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Mayor

Massive Peskin kickoff sets up an epic race for mayor of SF

It’s always hard to estimate crowd size, particularly in a crowded place like Portsmouth Square, but I would say at least 750 people showed up today for the Aaron Peskin for Mayor kickoff, and that might be low. Could have been 1,000. Either way, it was a massive show of support for a candidate who […]

Mayor

CT city has unusual way to set mayor’s salary. See what it is

Police officers and firefighters who can grab overtime and extra duty pay usually top annual municipal wage-earning lists in Connecticut. But if those public safety positions are taken out of the mix, there’s a clearer picture of what is earned by administrators who run the city of Hartford. Through a Freedom of Information request, the […]

City Council

Business owners applaud Burien City Council’s minimum wage increase; opponents call it ‘an embarrassment’ | #citycouncil

At its Mar. 18, 2024 meeting, the Burien City Council passed one of the highest minimum wage ordinances in the nation, bringing it more in line with its larger neighbors while providing flexibility for small businesses. The city’s wage ordinance passed at last Monday’s council meeting by a 4-1-2 vote, with councilmembers Hugo Garcia and […]

Mayor

The mayor’s upzoning plans will deeply damage SF’s neighborhoods

“There is no logic that can be superimposed on the city; people make it, and it is to them, not buildings, that we must fit our plans.” —Jane Jacobs “Some who are fortunate to have communities still do fight to keep them, but they have seldom prevailed. While people possess a community, they usually understand […]

Alabama

As GOP Erodes Child Labor Laws, Alabama Roofer Fined Just $117K for Teen’s Worksite Death | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP

Workers’ rights advocates on Wednesday decried a meager fine for an Alabama contractor that illegally employed a 15-year-old boy who died on the job, a move that came amid a push by Republicans at the federal and state level to roll back child labor protections. The U.S. Department of Labor fined Pelham, Alabama-based Apex Roofing […]

Alabama

Republicans give extreme anti-labor N.C. Rep. Foxx power over workers – People’s World | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP

Rep. Virginia Foxx speaks with reporters during a news conference on Capitol Hill Nov. 3, 2021. | Alex Brandon/AP WASHINGTON (PAI)—Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-N.C., gives the appearance of being somebody’s kindly grandmother, gray hair, wire-rimmed glasses and all. But when she talks about workers and unions, the new—and former—chair of the House Education and Labor […]

Alabama

Alabama Farmers Fed Joins WOTUS Worries and More Skilled Work in Rural America | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP

Alabama Farmers Fed Joins WOTUS Worries and More Skilled Work in Rural America From the Ag Information Network, I’m Bob Larson with your Agribusiness Update. **A clear, concise definition of navigable waters is set to be replaced with more confusing terminology, released in an EPA ruling December 30. Alabama Farmers Federation has joined ag organizations […]

Alabama

Dollar store workers in the South have a labor movement. Just don’t call it a union | #elections | #alabama

Before David Williams approaches his fellow Dollar General workers in New Orleans to talk about organizing, he knows the first thing they’ll ask: Are you a union? He answers with a flat no. “Once the word union is…out of the way, that’s when we all get together and come up with a plan and figure […]