January 23, 2005

Strike one, strike two, ...

As the 60-day cooling-off period for striking San Francisco hotel workers draws to a close, the unstable, Wal-Mart-induced predicament of Northern California grocery works comes to a head.

Attention All Grocery Workers & Supporters!!!
Tuesday
January 25th
Bay Area Wide Day of Action
for Grocery Workers!
Support Grocery Workers
No Justice No Groceries!
No Justice No Peace
Defend Healthcare!

The grocery negotiations have reached a crisis point. The grocery companies are continuing to insist
on deep and damaging cuts in healthcrare for grocery workers and their families. In order to put
pressure on the companies, the UFCW has given a deadline of Monday January 24 th for them to move
at the table. Please Join us on Tuesday January 25 th at the location below to send a strong message to the companies:

HANDS OFF OUR HEALTHCARE!!!
OAKLAND
Fruitvale & MacArthur Store
3550 Fruitvale Avenue

BERKELEY
Rose & Shattuck Store
(This store is a special focus of Labor Cmte. for Peace & Justice)
1444 Shattuck Avenue

HAYWARD
Foothill Blvd. Store
22280 Foothill Blvd. (Civic Center)
DEFEND HEALTHCARE
For more information about the grocery worker negotiations go to www.bayareacoalition.org
Central Labor Council of Alameda County, AFL-CIO
www.alamedalabor.org 510/632-4242 robert@alamedalabor.org opeiu:3/afl-cio

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Contagious media

Joshua Kinberg's case was dismissed (technical details). Kinberg, a student a Parsons, built a bicycle that uses a biodegradable, water-soluble chalk to print political messages on the sidewalk. He was arrested during the protests against the Republican National Convention.

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