End The Castlewood Lockout!

August 26: Join Castlewood Workers at our Rally Under the Stars

nischit — Wed, 25 Aug 2010 21:31:00 +0000

Join Castlewood Workers at our Rally Under the Stars!** Thur. Aug 26th 5-7:30pm Meet at the corner of Foothill Rd and Castlewood Dr. in Pleasanton at the Castlewood Country Club

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CD11: Sessions in town for Harmer

nischit — Wed, 25 Aug 2010 18:20:21 +0000

Harmer is apparently taking some heat for crossing the picket line at the site of the luncheon, the Castlewood Country Club. Workers have been picketing the business for five months Read more...

Harmer staff unaware of Castlewood lockout when booking event 32 booked for $2,400-a-plate luncheon while 25 picket

nischit — Wed, 25 Aug 2010 18:12:00 +0000

http://www.pleasantonweekly.com/news/show_story.php?id=4797 by Glenn Wohltmann Pleasanton Weekly Staff

Republican congressional candidate David Harmer’s crossing picket lines of locked-out Castlewood Country Club workers was not a deliberate act, according to Harmer’s campaign manager.

Aug. 14: Fiesta for Justice!!

sarahn — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 14:21:42 +0000

FIESTA FOR JUSTICE! A gourmet Mexican dinner party to benefit locked-out Castlewood workers Saturday, August 14th Doors/cocktails/appetizers at 5 pm Dinner at 6:30 First Christian Church of Oakland, 111 Fairmount Ave.

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7/17 9 am – Bastille Day Peasants vs. Aristocrats Picket!

sarahn — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 04:48:05 +0000

BASTILLE DAY PICKET AT CASTLEWOOD: PEASANTS VS. ARISTOCRATS! Saturday, July 17, 9 am

Castlewood workers have now been locked out for over four months. Celebrate Bastille Day by helping us storm the Castle(wood) to Read more...

Friday, July 9: SOCCER VS. GOLF MOBILIZATION!

sarahn — Sun, 04 Jul 2010 18:39:33 +0000

Join us this Friday, 7/9 at 5 pm – two days before the World Cup final game – and help the people’s sport triumph over one anti-worker golf club! Come Read more...

Tournament Victories and Fiascos

sarahn — Sun, 04 Jul 2010 18:25:27 +0000

We’re happy to announce that the Washington Hospital Healthcare Foundation and the Ohlone College Athletics Department have re-located golf tournaments originally scheduled to be held at Castlewood. Thanks to both Read more...

SF Chronicle: Picketers mark lockout’s 100th day at country club

jeffg — Sun, 13 Jun 2010 23:29:13 +0000

Picketers marched outside a swank, sprawling Pleasanton country club during a high-profile golf tournament today to mark the 100th day of the club's employee Read more...

Contra Costa Times: No End In Sight in Pleasanton Lock Out

nischit — Wed, 26 May 2010 23:18:20 +0000

PLEASANTON — Castlewood Country Club and its surrounding neighborhood in the Pleasanton hills is usually quiet, a secluded area southwest of the city limits where, among the amenities, golfers can Read more...

SF Chronicle: Locked-out club workers stage hunger strike

nischit — Sat, 08 May 2010 15:55:23 +0000

Union hospitality workers began a three-day hunger strike Friday to protest a lockout by Castlewood Country Club in the hope that their fast, contrasting with members’ Mother’s Day feasts, will Read more...