Workers who clean offices and tech campuses rallied in Oakland Thursday as part of their campaign for a new contract.
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Oakland Museum of California workers announce plans to form union
The museum staff say they’re seeking better pay, benefits, and more voice.
Oakland is considering new labor standards for affordable housing projects
As the city hands out funding for development, officials discussed how to improve working conditions on projects without slowing down housing construction.
Oakland can establish ‘safe work zones’ around homeless camps, council says
The new policy—applauded by unions—makes some work sites off-limits to the public, raising concerns from homeless advocates.
Alameda County food bank workers vote to unionize
Employees hope the decision will lead to better pay and a more unified staff, after the pandemic exposed divisions.
Oakland hits hotel with largest wage theft claim in recent city history
The city’s Department of Workplace and Employment Standards is seeking $400,000 in unpaid wages from the Radisson Hotel.
Photos: Oakland Kaiser workers join nationwide strike
Roughly 75,000 Kaiser employees in 5 states took to the picket lines on Wednesday in what will be the largest health-care workers strike in U.S. history.
Kaiser strike begins as 68,000 California workers stage walkout
California health care giant Kaiser Permanente could not reach a contract to avert a strike by a union coalition representing some 75,000 employees in five states. The walkout is expected to last three days.
Another strike looms at Kaiser’s California hospitals
75,000 Kaiser workers are pushing for better pay at facilities in 6 states.
Asian Health Services workers approve contract for higher wages, avoid strike
Hundreds of SEIU members at the Oakland clinic were prepared to strike if an agreement wasn’t reached. The news comes as health care workers across the Bay Area are demanding better pay.
Workers unionize in 3 Peet’s Coffee shops in Berkeley and Oakland
Workers voted for a union at the Southside Berkeley, Temescal and Piedmont Avenue locations on Wednesday.
A coffee revolution: Peet’s’ first ever employee spills the beans
When Peet’s opened in 1966, the entire country was drinking Folger’s Instant and there were no baristas, so no call for a workers’ union. Bill Coffin was 15 when he started working there, and he recalls many pivotal moments.
Nick’s Pizza and Bakery is becoming a worker-owned collective
For the founder of Nick’s, an Arizmendi alumnus, spinning the shop off into a co-op was always in the back of his mind.
The East Bay Depot for Creative Reuse is struggling, again
The arts nonprofit has struggled to recover after losing most of its staff twice during the pandemic.
Crepevine’s Oakland, Berkeley locations fined for violating child labor and overtime laws
The chain’s owners must pay over $550,000 after a Department of Labor investigation found violations at five of Crepevine’s nine restaurants — including those in Oakland and Berkeley.
Doctors strike at East Bay clinics serving low-income, homeless patients
Healthcare workers at LifeLong Medical Care are calling attention to working conditions at Oakland and Berkeley clinics.