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SUMMARY:AI\, Camera Torture\, Truckers & The Struggle Of Drivers For Justice
DESCRIPTION:Zoom event \nTeamsters are in a battle to remove inward facing AI infrared cameras from their truck cabs after they have received tumors and cataracts.\nThis panel will report on their fight to protect their health and safety. \nPanelists:\nEric Johnson – IBT 190 Montana UPS Line Driver\nChris Shafer – IBT 100 Cincinnati\nMike Moxley – IBT 20\nWayne Adkins – IBT 100
URL:https://laborfest.net/2026/event/ai-camera-torture-truckers-the-struggle-of-drivers-for-justice/
LOCATION:Zoom\, CA\, United States
CATEGORIES:Forum, Reading,Zoom
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260721T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260721T210000
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LAST-MODIFIED:20260701T160648Z
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SUMMARY:AI\,  Public Workers & Contracting Out
DESCRIPTION:Zoom event \nAI is now being used to eliminate workers on the job and this is a major threat to public workers in San Francisco and throughout the country.\nElon Musk with DOGE also implemented this in the Federal government destroying large numbers of worker jobs and also destroying public services. This panel will look at how this is taking place. \nPanel discussion:\nBrenda Barros – SEIU 1021 SF General Chapter Chair\nSpencer Kerber – Former member IFPTE Local 21
URL:https://laborfest.net/2026/event/ai-public-workers-contracting-out/
LOCATION:Zoom\, CA\, United States
CATEGORIES:Forum, Reading,Zoom
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260721T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260721T210000
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CREATED:20260624T034019Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260624T034424Z
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SUMMARY:A Conversation About AI With Teachers\, Parent & Students
DESCRIPTION:At: Eric Quezada Center – 518 Valencia St.\, SF \nJoin teachers\, parents\, students and other concerned citizens in a conversation about the impact of AI on our schools and our lives. The massive introduction of AI into k-12 schools is unregulated and out of control. Teachers\, students and parents will discuss what is happening with AI in our school and if there  Is there something we can do about it? \nSponsored by Stop AI Working Group\nContact: contactstopai@gmail.com
URL:https://laborfest.net/2026/event/a-conversation-about-ai-with-teachers-parent-students/
LOCATION:518 Valencia\, 518 Valencia\, San Francisco\, CA\, United States
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ORGANIZER;CN="Stop AI Working Group":MAILTO:contactstopai@gmail.com
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260722T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260722T190000
DTSTAMP:20260719T161024Z
CREATED:20260609T221957Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260719T161024Z
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SUMMARY:The Communist Party & The Labor Movement
DESCRIPTION:At: Oakland Public Library: Rockridge Branch – 5366 College Ave\, Oakland\, CA 94618 \nWith: John Holmes\, Harvey Schwartz\, Bob Cherney\nLabor Historian John Holmes author of Without a Trace…Pogrom\, Sweatshop\, Gulag: The Jewish Radical Odyssey of Noah and Miril London. He along with ILWU historian Harvey Schwartz and professor Bob Cherny and Donna Carter look at the role of leftists and communists in the Bay area. \nReview by CounterPunch:\nA Remarkable Story (May 1\, 2026)
URL:https://laborfest.net/2026/event/the-communist-party-the-labor-movement/
LOCATION:Oakland Public Library: Rockridge Branch\, 5366 College Ave\, Oakland\, CA\, 94618
CATEGORIES:Forum, Reading
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260723T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260723T110000
DTSTAMP:20260701T161153Z
CREATED:20260609T223559Z
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SUMMARY:Book Presentation - “Hubert Harrison: Forbidden Genius of Black Radicalism” By Professor Brian Kwoba
DESCRIPTION:Zoom event \nBook Presentation of “Hubert Harrison: Forbidden Genius of Black Radicalism” By Professor Brian Kwoba – Associate Professor | Director of African and African American Studies (AAAS) \nThe fight against racism in the US has been historically tied to the fight of the of the working class for power. Hubert Harrison is one of the most important theoreticians and political activists in the Black working class movement and in solidarity with socialists like Eugene Debs who led the Socialist Party. \nIn an important book “Herbert Harrison Forbidden Genius of Black Radicalism” Brian Kwoba looks at his life and the political development of Hubert Harrison and his political and theoretical contributions. He was a supporter of the Socialist Party and was influenced by the Russian revolution in 1917 which shook the world. The radical changes brought by the revolution encouraged workers and the oppressed in the US to look at what a radical transformation would mean particularly for women and the Black people of the United States. \nHarrison understood that imperialism leads to world war and he educated workers in the United States that these wars were a direct result of the capitalist system and it’s crisis. Kwoba’s work is an important contribution to his life and understanding the issues we face today as another world war is in front of us.
URL:https://laborfest.net/2026/event/book-presentation-hubert-harrison-forbidden-genius-of-black-radicalism-by-professor-brian-kwoba/
LOCATION:Zoom\, CA\, United States
CATEGORIES:Forum, Reading,Zoom
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260723T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260723T153000
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CREATED:20260609T223957Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260701T222451Z
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SUMMARY:Resistance In the Age of Fascism: Working Class Poets Speak Out
DESCRIPTION:Zoom event \nNew York Poets’ Poetry reading:\nThe threat of fascism\, racism\, xenophobia and homophobia are growing and voices are speaking out.\nThis poetry speak out from New York City will include voices on these issues and what working people face in their daily struggle to survive.\nCurated By play write Howard Pflanzer \nHoward Pflanzer\nRobert Roth\nChris Brandt\nJoannie Zosike\nNancy Hoch\nElizabeth Morse
URL:https://laborfest.net/2026/event/resistance-in-the-age-of-fascism-working-class-poets-speak-out/
LOCATION:Zoom\, CA\, United States
CATEGORIES:Forum, Reading,Zoom
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260723T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260723T210000
DTSTAMP:20260614T192036Z
CREATED:20260609T225611Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260614T192036Z
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SUMMARY:On The 250th anniversary of the United States\, The Constitution\, Class Struggle & Working Class with Dr. Robert Ovetz
DESCRIPTION:Zoom event \nWith Dr. Robert Ovetz\nThe attack on the constitution by the Trump government and his capture of the Supreme Court raises the question for working people about the class nature of the US constitution and how working people can defend themselves in the face of the capture of the Supreme Court\, the Executive and the Congress by the Trump government.\nDr. Robert Ovetz is Senior Lecturer of Political Science at SJSU and he is author of “ We the Elites: Why the US Constitution Serves the Few”\nSponsored by WorkWeek
URL:https://laborfest.net/2026/event/on-the-250th-anniversary-of-the-united-states-the-constitution-class-struggle-working-class-with-dr-robert-ovetz/
LOCATION:Zoom\, CA\, United States
CATEGORIES:Forum, Reading,Zoom
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260724T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260724T150000
DTSTAMP:20260711T151914Z
CREATED:20260609T225958Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260711T151914Z
UID:7351-1784898000-1784905200@laborfest.net
SUMMARY:Revolutionary Poets Speak Out On Fascism\, Tech\, AI & A  Workers World
DESCRIPTION:At: North Beach Library \nThe growing struggles of working people\, unions and the fight against fascism is being reflected in the voices of poets and the struggle. The Revolutionary Poets have a long history of fighting capitalism and oppression through their voices and this event will give voice to to these struggles.
URL:https://laborfest.net/2026/event/revolutionary-poets-speak-out-on-fascism-tech-ai-a-workers-world/
LOCATION:North Beach Library\, 850 Columbus St.\, San Francisco\, CA
CATEGORIES:Forum, Reading
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260724T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260724T200000
DTSTAMP:20260614T192005Z
CREATED:20260609T230753Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260614T192005Z
UID:7354-1784916000-1784923200@laborfest.net
SUMMARY:The Fight Against Privatization\, Union Busting & War - Japan Railway workers Union Doro-Chiba's Struggle
DESCRIPTION:Zoom event \nJapanese workers and unionists have faced union busting and the privatization of Japan Rail which was instituted to smash the militant unionism which organized a national strike in 1975 against the Vietnam war.\nJR was broken up and now they have contracted out large parts of the railroad. This will report on the growing threat of dictatorship and a war drive against China by the government. It is sponsored by the Doro-Chiba International Solidarity Committee
URL:https://laborfest.net/2026/event/the-fight-against-privatization-union-busting-war-japan-railway-workers-union-doro-chibas-struggle/
LOCATION:Zoom\, CA\, United States
CATEGORIES:Forum, Reading,Zoom
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260725T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260725T120000
DTSTAMP:20260711T151757Z
CREATED:20260609T231514Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260711T151757Z
UID:7359-1784973600-1784980800@laborfest.net
SUMMARY:Bolivian General Strike Video & Report
DESCRIPTION:Zoom event \nThe Bolivian working class and their unions have a long history of fighting against exploitation and imperialism. From water privatization to the theft of their natural resources they have had general strikes with the natonal unions and people’s community organizations. They have blocked the roads to La Paz and continue to opposed the corrupt president and are demanding his resignation. \nReport From The Struggle.
URL:https://laborfest.net/2026/event/bolivian-general-strike-video-report/
LOCATION:Zoom\, CA\, United States
CATEGORIES:Forum, Reading,Zoom
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260725T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260725T213000
DTSTAMP:20260713T205652Z
CREATED:20260713T205652Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260713T205652Z
UID:8018-1784977200-1785015000@laborfest.net
SUMMARY:7th Annual Social Economic Justice Film Festival
DESCRIPTION:(Virtually & in person)\nAt: Victoria Theatre at 2961 – 16th Street in San Francisco. \nThis year’s film festival will showcase works made by independent filmmakers who are affirming labor and other human rights and advocating for social and economic justice. The film festival highlights films that promote a global culture of racial and economic equality and that challenge exploitative and oppressive systems on a local\, national and global level. \nProceeds from the film festival support the Alliance for Social and Economic Justice which provides programs and workshops using popular education techniques to develop the leadership of low-wage and immigrant workers to take action in the fight for justice\, equality and sustainability. \nYou can buy tickets online at csej.org for a discount or pay at the ticket booth.\nTicket prices are $35 for an all day pass or $15 per two-hour block bought online by July 24 or $40 for an all day pass or $20 for a two-hour block bought at the ticket booth on July 25. \nFor more info: Contact Alliance for Social and Economic Justice\, 2940 16th St.\, Room 301\, San Francisco\, CA 94103 \nList of films:\nCrushing Wheel Chairs\nDHS: Give Us Back Our Children\nLa Isla\nLanguage Back\nNorma\, Too (Norma Tambien)\nPriced Out: Why You Can’t Afford a Place in San Francisco\nRevolt Against La Belle Epoque\nSa Amin / Our Place\nSF Living Wage Coalition Documentary\nWhat Melts Ice?\nWhere Is Mamuel?\nWTO/99
URL:https://laborfest.net/2026/event/7th-annual-social-economic-justice-film-festival/
LOCATION:Victoria Theatre\, 2961 16th St.\, San Francisco\, CA
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260725T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260725T140000
DTSTAMP:20260609T232529Z
CREATED:20260609T232041Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260609T232529Z
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SUMMARY:Walk - Oakland General Strike - by Gifford Hartman
DESCRIPTION:Meet at: The fountain in Latham Square\, at the intersection where Telegraph and Broadway converge\, across from Rotunda Building (Oakland City Center/12th St. BART) \nWalk with Gifford Hartman\nThis year is the 80th anniversary of the Oakland General Strike.\nThis walk will revisit the sites of Oakland’s “Work Holiday” that spontaneously began with rank-and-file solidarity with the striking\, mostly women retail clerks at Kahn’s and Hastings department stores\, where picket lines were broken by police-escorted scabs. Within 24 hours\, it involved over 100\,000 workers and shut down nearly all commerce in the East Bay for 3 1/2 days.
URL:https://laborfest.net/2026/event/walk-oakland-general-strike-by-gifford-hartman/
LOCATION:Latham Square\, Broadway & Telegraph\, Oakland\, CA
CATEGORIES:Tour, Walk
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260725T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260725T170000
DTSTAMP:20260714T024751Z
CREATED:20260609T233924Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260714T024751Z
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SUMMARY:Labor & Single Payer - The Fight for Single Payer Now! - State Wide Conference
DESCRIPTION:At: 518 Valencia St.\, SF\, CA \nThe chair of California legislature Robert Rivas in April tabled even a hearing and discussion on the Single Payer bill introduced with the support of NNU CNA. This attack by the Democrats in even having a discussion about single payer is part of a long history of how the insurance\, hospital and pharmacy industry have controlled both the State government and national government. Milions of people in California and throughout the country are losing their healthcare with cuts in Medicaid and the ending of subsidies of ACA. The closure of rural hospitals\, the growing collapse of public healthcare with massive budget cuts is combined with union busting at Kaiser and other HMOs. Kaiser just spent over $1 billion to break the strike of 30\,000 heatlhcare workers in Northern California. The introduction of AI to eliminate nurses and psychiatric social workers and their replacement with chat boxes is a threat to all the pationets and people of California.\nThis organizing conference will include presentatons on the campaign for single payer in unions throughout the state and the struggle of healthcare workers and the people of the state to build a movement to overcome the control of California politicians and the billionaire control of our healthcare system. \n\nInitial Speakers:\nCheryl Thornton – SEIU 1021 SF Chapter Chair Community Healthcare\nAna Malinow – Former President PNHP\, Single Payer National Campaign\nAgusto Guerra – SEIU 1021 SF Mental Healthcare Chapter Chair\nLisa Milos – UPTE CWA Retired UCSF Interpeter\nBrenda Barros – SEIU 1021 SF General Hospital Chair \nElisabeth Robledo – California United For Single Payer\nVickie Mueller Olvera – California United For Single Payer\n\n\nEndorsed by: WorkWeek\, California United For Single Payer
URL:https://laborfest.net/2026/event/labor-single-payer-state-wide-conference/
LOCATION:518 Valencia\, 518 Valencia\, San Francisco\, CA\, United States
CATEGORIES:Forum, Reading
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260725T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260725T213000
DTSTAMP:20260629T054343Z
CREATED:20260629T054343Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260629T054343Z
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SUMMARY:The Broadway Musical - "Newsies"
DESCRIPTION:StarStruck Theatre Youth Performing Arts present\nAt: Smith Center at Ohlone College – 43600 Mission Blvd\, Fremont\, CA 94539\nFrom July 25 – August 9\, 2026\nTickets-$35 Adult/$30 Senior/$25 Child-Student\nPlease check the date and time at this site. \nNewsies is a high-energy musical based on the true story of the 1899 New York City newsboys’ strike\, where a group of young paper sellers fight back against powerful newspaper publishers who raise distribution prices at their expense. Led by the charismatic Jack Kelly\, the newsies band together to demand fair treatment\, facing challenges of loyalty\, justice\, and finding their voices. This show celebrates courage\, friendship\, and the power of standing up for what’s right. \nLet’s support our local kids as they bring musical theatre to life!\nfor tickets: Box Office 510-659-1319 / www.starstrucktheatre.org
URL:https://laborfest.net/2026/event/the-broadway-musical-newsies/
LOCATION:CA
CATEGORIES:Music, Theater, Art
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ORGANIZER;CN="StarStruck Youth Performing Arts":MAILTO:StarstruckOffice@gmail.com
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260726T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260726T120000
DTSTAMP:20260609T234504Z
CREATED:20260609T234347Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260609T234504Z
UID:7372-1785060000-1785067200@laborfest.net
SUMMARY:Walk - Labor Politics & Architecture of San Francisco
DESCRIPTION:Meet at: ILWU Sculpture at Mission & Steuart\, SF \nWalk with Brad Wiedmaier\, retired member of SEIU 2015 & architectural historian.\nSan Francisco has a rich political and labor history that is also connected to its buildings. In this history-by-the-buildings walk\, Brad Wiedmaier will outline artifacts and events\, and their connections to San Francisco’s past and present.\nFor more information call (415) 694-3605.
URL:https://laborfest.net/2026/event/walk-labor-politics-architecture-of-san-francisco/
LOCATION:ILWU Sculpture\, Mission Street & Steuart Street\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94105\, United States
CATEGORIES:Tour, Walk
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260726T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260726T180000
DTSTAMP:20260708T233532Z
CREATED:20260609T235600Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260708T233532Z
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SUMMARY:Film - ADJUNCT-  about Gig Work
DESCRIPTION:Zoom event \nADJUNCT (82 min) (2024)\nDirector: Ron Najor \nTwo showings over Zoom: Sunday\, July 26 at 4:00 – 6:00 pm and 7:00 – 9:00 pm\nYou can join any or both of the two showings ( 4:00 or 7:00) with the same Zoom link. \nAfter the film\, short presentations and an audience discussion \nUnder Gig work in which workers are underpaid with little to no job security is becoming more prevalent.\n“Adjunct” is a feature length movie depicting the all-too-common indignities and exploitation faced by a gig worker in higher education who also drives for Uber.\nToday\, most faculty in higher education are essentially gig workers. These conditions are favored by management\, and\, too often\, in contract negotiations\, are accepted by faculty union leaders.\nMany of these well-educated underpaid gig workers are enrolled in public assistance programs or even homeless as is the main character in the film.\nAfter the showing of the film\, there will be a few short presentations followed by an audience discussion to share reactions to the film and its subject matter.\nThe Movie “Adjunct” Effectively Depicts Gig Faculty Work.\nhttps://www.counterpunch.org/2025/09/05/the-movie-adjunct-effectively-depicts-gig-faculty-work
URL:https://laborfest.net/2026/event/film-adjunct-about-gig-work/
LOCATION:Zoom\, CA\, United States
CATEGORIES:Film,Zoom
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260727T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260727T210000
DTSTAMP:20260614T191810Z
CREATED:20260610T002003Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260614T191810Z
UID:7383-1785178800-1785186000@laborfest.net
SUMMARY:Writers\, Artists\, Media Monopolies  & The Role of AI
DESCRIPTION:Zoom event \nWith:\nEdward Hasbrouck – NWU\nSteve Martini – Writers Guild \nThe drive by the tech billionaires to use AI to capture and scrape data from the internet and use this to profit from the data threatens all workers including writers and artists. This pane will look at the effect of AI in these industries and what workers and people can do about it.
URL:https://laborfest.net/2026/event/writers-artists-media-monopolies-the-role-of-ai/
LOCATION:Zoom\, CA\, United States
CATEGORIES:Forum, Reading,Zoom
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260728T163000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260728T183000
DTSTAMP:20260707T165153Z
CREATED:20260610T003758Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260707T165153Z
UID:7387-1785256200-1785263400@laborfest.net
SUMMARY:Non-profits\, Union Organizing & Independent Unions
DESCRIPTION:At: 835 Larkin St. @Myrtle\, bet. O’Farrell & Geary\, SF (Note: The location changed) \nNon-profit and NGO unionization is the fastest growing militant wing of the labor movement. Despite being ignored by the left media\, these new mostly self-organized independent unions are taking on the “due gooder” myth of long hours\, low wages and bad bosses—and they’re winning. Panelists include current and former non-profit & NGO workers and union staff union organizers. \nPanelists:\nRobert Ovetz\, moderator\, Senior Lecturer\, Political Science\, SJSU\nAuthor of the Rebels For the System: Non-Profits\, NGOs\, Capitalism and the Labor Movement (Haymarket Press 2027)\nKatie Duberg\, Bargaining Committee Member\, CAWFC Workers United\, CWA Local 9415\, IG: @cawfcworkersunited\nFátima Murrieta\, Pacific Northwest Staff Union (PNWSU)\, Writers Guild Staff Union NPEU\, Shop Steward\nJeff Armstrong\, PNWSU Organizing Officer
URL:https://laborfest.net/2026/event/non-profits-union-organizing-independent-unions/
LOCATION:835 Larkin\, 835 Larkin St.\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94109
CATEGORIES:Forum, Reading,Zoom
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ORGANIZER;CN="Tenderloin Museum":MAILTO:info@tenderloinmuseum.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260728T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260728T213000
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SUMMARY:Workers Voices Storytelling Night
DESCRIPTION:At: Medicine for Nightmares Bookstore – 3036 24th St.\, San Francisco \nProgram schedule:\n6:30 – 6:45: People arrive\, peruse the book area\, book signing opportunity/el público llega\n6:45 – 7:00: Welcome and lay out plan for the night/Bienvenidos y presentar el programa\n7:00 – 8:15: Workers Invoking Justice/Trabajadores Invocando Justicia:\nNuevo Sol Domestic Workers on Stage perform excerpts from: Resistencia en Tiempos de Trump!/Resistance in the Age of Trump!\nJenny Worley presenting excerpts from Neon Girls\, A Stripper’s Education in Protest and Power\nBill Shields\, Bahaar Tadjbakhsh and Labor Theater Friends perform\, Do You Like the Union? – On the Line with Local 3\nMichael Dunn reads excerpts from his novel about 19th Century Pennsylvania miners’ struggles: Anywhere But Schuylkill \n8:15 – 8:30: Break and Book Signing Opportunity/Interracción entre Artistas y al Público\n8:30 – 9:30: Workers Voices Speak through Oral History and Memoir/Voces de la Historia Oral:\nHarvey Schwartz and ILWU Oral History Interviewee presenting excerpts from Solidarity Stories.\nJames Tracy presenting excerpts from new work about his uncle and the 1946 Oakland General Strike.\nJacqueline Ramos – The Mission Speaks via Poetry and Performance.\nTina Martin and Renato Larin – City College Labor Elders Speak \nFor more info: Bill Shields –  billshieldssf@gmail.com
URL:https://laborfest.net/2026/event/workers-voices-storytelling-night/
LOCATION:Medecine For Nightmare Bookstore\, 3036 24th St.\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94110
CATEGORIES:Music, Theater, Art
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SUMMARY:LaborFest Writers — Anthology Launch Reading
DESCRIPTION:At: Adobe Books & Arts Cooperative – 3130 24th St.\, San Francisco \nLaborFest Writers are proud to announce the publication of Giving Voice 2026: LaborFest Writers Anthology – our latest collection of writing: fiction\, polemic\, memoir and poetry tracing the lives and struggles of working people across generations and geographies. Giving Voice 2026 is available now and features: Nellie Wong ** Barbara Ruth Saunders ** Susan Ford ** Robert Eugene Rubino ** Alice Elizabeth Rogoff ** Jerry Path ** Margaret Cooley ** Keith David Cooley. A volume that insists on being heard. \nThe corporate-controlled media amplifies the voices of the powerful and diminishes the voices of working people. LaborFest Writers was founded to change that. \nLaborFest Writers grew out of a single afternoon in July 2005 — a writing workshop during LaborFest at the Exit Theatre in San Francisco’s Tenderloin\, led by radical writer Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz. Eight or nine people sat around a few tables in a dark little café and wrote about their first jobs. By the end of the day they had agreed to exchange email addresses. \nTwenty years later\, the group still meets — now weekly on Zoom\, since the pandemic. We are rabble-rousers\, activists\, leftist radicals\, union members\, immigrants\, native-born and plain old trouble-makers — outside the literary mainstream and committed to staying there. \nJoin us on Wednesday\, July 29th\, from 7 to 8:30 pm at Adobe Books & Arts Cooperative\, 3130 24th Street\, San Francisco\, as featured writers from the anthology read from their work. All are welcome. \n \nhttps://www.laborfestwriters.org
URL:https://laborfest.net/2026/event/laborfest-writers-group-reading-2/
LOCATION:Adobe Books & Arts Cooperative\, 3130 24th St\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94110
CATEGORIES:Forum, Reading
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SUMMARY:Teamsters & Their Struggles Today
DESCRIPTION:Zoom event \nThe Teamsters is one of the most powerful unions in the United States\, but it is under assault by AI\, union busting at Amazon and massive closures at UPS.\nAt the same time\, workers are fighting for democracy with a leadership that is aligning with the fascist Trump administration which is destroying the NLRB\, OSHA and has terminated contracts for 700\,000 Federal workers. How workers organize a fight to defend their jobs and fight for a democratic union will be the focus of this panel. \nWith:\nJohn Palmer – International VP Teamsters\nEric Johnson – IBT Local 190 UPS Line Driver\nMarianna Battiste – IBT Local 2010 Former Steward\nBarry Anderson – IBT Local 856 Steward \n\nSponsored by WorkWeek
URL:https://laborfest.net/2026/event/teamsters-their-struggles-today/
LOCATION:Zoom\, CA\, United States
CATEGORIES:Forum, Reading,Zoom
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