the heat on Safeway CEO Steve Burd. We will fight for our future!...
Posted: Fri, Apr 30, 2004 11:17pm PDT
Join the Telephone Workers - March & Rally - Oakland - May 6 
Telephone Workers March & Rally. May 6th....
Posted: Fri, Apr 30, 2004 5:34pm PDT
KPFA May Day 2004 Programming KPFA 94.1 FM radio will be programming 5 hour of May Day programming on May 1, 2004. It is available as well on the internet....
Posted: Fri, Apr 30, 2004 10:40am PDT
Rally for Justice at UC Medical Centers Rally for Justice at UC! May 20th - UC Service and Patient Care workers demand an end to Executive Greed....
Posted: Thu, Apr 29, 2004 9:18pm PDT
Berkeley Bowl Memo about Labor Board Charges 
This is a memo that Berkeley Bowl posted by the time clock last week for all employees to read....
Posted: Mon, Apr 26, 2004 10:49pm PDT
Million Worker March meeting There will be a planning meeting for the Million Worker March on Sunday 4/25 at 4:30 p.m. at ILWU, Local 10, 400 North Point, San Francisco....
Posted: Sat, Apr 24, 2004 2:11am PDT
NLRB Decision Could Reverse Berkeley Bowl Union Defeat “The theory is that the union didn’t win because of the unfair labor practices and it’s pointless to hold a second election because there would be no way to get back to the status quo that existed before the alleged unfair labor practices,” said Leong(Assistant Regional Director for the National Labor Relations Board office in Oakland)...
Posted: Fri, Apr 23, 2004 2:52pm PDT
Rev. Billy Putting An End to WalMart Envy 
Rev. Billy and the Stop Big Boxes Gospel Choir pay a visit to a Safeway in Berkeley, where they call on Safeway to stop WalMart envy, and provide a fair contract to their employees with full health care coverage. Rev. Billy also allowed someone to speak about the struggle against McDonalds in Oakland,...
Posted: Fri, Apr 23, 2004 12:47am PDT
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