seen on the road to San Quintin: Our newest banner: For more photos, visit our flickr page! California Hunger Strike representatives imprisoned in the Security Housing Unit at Pelican Bay State Prison, who launched the historic hunger strike in July, have written a statement of solidarity which Prisoner Hunger Strike Solidarity read at the demonstration [...]
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Occupy San Quentin! 2/20
Thursday, February 9th, 2012National Occupy Day in Support of Prisoners: END MASS INCARCERATION: Abolish Inhumane Conditions and Torture; Abolish Unjust Sentences including the Death Penalty, Life Without Possibility of Parole, Three Strikes; Solidarity with Prisoner Movements for Human Rights; Free Political Prisoners; End Repression of Activists; Development of People Not Prisons Monday, February 20 2012 (President’s Day) Demonstration at [...]
Dump the Banks on Valentines Day
Wednesday, February 8th, 2012It’s not us, it’s them! Time to break up with the banks: Meet at Justin Herman Plaza at noon on Valentine’s Day. There will be flags.
HRC at it again: siding with the 1%, as usual.
Tuesday, February 7th, 2012What does it mean for a corporation to be a star for LGBTQ equality? For some people, it’s impossible for a corporation to be anything but a star for itself– pursing profits however it sees fit. For some people, it’s about promoting good jobs, fair employment practices and respecting workers’ right to choose a union– [...]
Transplant for Jesus Navaro
Tuesday, February 7th, 2012Jesus Navarro is a 35 year old Oakland, CA father who may not get the kidney transplant he needs because of his of his immigration status. Jesus, who has been in the US for 16 years, had a good union job (with health insurance) working for Pacific Steel for 14 years. In January, just months [...]
Spawn of Sit/Lie: more policing of public space in the castro
Tuesday, January 31st, 2012A Pride at Work member & organizer with the Coalition on Homelessness, Bob Offer-Westort, was arrested Friday for “illegal lodging” in Jane Warner Plaza at Castro and Market Streets. Bob has a home, so why was he camping on a busy street corner? To prove that it’s illegal! Recently, Scott Weiner (the supervisor that represents [...]
How San Francisco Organizers Rewrote the Rules to Save Minimum Wage
Tuesday, January 31st, 2012Reposted from Colorlines: Friday, January 27 On Jan. 1, 2012, San Francisco’s minimum wage became the first in the nation to pass the $10 mark. The lowest-wage workers will now earn $10.24 an hour, up from the previous rate of $9.92 last year. The city’s minimum wage is tied to and adjusted for inflation, or [...]
Glittering it Up in the Rain: January 20 reportback
Wednesday, January 25th, 2012The rain couldn’t stop us! Thousands descended on Wall Street West to SHUT IT DOWN & Say: Corporations Aren’t People! On January 20, we joined, thousands of people from across the San Francisco Bay Area to take over San Francisco’s Financial District as part of an ongoing series of Occupy Wall St West actions that [...]
Flash Mob at Wells Fargo: Occupy Telephone Video!
Thursday, January 12th, 2012Singing, “Stop calling, stop calling, can’t afford to pay anymore,” a flash mob danced on the counters and in the lobby of the San Francisco Wells Fargo branch on Montgomery and Market on January 7th to protest Wells Fargo’s role in the economic and housing crisis. The event, organized by San Francisco Pride at Work/HAVOQ [...]
West Coast Port Shutdown- Monday 12/12
Saturday, December 10th, 2011Join SF Pride at Work/ HAVOQ to help shut down the Port of Oakland! We will be meeting at 5:30AM SHARP at the West Oakland Bart station. Find our sparkly pink, blue, & gold flags! We will march together to the port. If you can’t make the 5:30am march, people will be gathering at 3:00PM [...]