Amid Wave of Tech Layoffs, Google Workers Organize for Job Security
"We are the frogs realizing the pot has been boiling the whole time": Google workers talk job security, internal culture shift, and building the union.
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San Francisco's Billboards Aren't For You
Wendy Liu, author of Abolish Silicon Valley, explains what those weird tech billboards are really saying.
Delays and Belays: Touchstone Climbing Gym Management Stonewalls Workers
They’ve had a mass shooter threat, an FBI investigation, a strike and a boycott. Touchstone workers just want a union contract.
Urban Ore Workers Get Back to the Line
Union workers at Urban Ore launch informational pickets and community petition, allege continued bad faith bargaining from ownership.
How Landlords Soak the Bay’s Small Business
We investigated an unpredictable maintenance charge that’s plaguing local small businesses, and helps explain all those empty storefronts in the Bay.
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We Should All Be Luddites: Jathan Sadowski on Why We Deserve Better Tech
Silicon Valley capitalists think you shouldn’t have a say in how technology works.
Meet The Locals: California Live Oak
Introducing Bay Area Current’s guide to your local native species and why they matter.
“El poder está en el trabajo”: Docentes de Oakland se enfrentan a los ataques del ICE contra estudiantes y sus familias
Docentes y otros miembros del sindicato Oakland Education Association están recaudando fondos para defensa legal y exigiendo al gobierno local que haga más para proteger a los estudiantes.
Down But Not Out: Laid-Off SF State Faculty Still Kicking
University cuts make headlines. But what happens to lecturers after they lose their jobs?
“It Starts with Being Human”: Inside the Strike at Urban Ore
Forty days on strike led to major wins for Urban Ore workers, but the struggle for a first union contract lies ahead.