SAN LEANDRO CITY COUNCIL | San Leandro’s push to accelerate its path to a $15 an hour minimum wage quicker than the state’s mandate is also going to give a boost to its own city employees. The San Leandro City… Read More ›
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Honda campaign calls on Khanna to pay former staffer
CONGRESS | 17TH DISTRICT | Rep. Mike Honda’s campaign said Monday that Ro Khanna “should be ashamed” for failing to pay a former campaign staffer who served him during congressional campaigns in 2004 and 2014. Bill Ferguson, a former Milpitas… Read More ›
Acrimonious standoff between Hayward and city employees reaches a conclusion
Hayward city employees during a three-day strike in August 2013. Union members get 4.5% wage bump over 3 years HAYWARD CITY COUNCIL | Following a protracted labor dispute between the City of Hayward and over 300 of its employees that… Read More ›
‘This is an Act of War’: Hayward Imposes Five Percent Pay Cut on City Workers
Hayward City Manager Fran David, right, is seen by the union as one of the city’s hard line advocates for imposition. HAYWARD CITY COUNCIL | LABOR | The city council of Hayward, a city once known as the most union-friendly… Read More ›
Labor Negotiators For Hayward City Employees Accuse City Of Threatening Layoffs
HAYWARD CITY COUNCIL//LABOR | A three-day strike by Hayward city employees last month did nothing to persuade city officials to return to the bargaining table, while union negotiators accused the city of threatening layoffs if their demands for wage cuts… Read More ›
State To Audit BART’s Finances; May Take Seven Months To Complete
ASSEMBLY 20 | Hayward Assemblymember Bill Quirk is a man of science, a discipline predicated upon precise information. On Wednesday, a state audit of BART’s finances requested by Quirk will hopefully get the numbers straight. The Joint Legislative Audit Committee… Read More ›
East Bay Assembly Trio Criticize BART For Faulty Wage Numbers
ASSEMBLY//BART STRIKE | East Bay Assemblymembers Rob Bonta, Nancy Skinner and Bill Quirk were critical of BART management for misstating the true average wages of train operators and station agents. During testimony Wednesday before the Board of Inquiry ordered by… Read More ›
San Leandro Police Union Win Concessions In New Labor Deal; Delivers Anti-Union Mayor Another Blow
SAN LEANDRO CITY COUNCIL | Police officers in San Leandro stand to gain favorably from a new three-year contract to be approved Monday night by the San Leandro City Council. The city will save over $560,000 over the life of… Read More ›