Sacramento marchers celebrate Chavez legacy

Marchers arrive at Cesar Chavez Park, Sacramento Some of the over 800 marchers, many of them youth, arrived at Cesar Chavez Park on Saturday March 27,2010, as a part of the celebration of the Cesar Chavez holiday in California. The annual march, sponsored by Sacramento LACLAA and local organizations including DSA, this year focused on [...]

When a Union Acts like a Big Corporation: A report from SEIU’s civil trial against California union reformers

by Carl Finamore The quiet decorum of a court room is a far cry from a union hall. But in San Francisco, it is precisely in a federal court where an extremely crucial and unprecedented debate is taking place that may fundamentally alter how much democratic control members exercise over local union chapters. The 1.8 [...]

NYC DSAers tell Trader Joe’s to Pay Farmworkers a Fair Wage

By Maria Svart On Thursday, March 18th, NYC DSAers rallied with activists from Jobs with Justice and the Alliance for Fair Food in front of the Trader Joe’s supermarket in Union Square. We expressed our solidarity with the Coalition of Immokalee Workers (CIW) in their fight to get a just wage for the hardworking men [...]

Stewart Acuff on unions and the global economic crisis

On Sunday, March 21, 2010, Stewart Acuff participated in the Left Forum in New York City. He was a featured panelist at the event, speaking about the current economic crisis and the role unions are playing in reaction.

Cesar Chavez March : Sacramento March 27

Sacramento. 10th. Annual Cesar Chavez Day March. For Jobs, Education, Immigration Reform and Justice. March 27,2010. Cesar Chavez Park. 10th. And J. Street. Sacramento. Sponsored by Labor Council for Latin American Advancement, DSA and others. César Chávez: “Presente” By Duane E. Campbell The spirit of Cesar Chavez lives on in the struggle for union rights [...]

Defying Health Care Advocates, SEIU-UHW Backs Sutter’s CPMC Mega-Hospital

by Randy Shaw Breaking with a large coalition of community groups and citywide health care advocates, SEIU-UHW has agreed to publicly support Sutter Health’s controversial 550-bed CPMC mega-hospital planned for San Francisco. The proposed project has aroused widespread opposition among citywide health care advocates, as it is linked with Sutter’s plan to reduce acute care [...]

Viva La Causa: Sacramento

On March 24, the Serna Center in Sacramento will have a special showing of documentary movie Viva La Causa: The Story of the Great Movement for Social Justice led by Cesar Chavez and Dolores Huerta. The film will be introduced by Peter Barid, reporter from 1972-1974 for El Malcriado , the UFW newspaper. There will [...]

March 24 Boston Rally for Good Jobs Now! Make Wall Street Pay!

Big Wall Street banks brought on America’s worst financial crisis since the great depression. While their actions destroyed America’s jobs, homes, and hope, the big banks got billions in taxpayer bailouts–and went back to business as usual. It’s time to tell the banks to start paying for America’s recovery by investing in GOOD JOBS NOW! [...]

Trumka on the health care vote

When I was at the Capitol last night lobbying House members to vote for the health care reform legislation, I took with me your strength and that of millions of union members and health care activists like you. Winning the historic health care vote in the House simply could not have happened without you. The [...]

Unions march for California’s future

By David Bacon Shafter, CA – As the March for California’s Future left Bakersfield, marchers trudged past almond trees just breaking into their spring blooms. From Shafter and Wasco across dozens of miles to the west, white and pink petals have turned the ground rosy, while branches overhead are dusted with the delicate green of [...]