LaborFest

Schedule:

10:30 am - 12:30 pm: Contracting Out, Union Busting and Privatization In Southern Africa
(Zoom event)

The destruction of workers in Southern African including in South Africa and Namibia is escalating. Workers are being forced into contract labor which was the type of labor under apartheid conditions. These panelists will report on the fight against union busting and also the role of contract labor in destroying unions and working conditions.

Speakers:
Marcia Kauatjitotje – Fired union steward at Namibia Husab mine Eagle Nightwatch Security.
Edwardo Baptista – Fired Mineworkers Union Of Namibia President at Rossing Mine in Namibia
Patrick Bond – University of Johannesburg Professor and Labor Researcher and Activist
Mametlwe Sebe –  President of General Industrial Union of South Africa GIWUSA

Location: Online

12:00 pm - 4:00 pm: Labor History Bike Tour
Tour starts at 518 Valencia St. near 16th St. (about 4 hours of tour)
Tour ends at Spear and Market.
Labor History Bike Tour by Chris Carlsson

From the pre-urban history of Indian Slavery to the earliest 8-hour day movement in the U.S., the ebb and flow of class war is traced. SF's radical working-class organizations are shaped in part by racist complicity in genocide and slavery, but from the 1870s to the 1940s there are dozens of epic battles between owners and workers, culminating in the 1934 General Strike and its aftermath. This is an entirely different look, during a four hour bike tour, at San Francisco labor history.
Shaping San Francisco is asking for a donation of $25~$50.
(Donation to Shaping San Francisco) (Limited capacity, RSVP required. Please contact: shaping@foundsf.org
For more information: (415) 608-9035.
RSVP required: shaping@foundsf.org

Location: 518 Valencia St., SF, CA 94110

7:00 pm - 9:00 pm: Racism, Labor And White Supremacy

(Presentation)

This panel will look at the historic struggle against white supremacy in the labor movement and the growth of fascism in the US today.  There has been an escalation of hanging noose incidents and racist attacks in the workplace and community. It will look at how unions like the ILWU have fought systemic racism by direct action and the jobs and the growing threat of a fascist government and  what unions and working people need to do to confront this deadly danger and the threat of civil war.

Speakers:
Clarence Thomas – ILWU 10 Secretary Treasurer Retired
Chris Silvera – IBT 808, New York

Location: ILWU Local 10 Henry Schmidt Room, 400 North Point St., San Francisco