Friday, May 3, 2024

Tagged with: Workers

Community, labor leaders protest scary Big Tech dark money

The flood of sleazy dark money coming into Districts 1 and 11 got the attention of labor leaders and community activists, who met on...

Modern Times bookstore says it will close

In a message posted to its Facebook page around 9pm on Monday night, Modern Times Collective Bookstore -- for 45 years a vibrant center...

Why I hate Columbus Day

I hate October 12. It’s the day I’m supposed to wave la bandiera d’Italia, the Italian flag. I'm proud to be southern Italian, which means,...

Why is SF tolerating Airbnb’s bad behavior?

The way the Chronicle spun the new study on Airbnb was just fine: The platform does, indeed, hurt the city’s hotel industry (and hospitality...

Will the courts legalize sex work?

A sex-worker advocacy group has filed what could be a dramatic precedent-setting appeal in federal court, seeking a ruling that would overturn the laws...

Obama’s supply-side toolkit attacks local housing policy

On September 27th the Obama administration released a "Housing Development Toolkit" promoting a deregulation program for market rate housing development at the local level....

Lawsuit against Burma Superstar: “Think of the life of people who make your food”

Former employees of Burma Superstar are speaking out about the labor lawsuit that was filed last week against the popular eatery claiming wage violations...

Is Josh Arce supported by the cops?

The support of the Police Officers Association has become a campaign issue in District 9, with Hillary Ronen pointing out that the campaign of...

Palo Alto and the tech shop of horrors

On August 10, Kate Vershov Downing, a 31-year-old intellectual-property lawyer, set the media aflutter when she posted on Medium a letter to the Palo...

The agenda, Aug. 29-Sept 4: What if Ed Lee decides to step down …

It's the week before Labor Day, and the fall campaigns are moving into high speed, and I look around at the state of San...