SEIU 1021 Port Workers are Going on Strike against Unfair Labor Practices engaged in by the Port of Oakland. The Port of Oakland has a $37 million surplus, yet refuses to give workers the proper information that they are required to by law. This is one of the richest Port’s in Oakland, the Federal Government has invested in the expansion of the Port to create good jobs in Oakland
SEIU was there at the General Strike on November 2nd, 2011. SEIU members walked with Occupy Oakland as we shut down the Port on December 12, 2011. Now they have asked for Occupy Oakland’s help!
COMMUNITY PICKET SHUTTLES COURTESY OF THE SEIU WILL BE LEAVING THE WEST OAKLAND BART STARTING AT 5:00 AM !!
— Shuttles will pick people up from West Oakland BART station from 5 AM to 8AM, 12 NOON and again from 4 PM to 6 PM.
— Buses will be picking up from the Union Hall at 100 OAK St. throughout the day.
— Shuttles will return people to West Oakland BART from 7-8 PM. and now the Port is refusing to Bargain.
Stop Unfair Labor Practices at the Port!
Support SEIU 1021 strike!
SEIU is asking for your support!
Please come out on Tuesday, November 21 at the Port of Oakland:
9 AM: SSA Terminal 1717 Middle Harbor, Berth 57-59
12 Noon: Terminal 1 Oakland Airport
5 PM: SSA Terminal 1717 Middle Harbor, Berth 57-59
Five hundred people gathered in downtown Oakland on Saturday to protest police brutality, racial profiling and stop & frisk; the picture-perfect day contrasting sharply with the grim tales of police abuse told by the families of victims.
It was both a sad and hopeful day. Sad for the obvious reasons yet hopeful because of the coalition we are building and the messages we are sending:
“This slaughter must end!” “We are not going away!”
The sons and daughters of the parents who fear the most for their soon-to-be-grown sons and daughters took a special role in our march through West Oakland after the rally.
Alan Blueford of Oakland, CA, age 18, was shot and killed after being stopped for being, young, Black, male and “acting suspiciously.” His last words were “I didn’t do anything.”
Manual Diaz of Anaheim, CA, age 25, was shot in the back and killed as he ran away after officers decided to check him out because he was standing next to a car, talking to other young, Hispanic men inside it.
Derrick Gaines, age 15, was shot and killed in South San Francisco after officers stopped him and his friends for “acting suspiciously.”
Ramarley Graham, age 18, was shot and killed in his own bathroom after being chased there by a New York City police officer over a bit of marijuana.
There are far too many more.
Each case makes headlines. Each time the police announce that the officer thought that the deceased had a weapon. Usually no charges are brought, and in the cases when they are filed police officers are almost always acquitted — rarely if ever is an officer of the law convicted of murder for the execution of a young man of color — even if he was unarmed and shot from behind.
Eventually the case fades from memory, to be replaced by the next. As the cycle begins anew.
It’s way past time for this to end.
The Justice 4 Alan Blueford Coalition is attempting change this dynamic. On November 10th, 2012, in downtown Oakland, we will be staging a rally and march Against Police Brutality, to End Racial Profiling, and in Opposition to Stop & Frisk Policies which aid and abet such.
We have invited the families of the victims of police murders from around the Bay Area and Northern California, some going back as much as twenty years, to speak. We have reached out to local organized labor and have gotten endorsements for this action by local ILWU and SEIU chapters; their representatives will be speaking. Kristian Williams, author of Our Enemies in Blue: Police and Power in America will also be lending his voice to ours.
Click here to read the entire essay, including our open letter to Judge Thelton Henderson about his decision on whether or not to put the Oakland Police into Federal Receivership in relation to their racist policies and behaviors.
Jodie Randolph is a small-business owner in Alameda.
Morgan Stanley’s earnings for the last three months were $7.6 billion dollars, or about $2.5 billion per month.
Jodie Randolph is a breast-cancer survivor.
Morgan Stanley is legally a person, but doesn’t have breasts. Instead, it has assets of $311 billion.
Jodie Randolph is in treatment for colon cancer.
Morgan Stanley doesn’t have a colon either. Instead, it takes care of its $311 billion in assets by shedding jobs — about 4500, or 7% of its work force, last
quarter.
Jodie Randolph on the porch of her small house in Alameda, CA
Jodie Randolph and her possessions are about to go out onto the street, because Morgan Stanley has something better to do with her home than let her live there.
Jodie has been fighting to stay in her home for years. Companies affiliated with Morgan Stanley shuttled the loan around from one subsidiary to the other until they foreclosed on her. Morgan Stanley’s tactics have included:
pushing her into a predatory refinance.
Moving her loan around from company to company so she couldn’t get a fix on who to negotiate with
Removing the lawyer for Morgan Stanley who was actually negotiating with Jodie when they were close to reaching a mutually acceptable plan; and
Stunningly, breaking in and changing the locks to her house WHILE SHE WAS AT A CHEMOTHERAPY SESSION
Since lawyers have failed her, Jodie is fighting back the people’s way.
Jodie talks about her fight with Morgan Stanley et al, spanning years and increasing in desperation.
On Monday, Jodie, supported by a delegation of her family, friends, neighbors, the Occupy Oakland Foreclosure Defense Group, the Alliance of Californians for Community Empowerment, and other foreclosure activists went to the Bay Area offices of Morgan Stanley to present her demand letter: a reasonable repurchase plan, including principal reduction.
When the truck comes Tuesday morning (yes, Election Day morning!) to take away her furniture and leave her on the street people from all those groups will be on that street to stop that truck.
Here’s how you can help.
If you are in the area and want to participate in the eviction defense tomorrow or on subsequent days:
If you aren’t in the area or want to help from home, please call
John Sheldon
Morgan Stanley Executive Director
San Francisco
415-576-2083
on Tuesday morning and tell him to stop the eviction of Jodie Randolph at
1624 Foley Avenue, Alameda, CA 94501.
Directions to Jodie’s house:
Directions to Jodie Randolph’s home @ 1624 Foley, Alameda, CA.
People can start showing up after 8:00 AM Tuesday, November 6th.
Via BART: Go to FruitVale BART. Walk west to Fruitvale Ave, South (towards Freeway & Bay) on Fruitvale, across the bridge. Street turns into Tilden Ave and bears right. Follow Tilden to Buena Vista Ave, turn right. Two short blocks to Foley. Turn left. 1624 is about half way down the street on your left. About 4/5ths of a mile total.
By bicycle: International towards Fruitvale, right on 29th Ave, across bridge. Street turns into Park St. Follow Park three or four blocks, turn left on Buena Vista Ave. Right on Foley. 1624 is about half way down the street on your left.
By car: Take I880 South to Fruitvale exit. Exit onto Elmwood Ave. Two blocks to the intersection of Fruitvale & Elmwood. Turn right onto Fruitvale, go across bridge. Road turns into Tilden & bears to the right. Follow Tilden a few blocks. Turn right on Buena Vista Ave. One short block, turn left on Foley. 1624 is about half way down the street on your left.
If you really need information, or you really need a ride, the hotline is 510-207-0182. (No ride guarantees, but we might be able to work something out).
If you want to get text alerts subscribe to the Occupy Oakland Foreclosure Defense Group’s emergency alert system:
Text ‘ooforeclosure’ to 69302.
The most important thing to do is to be there Tuesday to a) stop the eviction and b) organize to make sure the eviction continues to not happen.
