Labor

The Arab Cultural and Community Center and theArab American Union Members Council present Community Reception for Labor Union Leaders from Tunisia Wednesday March 23, 2011 The Arab Cultural and Community Center 2 Plaza Street, San Francisco, CA, 94116 5:30 PM-7:00 PM Cross Street is Laguna Honda One Block from the Forest Hill Muni Station

Supporter, The governor, his GOP Republican Guard, Tea Party Militia and Corporate Special Forces have declared war on public employees and their unions in Wisconsin. Their immediate aim is nothing less than the destruction of collective bargaining for all public sector workers. But the ultimate objective is removing all of organized labor as a force for progressive social change and an obstacle to unfettered corporate exploitation, deregulation and privatization for all American working people. Unions are a check on their power and greed. This attack is no more about fiscal responsibility or solving deficits than the invasion of Iraq was about weapons of mass destruction or the invasion of Afghanistan was about democracy and the rights of women.

Voices from Gaza and the Galilee Sawt el-Amel is in utter disbelief: disbelief at the scale of suffering unleashed upon the people in Gaza, disbelief at the overwhelming support Israel’s war continues to enjoy among the Jewish Israeli public, disbelief at the reluctant stand of the international community – including most Arab states – in the face of such indiscriminate killing. Due to the war, Sawt el-Amel has put its legal-aid project for Gazan workers on hold and shifted its activities to coordinating humanitarian aid from the local Arab population in the Galilee (northern Israel) to families in Gaza. Contributing to immediate relief action in solidarity with the people of Gaza was the major concern expressed by Sawt el-Amel’s members in the current situation. Therefore, activists in several Galilean towns and villages are now preparing “emergency baskets” to be delivered to Gaza in cooperation with local organisations – namely

AAUMC calls upon labor unions in the US to support labor organizers imprisoned by the Egyptian Government, the second largest recipient of US foreign aid [$2 billion]. Members of the independent Textile Workers League: Kamal el-Fayoumi, Tarek Amin and blogger Kareem el-Beheiry were detained on the 6th of April during a two-day uprising by the urban poor and textile workers in the Nile Delta town of Mahalla, protesting the price increases of basic commodities. A strike was scheduled on that day to take place at Ghazl el-Mahalla, the largest textile mill in the Middle East and home to 27,000 workers, but was aborted by police troops occupying the factory. Peaceful demonstrations erupted in the town after the failure of the strike, and soon turned bloody with police opening fire on the protestors, killing at least three. http://arabist.net/arabawy/2008/04/06/police-abort-mahalla-strike/

The Annual Naji Daifullah Award SOMARTS ~ 934 BRANNAN ST. ~ SAN FRANCISCO SATURDAY, AUGUST 11, 2007 6:00-9:00PM The Arab American Union Members Council (AAUMC) will be present the annual Nagi Daifullah Award during the 'PALESTINE/MEXICO: Unspoken Borders' event that is part of the larger 'Prophecy/Healing Time: Artists and Communities Respond to Global Crisis' show. This evening will features music, dance, spoken word, a slide show, food and more. We hope to see everyone there and really hope for a strong labor presence to honor the memory of Nagi Daifullah and carry on his legacy. Arab American labor leader Nagi Daifullah and Cesar Chavez "Non-Violence is our Strength..." Cesar Chavez