Finance Committee Meeting Oct 17, 2012 at 6pm at Awaken Cafe, 1429 Broadway, (cross street 15th St) 42303
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OOLSC STANDS IN SOLIDARITY WITH THOSE ARRESTED IN SAN FRANCISCO ON 10/6/12
10/13/12 – The Labor Solidarity Committee of Occupy Oakland stands in solidarity with the 20 people beaten and arrested in San Francisco last Saturday. The arrestees were part of an Anti-Colonial/Anti-Capitalist protest, held in conjunction with others along the west coast who were holding actions throughout the Columbus Day weekend at Canadian, US, and Mexican consulates and government buildings to oppose the occupation and destruction of Native/indigenous lands by multinational mining corporations. Police repression is not unfamiliar to the labor movement. Police have been used violently against us countless times, … Continued
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OO General Fund 2012 financial transactions as of 9/21/12
THREE FILES OO General Fund 2012 income and expense transactions OO General Fund Wepay donations transactions detail OO General Fund Summary of funds available Transactions file is eight pages long – to view, print and lay pages 1-4 down, followed by pages 5-8 to the right of pages 1-4. Please direct any questions about the OO General Fund to the OO Finance Committee at finance@occupyoakland.org thanks! 41687
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Demonstration against Chevron – Wed. Oct. 3 3pm meet at Richmond BART
Demonstration against Chevron Wednesday, October 3 Assemble 3 pm at Richmond BART 2nd Assembly point Washington Park 4:30 pm 3rd Assembly point in front of the Chevron Refinery Gates 5:00 pm Points of Unity for the March/ Messages for Banners/ Speakers:… 1. Install the Air Quality Monitoring System NOW! 2. Community Compensation! 3. Reduce Emissions! 4. Worker and Public Safety First! 5. Pay Your Fair Share of Taxes! The goal is to deliver the demands to Chevron staff and demand that they give them to Chevron Management. … Continued
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VICTORY! Two Years, Seven Months, And 21 Days Later, the Castlewood Lockout is Over.
Workers locked out of the Castlewood Country Club in Pleasanton, California since February 25th, 2010 will be able to return to their jobs — and health care coverage — on October 16th. A month ago a federal judge, finding that Castlewood Country Club had engaged in unfair labor practices and failure to negotiate in good faith, ordered the Castlewood workers reinstated with back pay, giving Castlewood management a month to appeal. Choosing not to appeal, management asked for and was granted additional time to negotiate a settlement with the workers … Continued
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Report from today’s Foreclosure Defense Bank Action 9/27/2012
. . Today (9/27/2012) in a shared action with ACCE, we went to the Chinatown branch of BofA, to demand help for Zaki Alshalyan, an Iraqi immigrant who faces foreclosure on a four-unit building on Curran Avenue. Important note, he lives in one of the four units. Please see the Foreclosure Defense Group’s previous post here, for details of his situation. Eve Lindi’s report from inside the bank: Two OOFDG members, along with Zaki and his friend Asmat went into the bank first at about 4:40, well before closing time, and asked … Continued
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Report from today’s Foreclosure Defense Bank Action
Today in a shared action with ACCE, we went to the Chinatown branch of BofA, to demand help for Zaki Alshalyan, an Iraqi immigrant who faces foreclosure on a four-unit building on Curran Avenue. Important note, he lives in one of the four units. Please see the Foreclosure Defense Group’s previous post here, for details of his situation.Eve Lindi’s report from inside the bank: Two OOFDG members, along with Zaki and his friend Asmat went into the bank first at about 4:40, well before closing time, and asked to speak with the … Continued
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BANK ACTION THIS THURSDAY 27th!! on 10th & Broadway at 4PM
BANK ACTION THIS THURSDAY!! . Who: Occupy Oakland Foreclosure Defense Group, ACCE (Alliance of Californians for Community Empowerment) and YOU!Where: 10th and Broadway, downtown Oakland When: Thursday, September 27th —– Gather at 4 pm for pre-action briefing —– (Press conference after action) Zaki Alshalyan, our neighbor, an Oaklander from the east side is facing a sale date of October 4th! We will be joining another community group, ACCE, to simultaneously take action on several banks in the downtown area. We are sending a “delegation” to accompany Zaki and … Continued
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Web Committe Meeting Thur Sept. 6th at 6PM Victor Martinez Peoples’ Library
The web committee (such as it is) is meeting on Thursday, September 6th at 6PM at the Victor Martinez Biblioteca Popular at 1449 Miller Avenue at E. 15th in Oakland. The reason we are posting this on the front page is that at the start of the meeting we will spend a few minutes helping committee delegates figure out how to post articles to our web site, which is an underutilized resource, so folks who are interested in posting might show up. Bring a laptop if you have one handy, … Continued
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Solidary Statement With the South African Miners of Marikina
To the workers striking against Lonmin: We are the Labor Solidarity Committee of Occupy Oakland. We have been watching your struggle and are inspired by the strength, courage, and determination you have shown. We always support any and all workers who realize their power and stand up to fight back back against injustice. Injustices come from bosses, government, and even supposed allies. None have fought with more fervor and righteous persistence as you. Few have ever faced the horrors that you have in return. We are both mournful and enraged … Continued
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