The latest book by SFSU labor historian and author Robert Cherny is a major contribution on the role of the Communist Party and their members in the Bay Area and California history.
Apple 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.
In the face of the election of the fascist Javier Milei in Argentina, there is a major attack on the working class, unions and oppressed. Guillermo Kane will report on the formation of the Workers’ Left Front. How it was organized and the struggle to defend against Milei and his supporters.
panel - Many workers say that workers comp has been captured by the employers, insurance companies and a State and Federal administration that is representing this interests rather than workers.
Walk with Gifford Hartman
This year is the 78th anniversary of the Oakland General Strike.
This 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.
The massive investment and speculation around AI and robotics is already having a major effect for workers in California, the US and the world. This event will look at AI in logistics and what it means for workers in this industry.
At: ILWU local 6 - 99 Hegenberger Rd, Oakland, CA There has been a growing movement of trade unions and unionists defending the Palestinian workers and unions. Trade unionists are […]
San 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.
Join the best labor maritime boat trip in the world as we go to historical sites on the bay and the Oakland container port. This is the 90th anniversary of the San Francisco General Strike.
The history of ILWU, the longshore union, has been one of the most militant unions when it comes to solidarity actions.
The rise of fascism not only in the US but in Argentina, France, Turkey, India and around the world is a life and death question for working people and the entire population.
