Dick Meister: A decent living for all?
Dick Meister, former labor editor of the SF Chronicle and KQED-TV Newsoom, has covered labor and politics for more than a half-century. Contact him through his website, www.dickmeister.com, which...
View ArticleCity College students a step closer to earning SF minimum wage
Shanell WilliamsStudent workers at City College may soon be paid San Francisco’s minimum wage of $10.55 an hour, thanks to a motion made by Student Trustee Shanell Williams at last night’s college...
View ArticleHow far will $10 an hour stretch in 2016?
Earlier this week, just as media reports pointed out that America’s wealthiest 1 percent did better in 2012 than almost any other year in history, Gov. Jerry Brown came out in favor of a bill that...
View ArticleBill would tax companies with wide CEO-worker pay disparities
Larry Ellison and Oracle Team USA celebrate victory last year. SF Examiner photo by Mike KoozminCalifornia companies pouring big cash on their CEOs may be forced to tighten the spigot under a new bill...
View ArticleMayor Lee faces question on minimum wage
IMAGE BY www.keepcalm-o-matic.co.ukSan Francisco Mayor Ed Lee will attend the Board of Supervisors meeting today [Tue/13] to participate in “question time” – that exhilarating moment where the city’s...
View ArticlePhotos: Oakland fast food workers join strike with #FastFoodGlobal movement
Fast food workers protest in Morocco. Photo courtesy of @LowPayIsNotOKLast year, Bay Area fast food workers marched for higher wages. Today hundreds marched against Oakland restaurants serving Whoppers...
View ArticleSF school board to consider minimum wage proposal tonight amid union battles...
Courtesy of Matt Haney's Facebook pageUpdate [6/25]: The minimum wage proposal won, and is now part of SFUSD's approved budget. "There will be a larger conversation in August when I introduce the new...
View ArticleKoch brothers and other right-wing outsiders challenge Bay Area minimum wage...
David and Charles Koch have used wealth they inherited and made through fossil fuels to push an extreme right-wing agenda.In recent months, San Francisco and Oakland have unveiled ballot measures that...
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