Back striking hotel workers: ‘One job ought to be enough’

Vol. 82/No. 41 - November 5, 2018
Some 1,000 members of UNITE HERE on strike against Marriott hotels and supporters march in San Francisco Oct. 20 demanding guaranteed hours, affordable health care and higher pay.

SAN FRANCISCO — Chants of “One job should be enough” and “What do we want — contract!” echoed through the streets as over 1,000 hotel workers marched here Oct. 20, stopping outside four of the seven Marriott hotels where workers…


California protest demands ‘End solitary confinement!’

Vol. 82/No. 34 - September 17, 2018
Rally outside federal courthouse in San Francisco Aug. 21. Inside, four prisoners — Todd Ashker, Arturo Castellanos, George Franco and Sitawa Nantambu Jamaa — leaders of statewide fight against solitary confinement, attended meeting with prison authorities. Court had ordered prison officials to attend meeting to discuss more serious steps to dismantle abusive solitary conditions. Inset, Marie Levin, sister of Jamaa, speaks at rally.

SAN FRANCISCO — Supporters of the fight to end solitary confinement of inmates in California state prisons rallied outside the federal courthouse here Aug. 21. Their action was in solidarity with four prisoners — Todd Ashker, Arturo Castellanos, George Franco…


‘Don’t deport Alonso Zaragoza! Amnesty now!’

Vol. 82/No. 26 - July 16, 2018
‘Don’t deport Alonso Zaragoza! Amnesty now!’

OAKLAND, Calif — As part of the effort to keep her husband Alonso Zaragoza from being deported, Maria Torres, center, who works at both Walmart and McDonald’s, organized with her co-workers to pass out flyers to win support for the…


Hundreds protest Sacramento cop killing of Stephon Clark

Vol. 82/No. 14 - April 9, 2018
Action in Sacramento, California, March 22 protests police killing of 22-year-old Stephon Clark. Cops claim they mistook his cellphone for a gun. More protests have been called.

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Hundreds of people have taken to the streets here to protest the police killing of 22-year-old Stephon Clark March 18. Cops fired more than 20 bullets at Clark, who was unarmed, standing in the backyard of his…