Jobs With Justice | San Francisco

from BeyondChron

by Peter Olney, Nov. 4, 2011

Inspired by the Occupy movement over 100 people showed up this week outside the homes of two African American families in the Bay View, one of the traditional black neighborhoods of San Francisco. A year ago or even two months ago, this home defense led by ACCE would have scraped to enlist 1-20 people to be present. Now buoyed by the effervescence of the Occupy moment, unionists, community leaders and politicians all swarmed Quesada Avenue in San Francisco. A high point was when a jubilant and visibly moved black homeowner came out her door and called the assembled group “her angels of mercy.” Then the banners of Occupy San Francisco arrived to cheers of all present: “They got bailed out, we got thrown out!” rang through the streets as we marched to two of the fourteen houses on the same street being foreclosed. Continue reading →

SOLIDARITY WITH VERIZON WORKERS

APPLE STORE RALLY AND PRESS CONFERENCE

Oct. 14th, 2011 (iPhone 4S release)

12:30pm

@Apple Store, One Stockton Street (near Market) SF

Continuous leafletting from 7:30am onward

FIGHT FOR MIDDLE CLASS JOBS AT VERIZON AND VERIZON WIRELESS CONTINUES

CWA, IBEW, MoveOn.Org, US Action, Jobs with Justice, and the National People’s Alliance Team Up for “Campaign to Save Middle Class”

WASHINGTON, DC – The Communications Workers of America and the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, joined by allies including MoveOn.org, the AFL-CIO, US Action, Jobs with Justice, and the National People’s Alliance announced today the next stage in the fight for middle-class jobs at Verizon and Verizon Wireless.

The groups are launching the nationwide iWon’t Campaign, asking Americans to delay upgrading to the new iPhone on Verizon Wireless until the company agrees to a fair contract with its workers.  The campaign, which includes online outreach by MoveOn.org and other groups, advertising, grassroots outreach and leafleting at hundreds of Verizon Wireless stores, is timed around the launch of Apple’s new iPhone expected on Tuesday, October 4th. Continue reading →