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TNC DRIVERS AND RIDERS RALLY AGAINST INADEQUATE COMPANY ACCOUNTABILITY AND PUBLIC SAFETY POLICY

Release Date: January 20th, 2023TNC DRIVERS AND RIDERS RALLY AGAINST INADEQUATE COMPANYACCOUNTABILITY AND PUBLIC SAFETY POLICYBay Area protesters gather to demand responsibility from Lyft and UberSAN FRANCISCO, CA – On January 23rd 2023, drivers and riders from transportation network companies (TNCs) will rally and picket outside of the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) to demand Read More

Activistas rechazan el proyecto de ley de Modernización de la Fuerza Laboral Agrícola

Press Coverage / By William Sawyer

August 29, 2022 By Bay City News Una coalición de opositores a un proyecto de ley de inmigración centrado en los trabajadores agrícolas llevó a cabo una manifestación en contra de la legislación propuesta en la oficina del Senador Padilla en San Francisco, según un comunicado de prensa de los voceros de las organizaciones, Renee Read More

Cities in California and across the nation rally to oppose legal status bill

Press Coverage / By William Sawyer

August 29, 2022 8:09 AM By NoticiasYa Costa Central Today on the national day of the agricultural worker and justice for the immigrant; Cities across California and the nation are holding rallies to oppose a bill that would give legal status to only some people. Read More

Sen. Alex Padilla under scrutiny as California farmworker groups split over workforce law

Press Coverage / By William Sawyer

Myrna Martinez Natters, center, program director for American Friends Service Committee, leads a group opposing the federal Farmworker Modernization Act outside the Federal Building in downtown Fresno on Monday, Aug. 29, 2022. August 31, 2022 8:09 AM By Melissa Montalvo Fresno farmworker and immigrant rights groups are calling on California Sen. Alex Padilla to Read More

Barclays raises minimum wage to $20+

Closing The Wage Gap, Press Release / By William Sawyer

By Jacob Owens, Published March 31, 2022 WILMINGTON – Barclays, the British multinational bank with a U.S. headquarters in the Riverfront, announced Thursday that it has increased its minimum hourly wage in the United States by at least 20%. The move, which reportedly impacts 900 employees nationwide at call centers, would raise the bank’s minimum Read More