Gender Equality: Is There a War on Women?
Peggy Noonan of the Wall Street Journal sums it best as she writes, “The war is against women in American public life, in politics and media most obviously, but in…
Mirkarimi Political Rivals Helped to Fund Anti-Domestic Violence Billboard Campaign
The contributions to the billboard campaign launched by La Casa De Las Madres - a city-funded non-profit organization committed to preventing domestic violence and providing support services to victims of…
Stopping Those Irritating Robocalls
Many of these worthless or dubious deals are offered by companies operating "autodialing" businesses, which deliver prerecorded messages that allow clients to deliver large numbers of prerecorded phone calls, or…
Judge Denies Motion to Disqualify City Attorney in Mirkarimi Suspension Case
Mirkarimi’s defense counsel, Shepard Kopp and David Waggoner, argued in a brief filed April 11 that the City charter requires the City Attorney to defend the City and County of…
Workers to Protest Pacifica Radio Over Union Busting
Pacifica Foundation hired Jackson Lewis in 2010, but that is the only point of agreement between the five-station, listener-supported broadcasting network and its KPFA workers group.
Olague Kicks Off Campaign for Supervisor
In attendance included Mayor Ed Lee, Senator Mark Leno, Supervisor David Campos, former Board of Supervisors President Matt Gonzalez, as well as labor leaders including Mike Casey of Unite HERE…
Groups Kick Off 99% Spring Training Sessions
Others believe Occupy is an all-encompassing movement and must include all voices (except the 1 percent and non-breathing corporations of course); that labor has the resources and the organizational expertise…