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May Day 2017 March in Santa Cruz 
A family that lives in the Beach Flats led the march with a child's sign proclaiming, "Fuera Trump! Viva La Raza! Viva Los Trabajadores!"...
Posted: Tue, May 2, 2017 1:02pm PDT
On May Day 2017 Workers & Their Kids Speak Out In SF - Defend Workers & Immigrants 
Thousands of workers, trade unionists and youth protested SF ICE and the ILWU shutdown the bay area ports. Rallies were held throughout San Francisco....
Posted: Mon, May 1, 2017 9:03pm PDT
Workers Memorial Day, OSHA, Culture Of Corruption, Deep State/Tom Perez & Darrell Whitman 
On 2017 Workers Memorial Week, Darrell Whitman a whistleblower at OSHA Whistleblower Protection Program talks about his fight to protect health and safety whistleblowers and how he and other WPP investigators were bullied, retaliated against and fired for trying to investigate workers who were fired for making health and safety complaints. He discusses the role of former DOL secretary Tom Perez, the Office of Special Counsel OSC, the Deep State and how regulatory agencies have been captured ...
Posted: Sat, Apr 29, 2017 10:30am PDT
Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals in California The Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program doesn't guarantee the right to live, work, or go to school anymore under President Trumps new policies. Recipients of DACA are now being denied their basic human rights and being detained. This could ultimately affect our social and economic systems....
Posted: Wed, Apr 26, 2017 4:31pm PDT
International Longshore Workers Union's May Day 2017 Rally and Port Shutdown 
9 AM Rally at ILWU Hall, 400 North Point, SF
10 AM March to Justin Herman Plaza, to join May Day Rally and March...
Event Date: Mon, May 1, 2017 9:00am PDT
Posted: Tue, Apr 25, 2017 9:17pm PDT
May 1: Shut It Down! 
5:00 am - Blockade and walkout of UCSC Campus
All morning - Autonomous actions across Santa Cruz
12 Noon - Rally at Main Gate UCSC Campus - High Street at Bay
1:30 pm - Rally at the downtown Post Office fence
2:30 pm - March to Beach Flats Community Center
3-6:00pm - Workshops and other activities in Beach Flats
6:30 pm - Outdoor party in Beach Flats...
Event Date: Mon, May 1, 2017 5:00am PDT
Posted: Mon, Apr 24, 2017 3:26pm PDT
After Workers Fired, UC Berkeley Undergrads Shutdown Major Campus Event 
Student workers of the Undergraduate Workers Union (UWU) shutdown annual campus-wide celebration to demand living wages, back pay, and the reinstatement of numerous workers who were illegally fired for organizing....
Posted: Mon, Apr 24, 2017 2:49pm PDT
Call-in to Shut Down Berkeley on May Day 
Berkeley is at a boiling point. Student workers at Cal are staging daily walkouts; homeless people are dying in the streets; BUSD students are fighting daily battles for representation and safety; families are struggling to survive....
Posted: Thu, Apr 20, 2017 10:00am PDT
The Struggle To Defend Public Education, Privatization, Union Democracy & Education Workers 
A emergency education conference was held on April 15, 2017 to discuss and debate the attacks on public education including the growing privatization and outsourcing of education. Also the conference discussed and debated the idea of reforming charters which is being pushed by the CTA/NEA and CFT/AFT....
Posted: Mon, Apr 17, 2017 8:14am PDT
Sonoma County Rent Crisis Call to action to find solutions to the Sonoma Co. rent crisis....
Posted: Sat, Apr 15, 2017 4:03pm PDT
Stockton Rural Cemetery ~ Block 27 part of our California African American Heritage 
2017 Memorial Day, we continue to help will build a brighter future for the City of Stockton, California by remembering and celebrating Rev. Jeremiah King. His example of determination and consistency will help identify, document, preserve and help exceed the National Historic standards to include the legacy of those interred within Block 27-Stockton Rural Cemetery and placing in context our authentic elevated seat of authority showcasing California African American Heritage....
Posted: Sat, Apr 15, 2017 10:05am PDT
International Workers' Day - General Strike! 
Mexican Heritage Plaza
1700 Alum Rock Avenue (at King Road)
San José, CA 95116...
Event Date: Mon, May 1, 2017 1:00pm PDT
Posted: Tue, Apr 11, 2017 9:46pm PDT
March and Protest - National Strike! 
Courthouse Park (Tulare and Van Ness) in downtown Fresno...
Event Date: Mon, May 1, 2017 3:00pm PDT
Posted: Tue, Apr 11, 2017 11:30am PDT
"This Is For The Working Class" CA CWA AT&T Workers Rally Against Concessions/Outsourcing 
Hundreds of California CWA AT&T workers rallied in San Jose against AT&T Executive demands for concessions and outsourcing of their jobs. Also the CWA International President Chris Shelton attended the rally. Workers from throughout California attended the rally on the one year anniversary on the expiration of the contract....
Posted: Mon, Apr 10, 2017 8:09am PDT
Ella Baker Center for Human Rights Recognizes Staff Union 
Both staff and management assert that the formation of the union aligns with Ella Baker’s legacy and the organization's longstanding support for unionization, collective bargaining, and worker voice on the job....
Posted: Sun, Apr 9, 2017 5:02pm PDT
International Solidarity Protest In SF Against Life Terms For India Suzuki Auto Workers 
A protest was held at the San Francisco India consulate on April 4, 2017 to protest the life sentences for 13 Maruti Suzuki auto workers. The company and the reactionary Narendra Damodardas Modi government in India has promised Suzuki and other multi-nationals the use of cheap slave like labor and massive government repression against workers who try to unionize....
Posted: Sun, Apr 9, 2017 9:28am PDT
Autopsy Diagram of Luís Góngora Pat, Killed by SFPD on April 7, 2016 
The Justice & Honor for Luís Góngora Pat Coalition has created an autopsy diagram based on the official report of the Office of the Medical Examiner. We believe the Office of the Medical Examiner did not include a diagram to avoid giving the public a visual image of the harm done to Luis. We believe the public is entitled to as full transparency as possible around the facts of the case. As we learn more facts, we will adjust and improve our narrative of what happened that day....
Posted: Sat, Apr 8, 2017 2:33pm PDT
Family of Luís Góngora in Teabo, Yucatán on the One-Year Anniversary of His Killing by SFPD 
Message from the Family of Luís Góngora Pat on his anniversary of death to be delivered by his cousin Carlos Poot Pat, on Friday, April 7, 2017, 1:00p.m. at the door of City Hall in San Francisco, California. (Versión en español enseguida de versión en inglés)...
Posted: Fri, Apr 7, 2017 9:20am PDT
Oakland Sin Fronteras: May 1 International Workers' Day March and General Strike 
Meet at Fruitvale Plaza (Fruitvale BART Station/Oakland)...
Event Date: Mon, May 1, 2017 3:00pm PDT
Posted: Thu, Apr 6, 2017 3:57pm PDT
One Year Anniversary of the death of Luís Góngora Pat, killed by SFPD 
Luis was a 45-year-old indigenous Mayan Mexican, an immigrant worker and a family man who for a decade and a half supported his wife and three children in the small town of Teabo by sending remittances from his dishwasher and line cook earnings....
Posted: Wed, Apr 5, 2017 11:29am PDT
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