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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
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
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
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
Nurses Win Major Victory against Nazi Anti-Labor Schwarznegger
The cheers reverberated among all supporters of labor in all 58 counties of California and across the nation as the California Nurses Association won confirmation in Sacramento Superior Court on March 4, 2005 of its hard-fought victory to reduce nurse-patient ratios, saving our lives and mandating decent working conditions for nurses....
Posted: Sat, Mar 5, 2005 3:53am PST
Muni's $729,000 hammer
The Chronicle's Monday editorial "A timely fare hike" endorsing a
Muni fare hike is no surprise: we progressives know the right-wing California Hearsts are pro-business/anti-consumer and responsible for leading the war to grant downtown businesses tax breaks that are forcing the city's residents to assume the financial burden of balancing San Francisco's budget.
It is also no surprise that SPUR's Jim Chappell endorsed the fare
hike: the right-wing think tank is also aligned and...
Posted: Fri, Mar 4, 2005 11:15pm PST
Farm Worker Solidarity Action
Gallo farmworkers have been without a contract for over 16 months. Come support them at this "human billboard" action....
Posted: Fri, Mar 4, 2005 10:15am PST
Spontaneous Strike Shuts Down Cable Car System
Cable car workers strike to protest the firing of two union members....
Posted: Thu, Mar 3, 2005 6:58pm PST
UAL Engineers Fight for A Contract (video/quicktime 12.6MB)
300 UAL engineers of IFPTE Union Local 20 have been fight since 2002 for a contract at UAL. This video shows why they are out on the street calling for justice. 4 min. 12.5 MB...
Posted: Thu, Mar 3, 2005 1:24pm PST
We Fresnans dissent from Papa Arnold's "optional" lunch
We Fresnans dissent from Papa Arnold's "optional" lunch. 2.5 minute video...
Posted: Wed, Mar 2, 2005 7:17pm PST
Sutter Press Round-Up 3/2/05
Health care purchasers last week called on the elected members
of the Peninsula Health Care District to include pricing &
quality protections in a contract it is negotiating with
Sutter's Mills-Peninsula Medical Center in San Mateo County.
CalPERS, Blue Shield and Blue Cross report that Sutter's prices
are as much as 80% higher than the statewide average, allowing
Sutter to earn record profits...
Posted: Wed, Mar 2, 2005 4:08pm PST
2:30pm today- Protest Arnold in Hayward
TODAY, WEDS., March 2 2:30 PM
American Blinds Corp.
1168 San Luis Obispo St
Hayward, CA 94544...
Posted: Wed, Mar 2, 2005 3:26pm PST
Support Worker Organizing in SF- former Levitz and DPW Workers
La Raza Centro Legal is assisting some Bay Area workers to organize and
fight against racism and exploitation at the job. THESE WORKERS NEED YOUR
SUPPORT! Please join us for one, or both, of the below actions!!...
Posted: Tue, Mar 1, 2005 11:29pm PST
Local 2 Organizes Upcoming "Boycott Actions"
Monday, February 27
PALACE HOTEL (Market at New Montgomery)
2pm - 6pm
WEDNESDAY, March 2
MARK HOPKINS HOTEL (Mason & California)
2pm - 6pm...
Posted: Sun, Feb 27, 2005 11:59pm PST