Tag: labor

Faculty at San Francisco State University returned to the bargaining table over contract disputes even as a strike continues to loom.

Aging boomers will heighten demand for eldercare, and poor pay and job conditions are prompting unions to organize home care and nursing home workers.

U.S. schools lost 20,000 students this year to the fields — many of them child workers who suffer injury or death.

David Madrid of De-Bug’s Block to Block Radio interviews Ali Rahnoma, a San Jose temporary worker and labor organizer, who says Wisconsin’s union issues are relevant to Silicon Valley and the next generation of American workers.

On July 22, 2010, Hyatt Santa Clara workers and community supporters rallied to push for a contract with the hotel as part of a nationwide series of actions. Nearly a dozen workers and community members were arrested in an act of civil disobedience at the rally.