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SUMMARY:A History of ILWU’s Labor Solidarity Actions from Apartheid South Africa to the Zionist Genocidal  War Against Palestinians
DESCRIPTION:(Zoom event) \n(Presentation)\nILWU\, the longshore union\, has been one of the most militant unions when it comes to solidarity actions. Beginning with the 1984 anti-apartheid boycott of a ship from South Africa to the Zionist Genocidal  War Against Palestinians.  \nPresentation by:\nBrian McWilliams– ILWU International Past President\nAnthony Levieges – Activist member of ILWU Ship Clerks Local 34\nJack Heyman – Retired member of ILWU Longshore Local 10 and supporter of the Internationalist Group \n \n \nSponsored by WorkWeek \n 
URL:https://laborfest.net/2024-lf/event/history-of-ilwu-solidarity-actions/
LOCATION:Zoom\, CA\, United States
CATEGORIES:Forum, Reading,Zoom
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240723T173000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240723T193000
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SUMMARY:Silicon Toxic Dumpsites\, Workers Health & Safety & The RICO Case Against Apple
DESCRIPTION:(Zoom event) \nWith Ashley M. Gjøvik\, EPA\, OSHA Whistleblower and Fired  Apple senior engineering program manager \nApple in silicon valley had an office built on a toxic dump site and workers were getting sick from the fumes. When Apple’s senior engineering program manager reported it to Apple\, they refused to take action to defend the workers. She went to EPA and had also been harassed and retaliated against  on other issues including improper spying on her.\nShe filed complaints with the EPA\, Federal and Cal-OSHA and many other agencies and eventually filed a RICO complaint against Apple. \nShe discovered they were releasing fumes from a silicon manufacturing facility close to her apartment and the homes of others.\nShe also discovered that Apple had hired former Obama director of the EPA Lisa Jackson  to run the Environmental and Government relations for Apple. \nShe will report on the systemic violations of health and safety\, labor and human rights by Apple and what it means to working people and organizing at Apple.
URL:https://laborfest.net/2024-lf/event/silicon-toxic-dumpsites-workers-health-safety-the-rico-case-against-apple/
LOCATION:Zoom\, CA\, United States
CATEGORIES:Forum, Reading,Zoom
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240721T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240721T210000
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SUMMARY:The Long Struggle of Alcatraz Cruises Workers For Union Rights
DESCRIPTION:(Zoom event) \nSan Francisco Alcatraz Cruise workers who are members of IBU ILWU are in a struggle for a union contract and went on a one-day unfair labor practice strike on July 13\, 2024. They are fighting for enforced long hours that threatens their health and safety and for prevailing wages with other ferry boat workers. \nThe company which has a contract with the US Park Service has been allowed by the US government to flagrantly violate labor laws. There have also been previous attempts to unionize the ferry which have been busted by the company. \nFor this one-day strike\, the company brought in replacement workers or scabs from throughout other facilities they run around the country. \nTerry MacRae\, the CEO of Hornblower which owns Alcatraz Cruises has a long history of union busting\, racism and terrorism against workers who want a union. He has fought unionization in New York City and other ports around the country. \nThis forum will talk about their issues and how working people can support them. \nAlcatraz City Cruises workers strike
URL:https://laborfest.net/2024-lf/event/ibu-bay-area-alcatraz-tours/
LOCATION:Zoom\, CA\, United States
CATEGORIES:Forum, Reading,Zoom
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240720T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240720T130000
DTSTAMP:20260605T033234
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SUMMARY:From E. Palestine to Hunters Point/Treasure Island
DESCRIPTION:(Zoom event) \nThe man-made railroad derailment in East Palestine\, Ohio has left the residents and workers with serious health conditions\, the loss of their healthcare and no compensation to move out of their homes which have been contaminated with vinyl chloride. Railroad workers were also contaminated along with EPA workers\, and the government is still allowing Norfolk Southern bosses and other railroads to have almost daily derailments threatening communities and railroad workers throughout the country. \nAt the same time\, residents of Hunters Point Shipyard and Treasure Island in San Francisco have discovered that they have radioactive isotopes in their bodies and workers at UCSF Animal Center have been sickened by the radioactive dump site. They are continuing to fight for healthcare and compensation for all the residents and workers and a criminal cover-up of this radioactive and toxic waste dump that continues to poison and harm people. \nThis community labor forum will look at the role of EPA\, OSHA\, DPH in San Francisco and the State Of California\, East Palestine and other toxic sites. \nSpeakers:\nChris Albright – East Palestine\, Ohio resident and LIUNA 1058 member\nJami Rae Wallace – Unity Council For East Palestine Train Derailment\, former member SEIU 1199 Executive Board Cleveland\, Ohio\nDr. Ahimsa Sumchai – Founder of Hunters Point Community Biomonitoring Program & advocate for community\nDr. Ray Tomkins – Research scientist and investigator of conditions of Hunters Point\nArieann Harrison – Marie Harrison Community Foundation\nStella Miranda – Wife of injured UCSF Animal Facility in Hunters Point who was contaminated\nCarol Harvey – Investigative reporter San Francisco Bay View on Treasure Island  
URL:https://laborfest.net/2024-lf/event/from-e-palestine-to-hunters-point-treasure-island/
LOCATION:SF BayView Library
CATEGORIES:Forum, Reading,Zoom
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240719T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240719T213000
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SUMMARY:Film  “The Revolt Of The Good Guys” by Sensible Cinema
DESCRIPTION:Film showing at First Unitarian Universalist Church – 1187 Franklin St\, SF \nThis month\, Sensible Cinema along with SF LaborFest remembers the letter carriers strike of March 1970 beginning in New York City and spreading across the nation.  Described as the largest wildcat strike in U.S. history\, this action resulted in a raise\, collective bargaining\, and respect for the rank and file letter carriers in New York as well as the United States.   \n In the film we will see an ultimate act of civil disobedience against the Federal Government forcing President Nixon to the bargaining table to address what had been a decades long struggle for equality and respect\, and shaping a brighter future for themselves and for those who came after them. \n After the screening there will be a discussion and Q&A. \n\nYou can also join by Zoom:\nhttps://zoom.us/j/93773547229?pwd=eGF4STA2LzhnZ3dyaTN5ZEFVSll5UT09\nMeeting ID: 937 7354 7229  Passcode: 283947\nFind your local number: https://zoom.us/u/amksEMQSG \nFor more information please contact:\nMelvin Starks (melvinstarks734@yahoo.com) or Larry Danos (415-722-6480)
URL:https://laborfest.net/2024-lf/event/film-the-revolt-of-the-good-guys-by-sensible-cinema/
LOCATION:Unitarian Universalist Center\, 1187 Franklin St\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94109
CATEGORIES:Film,Zoom
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240719T160000
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SUMMARY:Play - Seven Jewish Children: A Play for Gaza
DESCRIPTION:(Zoom event) \nSeven Jewish Children: A Play for Gaza is a 10-minute play by British playwright Caryl Churchill\, written in response to the 2008-2009 Israel military strike on Gaza.\nPerformed by Beth Griffith\, directed by Howard Pflanzer\, this play provides a unique perspective on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.\nAfter the play\, there will be a discussion.
URL:https://laborfest.net/2024-lf/event/play-seven-jewish-children-a-play-for-gaza/
LOCATION:Zoom\, CA\, United States
CATEGORIES:Music, Theater, Art,Zoom
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240716T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240716T170000
DTSTAMP:20260605T033234
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LAST-MODIFIED:20240621T232021Z
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SUMMARY:Palestine\, Academic Witch-hunts & Canary Mission
DESCRIPTION:(Zoom event) \nThe organized effort to target and retaliate against professors and students in the United States who are critical of Israel is going on at many colleges. Organizations funded by millionaires and billionaires such as the “The Canary Mission” and Turning Point USA are part of this organized retaliation. This panel will look at where and how this is taking place throughout the country and what to do about it. \nSpeakers:\nProfessor Howard Pflanzer – CUNY\nRabab Abdulhadi – SFSU CFA SFSU AMED Studies\nSang Hea Kil – SJSU CFA SJSU\nDanny Shaw – Formerly at John Jay College\, CUNY\n \nSponsored by WorkWeek
URL:https://laborfest.net/2024-lf/event/academic-labor-student-canary-project/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Forum, Reading,Zoom
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240715T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240715T190000
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SUMMARY:The New Deal & Labor: Looking Back\, Moving Forward
DESCRIPTION:(Zoom event) \nWith AL Stein\nThis panel will draw upon the experiences of two historians who have written administrative and cultural histories of the New Deal\, by focusing on Frances Perkins\, FDR’s Secretary of Labor (1933-1945) who was an advocate for workers rights\, and the pro-labor legislation passed by the Roosevelt administration during the Great Depression. We will also examine how workers’ stories were recorded by the WPA Federal Writers Project.  \nPanel:\nChristopher N. Breiseth – Historian/ National New Deal Preservation Association\nDr. Jerrold Hirsch – Professor Emeritus of History\, Truman State College. Author: “Portrait of America: A Cultural History of the Federal Writers Project\,” will discuss “Labor Lore” and The Federal Writers Project.\nhttps://uncpress.org/book/9780807854891/portrait-of-america/\nComentator – Harvey Schwartz – Labor historian \nMore info:\n“The woman behind the New Deal Frances Perkins”\nRestoring Economic Growth 1934 Secretary of Labor Frances Perkins\n \n  \nFrances Perkins
URL:https://laborfest.net/2024-lf/event/the-new-deal-labor-looking-back-moving-forward/
LOCATION:Zoom\, CA\, United States
CATEGORIES:Forum, Reading,Zoom
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240713T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240713T190000
DTSTAMP:20260605T033234
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SUMMARY:US Labor AFL-CIO\, Zionism\, Histadrut  & The NED Funded “Solidarity Center”
DESCRIPTION:(Zoom event) \nThe AFL-CIO since its formation has been tied to the Israeli trade union called Histadrut. This union grouping has been central in not only supporting the Israeli state but also operated internationally to support the South African apartheid regime and intervene in countries around the world. In collaboration with the CIA and AFL-CIO leadership\, it has also trained AFL-CIO  Solidarity Center staff at the Histadrut for international operations. \nSpeakers:\nCarol Lang – CUNY Professor & AFT PSC Delegate\nLisa Milos – UCSF Interpreter UPTE Member & UPTE Members For Palestine\nKim Scipes – Professor Emeritus\, Author \nand others \n Sponsored by LEPAIO
URL:https://laborfest.net/2024-lf/event/us-labor-afl-cio-zionism/
LOCATION:Zoom\, CA\, United States
CATEGORIES:Forum, Reading,Zoom
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240712T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240712T210000
DTSTAMP:20260605T033234
CREATED:20240613T154442Z
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SUMMARY:The Attack on Public Education: Privatization and the Agencies Fostering It
DESCRIPTION:(Zoom event) \n(Presentation)\nThe political and economic attack on public education is escalating under agencies called the FCMAT (Fiscal Crisis and Management Assistance Team) and ACCJC (Accrediting Commission for Community and Junior College). These entities have no real oversight and have been used to attack urban school districts and push charters and privatization throughout the state. \n Speakers:\nMadeline Mueller – CCSF Music Dep. Chair\nRick Baum – CCSF Lecturer & AFT 2121 Member\nDr. Kitty Kelly – Education Professor\nTaj Powell – Stop Warren Lane Closure Committee\, Inglewood\nand others \nSponsored By Higher Education Action Team (HEAT)\nwww.ccsfheat.org
URL:https://laborfest.net/2024-lf/event/fcmat-jccjc-privatization-city-college-educational-panel-inglewood/
LOCATION:Zoom\, CA\, United States
CATEGORIES:Forum, Reading,Zoom
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240711T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240711T210000
DTSTAMP:20260605T033234
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SUMMARY:The Fight to Save People's Park
DESCRIPTION:(Zoom event) \nThe ongoing battle to prevent the development by UC of People’s Park in Berkeley continues. The park was listed on the National Register of Historic Places\, and an important Court of Appeal victory was won. However\, UC appealed the court decision to the State Supreme Court and simultaneously subverted the court victory by getting the legislature to pass a bill to undermine it. Construction is halted until the court issues its decision. Organizing strategies are still being pursued to protect the park from destruction by a huge student housing project and the paving over with hardscape\, despite the need for open space in the densest part of Berkeley. This Zoom panel will also talk about how privatization is pushing the monetization of the public assets of the University and how this process has become a national trend. \n\nSpeakers:\nHarvey Smith – People’s Park Historic District Advocacy Group\nCharles Wollenberg – former Chair of Social Sciences and Professor of History\, Berkeley City College\nJoe Liesner – Food Not Bombs
URL:https://laborfest.net/2024-lf/event/the-fight-to-save-peoples-park/
LOCATION:Zoom\, CA\, United States
CATEGORIES:Forum, Reading,Zoom
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240706T103000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240706T123000
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CREATED:20240617T182158Z
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SUMMARY:Contracting Out\, Union Busting  & Privatization In Southern Africa
DESCRIPTION:(Zoom event) \nThe destruction of workers in Southern African including in South Africa and Namibia is escalating. Workers are being forced into contract labor which was the type of labor under apartheid conditions. These panelists will report on the fight against union busting and also the role of contract labor in destroying unions and working conditions. \nSpeakers:\nMarcia Kauatjitotje – Fired union steward at Namibia Husab mine Eagle Nightwatch Security.\nEdwardo Baptista – Fired Mineworkers Union Of Namibia President at Rossing Mine in Namibia\nPatrick Bond – University of Johannesburg Professor and Labor Researcher and Activist\nMametlwe Sebe –  President of General Industrial Union of South Africa GIWUSA
URL:https://laborfest.net/2024-lf/event/contracting-out-union-busting-privatization-in-southern-africa/
LOCATION:Zoom\, CA\, United States
CATEGORIES:Forum, Reading,Zoom
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240702T180000
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SUMMARY:The San Francisco General Strike & The Minneapolis General Strike - Lesson from Both
DESCRIPTION:(Zoom event) \nThis year is the 90th anniversary of both the Minneapolis Teamster General Strike and the San Francisco General Strike. This panel will look at the victories and lessons of those strikes for today. \nPanel:\nProfessor Peter Rachleff – Co-Executive Director of the East Side Freedom Library\, and a retired professor of history at Macalester College in the St. Paul\, Minnesota specializing in United States labor\, immigration and African American\nKeith Christensen – St. Cloud State University Emeritus\, Designer & Artist\,  Remember ’34 Collective\nGifford Hartman – Labor historian\, LaborFest Committee \nsponsored by LaborFest
URL:https://laborfest.net/2024-lf/event/the-san-francisco-general-strike-the-minneapolis-general-strike/
LOCATION:Zoom\, CA\, United States
CATEGORIES:Forum, Reading,Zoom
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