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IWW Callout to Support Striking Truck Drivers at the Port of Oakland Independent Truckers around the United States will be striking on June 28 - July 4 to demand higher pay and better working conditions....
Posted: Thu, Jun 24, 2004 1:28pm PDT
Truckers call for nationwide port strike From The Journal of Commerce -- It seems like they take the trucker movement seriously even though the progressives do not. --Jim D...
Posted: Wed, Jun 23, 2004 7:55pm PDT
Cuevas Family Update - Defend SEIU Member Facing DEPORTATION! 
Support Committee for the Cuevas Family
Robyn Rodriguez: robynmrodriguez@sbcglobal.net
Peter Chua: chua370@earthlink.net
Jay Mendoza: jay@focusnow.org...
Posted: Tue, Jun 22, 2004 12:13pm PDT
FRESNO COUNTY’S 10,000 HOMECARE WORKERS SECURE FIRST CONTRACT 
10,000 workers in Fresno secure first contract...
Posted: Mon, Jun 21, 2004 4:04pm PDT
DRC Releases Prop 209 Study! Discrimination Research Center Releases Study "Prop 209 and the Decline of Women in the Construction Trades"....
Posted: Mon, Jun 21, 2004 1:09pm PDT
Take Action to Support Ben Davis Workers in SF - from UNITE and Sweatshop Watch 
For more background info on the campaign, and an easy form that allows you to send an email to Frank Davis, the owner of Ben Davis Inc., go to the Sweatshop Watch website listed below....
Posted: Sat, Jun 19, 2004 11:17am PDT
KPFA Now- Awesome Juneteenth Programming KPFA is airing a program by the labor collective about Juneteenth and labor and African American struggles this morning. check it out- kpfa.org (archives should be available later) or 94.1 fm...
Posted: Sat, Jun 19, 2004 9:59am PDT
US Labor Against the War Leafleters at Health Care Rally & March Saturday 
Help distribute USLAW flyers featuring the USLAW statement on the occupation and fund appeal for Iraqi Unions and sell buttons at the Health Care Rally & March on Saturday. USLAW flyers will be available at the area just in front of the restroom pavilion at Crissy Field from 7:30 a.m. on through the morning....
Posted: Fri, Jun 18, 2004 10:03am PDT
6/19 - March with Gallo workers as they join thousands to Bridge the Gap in Healthcare If you have not yet done so, please sign the "Gallo Unfair" petition. It's critical to demonstrate support for the workers at Gallo of Sonoma before the next negotiation meeting on August 4. Our goal is for 25,000 people to sign the "Gallo Unfair" petition. Please sign the petition by going to: http://www.unionvoice.org/campaign/GalloPetition....
Posted: Fri, Jun 18, 2004 9:53am PDT
Get On The Bus And March For Healthcare June 19 One of the main speakers for the event is Diane Powe, UFCW Local 870 member and our own Alameda County activist. She'll join Judy Goff, members of "Team (Barbara) Lee," and other unions on the bus - the easiest, fastest way to get to the March...
Posted: Fri, Jun 18, 2004 9:42am PDT
June 23 - Rally against ICE/INS Raids in the Mission stop all raids!, that the city denounce the raids!, & that the police and FBI not cooperate with the INS stop violating the human rights of immigrants who are under custody of the INS...
Posted: Thu, Jun 17, 2004 4:57pm PDT
Round-ups & Desaparecidos (bilingual) INS (or whatever Homeland Security Dept. acronym they've got now) have recently raided businesses, picked people off the street, and racially profiled and harassed community members and leader in a campaign against undocumented people and allies....
Posted: Thu, Jun 17, 2004 1:42pm PDT
Over 200 0f us march for driver licenses & legalization 
Over 200 of us march in Reedley for driver licenses & legalization. 1 minute video....
Posted: Mon, Jun 14, 2004 1:18pm PDT
Unions Continue Heated Dispute With Alta Bates Medical Center Ninety percent of 800 workers who voted at the Alta Bates Summit Medical center rejected a recent contract offer by the hospital late last week, locking the two sides back into heated negotiations that have been ongoing since before the workers’ contract expired at the end of May....
Posted: Sun, Jun 13, 2004 10:15am PDT
Letter delivered to Senator Barbara Boxer calling for her to stop deportation As constituents in your area who feel very strongly about this issue we urge you, Senator Boxer, to respond to the Support Committee for the Cuevas Family’s request that you begin the process of introducing personal legislation on the behalf of the Cuevas family by June 15, 2004...
Posted: Sun, Jun 13, 2004 8:11am PDT
UCLA Students on Day Three of Hunger Strike Students at UCLA are on hunger strike until UCLA decides to honor its strict code of conduct and stops doing business with Taco Bell!...
Posted: Fri, Jun 11, 2004 1:40pm PDT
LaborFest 2004 Schedule LaborFest will be celebrating the 70th Anniversary of the San Francisco General Strike this coming July. It will have events both in San Francisco and the East Bay....
Posted: Wed, Jun 9, 2004 8:56am PDT
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