Author: Jeff Powers

Marriott strikers fight bosses over wages, hours, safety

Vol. 82/No. 43 - November 19, 2018

SAN FRANCISCO — UNITE HERE Local 2 President Anand Singh was the first speaker Nov. 2 when the San Francisco Board of Supervisors convened a hearing on the union’s strike of some 2,500 hotel workers at Marriott here. The strike,…

Calif. protest continues fight to end solitary confinement

Vol. 82/No. 12 - March 26, 2018

SAN FRANCISCO — Opponents of solitary confinement rallied at the federal courthouse here Feb. 23 to support legal moves demanding California prison authorities comply with a landmark court settlement won by prisoners in 2015 that limits use of the brutal…