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24: National Rank and File Labor Conference in Chicago: Take Back Our Unions! A one day rank and file labor conference on Sunday, July, 24 - the day before the AFL-CIO National Convention opens in Chicago....
Posted: Tue, Jun 28, 2005 12:19am PDT
Muni drivers threaten walkout at month's end (Repost) SF Examiner Article that got Grayson and McGruder into trouble with the MTA and the Union....
Posted: Mon, Jun 27, 2005 3:52pm PDT
Picket to Support MUNI Drivers Free Speech Please come out in support of Victor Grayson and Bari McGruder, two MUNI operators being sanctioned for speaking out against both the MTA and their Union on the conditions of drivers and the plight of the riding public to proposed service cuts and fare hikes....
Posted: Mon, Jun 27, 2005 3:04pm PDT
DOMESTIC WORKERS FIGHT BACK 
Domestic workers and day laborers gathered at Giron's Housecleaning Services to demonstrate against the company's illegal acts and unjust treatment of its employees. The early June rally was in support of Dominga Lugo's suit for unpaid wages against her former employer....
Posted: Mon, Jun 27, 2005 1:03pm PDT
Troublemaker's Workshop in Oakland 
Join Us As We Celebrate the Timely Release of:
TROUBLEMAKERS HANDBOOK 2
Monday, June 27, 2005
6:30 PM - CWA 9415
1831 Park Blvd - Oakland...
Posted: Mon, Jun 27, 2005 1:02am PDT
NLRB Update: Nutraceutical / Fresh Organics dba The Real Food Co. In late March & late April of this year, an NLRB Administrative Law Judge heard testimony on the Nutraceutical / Fresh Organics dba The Real Food Co. case. A decision on the various unfair labor practices charges filed against Nutraceutical prior and subsequent to the abrupt closure of Real Foods/24th St. is expected imminently. Here are some details on the case culled from the hearing transcript....
Posted: Sun, Jun 26, 2005 9:42pm PDT
there won't be a depression I respond to a T.O. forum thread on depressions and say although we've had a series of recessions by no means is there going to be a depression....
Posted: Fri, Jun 24, 2005 2:46pm PDT
Arnold can run but he can't hide 
Protesters follow the Gubernator everywhere he goes. HIs onscreen persona belies his real life bullying, cowardly nature....
Posted: Fri, Jun 24, 2005 1:08pm PDT
BTL:Shortage of Nurses in U.S. Connected to Cost-Cutting, Restructuring and... ...Disrespect ~ Interview with Suzanne Gordon, author and journalist, conducted by Between the Lines' Scott Harris...
Posted: Fri, Jun 24, 2005 4:42am PDT
Any word on solidarity for a possible BART strike? Anyone know of opportunities to show solidarity with BART drivers if they strike?...
Posted: Thu, Jun 23, 2005 5:49pm PDT
Fare strike action in Auckland, New Zealand The following is taken from 'New From Nowhere,' an excellent anti-capitalist info source in Auckland, New Zealand.
http://blackcat.enzyme.org.nz/nfn...
Posted: Thu, Jun 23, 2005 1:28pm PDT
The Recent Italian Fares Strikes are a Model for San Francisco The following is an account from participants in fare strike actions this spring in Italy, and a leaflet issued by the strikers...
Posted: Thu, Jun 23, 2005 1:17pm PDT
US: mass layoffs continue The bankrupt supermarket chain Winn-Dixie Stores Inc. said Tuesday that it would sell or close 326 stores and cut 22,000 jobs. The company currently operates 901 stores in nine Southern states and 12 in the Bahamas....
Posted: Thu, Jun 23, 2005 5:15am PDT
Iraqi Labor Leaders Call for Solidarity, End of U.S. Occupation 
Several hundred people gathered at a public forum in Berkeley June 19 to hear Iraqi union leaders talk about conditions in their country. Their talk was part of a tour sponsored by U.S. Labor Against War....
Posted: Wed, Jun 22, 2005 10:04am PDT
6/24 Injured Workers To Protest CNA Insurance Company In SF Injured workers will be picketing the CNA insurance company in San Francisco for threatening injured workers and refusing to treat and compensate them for their injuries on the job....
Posted: Wed, Jun 22, 2005 7:36am PDT
Bush, Congress snatch funds from injured 9/11 workers Ever since September 11, 2001, the Bush administration has invoked the mass killings of that day and, in particular, the heroism of firefighters and other workers who responded to the catastrophe to promote a policy of global militarism and attacks on democratic rights....
Posted: Wed, Jun 22, 2005 5:16am PDT
Labor Contingent at SF Pride Come look for us in the assembly area Sunday
morning - we start at 10:00am, on Spear St, between Howard & Folsom. You can't
miss us - we'll be in a cable car!* So, bring your banners, wear your colorful
best (where else can you wear those snazzy union T's?), and don't forget
your sun gear!...
Posted: Tue, Jun 21, 2005 11:24am PDT
MUNI Drivers Threaten Wildcat Strike MUNI operators are threatening a wildcat strike on June 30th, claiming union leadership has not done enough to oppose layoffs and service cuts as its membership asked. Drivers have explained that this strike will also be in solidarity with riders who will be hurt by service cuts....
Posted: Mon, Jun 20, 2005 10:40pm PDT
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