TENTATIVE AGREEMENT REACHED: Oakland Teachers' Strike Off For Now, But Cuts Loom
Teachers and staff will decide if they accept the contract as Oakland Education Association promises to fight a 10% reduction in OUSD staff.
Teachers and staff will decide if they accept the contract as Oakland Education Association promises to fight a 10% reduction in OUSD staff.
Community says: ‘Stay on the picket line as long as you need to, we totally support you.’
Workers at billionaire-owned Alameda Healthcare & Wellness Center say they want better wages and benefits so patients can get the dignified care they deserve. And in a rare move, a major union opened its strike fund for workers fighting for a union before they have won union recognition.
After a long campaign, organizers moved the county Board of Supervisors to adopt the Ethical Investment Policy on October 3. There is only one more procedural hurdle before full implementation.
These workers have joined an industry-wide rebellion against management greed — and they’re prepared to go the distance.
Workers at San Francisco Homeless Outreach Team spend their days helping people living on the streets. Now they want a fair workplace.
Hospice East Bay management praises their work in public. But in private, workers say they’re trying to cut back on the quality of end-of-life care.