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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

Barclays raises minimum wage to $20+

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

LCLAA Supports the PRO Act

Press Release / By Karl Kramer

The PRO Act Means More Power to Union Members and Represents a Crucial Step Toward Leveling the Playing Field for Working Families On February 6, 2020, the House of Representatives passed the Protecting the Right to Organize Act (PRO Act, HR 2474). For workers across our nation, this is one of the most significant pieces Read More

SUPERVISORS CONSIDER RAISING WAGES FOR 25,000 LOW-WAGE WORKERS

Press Release / By Karl Kramer

On Thursday, April 12, the Board of Supervisor’s Budget and Finance Committee will hold a hearing on Supervisor Jeff Sheehy’s proposed living wage amendments that would significantly raise wages for more than 25,000 workers in San Francisco, including publicly-funded home health care aides, workers at city-funded non-profit agencies, parents in CalWORKs, a program in which Read More

FAITH LEADERS HOLD SYMBOLIC CEREMONY OF WASHING FEET OF LOW-WAGE WORKERS

Press Release / By Karl Kramer

Leaders from a variety of denominations wash the feet of low-wage workers on the steps of City Hall on Thursday to send a message to the Mayor and Board of Supervisors to raise the wage rate of city-funded home health care aides and non-profit workers, airport workers, and parents working in the CalWORKs program. The Read More