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October 28, 2010
Local Hiring Protesters Shadow UCSF Hospital Groundbreaking
Protesters outside the UCSF VIP groundbreaking on TuesdayThis week, UCSF Mission Bay held groundbreaking ceremonies for its new children's, women's, and cancer hospitals -- a $1.5 billion complex being built on the edge of a neighborhood with the highest unemployment in San Francisco.Proponents o ... More >>
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August 3, 2010
Local Construction Jobs Not Hiring Locals, Study Reports
This week's SF Weekly cover story highlights the rabble-rousing -- and sometimes downright offensive -- tactics of James Richards and the Aboriginal Blackmen United to secure their members jobs on local construction projects. Whatever one thinks of Richards' out-of-the-1960s mau-mauing attempts, ... More >>
News
July 28, 2010
Standing Up with the Aboriginal Blackmen United
The rabble-rousers of the ABU have helped to achieve local hiring goals.
Blogs
June 16, 2010
Union Rules Shut Down Solar Farm Construction
Recurrent EnergyNo work todayIn the rock-paper-scissors game of progressive political causes, union work rules beat renewable energy AND local hiring mandates, reports The Examiner today. Construction on the behind-schedule, massive Sunset Reservoir Solar Project was halted this week after labore ... More >>
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May 10, 1995
Political Power
The proposed Bayview-Hunters Point energy plant sparks a fight

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