March 1 Day of Action

2012-03-01, Thursday
Location: San Francisco Civic Center (Polk and Grove)
Time: 4:00 - 6:00 pm
We, the People, Demand that the California Government:
* Fully fund public education, which is a public good and is the cornerstone of a democratic society, a vibrant economy, and the social and intellectual development of every individual.
* Fully fund social services, which to a large part provide a crucial safety net for the most vulnerable members of society and therefore serve as a measure of society's moral standard.
* Tax the rich, pass the Millionaires Tax, pass the Oil Tax to Fund Education, and reject regressive taxes.
* In the state of California working people with the lowest income pay a higher rate (11%) of state and local taxes than the rich (8%). This tax inequity has contributed to an 81 percent growth in the income of the wealthiest 1 percent of Californians between 1978 and 2008, while during the same period the income of the poorest 20 percent dropped by 11.5 percent.
* We refuse to pay for the crisis created by the 1 percent. If we make the rich and the corporations pay, we can fully fund public education and social services and reverse the budget cuts, tuition hikes, and attacks on jobs. Join us in this peaceful demonstration.
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Partial List of Endorsers of March 1-5 Statewide Actions:
* AFT Local 1078 (Berkeley Federation of Teachers)
* AFT Local 1481 (Jefferson Union High School)
* AFT Local 1493 (San Mateo Community College Teachers)
* AFT Local 61 (San Francisco Federation of Teachers)
* AFT Local 1603 (Peralta Federation of Teachers)
* AFT Local 2121 (City College of San Francisco)
* Alameda Labor Council Executive Board
* Berkeley Faculty Association
* California Faculty Association (Cal State East Bay)
* California Faculty Association (San Francisco State University)
* California Federation of Teachers
* California Teachers Association
* Chinese Progressive Association
* CODEPINK Bay Area
* Council of UC Faculty Associations
* Davis Faculty Association
* Faculty Association of CA Community Colleges (FACCC)
* International Socialist Organization
* Jobs with Justice
* Labor for Peace and Justice
* La Raza Centro Legal
* Oakland Education Association
* Northbay Uprising media collective
* NYC All City Student Assembly
* Occupy Bernal
* Occupy Cal
* Occupy Chico State
* Occupy City College
* Occu;y UC Davis
* Occupy Education Northern California
* Occupy the Hood Oakland
* Occupy Humboldt State
* Occupy Oakland
* Occupy Palo Alto
* Occupy Redwood City
* Occupy SF
* Occupy SFSU
* Occupy Stanford
* Occupy UC Davis
* Old Lesbians Organizing for Change SF Bay Area Chapter
* Riverside Faculty Association
* Sacramento Democratic Socialists of America
* Sacramento Progressive Alliance
* San Francisco Labor Council Executive Committee
* San Francisco Occupy Solidarity Network
* San Lorenzo Education Association
* San Mateo Community College Federation of Teachers
* SEIU Local 1021
* Socialist Organizer
* Solano Peace and Freedom Party
* Solidarity (East Bay chapter)
* Students for a Democratic Society
* UAW Local 2865 (Graduate Student Employees of University of California)
* UC Santa Cruz General Assembly
* United Educators of San Francisco (UESF)
* University of California at San Diego Faculty Association
* UPTE (University Professional and Technical Employees) CWA 9119
* Vampire Slayer Project
* Workers Action
* Young Workers United