Labor Archive
Han pasado los años y nada de lo prometido se ha cumplido, ahora este grupo de hombres han decidido manifestarse en huelga de hambre.
On July 15, 2005, Santa Cruz County bus drivers' held an informational picket line at the Santa Cruz Metro Transit Center on Pacific Ave. in downtown Santa Cruz. An informational picket line was also held at the Watsonville Metro Transit Center at 475 Rodriguez.
Monday, June 13, 2005, was day one of the three day Coalition of University Employees (CUE) strike against the University of California.
The owner is worried that if Sunshine Villa is unionized, then many other assisted living facilities he owns in seven other states will unionize as well.
The Wobblies marched from the Tom Scribner statue to a rally at the Clock Tower. Rabble rousers played guitar, sang and spoke about the labor movement.
Paul Buhle gave a presentation on Wobblies!: A Graphic History of the Industrial Workers of the World at Sin Fronteras cafe in downtown Santa Cruz.
About 150 people marched from the base of the UCSC campus to the County Building in downtown Santa Cruz.
Workers, students and community members took part in a massive demonstration to support AFSCME.
Connections were easily made between the U.S. government policy of endless war and the closing of community resources such as the entire library system.