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Spotlight NewsletterJune 25, 2010 |
Volume 1, Issue 152
Whitman Targets Nurses, Rejects Request for Open Forum
Last week, GOP gubernatorial candidate Meg “Wall Street” Whitman arrogantly asked the California Nurses Association to turn over all of its members’ home addresses and contact information, so her campaign inundate their mailboxes with her flashy mailers. CNA refused to give up its members’ private info, and instead invited Whitman to talk to the nurses face-to-face. When Whitman declined to appear at a forum with her opponent Jerry Brown, the nurses offered a solo forum for her, moderated by non-partisan journalists, but she again declined, and instead proceeded with her onslaught of campaign propaganda on them.
"She's calling us at our homes with push polls, putting out false information to the media, posting deceitful Web sites, and we expect mail to arrive from her soon,” said CNA co-president Geri Jenkins, RN. “THIS is why we didn't want to give Whitman our personal information, but we feel like she went ahead and violated our privacy anyway."
Protest Carly Fiorina at GOP Retreat in Napa
This weekend, the Republican National Committee is holding a swanky retreat at one of Napa’s most luxurious resorts, where donors will reportedly be shelling out more than $60,000 a couple to hobnob with notorious GOP figures, including failed CEO and Senate candidate Carly Fiorina.
While the retreat attendees play golf, drink fine wines and smoke expensive cigars, workers in the Napa area will be coming out to protest Fiorina and the GOP’s effort to buy California’s senate seat. Join the protest on Saturday, June 26 at 11:30am at Napa Valley College (1088 College Ave in St. Helena).
For more information, call (707) 758-1699.
Join Transit Workers and Rev. Jesse Jackson to “Save Our Ride”
In the face of major cuts to public transit services across the country, transit workers and community supporters have formed the national “Save Our Ride” alliance, to advocate for federal legislation to address the nationwide transit crisis.
“Save Our Ride” is holding massive rallies at cities across the country, and next week the coalition will be holding two events with Rev. Jesse Jackson in San Francisco and Sacramento. The San Francisco rally will take place June 29 at noon at the Federal Building (450 Golden Gate), and the Sacramento event will take place July 1 at noon at the Robert Matsui Federal Courthouse (501 I Street).
Learn more, or text OURRIDE to 69866.
Upcoming Trainings and Workshops
APALA Women’s Organizing Institute: August 6 - 8
Asian Pacific American women represent almost half of all Asian Pacific American unionized workers. However, there are limited opportunities to train Asian Pacific Americans, and Asian Pacific American women in particular, to become union organizers.
That’s why the Asian Pacific American Labor Alliance (APALA) and the Orange County Labor Federation are hosting the first-ever APALA Women's Organizing Institute from August 6-8, 2010 in Orange. This unique program will feature trainings from some of the most seasoned Asian Pacific American women union organizers in the country.
UC Berkeley Labor Center Media Skills Workshop: July 21 – 22
The annual two-day Media Skills Workshop at the UC Berkeley Labor Center is designed to help union and community members, organizers and staff improve and maximize media coverage for their campaigns.
The workshop will cover a wide variety of communications tactics, and will teach participants about creating a communications strategy, developing and practicing effective media messages, learning the nuts and bolts of public relations and integrating social media into field campaigns.
This Week on “Labor’s Edge”
Chloe Osmer of the CLEAN carwash campaign blogged on LAUSD’s resolution to use CLEAN carwashes for its vehicle fleet.
The AFL-CIO’s James Parks reported from the Rite Aid rally at the company’s annual shareholder meeting.
Shum Preston of the California Nurses Association lambasted Meg Whitman’s attack on nurses.
We posted our weekly Rants & Raves.
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