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  • zuhaib 12:36 am on November 13, 2008 Permalink | Reply
    Tags: , , San Francisco   

    Local News STILL behind the times 

    News rooms all over Americans have been sweeting bullets about how online blogging are going to kill them because of their fast reporting and today I can see why. Around 4:40pm today right in front of my office was a crazy scene you would see in a action move set. Tens of cops, uncovers, motorcycle and etc on a high speed chase of who knows why. What i caught was a man trying to car jack people as he tried to ran away from the cops which I have never seen in my whole life. So after all the rumors on the street, it was a murder, bank robbery, who knows. But I thought I would wait till it hits the local news. Well I turn on the 5:30 news.. Nothing. 6:00 news? Nothing as well. Head over the sfgate and nothing really local. The only local news is about Bad Air and the tiger lawsuit. Really? Is this local to me? Your telling me a high speed chase is not local news? I am sorry, but that is pretty important to me as I live here (ok i live a few blocks away, but my building is there). I can see why sites like sfist are so popular with locals and the -ist sites are. They are what locals really care about. We all know San Francisco is a big city and maybe we do care about bigger issues but losing on reporting local news is pretty bad. I saw a camera man there, but, could not tell what channel he was from so he could have been a freelancer. But this lack of reporting of crime is a bit scary because if I was not there I would never know about it.

    Pictures of the even after the break

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    • Waseem 8:41 pm on November 17, 2008 Permalink

      Well Local News definently is more quality news to me than blogging IMO.

      I’m not sure how they prepare their news for the day but I assume there is a process and this is some kind of loophole in the system.

  • zuhaib 2:36 am on August 28, 2008 Permalink | Reply
    Tags: , Apple Store, Apple Store protest, Protest, San Francisco, Stonestown, Union   

    Protesters at Apple Store-Stonestown in San Francisco 

    So today I had to make a trip to the Apple Store in stonestown to drop off my Macbook Pro for repairs (LCD and the Hard Drive started to die).  Just as I was leaving i noticed two people standing outside.  At first I though maybe they where the Defective by Design people as they where in Lab coats (see here) IMG_0051

    But after going up to them and getting a flier I notice it was something else and far from tech.  They where from a Union, Carpenters LU 405, and were upset over the fact a contractor that apple has hired is no longer using Union contractor.  A bit complicated, i know… Check out the flier IMG_0053 IMG_0054

    This is not a new issue for anyone that has had a business that does construction from time to time, and we have seen many company run afoul of Labor Unions, but, its a bit rare to see Apple names tied in it.  Also the novel way that these guys where doing it, almost in a “Union 2.0″ type of way (yes I just made that up) caught me off guard. No pickets, no yelling, nothing.  The lab coats kind of add that extra layer of geek to it that just makes it scream “silicon valley”.  All they need is to make a facebook group and start posting all over Digg about this and they will be complete.

    You can check out the rest of the photos here: http://flickr.com/photos/zuhaib/sets/72157606992531187/

     

    • Calvin 7:12 pm on September 24, 2008 Permalink

      Seriously? Have they considered that they’re not doing a good enough job – that’s why they changed contractor?

      Also, you’ve got to add to the fact that… okay… if the union was hired back, wouldn’t the south bay construction people lose their jobs? It’s an endless cycle – and they’ve got to admit the fact that… if you get fired, work harder to get your next job. Reflect on mistake, don’t blame others.

      Plus, everyone is have economic troubles. Not just you unions. So STFU.

    • Battles 9:29 pm on September 24, 2008 Permalink

      Calvin, I think you’re confused about the protest. They didn’t change contractors, the contractor quit the union and now the union is upset. Personally, I’m not a fan of unions.

    • Goethe 5:34 am on September 25, 2008 Permalink

      Unions are a pain in the ass, either always making crazy demands to employers or taking fees from employees.

    • Brian 7:54 am on September 25, 2008 Permalink

      The local Carpenters Union here in Dallas, TX also loves to stage these protests outside office buildings downtown, with 15 or 20 members handing out flyers. They do it everytime someone remodels an office and doesn’t do it through one of their preferred contractors. I’ve always thought that if they invested that same amount of time and energy into, you know, working, everybody would be much happier.

    • JAM 10:29 am on September 28, 2008 Permalink

      It is sad to read how ignorant people are about the labor movement!! Union does not fight people, Union fight greed! How fast do we forget that thanks to organized labor we work 8 hours a day, have a work day, work week, weekends, workers comp, pension, vacation and a lot more. Unions spend members’ money to protect you not only union members. South Bay const and their non-union subs, purchase their material in the same store that union employers do, they are cheaper because the majority of non-union corp do not provide benefits to their workers, that’s what union protest! Fair wages and benefits for all workers. Unions are not perfect, but I would rather have a union protecting my rights that the government or I should say, Corp-Government. For all of you that do not know, corporation invented a new way of exploiting workers (Salary Workers) do the math, hours worked vs. hourly wage, you will find out that thanks to union it hasn’t got any worst. Check this site http://www.worklifewizard.org/main

      Carpenter by trade, Union by choice.

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