End The Castlewood Lockout!

Walmart Supplier Plans to Cross Our Picket Line!

sarahn — Fri, 11 May 2012 18:17:04 +0000

Join us on the line – Monday, 5/21, 12:30 pm Acosta Sales and Marketing is having a golf tournament at Castlewood on Monday, May 21st. Acosta is a national food brokering company for Read more...

Saturday, 4/14: Open House Action!

sarahn — Tue, 10 Apr 2012 18:12:48 +0000

Castlewood’s Having An Open House, But We’re Still Locked Out!

For two years, workers at Castlewood Country Club have been fighting to go back to work with affordable health care, Read more...

East Bay Express: Castlewood Lawyer Doctored Evidence?

sarahn — Sun, 18 Mar 2012 17:23:28 +0000

The attorney for the upscale Pleasanton country club that locked out its workers is now on the hot seat. By Rachel Swan

If there’s one area in which Occupy Oakland excels, Read more...

Mother Jones: At Country Club, a Rally to “Save the 1 Percent”

sarahn — Tue, 28 Feb 2012 03:19:17 +0000

Pete Woiwode figures that if the 1 percent is going to take a stand against the 99 percent, it might as well be at a country club.

“I mean, we have Read more...

Fog City Journal: Occupy Oakland to Join Workers in Fight at Castlewood Country Club

sarahn — Tue, 28 Feb 2012 03:17:16 +0000

Sergio Gonzalez thought no one would care when Castlewood Country Club locked out its striking service workers.

“I thought it was going to be us vs. the world,” said the 30-year-old Read more...

Pleasanton Patch: Castlewood Country Club Workers to Occupy Pleasanton During March

sarahn — Tue, 28 Feb 2012 03:15:34 +0000

Union members from UNITE HERE Local 2850 plan to march through Pleasanton tomorrow to bring attention to the two-year anniversary of the Castlewood Country Club worker lockout.

Hundreds of religious leaders, Read more...

KTVU: Occupy protesters join former country club employees in protest over 2-year labor dispute

sarahn — Tue, 28 Feb 2012 03:13:28 +0000

Hundreds of former employees of the Castlewood Country Club in Pleasanton, joined by the Occupy movement, gathered to rally for their jobs back in what’s been a two-year long fight.

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Mercury News: Occupy Oakland forces to join labor protest march to Castlewood Country Club on Saturday

sarahn — Sat, 25 Feb 2012 06:05:14 +0000

PLEASANTON — Protests over the lockout of cooks and cleaners at the Castlewood Country Club will ramp up Saturday when members of the Occupy movement join labor leaders in a Read more...

San Ramon Express: Marchers will ‘Occupy’ Tri-Valley

sarahn — Sat, 25 Feb 2012 06:00:40 +0000

Occupy Oakland is headed to Pleasanton to mark the second anniversary of the lockout of workers from Castlewood Country Club. Marchers will start at 9:30 a.m. Saturday at the corner Read more...

2/25/12: 2 Years in the Streets – Fighting for the 99%!

sarahn — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 16:39:55 +0000

We work at a playground for millionaires. Two years ago, they threw us out on the street because we wouldn’t give up affordable health insurance for our families.

We’re fighting Read more...