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Help Organize the Festival del Pueblo, Boston May 1-5, 2002
Converge on Boston for a Festival of Culture and Resistance!...
Posted: Fri, Nov 23, 2001 11:50am PST
Argentinian ceramist workers appeal to international solidarity
Our strike began over a month ago, with mobilizations and pickets to avoid stock departures, blockages of bridges and highways to fight against the virtual closure of the plant and the subsequent discharge of almost 400 workers in a province where almost 20 % of its population is already unemployed....
Posted: Fri, Nov 23, 2001 6:48am PST
ARGENTINIAN CERAMIST WORKERS APPEAL TO INTERNATIONAL SOLIDARITY
Neuquén, Argentina, November 16 2001
To solidary trade union, student and political organizations:
We, the ceramist workers of Neuquén (Argentina), are appealing to your solidarity with the strong fight we are carrying out as workers of Zanon Ceramic Factory, in defense of our jobs and for our wages being paid....
Posted: Fri, Nov 23, 2001 5:45am PST
Pakistan trade unionist arrested faces torture
Pakistan Trade Union Leader Arrested Faces Torture in Quetta-Baluchistan - Urgent Action Needed...
Posted: Thu, Nov 22, 2001 1:22am PST
11/21 Day Laborers March
SAN FRANCISCO DAY LABORERS MARCH DAY BEFORE THANKSGIVING TO DECLARE THAT, IN THESE TIMES OF ECONOMIC RECESSION AND ANTI-IMMIGRANT SENTIMENT, THEY ARE AVAILABLE TO WORK AND DEMAND THAT THEIR RIGHTS BE RESPECTED....
Posted: Mon, Nov 19, 2001 3:58pm PST
11/21 Day Laborer March & Press Conference
March & Press Conference followed by Holiday Lunch for Day Laborers, Sponsored by the Day Laborer Program of San Francisco....
Posted: Thu, Nov 15, 2001 1:23pm PST
Victory and vindication for the Charleston Fi
memorandum from ILWU Int'l President regarding the Charleston Five's victory...
Posted: Fri, Nov 9, 2001 10:41pm PST
Governor Ventura Attacks the Right to Strike.
Results of 2 week government strike against anti-union/pro-war Ventura....
Posted: Wed, Oct 24, 2001 8:37am PDT
O16 Ontario Common Front
Ontario Common Front gears up for actions for creative change for people affected by reactionary counter attacks on the social safety net...
Posted: Mon, Oct 15, 2001 4:11pm PDT
Labor, The Environment & Public Power
This labor-environmental educational conference will focus on the issue of how the trade union movement can develop a program nationally that will defend jobs & the environment....
Posted: Mon, Oct 8, 2001 5:57pm PDT
TERRORISTS TARGET AMERICA:PERSPECTIVES FROM THE ISLAMIC WORLD
To rid the world of terrorism one must first get rid of the (underlying) causes which led to terrorism....
Posted: Sat, Oct 6, 2001 11:43pm PDT
SF Labor Council Condemns "hanging noose" Icidents
The SF Labor Council On July 26 condemned the use of "hanging nooses" to terrorize IUOE#39 Stationary Engineer and other Black workers...
Posted: Sat, Oct 6, 2001 4:17pm PDT
Santa Cruz - Big Bang Music Festival & Protest Rally
Many protest rallies in Santa Cruz, California revolve around punk and lo-fi band perfomances in an 11-day festival and peace rally called the Big Bang....
Posted: Sat, Sep 29, 2001 11:10am PDT
Building Bridges presents Labor and Public Housing Residents UNITE
a 58 minute radio program on the community and labor protest to fight federal forced work requirements in public housing...
Posted: Tue, Sep 4, 2001 3:41pm PDT
labor festival coordinator needed
part-time job coordinating labor cultural arts festival in Bay Area on MLK weekend 2002...
Posted: Tue, Sep 4, 2001 8:15am PDT
Flashpoints Radio Sept 3: Labor Day Poetry Special, plus Durban update
KPFA Flashpoints Radio Sept 3, 2001 (link to audio in 'full story' text below)
- Poet Ruth Daigon reads from her 'Payday at the Triangle', a riveting retelling of the 1911 Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire that took 146 young lives. The fire was a pivotal event in America's movement toward social and political justice, especially in the area of labor and women's issues. (59 min)
- Durban Update in Aug 31 section below...
Posted: Mon, Sep 3, 2001 11:52pm PDT
9/2SF Labor Radio On Hanging Noose Incident
LaborLine radio show on San Francisco Liberation Radio 93.7FM will focus on the Hanging Noose incident at the Ocean Side Sewage Treatment plant and CA Pacific hospital workers on September 2 at 4:00PM...
Posted: Sat, Sep 1, 2001 6:05pm PDT
WA Union Delegates Call on AFL-CIO to ‘Come Clean’ on International Activities
The Washington State Labor Council (WSLC) is now the second major labor organization on the West Coast to pass a resolution calling on the AFL-CIO to “come clean” about its foreign relations activities and to make amends for the “excesses of the Cold War era.”...
Posted: Tue, Aug 28, 2001 1:18am PDT
Building Bridges presents Harry Belafonte
Building Bridges in Exile presents an hour long interview with Harry Belafonte Wed. 8/22 6pm PT over WBAI Radio in Exile - www.wbix.org...
Posted: Wed, Aug 22, 2001 8:34am PDT