Category archive for ‘Oakland Airport’ 
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3/15: Rally for Justice at OAK!
Rally for Justice at OAK! Friday, March 15, 11am – 1:30pm Oakland International Airport Since June 2012, non-union food service workers at the Oakland Airport have been demanding a fair process to decide whether to form a union. They have since called for a boycott ... Read more...
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1/25: Rally INSIDE OAK Airport
Join non-union fast food workers in their fight for justice! Friday, January 25, 11am – 1:30pm. Oakland Airport, Inside Terminals 1 and 2 Non-union fast food workers at the Oakland Airport continue to seek a fair process to decide if they want to form a ... Read more...
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Merry Christmas: Airport Strike on Hold
Strike at Oakland Airport on Hold as Progress Made in Food and Retail Contract Negotiations UNITE HERE Local 2850, the union that represents two hundred fast food and retail employees of HMS Host at the Oakland International Airport, has put holiday season strike plans on ... Read more...
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Oakland Airport Workers Ready to Strike!
Oakland Airport Workers Ready to Strike! Help us Make Picket Signs! Tuesday, December 18, 6:00 – 8:00PM ILWU Local 6 Union Hall, 99 Hegenberger Rd Oakland Airport concessions workers have given HMS Host until the end of the day on Thursday, December 20 to come ... Read more...
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Rally this Thursday at Port of Oakland!
THIS THURSDAY! Rally and Speak-Out December 6, 4:00-5:30pm Port of Oakland—540 Water Street We will come together at the Port Commissioners meeting to, once again, tell the stories of the non-union food service workers at the Oakland Airport. Union and non-union workers are standing together. ... Read more...
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Airport Leader Fired! Rally on Friday
RALLY THIS FRIDAY! (10/26) 11 am – 1:30 pm Oakland Airport Terminal 2 Joseph Cook, the owner of Jamba Juice at the Oakland Airport, fired union supporter Danielle Ramsey and disciplined one of her co-workers, Mesha Adams, earlier this month in what workers believe is ... Read more...
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8/31: Labor Day Airport Action + Boycott Launch!
Friday, August 31, 11 am – 1 pm Oakland Airport Terminal 2 Over the past two months, non-union food service workers at the Oakland Airport have been standing up for justice on the job. They’ve filed claims alleging violations of state and local labor laws, ... Read more...
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Sign the Boycott Pledge!
Since June 2012, workers at non-union food service subcontractors in the Oakland Airport have been speaking out about violations of local, state and federal labor laws at their workplaces. They are calling for a fair process to decide whether to join a union, free from ... Read more...
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In These Times: Workers Try to Organize Airport Subway, Get Fired
OAKLAND, CA—This city is supposed to be a union town, but out at the airport, workers say they’re getting fired for trying to join one. The airport is administered by the Oakland Port Commission, whose members, appointed by the mayor, are mostly viewed as progressives. ... Read more...
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KPFA: Fired Oakland Airport Workers Speak Out
The union seeking to represent workers at concession stands at the Oakland International Airport says the private companies running those concessions are skirting laws meant to protect labor rights. The airport operates under the control of the Port of Oakland, a quasi-public agency. The Port ... Read more...