April 18, 2022, Editorial of the Workplace Newsletters of the Etincelle fraction of the NPA, Translated from French To vote or not to vote? And to vote for what? In the first round of the French Presidential elections, a large part of French workers and young people...
Live Within Our Means? Some of us have been told that the key to being able to make it in the Bay Area is to live within our means. Some of us have really taken that to heart in terms of the financial decisions we make on a regular basis. But with these crazy levels...
On April 18, over 8,000 nurses in Northern California went on a one-day strike in the 18 facilities of the Sutter health care system. They have been working without a contract since June 2021. The strikers are asking for a safer working environment and an increase in...
On April 18, a federal judge struck down the mask mandate on planes and trains, and although the Biden Administration is appealing the decision, it says that the mandate is no longer in effect while the ruling is being reviewed. This judge, Kathryn Kimball Mizelle,...
500 workers at Chevron’s Richmond refinery have been on strike since Monday, March 21. And Chevron management hasn’t moved any closer to the workers’ demands: an extra 5% wage increase to adjust for the rising cost of living in the Bay Area (on top of the...