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9th Circuit Court Decision: Employers Can Require Women's Makeup The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled on December 28th, 2004 that a female employee fired for refusing to wear makeup cannot sue her employer for sex discrimination....
Posted: Sat, Jan 8, 2005 12:42pm PST
Hotel Workers United Update: DC, LA, SF With the holidays over and the 2nd Inauguration of George W. Bush fast approaching, D.C.'s union hotel workers will be stepping up the pressure on hotel management to get a fair citywide hotel contract. Meanwhile, negotiations continue in San Francisco...The boycott of the 9 hotels in Los Angeles has put significant pressure on the Employers' Council as a growing number of customers are honoring the boycott of nine upscale LA hotels....
Posted: Fri, Jan 7, 2005 3:46pm PST
Labor TV Show OnThe Coming War At SF Chron&Crisis In AFL-CIO&Future Of Labor Now On Web Labor On The Job is now streaming it's show The Coming War At SF Chron & Crisis In AFL-CIO & Future Of Labor...
Posted: Sun, Jan 2, 2005 5:18pm PST
The Fight in California 
Two weeks, the supermarket workers in northern California had a protest, against the efforts of Safeway and other strong chains of cutting again the health insurance in the negotiations of a new union contract in this part of the neighbor of the north....
Posted: Sun, Dec 26, 2004 11:21pm PST
Nursing Home Workers at SF Jewish Home CANCEL Christmas Strike After Requests From Family Nursing Home Workers at SF Jewish Home CANCEL Christmas Strike After Requests From Family Members, Senator Boxer...
Posted: Thu, Dec 23, 2004 11:39pm PST
Peace and Freedom Party Supports Striking Nurses 
Contract negotiations at a standstill. UMC nurses strike....
Posted: Thu, Dec 23, 2004 6:30pm PST
Nurses Strike in Fresno 
Nurses from University Medical Center (UMC) were on strike today. The one day strike was called by nurses who are members of the California Nurses Association (CNA) to pressure management to bargain in good faith....
Posted: Thu, Dec 23, 2004 6:07pm PST
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
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