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3/19Labor Programming at anti-war rally On KFPA On March 19, 2005 from 12:00 noon to 1:00 PM PST, the KPFA Labor Collective will be providing pre-recorded programming on the labor rally against the war on KPFA FM 94.1. It can also be heard on the internet at www.kpfa.org...
Posted: Wed, Mar 16, 2005 12:44am PST
Cal Nurses Association: Judge Blocks 2nd ‘Emergency’ Order on Safe Staffing A Sacramento Superior Court judge today issued a second injunction against the Schwarzenegger administration, blocking its second “emergency regulation” to suspend key portions of the safe staffing law....
Posted: Tue, Mar 15, 2005 8:51am PST
3/31: National Day of Action to Protect Our Retirement Across the country, unite to Protect our Retirement and tell Schwab: "Don’t Pick Our Pockets to Line Yours!”
WHEN: Thursday, March 31, 11:30 a.m.
WHAT: National Day of Action for Retirement Security
WHERE: Charles Schwab office
101 Montgomery Street, SF (off Montgomery St. BART)...
Posted: Tue, Mar 15, 2005 12:27am PST
AK Press Interview on 'In The Meantime' (audio/mpeg 42.7MB) Interview on February 1, 2005 with Lani Riccobuono and Zach Blue from AK Press, "a workers’ co-operative wholly owned by its members. All decision-making, including which titles we distribute and what we publish, is made collectively. Our goal is to make available radical books and other materials, titles that are published by independent presses, not the corporate giants, titles with which you can make a positive change in the world. The sorts of books we stock are less and less availab...
Posted: Mon, Mar 14, 2005 4:40pm PST
Inkworks Press on 'In The Meantime' (audio/mpeg 20.1MB) Interview on Feb 15, 2005 with Bernard and Melissa from Inkworks Press in Berkeley, CA, 'a worker-managed union shop which has proven to be an innovative organization conducting business in a cooperative and democratic manner.'...
Posted: Mon, Mar 14, 2005 3:15pm PST
Anti-Wal-Mart Oakland Town Hall Meeting What: Town Hall Meeting
Who: Community Residents, Small Business Owners, Community, Labor, and Faith Organizations
When: Wednesday, March 23rd, 6:30 PM to 8:30 PM
Where: ILWU Local 6 Hall, 99 Hegenberger Road, Oakland...
Posted: Sat, Mar 12, 2005 12:00am PST
3/10 - Solidarity Action with Gallo Workers at Bev and More 
Around 100 people showed up at the Beverages and More on Geary St on March 10th to show solidarity with Gallo workers in Sonoma as they continue to bargain with Gallo for a new contract....
Posted: Fri, Mar 11, 2005 3:19pm PST
Remembering those who serve …A tribute to America’s food-and-beverage workers From diners and drive-throughs to gourmet restaurants, America’s dedicated foodservice workers embrace their long holiday shifts with cheerful attitudes and even enthusiasm for the stressful, if not Herculean, task at hand. For them, it is the best of times and the worst of times....
Posted: Fri, Mar 11, 2005 11:41am PST
General strike in France as workers continue protests against Raffarin government On March 10, tens of thousands of workers throughout France joined a national strike to oppose plans by the government of Prime Minister Jean-Pierre Raffarin to extend working hours beyond the current 35-hour week and to undermine social welfare benefits, including health care and pension rights.
The strike paralysed the country, disrupting transport and services in 55 towns and cities nationwide. Organisers say that nearly one million people participated in demonstrations across the count...
Posted: Fri, Mar 11, 2005 10:40am PST
Sutter's Alta Bates Summit Medical Center In Danger of Losing Accreditation ALTA BATES ACCREDITATION IN JEOPARDY...
Posted: Thu, Mar 10, 2005 7:15pm PST
UFCW Head Tapped for Citizens' Health Care Working Group Food and Commercial Workers Leader Tapped for Citizens' Health Care Working Group; Panel to Tackle Challenge of Making Quality Health Care More Accessible and Affordable to Every American...
Posted: Thu, Mar 10, 2005 2:16pm PST
Dell Fires 30 Tennessee Muslims Over Workplace Prayer Dell Fires 30 Tennessee Muslims Over Workplace Prayer; Muslim Civil Rights Group Calls for Rehiring, Offers Mediation...
Posted: Thu, Mar 10, 2005 2:13pm PST
Hotel Workers Blast Hilton, Encourage Boycott Hotel Workers’ Union Local 2 held a raucous protest in front of the downtown Hilton yesterday, urging San Franciscans to boycott the hotel along with fourteen others. Local 2 hopes the boycott, which some claim has already cost the targeted hotels over $1 million, will force owners to meet workers’ demands during the current contract negotiations. The union is calling for better health care, higher wage increases, and more freedom to organize....
Posted: Wed, Mar 9, 2005 5:47pm PST
First strike ever at the Claremont Spa! QT movie. March 4, 2005 
Twenty Claremont Kitchen workers, including cooks and dishwashers decided to go out on a 2 hour strike in the middle of lunch time after management ignored demands to pull out all the unfair disciplines currently in the kitchen workers' files. Four-minute QT movie. 20MB....
Posted: Tue, Mar 8, 2005 10:30pm PST
RNs Condemn New 'Emergency Order' to Evade Ratio Law Schwarzenegger Flouts Courts in Latest Attack on Patient Safety...
Posted: Tue, Mar 8, 2005 1:07pm PST
Coalition of Immokalee Workers, Taco Bell Reach Groundbreaking Agreement Coalition of Immokalee Workers, Taco Bell Reach Groundbreaking Agreement; CIW to End Taco Bell Boycott; Taco Bell to Pay Penny-Per-Pound Surcharge Demanded by Workers, Will Work With CIW to Raise Farm Labor Standards in Supply Chain...
Posted: Tue, Mar 8, 2005 12:08pm PST
UFW Rally in SF on 10th FARM WORKER SOLIDARITY ACTION ON MARCH 10TH
HUMAN BILLBOARD @ 3PM IN FRONT OF BEVERAGES & MORE ON STANYAN AND GEARY IN SAN FRANCISCO
Farm Workers with Gallo of Sonoma have been working without a contract for over a year. The Gallo family has consistently refused to sing a contract that would honor the backbone of their business. Throughout this passed year the workers have organized tirelessly to change the tide against their sobering reality. They are fighting to receive higher wage...
Posted: Mon, Mar 7, 2005 2:00pm PST
American Workers: Smarter but Poorer American workers are more educated and literate than ever, but their real wages are below the peak in the mid-1970s....
Posted: Mon, Mar 7, 2005 7:51am PST
Spain: Battle over Gijón Shipyard Escalates 
The protracted struggle of the shipyard workers of Naval Gijón escalated on March 3, as workers fired home-made rockets at riot police....
Posted: Sun, Mar 6, 2005 12:29pm PST
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