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Take Action: Stop The Attack on Tenants in East Palo Alto! Take action for tenants in East Palo Alto....
Posted: Wed, Aug 13, 2008 2:05pm PDT
Stanford Hospital Workers to Vote on Union 
On July 31, in a display of anti-union sentiment, Stanford barred union members from delivering a letter to their hospital administration. Supported by Assemblyman Ira Ruskin and Assemblywoman Sally Lieber, union members appealed to hospital management to bargain in good faith. This week an administrative law judge ruled that the union failed to proved to Stanford that it still represents the employees; they will vote anew on representation in September.
Photo courtesy SEIU-UHW...
Posted: Tue, Aug 12, 2008 3:55am PDT
Federal Court Upholds Ban on Voter Registration in VA Hospitals 
After four years of legal review, the 9th US Circuit Court of Appeals has upheld the Veterans Administration policy barring voter registration drives inside its hospitals. The VA's policy is seen by many as being in clear violation of the First Amendment and may still be appealed. Veterans for Peace member Lennox Sweeney, who fought for the right to register veterans of any party at VA hospitals, died while the case was being reviewed.
Photo by Jeff Paterson: Sweeney at an Oakland, CA Pea...
Posted: Sun, Aug 10, 2008 6:41pm PDT
Page Mill Properties' War on East Palo Alto 
This is Part II of We Built This City on Rent Control
Photo: Residents and Raging Grannies Rally in front of Page Mill Properties on August 1....
Posted: Mon, Aug 4, 2008 12:21am PDT
Stanford Hospital's Big Union Busting Move 
Assemblywoman Sally Lieber and SEIU-UHW healthcare workers were physically barred from entering Stanford Hospital to deliver an "open letter" to administrators on July 31. Both Stanford and Lucile Packard Hospitals in Palo Alto abruptly withdrew recognition of the union on July 29.
Indybay spoke with the Assemblywoman who is urging hospital management to remain neutral and refrain from employee intimidation. Service Employees International Union/United Healthcare Workers-West is the larg...
Posted: Sat, Aug 2, 2008 7:31pm PDT
We Built This City on Rent Control 
After suffering for years from the abuses of absentee landlords, East Palo Alto organized as a community in order to create rent stabilization in 1984. Many years later Page Mill Properties is using legal loopholes and bullying tactics that threaten apartment tenants and the very core of a city built on rent control.
Photo by R. Robertson: August 1st demonstration at the front door of Page Mill Properties' office....
Posted: Sat, Aug 2, 2008 3:13am PDT
Protest Rent Increases in East Palo Alto 
Join us at either of two locations:
Rally starts at 4pm in front of 5 Newell Ct, East Palo Alto
and precedes by caravan to
480 Cowper St. Palo (near University Ave in downtown
Palo Alto).
Gather at Cowper St address in front of
Page Mill Properties from 4:30pm....
Event Date: Fri, Aug 1, 2008 4:00pm PDT
Posted: Thu, Jul 31, 2008 11:53pm PDT
CRASH THE RNC: a call to action for activists and radicals of all stripes 
click image below for large printable poster (2.6mb) — 17"x11" and larger...
Posted: Thu, Jul 31, 2008 4:29pm PDT
Thanks to Everyone For Your Support Covering Indybay's Costs 
We want to send a big THANKS! to all the people, organizations, collectives, and movements that have helped to cover Indybay's financial costs. We recognize these donations as an expression of appreciation for Indybay and the Indymedia websites we host....
Posted: Thu, Jul 31, 2008 2:41pm PDT
East Palo Alto: Property Company Violating Rent Control 
Photo: Annie Loya of YUCA (Youth United for Community Action) and Granny Barbara of the Raging Grannies Action League. Both groups are alarmed by rent increases in East Palo Alto and have worked together on phone call campaigns to Page Mill Properties.
A class action suit was filed by residents on July 15, and the city of East Palo Alto has taken legal action against the private investment firm....
Posted: Mon, Jul 28, 2008 5:57pm PDT
Trees and Bike Paths Endangered in Palo Alto 
Save our Trees! Protect Our Green Space! Preserve Plans for Bike Boulevards!
Palo Alto residents and San Francisco Peninsula bike commuters are challenging Santa Clara County's plan to widen Middlefield Rd. near Oregon Expressway....
Posted: Sun, Jul 27, 2008 12:37am PDT
Journalists Fired for Union Organizing: 
Within weeks of forming a union, employees of Bay Area News Group were shocked at the seemingly retaliatory firings of at least 20 journalists who had worked to form the East Bay bargaining unit.
Last week the Northern California Media Workers Guild filed unfair labor practice charges with the National Labor Relations Board.
Bay Area News Group East Bay includes the Oakland Tribune and other papers....
Posted: Fri, Jul 25, 2008 2:18am PDT
BMW strikers close to resolution with Autonation 
At least some of the strikers at BMW/Mini in Mountain View, California may go back to work as early as August 4.
Negotiations between the IAM & AW Local 1101 and Autonation (new owners of the local car dealership) have been
on again off again for 8 weeks. The mega dealership aims to slash the pay and benefits of auto service technicians
at both the BMW and Mini dealerships.
PHOTO: BMW Foreman and a member of the dramatic Raging Grannies pose under the giant RAT on the picket line....
Posted: Wed, Jul 23, 2008 12:18pm PDT
BMW workers vote today on contract 
Local 1101, International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers, may be getting close to reaching an agreement with Autonation, the mega car dealership that now owns Allison BMW in Mountain View, CA....
Posted: Tue, Jul 22, 2008 1:25pm PDT
Strike at Allison BMW update 
Striking workers at Allison BMW and Mini Cooper showed up in force Saturday morning to support negotiations scheduled for 10 am at the Mountain View dealership. At the last minute, Autonation inc., the parent company of Allison BMW, demanded the location of the talks be moved to a Dublin Ca....
Posted: Sun, Jul 20, 2008 9:43pm PDT
Autonation NO-SHOW at the Bargaining Table 
By R. Robertson
Workers and their families asked, "Autonation, Where Are You?" when the giant car dealer backed out of scheduled negotiations at the last minute. Talks were to be held at the Mountain View, CA dealership today, but Autonation tried to move the meeting to an East Bay location, far from an exuberant rally. Community members joined the picket line in support of striking members of IAM Local 1101.
Autonation, has 321 new vehicle franchises in 15 states, one of which is All...
Posted: Sat, Jul 19, 2008 3:01pm PDT
Police Link Crimes to Strike at BMW Mtn View 
Despite zero arrests and no suspects, Mountain View police are pointing the finger at striking BMW service technicians for crimes including felony vandalism at the local auto dealership. In latest talks dealership owner AutoNation, which posted $4.0 billion in revenues in the first quarter of 2008, actually offered the workers less, not more, than what they proposed before the strike began. Negotiations resume SATURDAY July 19 at the dealership at the intersection of Grant and El Camino Real...
Posted: Fri, Jul 18, 2008 6:58pm PDT
FCC Chairman to Seek Enforcement Action Against Comcast 
Giant Cable Company Guilty of Blocking Internet Traffic and Not Adequately Disclosing Bandwidth Restrictions...
Posted: Thu, Jul 17, 2008 3:23am PDT
Strike at Allison BMW in Mountain View 
Auto Technicians and Service Advisors represented by the International association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers Union, IAM Local 1101, went on strike the day after their contract with Allison BMW expired, May 31 2008....
Posted: Sun, Jul 13, 2008 10:05pm PDT
Congresswoman Speier: Full speed for war with Iran. Last year Jackie Speier was planning to run against long-time incumbent Tom Lantos because of his unpopular strong initial support for the war in Iraq. Now in Congress, she seems to be channeling his ghost. Speier is now the only Bay Area Congressperson to cosponsor H Con Res 362, an AIPAC-supported resolution calling for a naval blockade of Iran, an act of war....
Posted: Sat, Jul 12, 2008 11:47am PDT
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