OCCUPY WALL $TREET WEST
FRIDAY, JANUARY 20TH
DAYLONG NONVIOLENT MASS OCCUPATION
OF THE FINANCIAL DISTRICT BY THE 99%
More info: www.occupywallstwest.org
Wells Fargo HQ Action
8:00am @California and Montgomery
Contact: Sasha Wright, Pride at Work, sasha2justicia@gmail.com
Bank of America Actions
8:00am @Justin Herman Plaza
Contact: Grace Martinez, ACCE, grace@calorganize.org
Healthcare and Jobs for the 99% Action
11:00am @Van Ness and Geary
Contact: Pilar Schiavo, California Nurses Association, pschiavo@calnurses.org
Fannie Mae/Wells Fargo/ICE Action March
12:00pm @meet at Justin Herman Plaza
Contact: Robbie Clark, Causa Justa, robbie@cjjc.org
Stop Wage Theft Action with Progressive Workers Alliance
3:00pm @Church and Market
Contact: Mario Demira, Progressive Workers Alliance, mario@filipinocc.org
Occupy Hyatt Picket and Action with Unite Here Local 2
4:15pm @Grand Hyatt Union Square, Stockton and Sutter
Contact: Ramneek Saini, SF Labor Council, ramneek@sflaborcouncil.org
Closing Unity March, Rally & Celebration
5:00pm @start from Grand Hyatt Union Square or Justin Herman Plaza for convergence in the Financial District
Contact: Shaw San Liu, Chinese Progressive Association, shawsan@cpasf.org
Tell CALPINE’s CEO: Workers Deserve a Free and Fair Union Election!
In late August, workers at CALPINE, an energy company based in Houston, approached IBEW Local 1245 and asked for their help in organizing a union. Management responded to that request by waging an aggressive anti-union campaign, raising the specter of job losses, reductions in pay and benefits, lock-outs and strikes – with no regard to IBEW 1245’s record. For the past two months, workers have been forced to attend mandatory meetings with union-busters during work time.
Calpine workers have asked Mr. Fusco to stop using the union-busters, halt the mandatory anti-union propaganda sessions and allow equal access to union representatives on the work site during lunch and non work periods. Mr. Fusco rejected that request.
We are asking you to weigh in with CALPNE and insist that they stop their campaign of intimidation so that workers can vote their conscience free from fear. Call CALPINE CEO Jack Fusco at (713) 830-2000 and ask him to stop mandatory meetings and allow equal access to union representatives on work sites!
Learn more about the CALPINE organizing campaign at www.CalpineWorkersTogether.com
The Passing of Brother Louis Lucivero
We are very sorry to report the passing of our Brother Louis Lucivero on Friday, November 25, 2011. Brother Lucivero was the former President of the UAL Board and the Vice-President for UAL on the ESC Local 20 Executive Board. He also held the office of Western Region Vice-President of the International Federation of Professional and Technical Engineers.
Louis is survived by his wife Lorriane, daughter Laura and husband Barry of Fremont, son Louis and wife Beanie of Livermore, and four grandchildren. His sisters Lucretia, Ida, and brother Michael all of Long Island also survive him.
Family and friends are invited to attend a visitation on Wednesday, November 30, 2011 from 3:00 – 8:00 P.M. with a 7:00 P.M. vigil at Berge-Pappas-Smith Chapel of the Angels, 40842 Fremont Blvd., Fremont, CA. Mass of Resurrection will be held at 11:00 A.M. on Thursday, December 1, 2011 at St. Joseph’s Catholic Church, 43148 Mission Blvd., Fremont, CA
Louis was an important member of the ESC Local 20 family and we are all deeply saddened by this loss.
At the last ESC Local 20 Executive Board meeting, a resolution to support the Occupy Wall Street movement was passed.
Below is a statement by AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka On Occupy Wall Street
October 05, 2011
Occupy Wall Street has captured the imagination and passion of millions of Americans who have lost hope that our nation’s policymakers are speaking for them. We support the protesters in their determination to hold Wall Street accountable and create good jobs. We are proud that today on Wall Street, bus drivers, painters, nurses and utility workers are joining students and homeowners, the unemployed and the underemployed to call for fundamental change. Across America, working people are turning out with their friends and neighbors in parks, congregations and union halls to express their frustration – and anger — about our country’s staggering wealth gap, the lack of work for people who want to work and the corrupting of our politics by business and financial elites. The people who do the work to keep our great country running are being robbed not only of income, but of a voice. It is time for all of us—the 99 percent—to be heard.
As we did when we marched on Wall Street last year, working people call on corporations, big banks, and the financial industry to do their part to create good jobs, stop foreclosures and pay their fair share of taxes.
· Wall Street and corporate America must invest in America: Big corporations should invest some of the $2 trillion in cash they have on hand, and use it to create good jobs. And the banks themselves should be making credit more accessible to small businesses, instead of parking almost $1 trillion at the Federal Reserve.
· Stop foreclosures: Banks should write down the 14 million mortgages that are underwater and stop the more than 10 million pending foreclosures to stop the downward spiral of our housing markets and inject more than $70 billion into our economy.
· Fund education and jobs by taxing financial speculation: A tiny tax on financial transactions could raise hundreds of billions in revenue that could fund education and create jobs rebuilding our country. And it would discourage speculation and encourage long term investment.
We will open our union halls and community centers as well as our arms and our hearts to those with the courage to stand up and demand a better America.
San Francisco Labor Council resolution on Occupy Wall Street
Alameda Labor Council resolution on Occupy Wall Street and Occupy Oakland
IFPTE Enthusiastically Endorses Bill to Tax Wall Street Traders and Speculators
RESULTS OF THE ESC LOCAL 20 EXECUTIVE BOARD
ELECTION of officers 2011
Elected by acclamation:
JOHN MADER – PRESIDENT
CONNIE SAVOY – VICE PRESIDENT MPU UNIT
No nominations received:
VICE PRESIDENT OD UNIT
The vacant position of the Vice President from a Unit shall be filled by a vote of the Executive Board with the advice and consent of the Unit’s Executive Board.
Lou Lucivero Receives Ben Hudnall Service Award
Be it known:
That Brother Lou Lucivero tirelessly dedicates himself to the members of Engineers and Scientists of California Local 20, International Federation of Professional and Technical Engineers.
It being further known that:
The Ben Hudnall Service Award being the highest award of Engineers and Scientists of California Local 20, IFPTE.
Now therefore:
For special service to Engineers & Scientists of California Local 20 in furtherance of it principles, as enumerated by the Constitution of the Local Union, Brother Lou Lucivero will be awarded the Ben Hudnall Service Award on Friday, September 23, 2011.
John Mader, President
Engineers and Scientists of California Local 20
International Federation of Professional and Technical Engineers
ESC Local 20 Executive Board Resolution Supporting Wisconsin Workers’ Rights:
ESC Local 20 calls on all members to provide support and solidarity to our brothers and sisters in Wisconsin in their fight for collective bargaining rights. This struggle is not their fight alone but one for all working Americans…
For up-to-date information on the fight in Wisconsin and elsewhere to preserve public employee collective bargaining rights, please see the AFL-CIO Now news blog: http://blog.aflcio.org/. You can sign up at this website to receive direct e-mail updates and action alerts.
To learn more about issues surrounding public employee pensions, please see the very informative “myths vs. facts” provided by CALPERS, the public employee pension fund:
http://www.calpersresponds.com/pension-financing-myths-vs-facts.php
http://www.calpersresponds.com/pension-security-myths-vs-facts.php
Our sister local in San Francisco, IFPTE 21, represents professional employees in local government. Here is Local 21’s response to the current set of attacks on public employees, their unions, and their pensions: