OAKLAND CITY COUNCIL//BUDGET | Members of the largest union in the city packed the Oakland City Council chambers on Tuesday, demanding concessions from the city as it prepares to release its financial plans for the next five years. The plan… Read More ›
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Congressional Black Caucus Urge Obama To Choose Lee For Labor Secretary
CONGRESS | Rep. Barbara Lee has not been shy recently about her desire to move up the upper rings of the Democratic Party. On Thursday, the Congressional Black Caucus, of which she is a member, urged President Obama to consider… Read More ›
Valle Shows Fundraising Strength, But Still Outraised By Hayashi
ELECTION ’12//ALAMEDA COUNTY SUPERVISOR DIST 2 | Assemblywoman Mary Hayashi and appointed Alameda County Supervisor Richard Valle are nearly neck and neck in fundraising for the District 2 supervisorial seat, according to recently released campaign finance reports. Hayashi barely scraped past Valle with… Read More ›
iPadGate: Mack-Rose Says Reed Uses City-Bought iPad; But It’s Not True
ELECTION ’12//SAN LEANDRO CITY COUNCIL DIST 2 | San Leandro City Council candidate Morgan Mack-Rose accused her opponent Councilwoman Ursula Reed of misusing taxpayers’ dollars by pursuing a proposal earlier this year to purchase iPads for the council’s use. Mack-Rose also faulted… Read More ›
As Valle, Hayashi Vied For Party’s Support, A Quiet, Unnoticed Political Ballet Ensued
ELECTION ‘12//DEMOCRATS | When it came time Saturday afternoon for the marquee event of the Alameda County Democratic Party’s nearly 10 hours endorsement meeting, there was a bit of buzz in the air as Assemblywoman Mary Hayashi strode into the… Read More ›
Dlugosh Appointed To San Leandro City Council; Replaces Starosciak Until End Of Year
SAN LEANDRO CITY COUNCIL | The San Leandro City Council is whole once again following the appointment of city planning commissioner Tom Dlugosh to the seat vacated last month by former Councilwoman Joyce Starosciak. Dlugosh, an 18-year veteran of the planning… Read More ›
Secret Revealed: Valle Told Supes Apodaca Cheated During Interview Process
ELECTION 12//ALCO DIST 2 | Just moments after the Alameda County Board of Supervisors unanimously appointed Richard Valle to replace Nadia Lockyer on June 11, his main challenger, Newark Councilwoman Ana Apodaca, approached amid exuberant applause and congratulated him. Valle… Read More ›
Pleasanton Country Club May Have To Pay Dearly For Illegally Locking Out Union Staff
LABOR | An administrative judge for the National Labor Relations Board has ordered Pleasanton’s swank Castlewood Country Club to reimburse union staff locked out for over 2 years up to $3.4 million in back wages and benefits stemming from what the… Read More ›
Hayashi’s Paltry Support Among Local Pols Reaches Outside Supervisorial District
ELECTION ’12//ALCO DIST 2 | As expected, many elected officials in the contested Alameda County Board of Supervisors District 2 race view Assemblywoman Mary Hayashi’s run for the seat as something as uncomfortable as a pair of leather pants filled… Read More ›
Alameda Group Files Petition to Recall Assembly Candidate Rob Bonta
ELECTION ’12//ASSEMBLY 18/ALAMEDA | By SHANE BOND | The CitizenELECTION ’12//ASSEMBLY 18/ALAMEDA | In Alameda, a familiar adversary for most of its City Council has collected over 40 signatures for a recall campaign against current 18th Assembly District frontrunner, Rob… Read More ›
In The 18th Assembly District, The Tide Is Rapidly Turning Toward Bonta
ELECTION ’12//ASSEMBLY 18 | Last Jan. 30, the California Nurses Association, one of the state’s most powerful labor unions endorsed Peralta Community College Trustee Abel Guillen for the 18th Assembly District. “Abel’s record of improving access to quality health care… Read More ›
Valle Appointed District 2 Supervisor; Replaces Nadia Lockyer
ALAMEDA COUNTY//REPLACING LOCKYERJune 10, 2012 | Nearly a week after a deadlocked vote to replace Nadia Lockyer allowed for further political horse trading, the Alameda County Board of Supervisors unanimously appointed former Union City Councilman Richard Valle to fill the… Read More ›
Bonta Also Using Connections To Reap Benefits From Outside Donors
ELECTION ’12//ASSEMBLY 18 NOTESMay 31, 2012 | Alameda Vice Mayor Rob Bonta may be well on his way to winning the California primary in the 18th Assembly District, but that doesn’t mean he isn’t laying the early groundwork for the November general… Read More ›
Labor Calls Out Hayward For Strong Arm Bargaining Tactics
HAYWARDMar. 28, 2012 | Representatives for city employee unions in Hayward took the unusual stance of publicly shedding light on what they charge is the city’s attempts to force them under threat of layoffs to accept steep cuts in wages. Employees… Read More ›
Fundraising Reports In 18th Assembly Show Unions, Special Interests Flexing Muscles
ASSEMBLY 18Mar. 26, 2012 | For months, the only news coming from the three major candidates for the 18th Assembly District was a raging torrent of emails, tweets and proclamations trumpeting the latest round of endorsements, mostly from local labor… Read More ›
Guiilen’s Week Of Big Endorsements Raises His Standing In Tight Assembly Race
ASSEMBLY 18Feb. 4, 2012 | Two of the state’s most powerful labor unions this week backed Abel Guillen for the hotly-contested 18th assembly district. The back-to-back endorsements from the California Nurses Association and California Teachers Association has put renewed focus… Read More ›
It’s Not Us Versus Us; It’s Us Versus Elite In Every Institution
Protesters at Port of Oakland, Nov. 2. DISPATCHES FROM OCCUPYDec. 11, 2011 | When you sort through the subterfuge and flagrant corporate lines peddled by the local mainstream media over the possibility of a rift between labor and the Occupy… Read More ›
Union Leaders Disavow Planned West Coast Port Shutdown, But Privately Support It
Boots Riley OCCUPYOAKLANDDec. 5, 2011 | The scene of thousands of Occupy Oakland protesters last month flowing like the angry sea into the Port of Oakland is something corporate and government interests loathe to see repeated again. But, the movements planned shutdown of… Read More ›
Laid Off Solyndra Employees Get A Temporary Boost
Nov. 21, 2011 | Roughly 1,000 out-of-work former Solyndra employees in Fremont are now eligible for additional health care and unemployment benefits awarded Monday by the U.S. Department of Labor. Labor Secretary Hilda Solis approved triggering the Trade Adjustment Assistance… Read More ›
Hayward City Manager Is Setting A Trap For City Union Employees
ANALYSISOct. 18, 2011 | Hayward’s Finance Director Tracy Vesely does what she is told. She is a good worker. After performing the same job in San Leandro for just over seven months last year, she competently guided the city to a balance… Read More ›
Assembly Race in 18th District Is Spitting Past Loyalties Among Campaigns
Oct. 17, 2011 | One of the most interesting aspects of the wide-open race to replace Assemblyman Sandre Swanson in District 18 is how allies to all four sides are so closely connected.In most cases, Rob Bonta, Joel Young, Abel… Read More ›
Hayward Continues to Feel Effects of Poor Economy; Forecasts $14m Deficit Next Year
HAYWARD | Oct. 17, 2011 | Hayward is looking at the possibility of again trying to shave away a multi-million dollar budget shortfall next year “if we do nothing,” said the city’s finance director. The city, like nearly all municipalities in Alameda… Read More ›
Guillen Nabs Early Union Endorsement in Assembly Race
Sept. 6, 2011 | A day after Labor Day, assembly candidate Abel Guillen snagged one of the first big union endorsements of the upcoming election season. Guillen, who is running for the newly-drawn 18th District representing Alameda, San Leandro and part of… Read More ›
Bay Area’s 10 Enemies of Labor
Sept. 5, 2011 | In another time and place, Bay Area conservative Democrats like San Jose’s Chuck Reed, San Francisco’s Jeff Adachi, San Leandro’s Stephen Cassidy and Fremont’s Dominic Dutra would be dye-in-the-wool Republicans. With their aims to siphon even more high wage… Read More ›
More Federal Dollars On The Way For Former Nummi Autoworkers
LABOR SECRETARY, STARK ANNOUNCE ADDITIONAL $7.9 MILLION TO AID UNEMPLOYED NUMMI WORKERSBy Steven Tavaressteven.tavares@eastbaycitizen.comFollow @eastbaycitizen on twitter The Fremont Nummi plant was reborn as Tesla Motors’ headquarters, but thousands of former employees still feel the bite of the poor economy…. Read More ›
Hayward Balances Budget With $8 Million in Labor Concessions
2012 FISCAL BUDGET SHORTFALL OF $20 MILLION SHORED UP WITH SOME UNIONS GIVING 13% BACKBy Steven Tavaressteven.tavares@eastbaycitizen.comFollow @eastbaycitizen.com HAYWARD – In the end 13 turned out to be not so unlucky a number for Hayward’s 2012 fiscal budget unanimously approved… Read More ›
San Leandro Set to Adopt Budget Despite Steep Cuts in Other Cities
PLEASANTON IN THE BLACK, OAKLAND IS NOT; SAN LEANDRO STABILIZES ITS ECONOMYSan Leandro is set to be one of the first municipalities in the East Bay to approve a fiscal budget for 2011-12. Its City Council was also relatively speedy in… Read More ›
Labor Leaders Warn Wisconsin Is Coming To California
ASSAULT ON WORKERS’ RIGHT IS COMING TO THE LOCAL LEVEL, LABOR CONTENDSBy Steven Tavares Leaders of the California labor movement rang the bell Saturday morning calling attention to a growing assault on workers’ rights in Orange County, they say brings… Read More ›
