WHAT IS THE LABOR COUNCIL?
The South Bay AFL-CIO Labor Council is currently celebrating over a half-century as a chartered organization. The Labor Council represents over a hundred unions in Santa Clara and San Benito counties and over 110,000 union members.
The Labor Council is involved in many programs that are directly intended to improve the lives of working families in the Bay Area.
LABOR COUNCIL NEWS
Added July 28th, 2010
Absentee voting in the 15th District California Senate campaign has already begun with labor champion John Laird needing to overcome an 11,000-vote primary deficit to claim the seat vacated by Republican Abel Maldonado.
Volunteer now in this race that is important to break the legislative gridlock now crippling California's government, schools and economy. Election Day is Tuesday, Aug. 17.
Please sign up today for a phone bank shift from 5-8:30 p.m. Monday-Thursday at the Labor Council, 2102 Almaden Road, Suite 107. Precinct walks are Saturdays 9 a.m.-2 p.m. at the Labor Council.
Help us Get Out the Vote on Monday, Aug. 16 with a special phone bank from 2-8:30 p.m. at the Labor Council and join us for poll checking from 10 a.m.-8 p.m. on Election Day. Call Derecka at (408) 266-3790 for more information.
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Added July 29th, 2010
The Rev. Nelson Rivers III, a civil rights leader and pastor of Charity Missionary Baptist Church in North Charleston, S.C., will speak on "Economic Justice and the Interfaith Community" at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 5 in San Jose.
The event is co-sponsored by the San Jose / Silicon Valley NAACP and the Interfaith Council on Economics and Justice, a project of Working Partnerships USA, and will be held at Antioch Baptist Church, 268 E. Julian St.
Rivers, a native of Charleston and a local, state and national NAACP leader for 34 years, was one of the lead organizers of the largest civil rights demonstration in South Carolina history when more than 50,000 people marched on the state capitol to demand removal of the Confederate battle flag.
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Added July 28th, 2010
The City Council's Rules Committee advanced ballot proposals Wednesday, July 28 to remove parts of the City Charter – its Constitution – that for decades have protected the best interests of San Jose residents and San Jose employees. The proposals are not a serious, considered effort to solve the City’s real problems:
-- The proposed pension changes would place taxpayers and employees in financial jeopardy by stripping away protections and leaving one of the City’s largest obligations to be decided by which way political winds blow from year to year.
-- The revision of binding arbitration is the kind of hastily conceived and convoluted proposal that is guaranteed to produce unintended consequences worse than the alleged problems it purports to solve.
Both proposals were brought forth at the last minute. Although they are major policy changes, the public has had no opportunity to comment on them. These proposals make a mockery of the City’s sunshine policy.
The cost of putting one measure on the ballot is $758,000; each subsequent measure costs $366,000. In this time of severe budget cuts to essential services, the City cannot afford to waste money on foolish ballot measures.
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Added July 27th, 2010
Because of schedule changes, the Nancy Pelosi event Aug. 9 has been canceled.
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Added July 23rd, 2010
Cancer patients in need of financial assistance for medication, living expenses, transportation and home care will benefit from the 5-kilometer run/walk at San Jose's Almaden Lake Park on Saturday, Aug. 21.
The event, sponsored by the non-profit Fashion Your Mind Organization, will feature Champion Wushu of Fremont leading lead group warm-ups, live entertainment by The DJ Dream Team and awards.
For more information go here, and to register online go here. Or call (877) 839-6638. Registration, which includes a T-shirt, is $30 for adults, $5 for children under 10, and there is a $10 discount for team participants.
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Added July 15th, 2010
The John Laird for California Senate campaign is heating up and absentee ballots will be mailed Monday and Tuesday, July 19 and 20. If we're going to make sure Laird wins, we need to talk to every absentee voter we can this round.
Please sign up today for a phone bank shift the week of July 19 as part of our Absentee Voter Push: 5-8:30 p.m. Monday-Thursday at the Labor Council, 2102 Almaden Road, Suite 107.
Phone banking will continue through the week of Aug. 9. Precinct walks are Saturdays 9 a.m.-2 p.m. at the Labor Council.
Help us Get Out the Vote on Monday, Aug. 16 with a special phone bank from 2-8:30 p.m. at the Labor Council and join us for poll checking from 10 a.m.-8 p.m. on Election Day, Aug. 17. Call Derecka at (408) 266-3790 for more information.
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