Maximum Yield, John Sferazo, Ironworker 9/11 responder
SF City Workers, Retirees & Healthcare with Claire Zvanski
Fired SF Senior City Planner Cecilia Jaroslawski presented evidence at a hearing of the San Francisco Civil Service Commission on 7/18/2011 on how the San Francisco Planning Department and Micki Callahan, director of Human Resources schemed to discriminate against senior San Francisco employees during the Email porno scandal. Production of United Public Workers For Action www.upwa.info
Former CA Commission On Teacher Credentials Staff Attorney & Whistleblower Kathleen Carroll Speaks Out On Corruption & Privatization http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fLa6YCVB-8A Kathleen Carroll, a lawyer and whistleblower who was terminated for exposing corruption and nepotism at the California Commission On Teacher Credentials spoke on July 5, 2011 in San Francisco about the commission, the cover-up and the threat to public education that is taking place in California and nationally. She expos...
"Prima facia" Case In Discriminatory Firings Of IFPTE 21 Senior Employees At SF Planning Department and Commission At a hearing at the San Francisco Civil Service Commission on June 20, 2011 on the termination of SF City Planner Cecelia Jaroslawski it became clear that the terminations were part of a systemic effort to remove senior employees. Senior City Planner and IFPTE Local 21 member Cecelia Jaroslawski and other planners were terminated after a so called "Porno email scandal". While seni...
The Oscar Grant Murder Cover-up, Privatization & Whistleblower Sean Gillis Sean Gillis, an Oakland Fire Department EMT paramedic trainer and Vice President of IFPTE Local 21 Unit M called for an investigation of the treatment of Oscar Grant who was murdered at the Fruitville BART station. As a result he has been targeted for firing and harassment. Gillis talks about the conditions in the department and the efforts to silence him after he called for an investigation. He also discusses the atmos...
Fukushima Made In the USA Protest In SF At Japan Consulate & Bechtel 6/10/2011 On June 10, 2001, activists and organizers against nuclear power and the cover-up by the Japanese TEPCO, GE, the Japanese and US government rallied at the Japanese consulate in San Francisco. The rally took place the same time on an international day of action with protest in Japan and In New York. Participants spoke out about the dangers to the world of nuclear power plants and the role of the governments and the n...
TWU 250 A Members Blast "Arbitrated" Concession Contract Supported By Bosses & Union Officers The San Francisco TWU 250 A Strike Education Committee had a press conference on June 13, 2011 to protest the concession contract imposed under proposition G. Operators said that the imposed contract signed by the union officers would eliminate union grievance procedure and would allow retaliation against drivers who complain about health and safety conditions. Production of Labor Video Project www.la...
SF Muni MTA management at the Potrero Division headquarters are seeking to fire TWU 250 A driver and health and safety advocate Dorian Maxwell on trumped up charges after he blew the whistle on safety problems with the buses. On June 7, 2011 SF TWU 250 A operators and labor supporters rallied and spoke out for Dorian Maxwell at the Potrero Division Headquarters. There has been ongoing retaliation against Maxwell for making OSHA health and safety complaints about the conditions of the buses. Wo...
By Paul Carpita 1955 (1 hr 15 min.) In 1953, France was occupying Indo-China, and the body bags were coming home on the docks of Marseilles. This film shot in Marseilles with actual dockers as actors and real footage of strikes shows the efforts of the bosses to win over a docker who will oppose and spy on a dockers’ strike against the war in Vietnam. The film was banned in France and is one of the only dramatic films about workers’ action against war. It depicts the growing politicalization o...