LA Progressive Social Justice Magazine. San Diego Labor Day Rally – ‘Not a day to celebrate but a day to agitate!’ Hundreds gathered for the Rally for the Jobless along Broadway. (Photo by Patty Jones.) Under gray skies, over 350 people gathered along Broadway yesterday in downtown San Diego at a Labor Day “Rally for the Jobless.” Organized by MoveOn and Rebuild the American Dream, the noon event was designed to gather unemployed San Diegans and put pressure on the White House and Congress for jobs. Bob Filner excites the crowd. Waving signs, banners and flags the demonstrators dominated that block of downtown for a couple of hours, with chants, horns honking in support, and then with a rally where many local politicians spoke.
The gathering was energized when a sea of yellow-shirts worn by grocery workers and their supporters marched into the crowd, chanting “We want a contract, and we want it now!” Congressional reps Bob Filner and Susan Davis spoke, as did State Senator Juan Vargas, along with Lori Saldana who is running against Brian Bilbray in newly-drawn Congressional district. Usual Suspects - San Francisco’s Political Homepage. Aroundthecapitol.com: california political news & opinion. The Liberal OC | The Liberal OC | Challenging Orange County's right-wing noise machine. California Bytes - A Progressive Blog About California. Progressive Caucus of California Democratic Party Calls for Primary Challenge to President Obama : LGBT | POV. President Barack Obama urges bi-partisan support to avoid default (White House photo) UPDATE 4:36 Pacific): An informed source close to the leadership in the CA Dem Party says: “This means nothing, it was overwhelmingly repudiated and they got slammed big time!
Their re-charter was tabled until At least November.” The Huffington Post is live-blogging what is happening in Washington over raising the debt ceiling and have reported that the congressional Progressive Caucus has called for an emergency meeting on the current negotiations to avert the country defaulting. Sam Stein reported: Rep. Raul Grijalva (D-Ariz.), a co-chair of the caucus, put out a statement harshly opposing the deal as it has been described in press reports. Meanwhile, the Progressive Caucus of the California Democratic Party issued a statement supporting a Democratic Primary challenge to President Obama. Tagged as: Barack Obama, California Progressive. Speak Out California Weblog. California | Progressive Democrats of America Blog. The national team has just returned from California. We thank everyone who found time to come to one of the six scheduled meetings. We covered a lot of territoryorganizationally and geographicallyfrom Los Angeles to Sacramento, … ShareThis www.winograd4congress.com After knee-jerk congressional funding for the Iraq invasion and occupation, and, more recently, the comatose nod to escalation of US troops in Afghanistan, passage of H.R. 2346, the 2009 97-billion Supplemental Appropriations Act, is in … Will Legalizing Pot Save California from its Cash Crunch?
By Bruce Mirken, Marijuana Policy Project Posted on February 25, 2009, Printed on February 27, 2009 California state Assemblyman Tom Ammiano (D-San Francisco) has announced the introduction of legislation to tax and regulate marijuana in a manner … Corporate America Sends a Labor Day Message | The Democratic Daily. For most Americans, the only significance of Labor Day is that it concludes a three day weekend. For Kirk Artley, it means he has about six weeks left of employment.
On Aug. 24, RR Donnelley, a Chicago-based megacorporation that claims to be “the world’s premier full-service provider of print and related services,” told Artley and the other 283 workers at the Bloomsburg, Pa., plant that “economic conditions” forced the closing of the book printing facility. The workers said they would take significant pay cuts if that would save the plant. RR Donnelley rejected the offer.
Most of the workers live in Columbia County, a small rural county of about 65,000, with unemployment about 8 percent, slightly less than the national rate. Adding 284 persons would significantly increase that rate. Under the termination agreement, the workers, both management and labor, wouldn’t have priority rights to bid for jobs at any other plant. By federal law, there has to be a 60-day notice to the workers. DownWithTyranny! BearFlagBlue | Nor*Cal Style. East Bay Attitude. Progressive Politic. California Budget Bites. Calbuzz. Www.thehollywoodliberal.com.
LA Observed front page. Speak Out California Weblog. It was an amazing thing to be part of, an entire city downtown occupied, then a huge march that shut down a major port. Oakland was #occupied! This was a game changer, a turning point. What happened in Oakland was a very big deal. On the same Wednesday there were big, big #occupy events in several other cities. Occupy Oakland I arrived at Oscar Grant Plaza in Oakland yesterday about 11:30am.
At the corner of 14th and Broadway there was a stage set up with speakers throughout the day. There was a harmonious energy with people of all ethnicities, ages, cultures and from all over the area. The main action of the day began at 4PM as the first of two marches left for the Port of Oakland. The scene at the port was just astonishing. Finally people started tricking out, heading back to the occupy center at Oscar Grant Plaza. And, of course, later a number of anarchists started a bonfire and had to be cleared out with tear gas. No Police At All? This is not the fault of the police force. Pics. Labor's Edge Blog : Archive. By Krista Collard In Oakland today, the California Labor Federation concluded its 2014 biennial pre-primary convention--a one-of-a-kind endorsement process that allows 2.1 million union workers to democratically elect delegates to debate and ultimately endorse in statewide constitutional races, Assembly, Senate, and congressional seats as well as ballot measures in advance of California’s June primary.
Read More… This April Fool’s Day, workers from around the Central Valley mobilized in front of the district office of Congressman Jeff Denham, calling on him to stop foolishly blocking strides to create badly needed jobs for his constituents. Read More… More posts by Tim Robertson By Caitlin Vega Every year at this time, Californians celebrates the life and legacy of Cesar Chavez, whose birthday falls on March 31. Read More… More posts by Caitlin Vega By Rachele Huennekens, Capital and Main Read More… More posts by Rachele Huennekens Read More… This St.
Read More… Read More… Read More… The Ver Read More… The California Majority Report // Welcome. OC Progressive | California Progress Report. GOP Turns Deaf Ears to Calls for Saving California Schools. Addressing Governor Brown, the State Assembly and Senate, parent activists urged fast action: “Let the public vote on a tax extension measure in a June Special Election.” – Hoi Yung Poon, Parents for Great Education (PfGE) “As a lifelong Republican and Californian, I urge California Republican officials to live up to their vows to do the people’s business. Do not distort words. Give the voters who elected you some credit, put the continuance of existing taxes to a vote of the people, not to special interests from out of state.” — Rauly Butler, banker and PfGE member, Orinda, California. Last week more than 58,000 Californians and 49 state grassroots groups (representing 5 million members statewide) sent letters letting their legislators know that they are ready to vote to save our kids and save our schools.
We can’t allow worst-case budget cuts to happen. In November, 2010, California voters rejected a cuts-only approach to the budget. We’re Ready to Vote. K-12NN News Network.