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California Healthcare Workers Form New Statewide Union The National Leadership of Service Employees International Union and Locals 250 and 399 today announced the results of a membership vote by both locals, approving a new constitution uniting them into a new statewide union with more than 130,000 members...
Posted: Wed, Dec 15, 2004 9:30pm PST
Open Letter to President Bush from IAEFF IAEFF wants Bush to extend freedom medal to AFL-CIO leaders...
Posted: Wed, Dec 15, 2004 11:52am PST
Attacking Wal-Mart's Supply Chain Wal-Mart's zeal to "hold the lowest feasible [inventory] level while avoiding the risks of 'stock outs,'" its competitive advantage, is also the weak link in its anti-union empire....
Posted: Wed, Dec 15, 2004 7:47am PST
Protest persecution of Italian anarchist Massimo Passamani Italian anarchist, Massimo Passamani is going on trial on December 16 for "multiple aggravated injury" to a fascist city councilor. Here is his statement about the incident:...
Posted: Tue, Dec 14, 2004 1:50pm PST
The Boss Who Stole Christmas (A Christmas Tale For Workers) A very merry Christmas tale....
Posted: Mon, Dec 13, 2004 7:51pm PST
Raging Grannies at Walmart 
The Peninsula Raging Grannies protested in their inimical style in front of the Mountain view Wal-Mart Saturday, December 11. http://PeninsulaRagingGrannies.org...
Posted: Sun, Dec 12, 2004 5:00pm PST
Million Worker March in Japan (video/quicktime 28.2MB) Million Worker March in Japan in support of hotel workers...
Posted: Sun, Dec 12, 2004 10:18am PST
Building Bridges Radio - Massacre of Workers in the Phillipines Building Bridges:Your Community and Labor Report presents this 28 minute radio program. TO LISTEN CLICK ON WEB LINK BELOW....
Posted: Sat, Dec 11, 2004 7:42am PST
Picket the Claremont - Saturday, Dec. 18. - Noon 
Jobs With Justice Solidarity Action...
Posted: Fri, Dec 10, 2004 10:59pm PST
Sutter replacement worker fired for falling asleep during Caesarean section SUTTER REPLACEMENT WORKER FIRED FOR FALLING ASLEEP DURING
CAESAREAN SECTION...
Posted: Thu, Dec 9, 2004 6:38pm PST
Stockton IWW Truckers Strike Again! 20 Independent Stockton Truckers organized under the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW), went on strike today, against unfair practices of the Kach trucking company....
Posted: Thu, Dec 9, 2004 6:09pm PST
Millions on Strike The general strike in Italy was directed against the budget draft of the italian government and its tax policy. Instead of lowering the top tax rates, tax evasion should be combated. The five million pensioners need relief, not the rich....
Posted: Thu, Dec 9, 2004 10:37am PST
Black Farmers Historic Lawsuit Black Farmers Seek to Resolve Historic Lawsuit...
Posted: Wed, Dec 8, 2004 11:30am PST
How U.S. Corporations Illegally Sponsor Foreign Workers Those job ads are strange for a reason....
Posted: Tue, Dec 7, 2004 7:09am PST
S. KOREA. 12.6/Last Week's Struggle Report Migrant workers in S. Korea, now since one year and three weeks in sit-in strike, are always participating the local class struggle....
Posted: Mon, Dec 6, 2004 8:32am PST
Breakthrough at 1st Latin American Working Class Film & Video Festival The first Latin American Working Class Film and Video Festival was held in Buenos Aires this past month. Plans are being made to tour it throughout the US and internationally....
Posted: Sun, Dec 5, 2004 12:32pm PST
How Low Can You Go? Hospital Workers Locked Out (video/mpeg 8.2MB) Caregivers from SEIU 250 and CNA are mobilizing to get the word out about the out-of-control, rogue "non-profit" "community-based" healthcare corporation, Sutter. Yesterday a community forum was held in downtown Oakland....
Posted: Sat, Dec 4, 2004 7:17am PST
Sen. Boxer Pays Millions for Churches, not Bus Service, Healthcare California Democrats Senator Boxer and Rep Farr are sponsored a bill to pay $10 million for repairing Catholic missions, in clear violation of their oath of office to separate Church and State, while San Francisco bus riders are threatened with a fare increase to pay for buses and the people of San Francisco are threatened with a TB epidemic due to no money to pay for TB screening of the poor....
Posted: Sat, Dec 4, 2004 12:25am PST
Day 3 SEIU 250 Sutter Strike Newsletter 
On Wed. Dec. 1, registered nurses and hospital workers conducted a one day unfair labor strike at 13 Sutter hospitals throughout Northern
California. Returning to work on Dec. 2nd, the workers were told they were locked out of their jobs until Monday....
Posted: Fri, Dec 3, 2004 5:01pm PST
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