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And yet we signed: Behind the letter to the president of Nicaragua

Elaine Elinson - July 15, 2021

Hundreds who spent the 1980s doing Sandinista solidarity work are now condemning Daniel Ortega's new wave of political repression. Here's why.

Labor

Biden, despite promises, has still issued no COVID standards for workplaces

Marc Norton - June 21, 2021

The pandemic is not over -- but workers still have no federal protections.

Labor

Dandelion Chocolate workers protest layoffs during union battle

Garrett Leahy - June 16, 2021

As NLRB counts votes, nine union backers lose their jobs.

The Agenda

Supes to vote on public bank plan

Tim Redmond - June 13, 2021

Plus: Exposing the ongoing PG&E scandal, and a hearing on rent relief -- that's The Agenda for June 13-20

News + Politics

A Democratic president actually talks about taxing the very rich

Tim Redmond - April 28, 2021

Thank Bernie Sanders, Black Lives Matter, Occupy Wall Street and other organizers and activists for forcing the Democratic Party to the left

Labor

AAA insurance agents in California are seeking to unionize

Garrett Leahy - April 26, 2021

Complaints about pay and working conditions drive effort to form a union among giant nonprofit's insurance employees.

Labor

Radical right group is trying to attack public-sector labor in SF

Tim Redmond - April 14, 2021

Anti-union mailers are going to workers home addresses -- but really, this group is looking pretty desperate.

Labor

A ‘double celebration:’ Unionization moves forward at two local companies

Garrett Leahy - April 1, 2021

Dandelion Chocolate workers hope to join Tartine Bakery workers, who just won a contested election for union representation.

Labor

Dandelion Chocolate workers move to form union

Garrett Leahy - March 19, 2021

Another local business could be represented by ILWU Local 6.

Lit

Books: Free City and the fight for community college education

Bill Shields - March 8, 2021

A comprehensive history tells the story of the struggle to preserve SF's City College -- and block the neo-liberal approach to education.

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And yet we signed: Behind the letter to the president of Nicaragua

Biden, despite promises, has still issued no COVID standards for workplaces

Dandelion Chocolate workers protest layoffs during union battle

Supes to vote on public bank plan

A Democratic president actually talks about taxing the very rich

AAA insurance agents in California are seeking to unionize

Radical right group is trying to attack public-sector labor in SF

A ‘double celebration:’ Unionization moves forward at two local companies

Dandelion Chocolate workers move to form union

Books: Free City and the fight for community college education

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