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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
Tonight: Protest Against Wal-Mart in Oakland Town Hall Meeting
When: Wednesday Evening, March 23rd 2005, 6:30 - 8:30 PM
Where: ILWU Local 6 Union Hall, 99 Hegenberger Road (cross street
Pardee)...
Posted: Wed, Mar 23, 2005 1:07am PST
US Labor Speaks Out on The War (video/quicktime 48.1MB)
On March 19, 2005, hundreds of Bay Area trade unionists and workers joined together in a rally and march against the war. They speak about the connection of the war and the attack on workers at home....
Posted: Tue, Mar 22, 2005 11:23pm PST
Clovis experiments with privatization of city services
Clovis City Council unanimously votes to delay a request by a Clovis woman to name a new city park in memory of her son...
Posted: Mon, Mar 21, 2005 11:17pm PST
San Francisco port workers shutting down docks to protest war
There’s a rising tide of workers’ anger against the war in Iraq and the cuts in government programs to pay for it -- in enforcement of worker- safety laws, health care, Social Security, education and jobs. The recent victory of the nurses’ union over Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger’s attempt to deny adequate staffing ratios in hospitals shows that labor can turn the tide....
Posted: Mon, Mar 21, 2005 5:56am PST
What's next for California's nurses and their patients?
California nurses recently won a well-publicized battle against Gov.. Schwarzenegger and the hospital owner's lobby, but this isn't the first time the lobby has tried to manipulate regulations designed to protect patients....
Posted: Sat, Mar 19, 2005 11:21pm PST
Photos From Labor Contingent At Anti-War Protest
Several hundred labor rights activists (and groups defending Social Security) gathered behind the tenis courts near 18th and Delores before the main anti-war protest. After many speakers, the labor contingent joined the main march to Civic Center....
Posted: Sat, Mar 19, 2005 3:14pm PST
92% of UC Service Workers Vote to Strike
Low-Wage Workers Say 'Disrespect' and 'Bad-Faith Bargaining' Are Key...
Posted: Thu, Mar 17, 2005 8:46am PST