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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Our Analysis: Organizing Works
On Wednesday, we woke up to Zohran Mamdani's America. Mamdani won the Democratic Primary for New York City's Mayor as a socialist.
ON THE PICKET LINE: Oakland Healthcare Workers at UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital Hit Back
Workers at UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital say no to union contract cancellation and pay cuts.
“Labor is Where It’s At:” Oakland Teachers Fight Back Against ICE’s Attack on Students and Their Families
Teachers and other union members in Oakland Education Association are raising a legal defense fund and calling on local government to do more to protect students.
“Every Workplace is Organizable”: Jaz Brisack on Starbucks, Salting, and Solidarity
At 23, Jaz Brisack was told that unionizing Starbucks was a long shot. They did it anyway.
This Is How We Win: Lessons from the Bay’s Pro-Palestine Encampments
Student camps in solidarity with Palestine sprouted up at UC Berkeley, San Francisco State and Humboldt last year. Bay Area Current makes a ledger of their success and failures.
“Survival Mode”: Hundreds On Verge of Losing Homes and Jobs in Point Reyes
The end of cattle ranching in Point Reyes was hailed as an environmental win. But workers and tenants stand to pay the price.
Scenes From the Streets: Three Days in LA
In the first of a new Bay Area Current series, an Iranian photographer in Los Angeles describes taking part in anti-deportation protests
“Modo de supervivencia”: Cientos de personas al borde de perder sus hogares y empleos en Point Reyes
El fin de la ganadería en Point Reyes se consideró una victoria ambiental. Pero los trabajadores y los inquilinos pagarán las consecuencias.
Why Venture Capitalists Are Leaving Oakland’s Iconic Greyhound Station to Decay
Oakland’s downtown Greyhound bus station was a center of working-class life for decades. Now it's owned by the “Uber of buses.”
Waymos incendiando: efigies en llamas de la oligarquía tecnológica
Cuando protestantes quemaron vehículos de Waymo en las calles de Los Ángeles, no se trato de una destrucción descontrolada. Fue un mensaje directo de la clase trabajadora contra la oligarquía tecnológica.
The Torched Waymos: Burning Effigies of Tech Oligarchy
When protesters burned Waymo vehicles in the streets of Los Angeles it wasn’t wanton destruction. It was a direct message from the working class.