Articles Tagged “Labor”
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The Fierce and Fighting World of Photo Freelancing
After 9/11 panic caused advertisers to pull a lot of their work, fearing the unknown climate of what people might find alluring or offensive. Now, buyers dictate pricing for work and often ask photographers to accomplish the impossible. Two-day shoots must be done in a day.
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Workers say, ‘Verizon is Verigreedy’
Can you hear me now?
More than a dozen demonstrators gathered at a Verizon Wireless storefront on Market Street today as part of a national day of action protesting executive raises as worker health care costs go up and wages are cut.
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Pelosi Honored by Labor; Decries Supreme Court as “Last Precinct”
Republicans led by presumptive presidential nominee Mitt Romney are accusing the Democrats of waging a class war, destroying the economy’s job-creating potential by strangling corporations and small business in burdensome regulation and taxes.
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National Day of Action: Workers Fight Back Against Corporate Greed
In particular, the Day of Action, which brought demonstrators out in cities across the U.S., trained its sights on Verizon Communications, where management and unions have been locked in a fight over benefits since a contract lapsed in August.
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Occupy the Capitol: Labor, Students
Unite to Rebalance Education Funding DeficitDozens of people were arrested during Monday’s protest, the culmination of a multi-day march to draw attention to the soaring cost of attending California’s public colleges and universities.
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Activist Young Workers Refuel Labor Movement
“Young people are being told that they just have to suck it up and live in a world without jobs. We’re being told that America can’t afford teachers, but we can afford CEO tax cuts. We’re being asked to accept a society that rewards wealth and punishes work. A society that makes it harder for young people to go to college. A society where hate is growing … It’s shameful,” said Liz Shuler, secretary-treasurer of the AFL-CIO, in her keynote address during the Next Up conference held last fall. “The economic and social problems, the hate and the fear we see around us this day can only be solved by a fresh generation of committed, smart, tireless and creative activists.”
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Walter Johnson, Friend of all Workers, is Dead
Mr. Johnson, a lifetime member of the UFCW, was a ferocious defender of worker rights and civil rights whose dignified bearing and droll humor never wavered. He liked to refer to members of the Media Workers Guild as “intellectuals,” but during the 1994 San Francisco newspaper strike, he was the smartest, toughest one on the picket line.
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Repeal Taft-Hartley
By Adriel Hampton July 5, 2009 Alongside my intense aversion to empire-building wars, the primary reason I am running for Congress is to ensure that California’s District 10 has a clear and strong voice for…
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State lawmaker announces paid sick days legislation
Assemblymember Fiona Ma Photo by Luke Thomas By Ashley Wright February 27, 2008 Assemblywoman Fiona Ma announced legislation on the steps of San Francisco City Hall today that would guarantee all California workers paid sick…
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