Month: August 2024

Event: https://fb.me/e/aaQoFw9Kn Event by Madison-Rafah Sister City Project and Palestine Partners Banners Ip for a Free PalestineSun. Aug. 11, 11 – 1Along the route of “Ride the Drive” at Law Park near the corner of Williamson, S. Blair St and John Nolen Drive. Bring signs & flags, or ride the drive with your flag and […]

Dan Kovalik on the Middle East – 8/6/24 Human Rights Lawyer, Activist, Author, Professor and World Traveler Dan Kovalik is back for a discussion of the potentially expanding crisis in Israel, Gaza, the West Bank, Lebanon, Iran… He’s just back from Cairo, so we talk Egypt a little bit, too

https://www.afscme.org/blog/thousands-of-university-of-california-workers-take-to-the-streets-to-demand-a-fair-contract By AFSCME Staff · Monday, August 05, 2024 Thousands of AFSCME members who work for the University of California system took to the streets at UC campuses throughout the state to demand a fair contract. They were supported by students and community allies. The front-line service and patient care workers who are members of […]

AFSCME strongly supports a new heat standard proposed by the U.S. Labor Department this week that would protect millions of workers exposed to extreme heat. As the global climate rapidly gets warmer, the new protections would help address the leading cause of weather-related deaths in the United States. Between 2011 and 2022, there were at least 33,890 […]