April has been a very busy month for the Workers Solidarity Network. We have been working closely with the Red Hawk Casino workers and Unite Here to help organize a union at the Red Hawk Casino.

We held a Meet the Red Hawk Workers meet-the-community night that was an absolute success. We have been having in-home organizing meetings with the workers as well as going to their committee meetings to help brainstorm ideas to insure continued success. We are now working on a petition with other community members and are on our way to our goal with 11 petition runners working on more signatures.

We are also working on getting other community leaders in one room to plan our next steps.

Our group participated in the May Day March in Sacramento as part of the (LCLAA) Labor Council For Latin America Advancement - Sacramento AFL-CIO contingent with whom we also were able to participate in a Boycott Driscoll's action. We also had our own EDP Workers Solidarity Network booth at the capitol to gain signatures for the Red Hawk employees.

We will continue to assist the Red Hawk workers in their unionization efforts and hope that other El Dorado Progressives will join us.

Our next monthly meeting will be held on Sunday, May 20th at 3:30 pm at Totem Coffee, 312 Main St #104, Placerville, CA 95667.