http://www.workingeastbay.org/ http://www.workingeastbay.org/article.php?id=822 Thu, 04 Mar 2010 http://www.workingeastbay.org/article.php?id=822 http://www.workingeastbay.org/article.php?id=821 <div class="text blurb">The national spotlight is on the blue-green-brown alliance working to fix the broken port trucking system, with an article in the front page of the New York Times Business Section! Read the article, contact your member of congress, and spread the word!</div> Tue, 02 Mar 2010 http://www.workingeastbay.org/article.php?id=821 http://www.workingeastbay.org/article.php?id=820 <div class="text blurb">We lost a beloved colleague and friend when Jaime Ortiz died in a tragic automobile accident on Wednesday, February 10th. No words can fully express our grief at the loss of a friend who we so deeply admired. To celebrate Jaime's life and leadership, we put together some of our favorite photos of him. (Donations for his family may be sent to a fund c/o United Labor Bank).</div> Fri, 26 Feb 2010 http://www.workingeastbay.org/article.php?id=820 http://www.workingeastbay.org/article.php?id=819 <div class="text blurb">The upcoming auto assembly plant closure will affect 50,000 workers throughout California. Religious leaders and communities of faith are taking action to defend family-sustaining jobs.</div> Wed, 24 Feb 2010 http://www.workingeastbay.org/article.php?id=819 http://www.workingeastbay.org/article.php?id=817 <div class="text blurb">Our immigration system is broken. And when employers can abuse our flawed immigration laws to retaliate against workers who stand up for their rights, all workers suffer. </div> Wed, 10 Feb 2010 http://www.workingeastbay.org/article.php?id=817 http://www.workingeastbay.org/article.php?id=816 <div class="text blurb">We know that for our communities to truly prosper, we need good, family-sustaining jobs. But how do you define what a “good job” is? </div> Tue, 02 Feb 2010 http://www.workingeastbay.org/article.php?id=816 http://www.workingeastbay.org/article.php?id=815 http://www.workingeastbay.org/article.php?id=815 http://www.workingeastbay.org/article.php?id=814 <div class="text blurb">EBASE and the Coalition for Clean and Safe Ports give our take on the recent news coverage of the crisis at the Port of Oakland and the steps we're taking to support hundreds of truck drivers displaced by the industry's refusal to pay for clean trucks. What does a sustainable port trucking system look like? </div> Tue, 26 Jan 2010 http://www.workingeastbay.org/article.php?id=814 http://www.workingeastbay.org/article.php?id=813 <div class="text blurb">By 8:00 AM, over 60 workers, residents, and community members had gathered for an early morning picket at the Woodfin Suites Hotel in Emeryville. The hotel just filed a brief in support of an appeal demanding the City of Emeryville pay the hotel approximately $500,000 in legal fees. Our message? Wake Up and Pay Up!</div> Tue, 19 Jan 2010 http://www.workingeastbay.org/article.php?id=813 http://www.workingeastbay.org/article.php?id=812 Sat, 16 Jan 2010 http://www.workingeastbay.org/article.php?id=812 http://www.workingeastbay.org/article.php?id=811 http://www.workingeastbay.org/article.php?id=811 http://www.workingeastbay.org/article.php?id=809 <div class="text blurb">Thanks for your calls into the City Council offices last week! On Tuesday, January 5th, Oakland's City Council voted to start using Instant Runoff Voting (IRV). Along with our allies, EBASE supports IRV and are prepared to do our part in the community outreach and voter education efforts that are critical to IRV's success. </div> Mon, 11 Jan 2010 http://www.workingeastbay.org/article.php?id=809 http://www.workingeastbay.org/article.php?id=802 <div class="text blurb">The boycott's still on at the Woodfin, but unfortunately not everyone is honoring the boycott. </div> Thu, 07 Jan 2010 http://www.workingeastbay.org/article.php?id=802 http://www.workingeastbay.org/article.php?id=800 <div class="text blurb">Check out the Dec 26th New York Times for in-depth coverage of the Interfaith Committee for Worker Justice and allies' work to "build bonds with immigrant stories!"</div> Sat, 26 Dec 2009 http://www.workingeastbay.org/article.php?id=800 http://www.workingeastbay.org/article.php?id=799 <div class="text blurb">The New York Times' "On Religion" column features the Interfaith Committee for Worker Justice and worker leader Luz.</div> Sat, 26 Dec 2009 http://www.workingeastbay.org/article.php?id=799