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Stop The Bullying And Union Busting! UCSF AFSCME 3299 Workers Strike 
UCSF service workers who are members of AFSCME 3299 went on strike on November 20, 2013. They have faced bullying and union busting....
Posted: Thu, Nov 21, 2013 7:55pm PST
Oakland Protest/Press Conference Stop Union Busting Against BART Workers Hands Off BART Wo 
In Front Of BART Offices
344 20th St. Oakland, California...
Event Date: Thu, Nov 21, 2013 8:15am PST
Posted: Tue, Nov 19, 2013 10:15pm PST
Port Of Oakland Truckers Association Votes To Authorize Third Work Stoppage Following a meeting last Wednesday with the California Air Resources Board (CARB) and Bay Area Air Quality Management District (BAAQMD), the Port of Oakland Truckers Association (POTA) convened a general membership meeting and voted unanimously for what amounts to a strike authorization if their demands aren’t met....
Posted: Mon, Nov 18, 2013 11:18am PST
Demonstration at San Jose Wendy’s to Highlight Hypocrisy of Founder 782 South Bascom ave Wendy’s, San Jose, CA...
Event Date: Sat, Nov 16, 2013 11:00am PST
Posted: Fri, Nov 15, 2013 8:02pm PST
Flush The TPP - Part 2 . (video/quicktime 28.6MB) Bay Area activists urge Nancy Pelosi to oppose the Trans-Pacific trade agreement.
Four-minute QT movie. 30MB....
Posted: Thu, Nov 14, 2013 9:51am PST
Lessons of the On-Again, Off-Again BART Strike Workers of the Bay Area Rapid Transit system have recently faced one of the most vicious anti-labor attacks since Wisconsin Republicans teamed up with the Democrats to gut public sector unions in 2011. When BART workers walked out in early July the strike was totally effective, but union leaders called it off at the request of Democratic governor Jerry Brown. As management refused to budge from its take-back demands and the anti-union media demonized BART workers, one “fact-finding” and “cool...
Posted: Wed, Nov 13, 2013 4:57pm PST
AFSCME 3299 Announces Nov 20 ULP Strike at University of California 
Oakland: The University of California’s largest union today gave UC Administrators notice that its members will participate in a one day Unfair Labor Practice Strike of UC Campuses and Medical Centers on November 20th. AFSCME 3299 Service and Patient Care workers will be joined on the picket lines by members of the California Nurses Association and UC Santa Cruz’ Skilled Crafts Unit (K7—also represented by AFSCME 3299)—each of whom have authorized a sympathy strike and given notice to UC. See...
Posted: Fri, Nov 8, 2013 5:04pm PST
City Of Oakland Files Suit Against Port Of Oakland Truck Drivers Monday, November 4, 2013 – In what organizers are calling a “major escalation,” the City of Oakland has filed suit against two owner-operator truck drivers for alleged participation in a work stoppage at the Port of Oakland on August 19 of this year. Attorney Dan Siegel will appear for them at court today in a preliminary hearing....
Posted: Mon, Nov 4, 2013 9:01am PST
Student Academic Workers Strive to Bring Many Voices When Bargaining with UC Managers (video/x-flv 11.5MB) University of California student academic workers from around the state who serve as union negotiators gathered at UC Santa Cruz to meet with UC managers during the second day of the northern California bargaining session on October 22. To bring more voices to the process, a rally at Quarry Plaza was held where speakers were heard, which was followed by a march to the Humanities 1 building. When the large group of mostly graduate students reached the bargaining location, which was on the fir...
Posted: Fri, Nov 1, 2013 9:51pm PDT
WorkWeek BART Union Busting, Concession Bargaining And Murder On The Rails 
This segment of KPFA WorkWeek Radio focuses on the BART strike and effort to attack the union, concession bargaining and the murders on the railway of BART replacement workers....
Posted: Thu, Oct 31, 2013 5:05pm PDT
Veolia Hands Off USW Local 8751 Boston School Bus Drivers-Protest Rally At Veolia In SF 
SF school bus drivers who are members of UTU 1741 and other transit workers picketed the SF offices of Veolia Transportation in San Francisco to demand that Veolia in Boston revoke the firing of 5 Boston school bus driver leaders who are members of USW 8751....
Posted: Thu, Oct 31, 2013 3:19pm PDT
WA State Sakuma Farm Workers Leader Ramón Torres Speaks To SF Labor Council 
Ramón Torres, president of the Sakuma farmworkers union Familias Unidas Para la Justicia (United Families for Justice) spoke at the SF Labor Council about their struggle for wages, healthcare and justice...
Posted: Tue, Oct 29, 2013 1:57pm PDT
University of California Bargaining Testimony The testimonials of UC student-workers--TAs, readers, and tutors--about the declining quality and access to education at the University of California. These are stories shared during bargaining for UAW 2865, the UC Student-Workers' Union, in the campaign for a new, fair contract for student-workers....
Posted: Sun, Oct 27, 2013 6:56pm PDT
5 Things You Never Knew You Didn't Know About Oakland's Port Truckers Oakland Port Truckers have been working to improve working conditions and compensation, most notably by staging a wildcat strike and subsequent work slowdown. These are some things you might not have thought to ask, but you ought to know about these Port Truckers....
Posted: Fri, Oct 25, 2013 10:31pm PDT
Please Donate to the Port Truckers Solidarity/Strike Fund 
Strike/Solidarity fund created to help offset organizing and strike costs....
Posted: Fri, Oct 25, 2013 9:15am PDT
Bay Area, California court imposes 60-day strike ban on bus workers * At the request of Democratic Governor Jerry Brown, a Superior Court on Wednesday issued a 60-day injunction against a strike of AC Transit workers in Northern California.
* The injunction comes immediately after unions called off a four-day strike of Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) workers on Monday night.
* The Amalgamated Transit Union (ATU), which claims to represent around 1,600 bus workers in AC Transit as well as many of the BART workers, raised no objection to the injunction, saying ...
Posted: Thu, Oct 24, 2013 11:30pm PDT
Bay Area transit unions move to push through concessions contract * One day after calling off a four-day strike by Bay Area California transit workers, the unions involved have begun holding meetings as part of an effort to push through a concessions agreement reached with management.
* The agreement accepts the entire framework demanded by management, including cuts to health care and pensions and changes to work rules to benefit management.
* Workers...asked the union executive board why they had called off the strike prior to workers voting on the con...
Posted: Thu, Oct 24, 2013 12:02am PDT
Blood On Their Hands-BART Managers, Bosses & Board Kill 2 Workers Who Crossed Strike Line 
BART managers, executives and the BART board of directors allowed untrained workers to run trains killing two workers who had crossed the picket line. There is a long record of violating OSHA rules and using public funds to stop stronger health and safety on the railway....
Posted: Wed, Oct 23, 2013 8:33am PDT
California truckers close Port of Oakland terminal * A group of drivers who own and operate their own trucks, calling themselves the Port of Oakland Truckers Association, struck the Port of Oakland on Monday.
* The strikers defied a temporary order filed last week by an Alameda County judge at the request of city officials barring them from interfering with cargo traffic. Over a hundred drivers met last Friday and voted to carry out Monday’s action.
* At about 7:00 a.m., the picketers were met by lines of baton-wielding police, who herded t...
Posted: Mon, Oct 21, 2013 11:36pm PDT
Unions prepare sell-out of Bay Area, California transit strike * The agreement being worked out accepts all of the basic demands of Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) management, including major concessions in pensions, health care and work rules.
* The ruling class is seeking to make an example of the transit workers as part of its efforts throughout the state and across the country to slash wages, benefits and working conditions.
* Workers should reject the agreement prepared by the unions, BART management and the corporate and political establishment in ...
Posted: Mon, Oct 21, 2013 11:25pm PDT
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