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Category Archives: Economy
Oakland Port Workers Plan Strike Monday Night
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OAKLAND (BCN) Port workers who say they have gone 16 months without a new contract plan to go on strike Monday and Tuesday in Oakland. The Service Employees International Union 1021 has announced plans for a 24-hour strike starting Monday … Continue reading
Judge Asks Hostess and Union to Enter Mediation
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(AP) Twinkies won't die that easily after all. Hostess Brands Inc. and its second largest union will go into mediation to try and resolve their differences, meaning the company won't go out of business just yet. The news came Monday … Continue reading
California Gets More Jobs
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We're still behind the rest of the country, but California added 45,800 non-farm jobs in October, according to the Employment Development Department. That brought down the state's unemployment rate to 10.1%, down from 10.2% in September. The rate for the … Continue reading
Bay Area Nonprofits Defend Some Tax Breaks for The Wealthy
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by Amy Julia Harris, The Bay Citizen They help drug addicts in the Tenderloin, feed hungry children and aid struggling public schools. They’re also big fans of tax breaks for America’s millionaires. Bay Area nonprofits, which often advocate for some … Continue reading
Portrait Gallery: Faces of San Francisco Affordable Housing
It's a hard time to find an affordable place in the city. Rents have climbed 10 percentat a time of year when they're normally going down. Exacerbating the problem, San Francisco lost millions of dollars in low-income housing funding when Gov. … Continue reading
How California's New Pension Legislation Affects You
Unfunded liability. CalPERS and CalSTRS. Spiking and double-dipping. All the jargon makes it hard to stay focused on pension bill the Legislature sent to Gov. Jerry Brown on Friday. But it’s worth knowing about because it’s bound to affect you … Continue reading
Labor Day Special: The San Francisco Waterfront Strike of 1901
On this Labor Day, I could talk about barbecue or advise you about some of the bigger parades and sales in California. But instead I'm going to take the opportunity to write about the early history of labor in California, … Continue reading
Want a Job? Look at Tech in San Francisco
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(Bay City News) While much of the state and the country grapples with joblessness, San Francisco is seeing growth in Internet and biotech jobs, according to new data released by San Francisco County Assessor-Recorder Phil Ting. Ting's data suggests that … Continue reading
In-N-Out Severs Ties with Slaughterhouse Over Covert Video
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FRESNO, Calif. (AP) Federal regulators who shut down a Central California slaughterhouse after receiving an animal welfare video were investigating Tuesday whether beef from sick cows reached the human food supply. The video appears to show workers bungling the slaughter … Continue reading
Video Appears to Offer Peek Inside HP Factory
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You may have wondered from time to time who made the device you are using to read this blog post. Now a video being circulated on the Internet apparently offers an unobstructed view. Nothing much happens in this video. AnteboyanROX, … Continue reading
