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Hands Off Social Security!
Over 1,000 people demonstrated in front of the offices of Charles Schwab to denounce the Social Security privitization scheme of the Bush Aministration. Unions, senior centers and community groups came out in large numbers....
Posted: Fri, Apr 1, 2005 2:24pm PST
SF Says Schwab, Lay Off our Social Security
What do George Bush, Charles Schwab and Arnold Schwarzenegger have in common? All 3 are after your retirement savings....
Posted: Thu, Mar 31, 2005 11:38pm PST
Hundreds rally in SF supporting Social Security & Medicare
On Thursday, March 31, more than one thousand workers, union leaders and community activists held a mass demonstration in front of Charles Schwab's San Francisco headquarters to challenge Charles Schwab to withdraw support for privatizing Social Security and the pensions of California workers....
Posted: Thu, Mar 31, 2005 9:36pm PST
Rally To Protect Social Security
Protect Social Security from being Privatize...
Posted: Thu, Mar 31, 2005 4:53pm PST
TRAFFICKING IN WOMEN AND CHILDREN
The Filipino girl child takes the stereotyped role of her mother who is portrayed as an abused and submissive woman relegated to domestic work....
Posted: Thu, Mar 31, 2005 6:47am PST
Union Bricklayers to Picket Criterion Chemical Plant in Pittsburgh, CA
Oakland, CA March 30, 2005 - Union bricklayers representing the northern 46
counties in California will be picketing Recon Refractory Services at the
Criterion Catalyst Technologies Plant in Pittsburgh, CA on April 1, 2005 at
7:00 am, and again for the week of April 4, 2005, to express their concerns
that Recon Refractory Services does not meet safety, area wage, and benefit
standards....
Posted: Wed, Mar 30, 2005 6:46pm PST
April 6, film screening of "The Take" in Santa Cruz to benefit Indybay
Santa Cruz Indymedia activists were given a copy of The Take, a new film by Avi Lewis and Naomi Klein about worker expropriation of factories in Argentina after the 2001 economic collapse. There will be a free screening of this excellent documentary on Wednesday, April 6th, 7:00pm, at Barrios Unidos (1817 Soquel Ave)....
Posted: Wed, Mar 30, 2005 12:32pm PST
Santa Rosa El Salvadorans Oppose CAFTA
Local Santa Rosa activists from El Salvador are organizing to make people aware of the destructive effects of free trade both here and in the south....
Posted: Wed, Mar 30, 2005 11:28am PST
Hold Comcast Accountable! Rally in SF on April 3rd at 2 pm
Hold Comcast Accountable! Rally in SF on April 3rd at 2 pm
Stop Media Consolidation. Speak Up for Our Communities. Defend Workers' Rights....
Posted: Tue, Mar 29, 2005 1:33pm PST
Stop The War - Bring The Troops Home Now! Labor anti-war rally (audio/mpeg 10.5MB)
sounds from the March 19 labor rally at Dolores Park, San Francisco, on the second anniversary of the war on Iraq...
Posted: Mon, Mar 28, 2005 9:27pm PST
A Fair Contract Will Keep Good Teachers in Oakland
"As conditions get too hard and many of us see ourselves forced into roles where we no longer feel capable of supporting and loving our students, we will leave Oakland."...
Posted: Sun, Mar 27, 2005 11:23pm PST
Photos of California Nurses Contingent at 3/19 Anti-war Demo
Photos of the California Nurses Association contingent at the 3/19 demonstration...
Posted: Sat, Mar 26, 2005 10:53pm PST
4/5: SF Rally to Protest Gov. Schwarzenegger
Tell the Governor and his donors, "Not in Our Town!"...
Posted: Sat, Mar 26, 2005 10:48pm PST
SF Bay Area Flying Picket Historical Society
Flying Picket presentation Sunday, March 27at 10 AM, Barrows Hall UC Berkeley campus (above Sproul Hall on Bancroft Ave.) as part of this year's BASTARD conference....
Posted: Fri, Mar 25, 2005 10:30am PST
Cesar Chavez Day: Walk for Dignity
The Xispas website and blog is the place to learn about Xicano culture, art, and politics. We deal with history, indigenous traditions, books, opinions, and social criticism. In this newsblast, we offer some people's history and opportunity for community action. Con solidaridad - Xispas staff www.xispas.com/blog...
Posted: Thu, Mar 24, 2005 1:28pm PST
Govanetor joins our protest Arnold's sellout of us working people, our kids, our elders
Govanetor joins our protest of Arnold's sellout of us working people, our kids, our elders 2 minute video...
Posted: Thu, Mar 24, 2005 11:39am PST
Protest Bush's Social Security Privatization Plan
WHEN: Thursday, March 31, 11:30 am
WHAT: Protest Bush's Social Security Privatization Plan
WHERE Charles Schwab office, 101 Montgomery St. @Sutter
(Montgomery Street BART/MUNI Station)
San Francisco...
Posted: Wed, Mar 23, 2005 9:03pm PST
Schwarzenegger Runs into Fresno Protest
There is nowhere in this state that Governor Schwarzenegger can go where he will not run into a spirited protest. This one was in Fresno....
Posted: Wed, Mar 23, 2005 1:10pm PST
JRA member gets life for embassy raids
PHOTO: Mariko Yamamoto-Deported, Masao Adachi-Deported, Haruo Wako-Deported, Koso Okamoto-Political Asylum, Kazuo Tahira-Deported..Beirut Friday March 17 2000...
Posted: Wed, Mar 23, 2005 12:53pm PST
Poll Shows Public Opinion Sharply Divided on Regulating Appearance at Workplace
Poll Shows Public Opinion Sharply Divided on Regulating Appearance at Workplace; 16 Pct. Say They Were Victims of Discrimination on the Job...
Posted: Wed, Mar 23, 2005 1:28am PST