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Farm labor board rules Gerawan guilty of ‘extensive’ and ‘illegal misconduct’ (04/16/2016) The full Agricultural Labor Relations Board issued a unanimous 81-page decision on Friday, April 15 decisively affirming the 192-page Sept. 17, 2015 opinion by an ALRB administrative law judge finding the giant Fresno-based tree fruit grower Gerawan Farming Inc. guilty of “commit[ing] numerous” violations of California labor laws (P. 68). Judge Mark R. Soble ruled last year after hearing sworn testimony from 130 witnesses in 2014 and 2015. The ruling by the Sacramento-based ALRB ...
Posted: Thu, Apr 21, 2016 9:26pm PDT
SF Labor Council Calls For Rehiring Of Fired OSHA Inspector Whitman 
The San Francisco Labor Council called for the rehiring of fired OSHA Federal investigator and lawyer Darrell Whitman who was fighting to protect health and safety whistleblowers on the job....
Posted: Wed, Apr 13, 2016 2:23pm PDT
Driscoll's Boycott 4-9-2016 
Safeway in Watsonville has another protest regarding them selling Driscoll's strawberries!...
Posted: Sat, Apr 9, 2016 5:38pm PDT
"Google Bus" Company Bauer’s Loses Permit, Teamsters Praise SFMTA’s Support for Workers 
The SFMTA denied Bauer's a permit to use the public bus stops, citing in part the company's lack of labor harmony. The Teamsters, who have organized hundreds of "Google Bus" drivers in the last year, praised the decision....
Posted: Sat, Apr 9, 2016 11:41am PDT
Berkeley Fight for $15 Victory Celebration! Berkeley City Hall Steps
2180 Milvia St, Berkeley, CA 94704, USA...
Event Date: Mon, Apr 18, 2016 12:00pm PDT
Posted: Fri, Apr 8, 2016 1:48pm PDT
Letter from Al Rojas to Arturo Rodriguez on UFW and the Delano 1965 Grape Strike 
"Dear brothers and sisters many of you for the last several months have been asking me whether I was invited or decided to attend the "UFW" 50th year commemoration of the Delano 1965 Grape Strike. Three days prior the event I received an invitation from, "Arturo Rodriguez." President of the "UFW" Union in so doing after consulting with my Family having sent our response have decided to share and to release publicly the letter that was sent to brother Arturo Rodriguez." -Al Rojas
** No, the...
Posted: Thu, Apr 7, 2016 12:33pm PDT
UFW Tries to Silence Boycott Driscoll’s Activists at Cesar Chavez March 
What is UFW (United Farm Workers) doing to support farmworkers fighting for justice in San Quintín, México and Washington state? Nothing....
Posted: Tue, Apr 5, 2016 11:58am PDT
Vulture Capitalist Randall Smith's Hedgefund Alden Global Capital Shuts Oak Tribune 
Vulture Capitalist Randall Smith's Hedgefund Alden Global Capital/Digital First Media/East Bay News shut down the 142 Year Old Oakland Tribune on April 4. Newsguild CWA members protested and spoke out against the layoffs and also the attack on community news and information by these "greed heads"....
Posted: Tue, Apr 5, 2016 10:42am PDT
Boycott Driscoll’s Outreach on Watsonville’s Main Street 
Watsonville community members support the boycott against Driscoll’s, the world famous berry company headquartered in their town....
Posted: Sun, Apr 3, 2016 9:32am PDT
Farmworker groups march on Driscoll's corporate headquarters, call for boycott 
Representatives from farmworker unions in Washington state and Baja California - citing abuses including wage theft, broken contracts, pesticide poisoning, and sexual harassment and coercion - led a march to the Watsonville headquarters of berry distributor Driscoll's, where they spoke out on their experiences as workers and demanded Driscoll's force growers to provide dignified working conditions....
Posted: Fri, Apr 1, 2016 11:21pm PDT
March to Driscoll's to protest for the boycott of Driscoll's strawberries! 
Boycott of Driscoll's strawberries in Watsonville CA. March 31, 2016...
Posted: Fri, Apr 1, 2016 1:42pm PDT
Boycott Driscoll’s West Coast Tour at Driscoll’s HQ in Watsonville 
After a series of strikes in 2013 at Sakuma Brothers Farms in Washington state, farmworkers formed a union in response to denial of lunch and rest breaks, inhumane housing conditions, wage theft, below minimum wage pay, and harassment from supervisors....
Posted: Thu, Mar 31, 2016 9:55pm PDT
Farm workers march to honor Chavez birthday, stop Trump and push for overtime pay 
Giant ‘Chavez Si! Trump No!’ banners lead the marches...
Posted: Thu, Mar 31, 2016 5:34pm PDT
Oracle Ellison Protested At World Headquarters-No Public Money To Billionaires For Charter 
Public school advocates, teachers and students protested Oracle Billionaire Larry Ellison's plan to use public funds for a privately run charter on his corporate campus. Teachers in Redwood City and San Mateo are angry that these charters are siphoning off public money into privately run schools....
Posted: Wed, Mar 30, 2016 7:16am PDT
Petition: UCSC Dining Services: Join us in our boycott of Driscoll's Berries 
We, as students of the University of California, Santa Cruz, stand with our fullest solidarity with the 450 Farm Workers from Burlington, Washington who are boycotting Driscoll’s Berries to obtain contracts from their employers. We stand in solidarity with the union Familias Unidas por La Justicia. Sign petition: https://www.change.org/p/uc-santa-cruz-dining-services-ucsc-dining-services-join-us-in-our-boycott-of-driscolls-berries...
Posted: Tue, Mar 29, 2016 5:23pm PDT
Watsonville Driscoll's Boycott Action 
Target Shopping Center in Watsonville
1415 Main Street
Watsonville, CA 95076...
Event Date: Sat, Apr 2, 2016 11:30am PDT
Posted: Fri, Mar 25, 2016 3:53pm PDT
FUJ Action at Driscoll's HQ Watsonville 
Driscoll's Headquarters
345 Westridge Drive
Watsonville, California 95076
Meet in parking lot at 1125 S. Green Valley Rd,
Watsonville, CA 95076...
Event Date: Thu, Mar 31, 2016 11:00am PDT
Posted: Fri, Mar 25, 2016 3:30pm PDT
Oakland Coalition Pushing for Radical Change at the Ballot Box: Police Commission, Tenant Protections, $20 Min Wage 
Community activists working independently on separate ballot measures have come together under the umbrella of the Oakland Justice Coalition. Together, the three measures they propose would radically transform police accountability, renters' rights, and the minimum wage in Oakland. The coalition has committed to recruiting hundreds of signature gatherers to qualify the measures for the ballot, and to raising $100,000 to support the coordinated campaigns through the November 2016 election. ...
Posted: Fri, Mar 25, 2016 9:38am PDT
The Biggest, Baddest, Most Badassed Minimum Wage Proposal in the Country. It's time for $15/hr to become the floor demand of those who seek a livable wage, not a future ceiling. It's time to push the boundaries of what is thinkable - and hence doable - further....
Posted: Fri, Mar 25, 2016 9:26am PDT
Oakland Justice Coalition opens 2016 election campaign in front of City Hall 
Oakland Justice Coalition opens 2016 campaign...
Posted: Thu, Mar 24, 2016 11:05pm PDT
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