Rally

Aug 22 2011

Push for a new contract

LOS ANGELES, Calif.—Southland grocery workers and union officials staged a rally today in another push for a new contract, stressing they do not want to go on strike, but they will if they don’t believe they are receiving fair labor offers from the owners of Ralphs, Vons and Albertsons.

Last week, an overwhelming majority of the 62,000 grocery workers voted to authorized a strike.

May 6 2011

Elimination of experienced nurses

Registered nurses (RNs) will picket Centinela Hospital Center and hold a noon rally today to protest what they call a systematic campaign by Prime Healthcare to sharply erode care standards and force the elimination of experienced nurses at the hospital at the expense of patient safety.
 
Centinela is operated by Prime, a for-profit chain owned by Prem Reddy, an M.D. who has already drawn notoriety, say nurses, for his efforts to erode patient care conditions and bid to drive down standards for experienced staff while exploiting new hires.
 

Apr 14 2011

Residents turn out to protest federal cuts

Hundreds of citizens turned out last Saturday at a rally supported by Congresswoman Maxine Waters to voice their concerned about how proposed budget cuts might impact them. The event took place just one day after a federal government shutdown was averted.

Mar 23 2011

Tim Robbins, James Cromwell and Mimi Kennedy are among the speakers

LOS ANGELES, Calif.—Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa is among the scheduled speakers at a downtown rally today to protest proposed federal budget cuts, which organizers claim would hurt the city and county governments and attempts by small businesses to avoid layoffs.

Reps. Maxine Waters, Lucille Roybal-Allard, Karen Bass, Laura Richardson and Judy Chu, Councilman Richard Alarcon, actors Tim Robbins and James Cromwell and actress Mimi Kennedy are among the other scheduled speakers for the rally at the Edward Roybal Federal Building, set to begin at 2:30 p.m.

Daniella Masterson  |   OW Contributor
Sep 23 2010

Los Angeles City College site of local gathering

Los Angeles, CA—The conservative Tea Party had their say, when they marched on Capitol Hill and held concurrent rallies throughout the country on Sept. 12, well now on Oct. 2 grassroots organizers of One Nation Working Together will have their turn, and attempt to mobilize voters, when they culminate into a massive march to the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C., and  in two major California cities.

In California, there will be satellite events in the Bay Area and in Los Angeles.

Across Black America

Here’s a look at African American people and issues making headlines throughout the country.
 

Alabama
Freeman A. Hrabowski, president of the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, will address the annual African American Business Council luncheon on June 28. Hrabowski, who is chairman of President Barack Obama’s Advisory Commission on Education Excellence for African Americans, has a national reputation for his work studying the performance of minority students in math and science. Hrabowski, named one of the 10 best college presidents in the country by Time magazine, was a child leader in the Civil Rights Movement in Birmingham in the 1960s.
 

Arkansas
The Liberty Counsel filed a motion and a brief in United States District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas seeking to intervene on behalf of a Concepts of Life crisis pregnancy center to defend against a suit filed by the American Civil Liberties Union and the Center for Reproductive Rights. The groups seek to impose a permanent injunction before the Human Heartbeat Protection Act goes into effect July 18. Liberty Counsel also filed a brief opposing the ACLU’s request for an injunction. The “Heartbeat” bill states that when a woman seeks an abortion at or after the 12th week, doctors must test for a fetal heartbeat before an abortion is performed and inform the pregnant mother that the child in her womb has a heartbeat. If a heartbeat is detected, a woman cannot have an abortion, except in cases of rape, incest, and if a mother’s life is in danger. “As we promised when the legislation was introduced, Liberty Counsel will defend this law without reservation for the people of Arkansas, born and pre-born,” said Matt Staver, founder and chairman of Liberty Counsel. “No right is more foundational than the right to life. Without life, all other rights are irrelevant,” concluded Staver.