Marilyn Bechtel

LATEST ARTICLES BY Marilyn Bechtel

• Politics

  

  Oakland City Council unanimously passes resolution for ceasefire in Gaza

  November 30, 2023 By Marilyn Bechtel

  Oakland joins cities across the country in calling for a ceasefire in Israel’s war on Gaza.

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• Politics

  

  Activists mark Hiroshima & Nagasaki anniversaries at Livermore Lab

  August 9, 2023 By Marilyn Bechtel

  They honor nuclear weapons abolitionist Daniel Ellsberg.

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• Labor

  

  Oakland educators win on salaries, common good goals

  May 17, 2023 By Marilyn Bechtel

  The deal covers salaries and social and educational reforms.

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• Labor

  

  Oakland educators’ strike enters second week

  May 12, 2023 By Marilyn Bechtel

  Educators, parents and students unite to press for better conditions for all of them.

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• Labor

  

  Oakland teachers: “Educators’ working conditions are students’ learning conditions”

  May 8, 2023 By Marilyn Bechtel And Daniel Figueroa

  After months of efforts at getting management to listen Oakland educators hit the picket lines.

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• En español

  

  Estudiantes asistentes para formar un sindicato en los campus de la Universidad Estatal de California

  April 20, 2023 By Marilyn Bechtel
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• Labor

  

  Student assistants file to form union at California State University campuses

  April 20, 2023 By Marilyn Bechtel

  They launch the largest non-academic student organizing effort in U.S. history.

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• Politics

  

  Good Friday at Livermore Lab: A call for a nuclear weapon-free future

  April 13, 2023 By Marilyn Bechtel

  When you hear what we as a nation cannot afford, think about the $2 trillion being spent on new nuclear weapons.

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