Rockridge Trader Joes and the Difficulty of a Contract
Workers at the Rockridge Trader Joe’s in Oakland, California, voted on April 20 in favor of unionization by a vote of 73 to 53. The Rockridge Trader Joe’s is the fourth Trader Joe’s in the country to unionize, after 3 other stores in Massachusetts, Minnesota, and Kentucky voted to form a union with Trader Joe’s […]
Yes, It’s The System
The following is reprinted from Speak Out Now’s workplace newsletter at Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) Station Agents face threats of attacks every day. No matter how alert and conscientious a worker is, an attack can seem to come out of nowhere. These can be deeply traumatic events, especially when a worker faces returning to […]
Racist Antioch Police
“This… is the most pervasive racial hatred case I’ve ever been involved in…This conduct itself was so horrible that it was more than just locker room talk, it was a state of mind.” That’s how civil rights attorney John Burris referred to the city of Antioch’s police department after he filed a federal civil rights lawsuit against […]
Biden Power Plant Proposal – Not Nearly Enough
Over the weekend news broke that the Environmental Protection Agency under the Biden administration will, for the first time, attempt to directly limit the allowable emissions from the nation’s coal and gas fired power plants. To do so, they would be mandated by 2040 to either cut emissions outright or use carbon capture technology to keep “nearly all” carbon burn off from being released […]
Tesla-Linked Project Threatens Indigenous Populations in Indonesia
On Halmahera island in Indonesia, nickel mining operations are threatening the territory of one of world’s last remaining indigenous tribes living in voluntary isolation. Members of the O Hongana Manyawa tribe on Halmahera are some of the last “uncontacted peoples” on Earth, meaning they remain in voluntary isolation from the wider world, in the forests of the […]