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14,500 jobs to be slashed at Hewlett-Packard
Computer and printer giant Hewlett-Packard (HP) revealed plans July 19 to eliminate 14,500 jobs, or some 10 percent of its global workforce of 151,000. The company, based in Palo Alto, California, also said it would freeze the pension and retiree medical-program benefits of certain employees, increasing instead its contributions to most of these workers’ 401(k) plans....
Posted: Wed, Jul 20, 2005 6:25am PDT
7/23: Carwash in San Jose
FREE CARWASH!
Donations only.
-When-
Saturday July 23, 2005
@ 8:00am - 4:00pm
-Where-
80 S. White Road San Jose...
Posted: Tue, Jul 19, 2005 9:43am PDT
7/21: Please join demonstration in San Jose in support of Haiti
Date: Thursday, July 21st 2005
Where: French Consulate
Address: 2 North Second Street
near corner of Santa Clara St, San Jose, CA
Times: lunchtime protest @ 11:30am - 12:30pm
and evening protest @ 4:00pm - 6:00pm...
Posted: Mon, Jul 18, 2005 11:27pm PDT
Photos from 7/16 Commemorative Event for Bich Cau Thi Tran
Photos from memorial for young mother who was killed by the SJPD. She was in her own kitchen, holding a vegetable peeler. Police officer shot her within 8 seconds of entering the house....
Posted: Sun, Jul 17, 2005 11:39pm PDT
Santa Cruz WAMM March Refutes Federal Oppression
Yesterday's WAMM march in Santa Cruz was an
inspiring event that spoke powerfully to the absurdity of the federal
war on marijuana. Supporters filled the city's central district,
marching from Pacific Garden Mall to City Hall, where political
leaders expressed their solidarity in the midst of wheelchair-bound
patients and live marijuana plants....
Posted: Sun, Jul 17, 2005 11:04pm PDT
7/20+27: Protests at DAs office in San Jose
I'm announcing protests at the Santa Clara County
District Attorney(DA) Office - at the corner of
San Pedro and Hedding in San Jose....
Posted: Sun, Jul 17, 2005 3:45pm PDT
Updated Call to Action: Vigils Honoring Steven McWilliams
Currently, there are vigils planned in
sixteen cities across the country...
Posted: Fri, Jul 15, 2005 2:10pm PDT
"Forever in our Hearts" Justice Fest 2005
The Justice for Eric Kleemeyer Foundation presents: the "Forever in our Hearts" Justice Fest 2005 featuring Rick James' Stone City Band, more live music entertainment, a giant raffle, food, drinks, and INFORMATION about police brutatlity....
Posted: Thu, Jul 14, 2005 4:54pm PDT
WAMM March this Saturday July 16th, 2005
The Wo/Men's Alliance for Medical Marijuana, supporting organizations
and the community at large sponsor the WAMM March for Medical Marijuana
on Saturday, July 16th, 2005 at 12 noon on the Pacific Garden Mall, in
downtown Santa Cruz....
Posted: Wed, Jul 13, 2005 11:01pm PDT
San Jose Medical Center Site Community Forum
San Jose Medical Center Site
(formerly located at 14th and Santa Clara)
Community Forum
Sunday July 24th at 2 pm...
Posted: Tue, Jul 12, 2005 9:46pm PDT
7/16: Two Year Commemorative Event for Bich Cau Thi Tran
WHAT: Two year commemorative event for Bich Cau Thi Tran
WHERE: Vietnamese American Community of Northern California – 115 E. Gish Road, Second Floor, San Jose, CA 95112 between North First Street and North Fourth Street.
WHEN: Saturday, July 16, 2005 from 1:30 pm to 3:00 pm...
Posted: Tue, Jul 12, 2005 2:17pm PDT
Help stop Santa Clara County Shelter from closing one day a week and killing more
A friend in Santa Clara County asked that I forward the following alert....
Posted: Wed, Jul 6, 2005 5:59pm PDT
DOMESTIC WORKERS FIGHT BACK
Domestic workers and day laborers gathered at Giron's Housecleaning Services to demonstrate against the company's illegal acts and unjust treatment of its employees. The early June rally was in support of Dominga Lugo's suit for unpaid wages against her former employer....
Posted: Mon, Jun 27, 2005 1:03pm PDT
Anarchist Action Palo Alto: March Against War, Empire and Capitalism (video/quicktime 42.5MB)
On the evening of June 25, several hundred people took to the streets of downtown Palo Alto to march against war, empire and capitalism....
Posted: Mon, Jun 27, 2005 1:50am PDT
Anarchist Action in the streets of Palo Alto
On the evening of June 25, several hundred people took to the streets of downtown Palo Alto to march against war, empire and capitalism....
Posted: Sun, Jun 26, 2005 3:43am PDT
Petitions 4 Justice
Please take a minute to view the following websites for Justice, for families of victims of Police Britality in California, created by Idriss Stelley Foundation...
Posted: Thu, Jun 23, 2005 12:03am PDT
THE HEAT IS ON ! Justice4JulioAyala
Press conference and Protest, 6-21-05, San MateoCounty Board of Supervisors...
Posted: Wed, Jun 22, 2005 10:29pm PDT
STOP ROMIC HAZARDOUS WASTE! Gila River and East Palo Alto Unite!
Unite for a Toxic Free City...Meet and dialogue with Tribe members of Gila River in Arizona. Romic Environmental Technologies, a hazardous waste recycling plant, has a facility located on Gila River Tribe land. Romic in
Gila River has NEVER had a FULL operating permit OR an Environmental Impact Report!...
Posted: Wed, Jun 22, 2005 5:13pm PDT
Transkids and Transfamilies event July 29 - 31 in Los Gatos
Join with other parents, family and friends for a weekend of sharing
and
support...
Posted: Wed, Jun 22, 2005 12:37am PDT