---- Tuesday, Apr 15 3:00 pm Oakland Port of Oakland Action *** D-Day for Unionized Oakland Airport Concessions *** The Port Commission is prepared to make a decision on the issue of keeping Airport concessions 100% Union. Workers need major support at this meeting to ensure that their livelihoods will be protected! --> Port of Oakland Building, 2nd Floor Board Room, 530 Water Street (off Embarcadero, near Jack London Movie Theatres on Washington) in Oakland, CA [HERE Local 2850 (510) 893-3181 x116 (Stephanie)] Tuesday, Apr 15 4:00 pm San Jose Demonstration *** Tax Day Protest Against Corporate Welfare *** Billions of dollars go to subsidies, bailouts, and tax breaks for corporations and the rich. Yet the federal and state governments are scapegoating immigrants and welfare recipients as being the cause of their budget deficits and are cutting social services to families and the elderly, disabled, and homeless. Join People Opposing Welfare Rollbacks (POWR). Also picketing at 1750 Lundy Avenue in San Jose from 4 pm to midnight --> US Post Office, 1750 Meridian Avenue in San Jose, CA [info (408) 236-2115] Tuesday, Apr 15 5:00 pm Concord Demonstration *** Tax Day Action *** Hand out informative leaflets with members of the Peace Center --> Concord Main Post Office in Concord, CA [Mount Diablo Peace Center (510) 933-7850] Tuesday, Apr 15 6:30 pm Berkeley City Council Meeting *** Stop the Poor Laws *** The Berkeley City Council reconsiders the law against sitting on the sidewalk and the law against asking for a donation after dark. Ask the council to withdraw completely from the lawsuit with the ACLU contesting the constitutionality of the laws. Berkeley shouldn't set national precedent to allow other cities to crack down even further on the poor who need to ask for help because of 'welfare reform' and immigrant bashing. Call swing vote councilmember Linda Maio at (510) 644-6359 --> Meet on the steps of Old City Hall, MLKing at Center in Berkeley, CA Tuesday, Apr 15 7:00 pm Berkeley Educational Forum *** The Welfare Cuts: Sharing What We Know and Where Do We Go From Here *** [703 lines left ... full text available at <url:http://www.reference.com/cgi-bin/pn/go?choice=message&table=04_1997&mid=3390309&hilit=CULTURAL+FUTURE+FUTURES> ] -------------------------------- Article-ID: 04_1997&3357044 Score: 82 Subject: Sealing - The Future