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Globalization, Labor and Local Impact
Resources on globalization it's impact on labor and local communities. Present relevant news articles and full length interviews from the soon to be released audio documentary on globalization and neighborhoods by IWW Media....
Posted: Sat, Jan 19, 2002 8:18pm PST
Stanford President Commits to Living Wage
After months of organizing, a broad-based coalition of Stanford students, workers, faculty and alumni obtains a commitment on the part of University administration to enact a living wage for all Stanford workers by the end of the academic year....
Posted: Sat, Jan 19, 2002 2:12pm PST
Labor for MLK & other MLK Events
The 16th Annual Western Workers Labor Heritage Festival honoring Martin Luther King is taking place this weekend, all day Saturday and Sunday and in the evening, at San Francisco City College, the Diego Rivera Theater, 50 Phelan, San Francisco. For more information on the festival, call 831/426-4940....
Posted: Sat, Jan 19, 2002 10:14am PST
UC Joins FLA
University of California to Join Fair Labor Association, Continues Membership in Worker Rights Consortium
Text (TD) OAKLAND, Calif., Jan. 10 (AScribe Newswire) -- The University of California today announced its intent to join the Fair Labor
Association and continue its membership in the Worker Rights Consortium, two organizations maintaining oversight of working conditions for the
manufacture of various products.
(greengator note: the fla is a sham corporate monitoring system set ...
Posted: Sat, Jan 12, 2002 10:51am PST
2/2SF Protest Over Macy's Firing Of Palestinian American Women
On Feb 2, 2002, a picket/solidarity action will take place at SF Union Square Macy's to protest the discrminatory firing of Alia Atawneh in October...
Posted: Fri, Jan 11, 2002 7:49pm PST
DARE TO STRUGGLE AND DARE TO WIN
People of the world, unite and defeat the U.S. aggressors and all their running dogs! People of the world, be courageous, dare to fight, defy difficulties and advance wave upon wave. Then the whole world will belong to the people. Monsters of all kinds shall be destroyed.
"Statement Supporting the People of the Congo (L.) Against U.S. Aggression" (November 28, 1964), People of the World, Unite and Defeat the U.S. Aggressors and All Their Lackeys, 2nd ed., p. 14....
Posted: Sun, Jan 6, 2002 11:06am PST
1/5Rally For Charles Krug Locked Out Workers
For 6 months, 40 workers at the Charles Krug winery at St. Helena in the Napa Valley have been locked out of their jobs. A much needed solidarity rally will be held on Saturday January 5 at 11:00-3:00PM to support them...
Posted: Sun, Dec 30, 2001 11:12pm PST
1/27SF Pakistan Labor Video
A labor video screening will take place about workers and child labor in Pakistan. The first time SF screening will benefit Pakistan and Aghanistan labor media activists and will be held at Artists Television Access...
Posted: Tue, Dec 25, 2001 12:09pm PST
Lulu’s Public Secrets
January 1998. The text consists of passages from The Joy of Revolution....
Posted: Sat, Dec 15, 2001 5:08pm PST
"End of Work" discussion
Discussion at Bound Together on Haight, Monday night DEC 17th....
Posted: Fri, Dec 14, 2001 10:10pm PST
May Day 2000 arrestees convicted
Judge says activists were "loitering while masked"; attorney plans appeal of verdict in first-ever trial under New York State's 150-year-old "mask law."...
Posted: Thu, Dec 13, 2001 7:19pm PST
AFSCME SPREADS CORRUPTION TO WEST COAST
AFSCME UC Workers for Democracy want their union, Local 3299, back from the bureaucratic robber barons of the International....
Posted: Thu, Dec 13, 2001 7:29am PST
12/13 Oakland Day Laborers March and Rally
Oakland day laborers march and rally to repeal city’s "Anti-Solicitation Ordinance." Workers also demand Oakland’s attention to their rights and needs....
Posted: Wed, Dec 12, 2001 2:04pm PST
Derail Fast Track
The 12/6 vote on "Fast Track" could be a landmark in the deregulation of corporate trade....
Posted: Tue, Dec 4, 2001 10:03am PST
Labor Tech Conference
Labor Tech Conference 2001 at University of San Francisco (Fulton @ Masonic)....
Posted: Mon, Dec 3, 2001 8:53pm PST
Labor & The War In Afghanistan
The labor movement is split about the war. Come to a panel on labor's reaction to the war in Afghanistan 12/9....
Posted: Mon, Dec 3, 2001 8:30pm PST
Under-employment Support Group
Monday evening, December 3rd, 8:00 - 10:00 p.m. at Bound Together Books,
1369 Haight Street near Masonic, San Francisco (415) 431-8355
Informal discussion on the recession, the "end of work," self-employment, collectives, alternative economies, cost-cutting, and survival strategies for reduced or no-paycheck situations. Everyone is welcome....
Posted: Sat, Dec 1, 2001 9:43pm PST
AFSCME UC Workers To Picket AFL-CIO Convention
Rank and file AFSCME-UC workers will be picketing the AFL-CIO Convention on 12/3 to demand union democracy and protest corruption...
Posted: Sat, Dec 1, 2001 8:53pm PST
Stanford Students Arrested Trying to Meet with Hospital VP Saksen
At Stanford University today, over a hundred people marched to demand that Stanford University Hospital stop subtracting jobs to cut expenses. A delegation of five students peacefully tried to meet with Stanford Hospital Vice President Lou Saksen. The delegation of five were arrested and one woman was injured when a door brutally was closed on her arm....
Posted: Thu, Nov 29, 2001 11:03pm PST
Stanford Campus Rallies Against Unfair Labor Practices
Arrests and Police Brutality Marked 11/29 Protests Against Unfair Labor Practices At Stanford's Hospital....
Posted: Thu, Nov 29, 2001 3:05pm PST