AltWeeklies Wire
How the Black Bloc Occupied Oaklandnew
Can the movement be sustainable if it won't condemn violence?
East Bay Express |
Rachel Swan |
11-09-2011 |
#OCCUPY
Labor Painsnew
A fight between two unions in San Francisco could set the course of the U.S. labor movement.
SF Weekly |
Matt Smith |
10-12-2010 |
Business & Labor
Labor Pains: A Dispute Among Local Union Activists Has Unfolded Behind Closed Doorsnew
The dispute may yet cause headaches for employers as well: Since the split, UNITE HERE and Workers United have collectively filed 39 charges against area employers. Each union complains that employers have failed to recognize it as the workers' representative.
Pittsburgh City Paper |
Chris Young |
03-01-2010 |
Business & Labor
Proposed Federal Laws Could Sweep Away Low-Wage Workersnew
The Shuler-Tancredo SAVE Act would require all employers to use E-Verify to check the legal status of their employees. Presently E-Verify is a free system that employers voluntarily use to check new hires. Critics point out that it has been shown to have serious shortcomings, the most problematic being the tendency to deliver "false positive" matches, declaring citizens in good standing to be illegal.
Metro Silicon Valley |
Diane Solomon |
05-29-2008 |
Business & Labor
Do SEIU Leaders Have It In for Dissenter Sal Rosselli?new
Operatives of the union's president Andy Stern are using their money and organizing clout in a hard-hitting campaign -- not to force an employer to the table or to toss out an anti-union politician, but to discredit another labor leader.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
J.B. Powell |
04-09-2008 |
Business & Labor
California Union Leader Blasts SEIU Boss Andy Sternnew
According to Sal Rosselli, Stern's expansion of the union has cost workers the ability to complain or fight to improve conditions.
SF Weekly |
Matt Smith |
02-21-2008 |
Business & Labor
Studio Clean-Upnew
Janitors at L.A.'s major studios are pushing for a union.
Los Angeles CityBeat |
Jonathan Frochtzwajg |
10-20-2006 |
Business & Labor
How the Nursing Home Industry Got a Guarantee of Huge Profitsnew
Pushing nursing home residents out into the heat for two hours for prefabricated "rallies" was the first step in a carefully orchestrated lobbying blitzkrieg. The result is a bill that changes the way nursing home payments in California are made -- and it could be a budget buster.
SF Weekly |
Matt Smith |
08-27-2004 |
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