Subscribe by emailOn September 24th, students, faculty, staff and alumni at University of California (UC) schools participated in a day of coordinated walkouts and rallies in defense of the future of public education. Hundreds rallied at the base of the UC Santa Cruz campus to protest the privatization of the UC system, which includes student fee [...]
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Labor Organizing and Independent Media are Not Crimes
Posted in Government, Labor, Media, Police on Aug 31st, 2008
On August 31st, members of the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW) were accompanying their fellow worker, Erik Forman, to his first day back on the job at Starbucks in the Mall of America in Bloomington, Minnesota. Erik was recently fired for labor organizing, although that was not the official explanation given by Starbucks.
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Neighbors and Labor Rally Against La Behemoth; Change to Zoning Law
Posted in Environment, Labor, Solidarity & Outreach on Aug 21st, 2008
On August 21st, workers and Santa Cruz community members rallied in front of La Bahia protesting a variety of issues, including the ratio of unionized labor during the reconstruction and then operation of the new hotel. Neighbors, particularly those that live on First Street, are upset that the proposed project exceeds the current legal [...]
Incoming UC Santa Cruz students and their families got an official orientation to college on July 17th while campus service workers were striking for the fourth day in a row. Since 2004, the Student and Worker Coalition for Justice (SWCJ) at UC Santa Cruz has been working to spread awareness and solidarity with the [...]
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El Enemigo Común- Gloria Arenas demands freedom for Atenco prisoners at the Molino de Flores Otro Plantón
- The political prisoners of Santiago Xanica: What do they want? Freedom!
- Juan Manuel Martinez Moreno is free!
- Judicial authorities endorse impunity in Oaxaca. Ulises Ruiz and accomplices are exonerated from the case of Emeterio
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