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This site is a journal of the events that attract our attention and participation, recorded in photo-essay and cartoon. It includes political events in our hometown of Sacramento, California, and major regional progressive events.

---Ellen Dillinger and Dik Wood CSEA - (Last updated Feb 7, 2012)

OCCUPY SACRAMENTO! "It is well that the people of the nation do not understand our banking and monetary system, for if they did, I believe there would be a revolution before tomorrow morning." -Henry Ford Despite several decades in which the gap between rich and poor in the U.S grew to a gaping chasm, the tortuous workings of the U.S. financial system remained largely beneath most people's radars. It took the mortgage crisis of 2008 to draw attention to the role of Wall Street in their lives - but what to do once you realize? In NYC, protesters of Wall Street occupied Zuccotti Park, inspiring Occupiers to organize in other cities around the U.S. In Sacramento, Occupy Sacramento began to occupy Cesar Chavez Plaza in October and despite over 100 arrests, continues to maintain a presence on the lawn of City Hall and as an organizing force. We are recording what we see via cartoon and photograph on the following pages.
The Retirement Cartoon: (2010) Yes, after 37 years at MGH, it is time for the retirement cartoon - five pages of meandering reflection & tirade on work and the union. Is there a lesson in it? If so, it is the non-news that appreciating the people I worked with - whether as co-workers or fellow union participants - is what made it possible to continue in my somewhat tedious job . More could be said, but there is a danger in letting retired persons ramble on without some kind of limit, so I will let the cartoons handle the rest of the ride. Best wishes & good luck - Ellen ................................................Page 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

A Union Member’s Cartoon: (2009) Just because I'm no longer a shop steward , don’t think I’m not paying attention to what happens in our union and in my work site. However, since the disappointment of SEIU's UHW trusteeship in January and the brief flurry of hope (dashed) when we thought our open contract would allow us to vote for NUHW, it's been a time of watch and wait. It's been a period of lying low, not paying dues in the usual way, not participating in SEIU events - oh, wait, there weren't any! Well, now it's time to look at life under trusteeship via cartoon:

Cartoons of Life Under SEIU Trusteeship can be found at:

Cartoons pre-Trusteeship can be found at:
See "A Union Member’s Cartoon" page 1, page 2, page 3, page 4

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071509 GOVERNOR, DON'T LET CALIFORNIA GO UP IN SMOKE. CAPITAL RALLY!

01/24/09 UHW members assembled in meeting halls throughout California!

11/22/08 No on proposition 8 rally at capitol.

11/12/08 UHW visits Sutter Health headquarters, Sacramento, CA.

	09/26/08 09/27/08 Thousands of UHW members respond to SEIU's trusteeship kangaroo court in San Mateo.

	090608 UHW-w Leadership Convention: Focus on Union democracy

	090308 Stern's snitches expelled!!!!!! UHW-w/CHW bargaining continues

	08/2008 UHW-w/CHW -- Bargaining a contract.

03/29/08 Cesar Chavez March

03/19/08 The 5th anniversary of the Iraq occupation was observed at several Sacramento locations beginning with a noon rally at the north steps of the capitol.

01/21/08 MLK march.

01/20/08 One year until the "END OF AN ERROR" celebration.

	102707 End the War Now - San Francisco demonstration.

	090707: Farm workers at State Capitol urge passage of SB180, the "Fair Treatment of Farm Workers Act. "