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.
Over a Thousand Teachers Strike in Richmond for Themselves and Their Students
Community says: ‘Stay on the picket line as long as you need to, we totally support you.’
Why the Largest Unorganized Bay Area Nursing Facility Is Unionizing
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.
PALESTINE ORGANIZERS WIN: Divestment from Israel Becomes Policy for Alameda County
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.
Verve Coffee Workers Want Living Wages. Fighting for a Union is How They’ll Get It.
These workers have joined an industry-wide rebellion against management greed — and they’re prepared to go the distance.
Breaking News: SF Homeless Outreach Workers Unionize (and Think You Should Too)
Workers at San Francisco Homeless Outreach Team spend their days helping people living on the streets. Now they want a fair workplace.
Pleasant Hill Health Workers Strike to “Save the Heart and Soul of this Hospice”
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.