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University Of California Labor Union Survey Shows Workers Struggle To Eat
BERKELEY (CBS SF) — Low pay keeps thousands of University of California support workers struggling to fend off hunger and fighting to make ends meet, according to a new survey released Monday. The...
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12,000 UC Staffers To Stage 1-Day Walkout
BERKELEY (CBS SF) — Thousands of clerical and support staff throughout the University of California system will stage a one-day walkout Tuesday in sympathy with striking workers at the University of...
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11,000 Workers Walk Off Job at UC Campuses Across California
BERKELEY (CBS SF) — More than 11,000 clerical and administrative support workers are on a one-day strike against the 10-campus University of California system and medical centers. The strike Tuesday by...
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California Sues Forever 21 Over Alleged Discriminatory ‘English-Only’ Policy
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) — Clothing retailer Forever 21 violated state civil rights laws and discriminated against Spanish-speaking employees when it adopted an English-only policy at its flagship San...
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Labor Department Awards $1.66M To Aid Laid-Off Silicon Valley Workers
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) — The U.S. Labor Department Wednesday awarded an incremental National Dislocated Worker grant of $1.66 million to continue employment services for Silicon Valley workers affected...
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West Coast Dockworkers To Vote On Labor-Peace Deal At S.F. Meeting
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Dockworkers were given the chance Friday to vote on a new contract extension that could provide long-term labor peace at West Coast seaports, where in recent years work slowdowns...
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Tentative Deal Averts Sunnyvale City Workers Strike
SUNNYVALE (CBS SF) — City officials and negotiators for Sunnyvale’s unionized city employees reached a tentative agreement on a new contract early Monday, averting a planned walkout. The deal...
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Caltrans Mounts Statewide Campaign To Fill More Than 1,100 Jobs
SACRAMENTO (CBS SF) — Caltrans is looking to fill more than 1,100 job openings and is holding career fairs around the state to attract potential employees, state officials said Friday. Caltrans is...
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Ronald Reagan, Union Leader And Buster, To Be Inducted Into U.S. Labor Hall...
SIMI VALLEY (AP) — Former President Ronald Reagan, a one-time Hollywood union leader who fired 11,000 air traffic controllers and crushed their union, will be inducted into the Labor Department’s Labor...
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S.F. Gets ‘Gig’y With New Strategy To Support Freelance Workers
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) — San Francisco has launched a strategy supporting freelancers and the self-employed in response to the “gig economy” labor market that focuses contract and freelance work, city...
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Tesla Fires Hundreds of Workers as Part of Annual Reviews
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Tesla Motors fired hundreds of workers after completing its annual performance reviews, even though the electric automaker is trying to ramp up production to meet the demand for...
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San Francisco School District, Teachers Agree On New Contract
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) — The San Francisco Unified School District and the United Educators of San Francisco have reached a tentative agreement for a total compensation package of 16 percent, officials...
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Construction Boss Accused Of Scamming, Imprisoning Undocumented Workers
OAKLAND (KPIX 5) — The owner of a construction company in Hayward accused of preying on undocumented workers who say they were locked away at night for months has repeatedly faced charges of cheating...
View ArticleUC Berkeley Labor Protester’s Rough Arrest Condemned by Union
BERKELEY (CBS SF) — Labor organizers say that the arrest of a black man at a protest in Berkeley on Thursday against alleged pay inequality throughout the University of California system indicates the...
View ArticleHotel Workers Arrested at Labor Day Protest in Union Square
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) — Seventy-five protesters were arrested Monday in San Francisco demanding improved conditions for hotel workers, police and union officials said. Nearly 1,000 people turned out...
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Investigation Uncovers Horrific Conditions, Illegal Guns At Bay Area Care...
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) — The owners of six Bay Area adult and child day care facilities were charged with 59 counts Friday including human trafficking, wage theft, weapons and rape allegations...
View ArticleMedical Workers Walk Off The Job At UCSF
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF/AP) — Thousands of University of California medical workers began a three-day strike Tuesday against hospitals, clinics and campuses including at UC-San Francisco that has...
View ArticleStriking S.F. Marriott Workers Hold Thanksgiving Dinner on Picket Line
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) — Marriott hotel workers currently on strike held a Thanksgiving dinner on the picket line Thursday, according to a statement from the Unite Here Local 2 union. As an act of...
View ArticleStriking San Francisco Marriott Workers Reach Tentative Contract Agreement
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) — Marriott hotel workers ended their 61-day strike Monday after a tentative agreement was reached on a new contract, union officials said. Nearly 2,500 Workers walked off the job...
View ArticleKaiser Permanente Mental Health Workers Walk Off The Job
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF/AP) — Thousands of mental health workers at Kaiser Permanente offices across the state walked off the job Monday — the first day of a week-long strike over staffing levels and...
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PR Firm Survey Ranks Oakland Among Unhappiest Cities for Workers
OAKLAND (CBS SF) — The city of Oakland is one of the most miserable places in the nation to work, according to a study released Friday by a public relations firm. Aerial view toward Lake Merritt in...
View ArticleOakland Teachers Walk Off The Job; Reject Latest Contract Offer
OAKLAND (CBS SF) — Picket lines went up outside Oakland schools early Thursday after negotiators failed to reach an agreement on a new contract involving pay raises and class sizes. Teachers, student...
View ArticleMassive Crowds March And Rally In Support Of Oakland Teacher Strike
OAKLAND (CBS SF) — A huge crowd of Oakland public school teachers, students, parents and others rallied outside Oakland City Hall on Thursday in support of a teacher strike during its first day. Keith...
View ArticleTeacher Retention A Major Motive Behind Oakland Strike
OAKLAND (KPIX) — One of the main sticking points in the Oakland teacher strike is over teacher salaries. The union blames the low wages for OUSD’s poor retention rate. Many teachers say they leave the...
View ArticleOakland Teachers Strike: Negotiators Return To Bargaining Table
OAKLAND (CBS SF) — Oakland public school teachers rallied across the city again Friday as the Oakland Education Association continues bargaining with the Oakland Unified School District for higher pay....
View ArticleOakland Teachers Reach Tentative Agreement With School District To End Strike
OAKLAND (CBS SF) — The Oakland Education Association announced Friday afternoon that the union had reached a tentative agreement with the Oakland Unified School District to end the ongoing teachers...
View ArticleOakland School Board Approves $22M In Budget Cuts Amid Student Protests
OAKLAND (CBS SF) — The Oakland Unified School District board voted 4-3 on Monday to make $21.75 million in cuts to the district’s budget for the 2019-20 school year amid loud protests by students who...
View ArticleUber Lays Off More Than 400; ‘Making Some Changes To Get Us Back On Track’
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) – Ride-sharing giant Uber laid off more than 400 employees in its engineering and production divisions Tuesday in an effort to reshape the company and refocus on its top...
View ArticleMajor Bay Area Hospital Strike Averted; Kaiser Health Workers Reach Tentative...
OAKLAND (CBS SF) — A major hospital strike that threatened the health care of thousands of Bay Area residents was averted early Wednesday as union workers and officials from Kaiser Permanente reached a...
View Article‘There Are Many Meals That I Don’t Have’; UC Santa Cruz Teaching Assistants...
SANTA CRUZ (AP) — University of California, Santa Cruz graduate students started a strike Monday to demand higher wages to keep up with living costs in an area that has recently seen housing costs...
View ArticleState Labor Officials Answer Questions For Workers Sidelined By The...
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) — State labor officials have posted answers to many questions you may have as your employer may have shut down or are requiring you to work from home. Here’s are the question and...
View ArticleSafeway, Union Reach Agreement On Protections For Workers During Coronavirus...
(CBS SF) – The United Food and Commercial Workers Local 5 union announced Monday an agreement with Safeway on a suite of new protections and rights for grocery store workers during the novel...
View ArticleCOVID: Labor Shortages Loom As Reopening Bay Area Businesses Try To Rehire...
SAN JOSE (KPIX) – Labor analysts warn that California may be faced with a looming labor shortage as the state races to reopen more and more of its economy that was shut down over the past year. “A good...
View ArticleSF Mission District Food Drive Kicks Off In Honor Of Cesar Chavez Day
SAN FRANCISCO (BCN/CBS SF) — Community members in San Francisco’s Mission District will hold a celebration and food drive on Wednesday to honor labor leader Cesar Chavez on his birthday — a California...
View ArticleRoving Rally Kicks Off May Day Demonstrations in Oakland
OAKLAND (KPIX) — A coalition of labor groups launched the first of several May Day protests in Oakland with a car caravan through the city that ended with the occupation of a home in West Oakland....
View ArticleMay Day March and Rally in San Francisco Spotlights Essential Workers and...
SAN FRANCISCO (KPIX) — A May Day march honoring union workers filled Market Street in San Francisco Saturday morning and, while the focus was on labor, other social concerns were highlighted as well....
View ArticleTentative Agreement Averts Strike By Kaiser Permanente Pharmacists
OAKLAND (CBS SF/BCN) — A little more than a day after reaching a tentative labor agreement with its hospital workers, Kaiser Permanente officials announced early Monday that they had done the same with...
View ArticleUPDATE: Tentative Labor Deal Reached; University of California Lecturers Call...
BERKELEY (CBS SF) — The union representing University of California lecturers called off a planned two-day strike early Wednesday after hammering out a tentative agreement on a new labor pact during a...
View ArticleKaiser Workers Join Picket Lines To Show Support For Striking Facility Engineers
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) — Thousands of Kaiser health union workers in the San Francisco Bay Area and across Northern California joined picket lines Friday morning in a show of solidarity with striking...
View ArticleUPDATE: Striking Stanford Nurses Reach Tentative Agreement On New Contract
STANFORD (CBS SF/BCN) — The union representing about 5,000 nurses at Stanford Health Care and Lucille Packard Children’s Hospital has reached a tentative agreement for a new contract, a move that would...
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