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SAFEWAY WORKERS support rally: An important announcement coming Friday the 13th. (video/quicktime 6.9MB)
SAFEWAY's Unlucky Day:
Friday, Feb. 13th, California labor meets to consider an official boycott of Safeway until it meets the workers demands. One minute QT movie. 7MB....
Posted: Thu, Feb 12, 2004 9:56am PST
"Safeway You're Breaking Our Hearts" ACTION 2/14
DASW Safeway Solidarity Contingent in this Valentines Day's Reclaim the Streets March....
Posted: Thu, Feb 12, 2004 12:05am PST
11Feb - Pictures from Safeway rally at Pac Stock Exchange
Approx. 500 folks gathered outside the Pacific Stock Exchange demanding shareholders to drop their stock with Safeway and in solidarity with the striking SoCal grocery workers.
Didn't get a chance to get too many photos. Here's what I got:...
Posted: Wed, Feb 11, 2004 1:58pm PST
Join the Safeway Picketlines in Berkeley, Weds and Fridays
Weekly picketlines to support current picketlines put up by southern Cali grocery workers and expand the picket lines to stores not yet covered. Word is that more unions and community groups should be expanding the lines soon, but for now you can plug into the following times or just stop by an already established line where strikers are and offer your support....
Posted: Tue, Feb 10, 2004 7:48pm PST
Action 2/11 @ 12pm: From Wall St. to SF, Safeway Stock is Going Down!
Please join labor and community in saying to Safeway investors:
We will continue to fight Safeway until there is a fair contract for Grocery Workers!
Wednesday, February 11, 2004
12 noon @ the Pacific Stock Exchange
115 Sansome St. (at Bush), San Francisco...
Posted: Tue, Feb 10, 2004 1:34pm PST
The Oakland 25: Solidarity Rally: February 6, 2004. (video/quicktime 24.5MB)
Speakers at the rally tell what happened on the Oakland docks April 7, 2003. Six minute QuickTime movie. 25MB....
Posted: Tue, Feb 10, 2004 11:45am PST
Wal Mart Protest in Mountain view
Members of Raging Grannies, also known as the Women's International League For Peace And Freedom, protest Wall Mart's unfair labor practices and anti-union management policies Saturday, February 7, in Mountain View....
Posted: Mon, Feb 9, 2004 11:19pm PST
UFCW Strike: A Battle for All Labor - Extend the Strike Nationwide! Students: Take a Side!
Donate Now!
The Spartacus Youth Clubs call on students and youth who hate exploitation and oppression to join us in supporting the striking workers. Their fight is our fight!
The SYCs say: Victory to the UFCW strike! Show your solidarity—every dollar counts! All money collected by the SYCs will go to the UFCW strike fund....
Posted: Mon, Feb 9, 2004 7:46pm PST
Chukchansi casino stiffs us for $17 million
Chukchansi Indian casino for 9 months won’t pay us builders. They owe us over $17 million. 2 videos less than one minute each....
Posted: Mon, Feb 9, 2004 9:56am PST
March 5th, Irvine - March and rally at Taco Bell Headquarters
March 2-4 -- March from East LA to Irvine, CA, home of Taco Bell's global headquarters
March 5 -- Rally at Taco Bell headquarters, Irvine, CA -- music, speakers, political theater, and more!...
Posted: Sun, Feb 8, 2004 6:56pm PST
We Will Shut Down the Safeway on Mission St. in Santa Cruz
Two months after Safeway CEO Steve Burd forced 70,000 families to strike against healthcare and pay cuts, the Bush administration appointed him as a presidential advisor on domestic terrorism.
At 5:00 PM on Wednesday, February 11, we will gather at the Mission St. Safeway
in Santa Cruz to send George Bush a message:
Healthcare IS Homeland Security…
and Steve Burd is a Domestic Terrorist.
Our peaceful, legal, disciplined, creative action will effectively shut down the store....
Posted: Sun, Feb 8, 2004 1:35pm PST
Oakland25
Excellent speeches by reps from ILWU and anti-war activists at Courthouse Oakland Feb 6, 2004...
Posted: Sun, Feb 8, 2004 11:47am PST
Gay Shame Protests Safeway (video/quicktime 9.5MB)
A seven minute video of Gay Shame SF's march to and disruption of the Church and Market Safeway. Highlights include: March from the Mission; Shots of All Safeway Protestors; Gay Shame Inside the Store; Police Corraling of Gay Shamers. It's a compressed file so the image quality may be low but allows for a faster download....
Posted: Sat, Feb 7, 2004 10:03pm PST
Demand that Democratic candidates support supermarket strike
Activists should urge supermarket workers to demand that the Democratic candidates support their strike; rip off the false pro-labor masks...
Posted: Sat, Feb 7, 2004 9:51pm PST
Iraq-corporate take over of port by SSA
I was arrested on April 7 protesting SSA at the port of Oakland, now I've come to Iraq to get the real story, but this is background...
Posted: Sat, Feb 7, 2004 8:02am PST
Hundreds Rally to Defend the Oakland 25
25 people arrested on April 7, 2003 continue to face charges of “disrupting a business” and “creating a public nuisance” for daring to protest the shipment of war materials out of the Port of Oakland. Hundreds of union members, anti-war activists, and others rallied today in front of the Alameda Courthouse in Oakland today prior to the last scheduled pre-trail hearing....
Posted: Fri, Feb 6, 2004 11:05pm PST
Pictures From Oakland 25 Rally
The District Attorney of Alameda County is still attempting to prosecute 25 persons arrested at the Port of Oakland on April 7, 2003. Over the last several months there has been a series of pretrial hearings. At the hearing today, Judge C. Don Clay is expected to decide whether the case of the Oakland 25 will go to trial. Defense attorneys will present motions to demur and dismiss charges for “vindictive prosecution” against defendants whose only “crime” was to exercise their First Amendment ...
Posted: Fri, Feb 6, 2004 2:37pm PST
Friday, Feb 6 - Support our Protesters! The Oakland 25
Please attend the Friday rally to support our protesters and defend our First Amendment rights!...
Posted: Wed, Feb 4, 2004 1:08pm PST
2/7Labor-Community Speakout On Racism In Workplace
On Feb 7 at 11:00 AM in SF , there will be a labor/community town hall meeting on racist incidents in the workplace including "hanging nooses" being put up against Black workers at SF city work locations....
Posted: Wed, Feb 4, 2004 4:43am PST