California homeless hold demonstration to demand accomodations On July 2, 2009, hundreds of homeless Californians marched on the Sacramento Town Hall to demand …
The third wave, 1967: an account - Ron Jones Schoolteacher Ron Jones's personal account of his experiment which created a proto-fascist movement amongst his high school pupils in Palo Alto,…
Arnie terminates California state workers California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger has signed an executive order to sack 22,000 state workers and reduce 200,000 to the minimum wage.
Stockton truckers call out the industry with 400 on strike Motor carriers are underpaying truckers all over california for diesel fuel. Now they're fighting back...
Vallejo, California: Unions help city with lay-offs The city of Vallejo in the San Francisco Bay Area may be the first city in California history to declare bankruptcy. However several unions are helping the city to cut jobs in an effort to ward off bankruptcy.
Oakland dockers honour anti-war picket lines Oakland Port anti-war and labor protesters close SSA terminal for the day. ILWU 10 & ILWU 34 members refuse to cross lines.
Fare strike - San Francisco 2005 Pamphlet with first-hand accounts and analysis of the self-organised 2005 fare strike, in PDF and text format.
Post mortem on the San Francisco fare strike, 2005 - Tom Wetzel Tom Wetzel analyses the fare strike of San Francisco public transport riders in 2005. He examines what ways of organising can be used to win struggles and form the basis of a new society.
Sailors end strike and win back pay Eighteen Filipino sailors striking over $360,000 in unpaid back pay ended their strike yesterday in Long Beach, California.
2003-2004: Los Angeles supermarket strike The history of a huge five-month strike and lockout of 70,000 supermarket workers in California, which ended in defeat.
US: Shattuck Cinema workers are going union Landmark Shattuck Cinema workers are fed up. Years of bad hours, poor pay, a hostile work environment and the demoralsing treatment from theatre…
