Workers Rights

05 Nov 2024

California Companies Wrote Their Own Gig Worker Law. Now No One Is Enforcing It

California’s Industrial Relations Department has stated that it does not have jurisdiction to handle Prop. 22-related wage claims, leaving the state attorney general to enforce the law, which mandates better wages and benefits for gig workers.

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27 Oct 2024

SF City Hall Clerks Go On Strike

Frustrations of overworked and undertrained clerks at San Francisco City Hall reached a boiling point last week. Officials had approximately a month to honor requests for updated training and more courtroom space. Two weeks ago, the unionized workers authorized a strike. Clerks held a protest outside City Hall on Thursday,

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02 Oct 2024

San Francisco Amazon Warehouse Workers Unite, Join Teamsters

More than a hundred Amazon employees at San Francisco warehouse #DCK6 formed a Union this morning, represented by the Teamsters. Underpaid warehouse workers fed up with unsafe conditions demanded that Amazon recognize the coalition in a “March on the Boss” early today. The worker-led initiative echoes many similar movements happening

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24 Sep 2024

San Francisco Hotel Workers On Strike!

Hotel workers in San Francisco have gone on strike to demand higher wages, improved healthcare and pension benefits, as their previous contract expired and negotiations with the Westin St. Francis, Hilton San Francisco Union Square, and the Grand Hyatt San Francisco have stalled.

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18 Sep 2024

Chipotle Using Robots in California After $20 per Hour Wage Begins

Chipotle Mexican Grill is piloting an automatic avocado peeler and pitter machine at one California location, and an automatic bowl and salad machine at another, as higher minimum wages increase relative yields from automation.

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05 Sep 2024

Over 2,000 SF Hotel Workers Went on Strike Over Labor Day Weekend

Approx. 2,080 San Francisco and San Mateo hotel workers went on strike and demonstrated over Labor Day weekend for better wages and workloads.

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09 Aug 2024

Has the Haight Ashbury Street Fair fallen to our AI overlords?

The artist who won the Haight Ashbury Street Fair’s 2024 poster contest has been accused of using AI. What’s the truth, and what does it mean for art in San Francisco? The Haight Ashbury intersection and surrounding neighborhood are quintessential SF. Hippie, counterculture, music-focused – the street fair that started

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31 Jul 2024

What You Need to Know About Project 2025

The impacts on women, LGBTQ+ rights, families, education and the workforce would be absolutely terrible.

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