Date archive for April, 2012
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East Bay Express: Castlewood Lawyer Doctored Evidence?
3/14/12 – The attorney for the upscale Pleasanton country club that locked out its workers is now on the hot seat. By Rachel Swan If there’s one area in which Occupy Oakland excels, it’s bringing sex appeal to seemingly dry populist issues — like fair ... Read more...
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Mother Jones: At Country Club, a Rally to “Save the 1 Percent”
2/25/12 – Pete Woiwode figures that if the 1 percent is going to take a stand against the 99 percent, it might as well be at a country club. “I mean, we have a right to golf,” the 29-year-old community organizer proclaimed on Saturday. He ... Read more...
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KTVU: Occupy protesters join former country club employees in protest over 2-year labor dispute
Hundreds of former employees of the Castlewood Country Club in Pleasanton, joined by the Occupy movement, gathered to rally for their jobs back in what’s been a two-year long fight. Saturday was the two year anniversary of when 61 employees were locked out of their ... Read more...
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Mercury News: Occupy Oakland forces to join labor protest march to Castlewood Country Club on Saturday
2/24/12 – PLEASANTON — Protests over the lockout of cooks and cleaners at the Castlewood Country Club will ramp up Saturday when members of the Occupy movement join labor leaders in a march from downtown to the club. Some from Occupy Oakland plan to pitch ... Read more...
