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5000+ PROTEST AT THE RITZ
RALLY AGAINST ARONLD'S CORPORATE CORRUPTION...
Posted: Thu, Apr 7, 2005 10:54pm PDT
Greet the Governor in Berkeley Friday Morning!
Friday, April 8
BAYER
800 Dwight Way, Berkeley
9:30AM...
Posted: Thu, Apr 7, 2005 5:45pm PDT
Support UC Berkeley's Campus Workers!
On April 14, campus workers will go on strike to fight for their rights and for a fair contract....
Posted: Thu, Apr 7, 2005 1:52pm PDT
more pix of anti Schwarznegger rally 4/5/05
plenty of pissed off people tried to "greet" Schwarznegger
at the SF Ritz this last tues, but strangely, he was nowhere to be found.......
Posted: Thu, Apr 7, 2005 3:40am PDT
Labor Protests Schwartzenegger at SF Ritz-Carlton Big Money Fundraiser (audio/mpeg 31.1MB)
thousands of labor activists protest Gov. Schwarzenegger's anti-worker policies - including his proposed special election - and try to shut down street entrances at April 5th fundraising dinner (35 min)...
Posted: Wed, Apr 6, 2005 11:29pm PDT
Schwarzenegger's Supper of Shame
The governor who claims he "kicks butt" never showed his outside his exclusive soiree at the Ritz carlton...
Posted: Wed, Apr 6, 2005 6:14pm PDT
Anti-Schwarzenegger Rally in San Francisco
Special folks from all walks of life turn out in San Francisco to confront the Governor....
Posted: Wed, Apr 6, 2005 10:40am PDT
Over 5,000 Protest Schwarzenegger in San Francisco
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger had to slip into the Ritz Carlton in the early afternoon to avoid the rath of thousands of protesters for a fundraiser with the richest of the rich. It was expected that Schwarzenegger would raise over $100,000 to finance his reactionary special election....
Posted: Wed, Apr 6, 2005 2:00am PDT
TONIGHT 6PM: Arnold's foes are grow louder
If there's doubt Republican Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's special-election push is in big trouble, foes in the Bay Area plan to crush it today....
Posted: Tue, Apr 5, 2005 2:19pm PDT
Interview with Valerie Orth on Creating Sweatshop-Free Communities (audio/mpeg 9.1MB)
Valerie Orth is working on a campaign to create "Sweat Free communities" -- passing government procurement legislation that bans sweatshop-produced goods here in the bay area. Before joining Global Exchange, Valerie represented industrial laundry workers in California with UNITE Local 75....
Posted: Tue, Apr 5, 2005 10:14am PDT
4/9: Social Security Townhall!
WHEN: Saturday, April 9, 2005
9:30 am – 12:30 pm
WHERE: United Healthcare Workers West, 560 Thomas Berkeley Way (20th Street), Oakland
(Service Employees International Union – SEIU 250) – 3rd Floor...
Posted: Mon, Apr 4, 2005 11:00pm PDT
San Franciscans, 'Welcome' Arnold to SF this Tuesday
Join nurses, firefighters, teachers, community activists, union
members, seniors, students and more in protesting Arnold's attempts to
privatize California's public pension program, dangerously increase
nurse-to-patient ratios in hospitals and cut education funding via an
expensive and unnecessary special election....
Posted: Mon, Apr 4, 2005 10:24pm PDT
PROTECT SOCIAL SECURITY (more pictures)
RALLY TO PROTECT SOCIAL SECURITY...
Posted: Sun, Apr 3, 2005 11:00pm PDT
Photos of contingents from the Cesar Chavez Holiday Parade (2)
Some of the contingents from the 2005 Cesar Chavez Parade in San Francisco...
Posted: Sun, Apr 3, 2005 6:34pm PDT
Photos from Cesar Chavez Parade (1)
Here are some photos from today's Cesar Chavez Parade in San Francisco....
Posted: Sun, Apr 3, 2005 6:28pm PDT
Pictures From April 3rd Rally Against Comcast
Pictures From April 3rd Rally Against Comcast...
Posted: Sun, Apr 3, 2005 5:09pm PDT
March in honor of Cesar Chavez is held in Fresno
Photos from the Cesar Chavez march held in Fresno on April 2, 2005...
Posted: Sat, Apr 2, 2005 7:04pm PST
Pictures From Coalition Of University Employees Protest Against Bad-Faith Bargaining by UC
UC diverts funds from executive salaries to raise worker wages.... April Fools!
UC says it values its work force but while UC has plenty of money for its "priorities," it does not have a dime for unionized workers?! How much longer can UC get away with this bad joke?...
Posted: Fri, Apr 1, 2005 7:28pm PST
Hands Off Social Security!
Over 1,000 people demonstrated in front of the offices of Charles Schwab to denounce the Social Security privitization scheme of the Bush Aministration. Unions, senior centers and community groups came out in large numbers....
Posted: Fri, Apr 1, 2005 2:24pm PST