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NINETEENTH ANNUAL WESTERN WORKERS LABOR HERITAGE FESTIVAL NINETEENTH ANNUAL WESTERN WORKERS LABOR HERITAGE FESTIVAL - San Jose
Honoring Dr. Martin Luther King Jr's contribution to the civil rights and labor
movements...
Posted: Wed, Dec 22, 2004 11:32pm PST
SF Mayor Shows Interest in Sweatfree Ordinance Mayor Gavin Newsom has directed San Francisco procurement officials
to begin crafting a sweatfree approach to the city/county’s purchasing procedures.
Initial talks between anti-sweatshop advocates and local officials began this week,
and could affect as much as one billion dollars yearly in total purchasing
decisions....
Posted: Sun, Dec 19, 2004 12:56am PST
SF SWEATFREE CAMPAIGN BEGINS! Mayor Gavin Newsom has directed San Francisco procurement
officials to begin crafting a sweatfree approach to the city/county¹s
purchasing procedures. Initial talks between anti-sweatshop advocates and
local officials began this week, and could affect as much as one billion
dollars yearly in total purchasing decisions....
Posted: Thu, Dec 16, 2004 11:22pm PST
IWW Truckers Go Out On 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 16, 2004 10:12pm PST
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
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
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
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
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
Muni Fare Increase Threatened Again Despite the fact that we suffered a large fare increase in fares for San Francisco buses and trains (SF Muni Railway or Muni) just over 1 year ago, we are again threatened with a fare increase from $1.25 to $1.50 with admittedly no increase in service....
Posted: Thu, Dec 2, 2004 10:03am PST
Labor Leaders Speak Out on KPFA Elections We would like to list a few principles we think are important to keep in mind as we vote for KPFA local board candidates, and as we try to ensure an environment at the station which will produce programming serving our community....
Posted: Wed, Dec 1, 2004 12:23am PST
SF Muni Fare Increase Threatened Again Despite the fact that we suffered a large fare increase in fares for San Francisco buses and trains (SF Muni Railway or Muni) just over 1 year ago, we are again threatened with a fare increase from $1.25 to $1.50 with admittedly no increase in service. We need your protests now to demand that the large Financial District Corporations pay a profits tax to Muni....
Posted: Tue, Nov 30, 2004 7:26pm PST
Fired San Francisco IWW Realfood Workers Get Boost By David Lazarus - San Francisco Chronicle November 24, 2004.
Fired IWW workers at Real Foods may be rehired....
Posted: Mon, Nov 29, 2004 4:02pm PST
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