Carl Finamore

Carl Finamore is a longtime labor journalist and activist and a Machinist Lodge 1781 delegate to the San Francisco Labor Council, AFL-CIO.

Articles by Carl Finamore

Black Homes Matter: SF’s Vanishing Black Population

Posted January 11, 2016 by Carl Finamore

This story is prompted by a picket sign I saw at a recent anti-police brutality protest sponsored by two San Francisco families, one Latino and one Black, whose sons were shot dead in separate incidents following a barrage of police
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Fight for $15 – Will AFL-CIO Jump In?

Posted November 11, 2015 by Carl Finamore

There are only two flashpoints in American history where labor unions became center stage in politics. I will call these “Big Bang” moments because they propelled the American Federation of Labor (AFL) after 1886 and the Committee for Industrial Organization
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Workers of America, Unite!

Posted October 29, 2015 by Carl Finamore

Remarks* by panelist Carl Finamore at the Oct. 26, 2015 Black Lives Matter Forum sponsored by the San Francisco Labor Council, AFL-CIO. ***** The American working class is the most powerful in the world, is the most productive in the
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Rally Challenges City Enforcement of Short-Term Rentals

Posted October 1, 2015 by Carl Finamore

Prop F supporters rallied at City Hall yesterday prior to a Supervisor’s hearing on a new city agency’s enforcement of San Francisco’s short-term rental law. Critics challenged the only nine violations the agency has prosecuted, arguing that the housing crunch
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After Slaying “Monster,” Activists Seek Affordable Housing

Posted August 25, 2015 by Carl Finamore

A political earthquake just hit San Francisco when, amid much controversy, plans for construction of 331 high-end rentals and deluxe condos in the heart of San Francisco’s working-class Mission District collapsed. Designed for the busy neighborhood transportation hub of 16th
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Activists Protest Bank Funding Ellis Evictions

Posted August 19, 2015 by Carl Finamore

OK, we all get it. Banks, corporations and Wall Street types in general, are out to make money. They’re good at it. In fact, the Atlantic recently announced big banks could currently boast of a “golden age.” At the same
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SF Tenants, Labor Push to Stop Evictions

Posted July 28, 2015 by Carl Finamore

Last year, San Francisco tenant rights’ supporters scored an important victory when voters overwhelmingly approved Proposition K, requiring all new housing developments provide 33% low and moderate-cost units. The objective was to put a lid on the unregulated, speculative construction
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SF Nursing Home Calls Cops on Strikers

Posted July 23, 2015 by Carl Finamore

A lively San Francisco picket line of 50 caregivers from the National Union of Healthcare Workers (NUHW) began their one-day strike of San Francisco Nursing Center (SFNC) in the very early morning hours of Wednesday, July 22, 2015. NUHW negotiator
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