Your Meeting Is in a Boycotted Hotel. Now What?

Posted May 8, 2014 by Diane Morrison

In May of last year I answered my phone, at work in Seattle, and found myself talking to a union organizer in Texas. He was calling to alert me that my professional association, the Society for Social Work and Research
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California Nurses Rally Against Kaiser’s $21.7 Billion In Excess Reserve And Endorse Health Insurance Rate Regulation Initiative To Return Billions To Patients

Posted May 7, 2014 by Consumer Watch

At a May 6 rally and press conference, Kaiser nurses and consumer advocates exposed the fact that Kaiser Permanente has accumulated a reserve that is $21.7 billion – 1626 percent – more than required by the state, while cutting patient
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Labor History Month Celebrates Workers’ Contributions

Posted May 6, 2014 by Fred Glass

May is Labor History Month. Signed into law as AB 2269 (Swanson) in 2012 by Governor Brown, its purpose is to encourage schools “to commemorate this month with appropriate educational exercises that make pupils aware of the role the labor
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Pac-12 Networks Shafts Broadcast Technicians

Posted May 5, 2014 by Sandra England

Has income inequality really become the “defining challenge of our time” as President Obama has proclaimed? One look at the number one book on Amazon’s bestseller list, Thomas Piketty’s Capital in the Twenty-First Century, which scrutinizes income inequality and capitalism,
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What To Make of Seattle’s $15 Minimum Wage Plan

Posted May 5, 2014 by Arun Gupta

If you’re a low-wage worker in Seattle good luck figuring out how much you will earn under Mayor Ed Murray’s proposal to raise the minimum wage to $15 an hour. In a news conference on May 1, an international day
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75 SF Tech Companies Back Ellis Reform as Key Vote Nears

Posted May 1, 2014 by Randy Shaw

Nearly 75 tech companies affiliated with sf.citi, including Twitter and Salesforce, have signed a public letter urging legislators to support State Senator Mark Leno’s Ellis Act reform bill, SB 1439. In a remarkable showing of tech support for those victimized
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Despite Local ‘No’ Votes, Teamsters International Declares UPS Contract Ratified

Posted May 1, 2014 by Jane Slaughter

On April 16 members of Local 89 in Louisville voted no on their supplement for the second time, this time by 94 percent. Members were angry that they spend up to an hour a day—unpaid—on a shuttle that takes them
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