Articles Posted on March 16th, 2012

  • Unions Escalating CWA’s Contract Fight with Verizon

    Unions Escalating CWA’s Contract Fight with Verizon

    Along with the CWA-Verizon campaign, the protest will also raise voices against corporate flim-flam punishing members of the Service Employees at Wells Fargo and the Westfield Mall. The Westfield shopping center located at Fifth and Market — near the Powell Street BART station — will be the first opportunity to get loud. Marchers then plan to drop by the Verizon store at 768 Market Street, between Fourth and Third streets, before finishing the action at Wells Fargo at Montgomery Street.

  • “Making Us Sick:” Occupy Groups Target Wells Fargo Board Member Over Foreclosures

    “Making Us Sick:” Occupy Groups Target Wells Fargo Board Member Over Foreclosures

    An ACCE and Occupy Bernal letter of demand addressed to Dean and hand-delivered to his Dignity Health office in San Francisco, demands he stop Wells Fargo, the nations largest mortgage provider, from foreclosing homes on San Francisco residents, particularly those homeowners in hard-hit areas in the Bayview, Excelsior, and Bernal Heights neighborhoods.

  • Occupy Oakland to Host
    Saturday Neighborhood Barbeques

    Four barbecues are scheduled through mid-April, with the March 17 event from noon to 5 p.m. at Arroyo Viejo Park, 7701 Krause St. in East Oakland near Bancroft and 77th streets. All will include free food, arts and crafts, music, a children’s play area, literature and workshops.