Occupy SF march, rally and civil disobedience action shuts down Wells Fargo corporate HQ

Posted on October 14, 2011 by admin

By: Bay City News | 10/12/11

Eleven Occupy SF protesters were arrested outside Wells Fargo’s corporate headquarters in downtown San Francisco on Wednesday morning, but police had no plans to arrest more as the demonstration continues, a police lieutenant said.

Dozens of demonstrators sat down during the morning and early afternoon in front of the building, located at 420 Montgomery St. between Sacramento and California streets. The protesters blocked the doors to the Wells Fargo building while others stood around. More demonstrators marched around the block. Continue reading →

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Posted on September 30, 2011 by admin

 

REBOOT THE RAINBOW!

BOOK RELEASE EVENT for Hillbilly Nationalists, Urban Race Rebels and Black Power: Community Organizing in Radical Times

AFTERPARTY FUNDRAISER for Jobs with Justice and San Francisco Community Land Trust

Authors Amy Sonnie and James Tracy will discuss their new book in a conversation with Roxanne Dunbar Ortiz. Hillbilly Nationalists tells the stories of poor and working class whites in the 1960′s-1970′s who rejected racist reaction and joined with the Black Panthers and Young Lords in the original Rainbow Coalitions.

Tuesday, October 4th, 2011

7pm Reading at The Green Arcade Bookstore, 1680 Market Street

8:15pm Drinks, celebration and surprises across the street at Buck Tavern, 1655 Market Street. Afterparty $10 beer bust to jointly benefit Jobs with Justice and the San Francisco Community Land Trust. Continue reading →

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Bay Area Care Congress Short Video

Posted on September 10, 2011 by gordon

On August 20, 2011, over 500 care workers, seniors, people with disabilities and their families and allies gathered at Mission High School for the San Francisco Bay Area Care Congress to launch the Caring Across Generations campaign regionally.  This short video from Pan Left Productions captures the hopeful excitement at this event.

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Solidarity with Hyatt Workers on Strike

Posted on September 10, 2011 by gordon

 

 

 

 

HYATT WORKERS ARE ON STRIKE!

Workers Launch Strikes at San Francisco Grand Hyatt and Hyatt Regency Hotels

Hyatt Workers on Strike at 4 Additional Properties in Chicago, Los Angeles, and Honolulu

Unions and Allied Organizations Called to Adopt Picket Shifts in Solidarity with Hotel Workers

TO ADOPT OR INDIVIDUALLY SIGN UP FOR A PICKET SHIFT, PLEASE CLICK HERE   

On September 8, 2011, 700 San Francisco Grand Hyatt and Hyatt Regency workers joined thousands of Hyatt workers nationwide in launching week-long strikes.  Hyatt has singled itself out as the worst employer in the hotel industry.  Hyatt has abused its housekeepers, replacing career housekeepers with minimum wage temporary workers and imposing dangerous workloads on those housekeepers who remain. By striking, workers are demanding the right to help themselves and other Hyatt workers across the United States contend with an abusive employer, intent on destroying decent jobs.

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