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Video: Oakland City Hall Rally for Immigrant Unjustly Fired by the City (video/x-ms-wmv 9.1MB) 50 supporters of a wrongfully terminated city employee rallied in front of and inside Oakland City Hall today. He is an Iranian immigrant, trade unionist, local activist, and KPFA Radio producer. Windows Movie, 2:50 min....
Posted: Wed, Mar 31, 2004 9:56am PST
Oakland City Hall Rally for Iranian Immigrant Unjustly Fired by the City 
50 supporters of a wrongfully terminated city employee rallied in front of and inside Oakland City Hall today. He is an Iranian immigrant, trade unionist, local activist, and KPFA Radio producer....
Posted: Wed, Mar 31, 2004 12:31am PST
San Mateo County Hotel Workers Union Launches Westmont SFO Travelodge Watch HERE Local 340 launches website about brewing labor dispute at Westmont Hospitality Group's Travelodge SFO North....
Posted: Tue, Mar 30, 2004 9:10am PST
LaborTech2004 this weekend! LaborTech/Access 2004 will be held April 2, 3 and 4 at Stanford University. Learn from and network with labor media activists from around the world....
Posted: Tue, Mar 30, 2004 2:07am PST
Join the Communication Worker's March & Rally for a Just Contract - April 1 - Oakland 
March and Rally for Justice
April 1 - 5pm - 2150 Webster Ave., Oakland...
Posted: Mon, Mar 29, 2004 1:08am PST
Haiti: protest letter to Levi Strauss & Co. Letter to Michael Kobori, Levi's code of conduct director regarding the denial of workers' rights at Grupo M Codevi, Ouanaminthe, Haiti.
Please take action, and forward and sign the letter yourself....
Posted: Mon, Mar 29, 2004 12:46am PST
Cesar Chavez March Video (video/x-ms-wmv 8.3MB) Hundreds of labor and human rights activists took to the streets for the 2004 Cesar E. Chavez Holiday Parade & Festival, marching from 2nd and Market to Civic Center Plaza. This year's march was also in remembrance of Father Bill O'Donnell and was joined by many who expressed opposition to the ongoing U.S. led occupation of Iraq. 2:20 min. Windows Movie....
Posted: Mon, Mar 29, 2004 12:30am PST
4/4: March for Legalization and Licenses Sunday April 4th, 10AM...
Posted: Mon, Mar 29, 2004 12:23am PST
Cesar Chavez March, Anti-War Photos 
Hundreds of labor and human rights activists took to the streets for the 2004 Cesar E. Chavez Holiday Parade & Festival, marching from 2nd and Market to Civic Center Plaza. This year's march was also in remembrance of Father Bill O'Donnell and was joined by many who expressed opposition to the ongoing U.S. led occupation of Iraq....
Posted: Sun, Mar 28, 2004 7:12pm PST
Pictures From Cesar Chavez Day Parade In San Francisco 
3/28/2004: In honor of Cesar Chavez's birthday (which is actually March 31st) hundreds took to the streets of San Francisco in his honor. Dozens of labor unions and human rights activists marched up Market Street to Civic Center where speakers spoke about how we must continue Cesar Chavez's struggle....
Posted: Sun, Mar 28, 2004 5:30pm PST
Lake Merritt Locals Fight Planned McDonalds Lake Merritt Community Coalition Fights to keep a MacDonalds restaurant from being built across the street from the farmers market....
Posted: Sat, Mar 27, 2004 10:56pm PST
Fresno Cesar Chavez March 
100 people march in honor of Cesar Chavez in Fresno...
Posted: Sat, Mar 27, 2004 3:15pm PST
April 15 Forum to Defend Maquiladora Workers & Stop FTAA and CAFTA! Please join us Thursday, April 15 at a public forum in San Francisco on the fight to organize an independent union in the maquiladora (sweatshop, pass-through) industry in Mexicali, Mexico (just across the border from Calexico, Calif.) and to build greater opposition in the Bay Area to the Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA) and the Central American Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA)....
Posted: Sat, Mar 27, 2004 1:05pm PST
Report on Dolores Huerta Event Here's an excellent summary of Dolores Huerta's appearance at CSUS on Thursday night by Duane Campbell....
Posted: Fri, Mar 26, 2004 9:12pm PST
City of Fresno Sues Mauldin Dorfmeier Construction for Millions City of Fresno Sues Contractor for Millions Over Delayed Airport Expansion;
Carpenters Union welcomes move to protect the public interest;
Suit only the latest in a string of disputes involving Mauldin-Dorfmeier Construction, Inc....
Posted: Thu, Mar 25, 2004 4:33pm PST
Call for DASW contingent in Chavez march this Sunday 
Call for anti-war contingent in Chavez parade and festival this Sunday in SF...
Posted: Wed, Mar 24, 2004 6:31pm PST
Teacher/ Activist Cesar Cruz Fired For Caring About Students and Parents Instead of Profit International Activist, Poet, and Elementary Teacher Cesar Cruz was fired Monday at Downer Elementary School. The firing occured after an article was published that documented Cesar's organizing of a 70 mile march on Sacramento by students and parents to protest budget cuts at their 99% people of color school, as well as the presence of the nearby prison and oil refinery. (Un) Coincidentally, Cesar had also recently aided the community in their demands for a new school and site-based manage...
Posted: Wed, Mar 24, 2004 3:55pm PST
March 25: Speak Out in Support of SF Day Laborers Day Laborers Fighting for Their Funding from the City...
Posted: Mon, Mar 22, 2004 3:34am PST
Central Valley Events in Honor of Cesar Chavez 
Listing of events honoring the life of labor leader Cesar Chavez...
Posted: Fri, Mar 19, 2004 2:48pm PST
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