Marilyn Bechtel
LATEST ARTICLES BY Marilyn Bechtel
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Labor
Oakland educators join the nationwide wave of teacher strikes
February 22, 2019The teachers have been without a contract since July 2017 and are the lowest-paid in Alameda County.
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News
New California governor calls for housing, health care for all
February 13, 2019Governor Gavin Newsom continued the emphasis on “real people and real people’s lives” that characterized the budget proposals he outlined last month and made clear his state will continue to be a mainstay in opposing the...
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News
Peace advocates say leaving INF Treaty increases risk of nuclear war
February 4, 2019The agreement has been seen as a landmark in the decades of struggle to achieve complete and verifiable nuclear disarmament.
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Labor
San Francisco unions and community demand, ‘No More Shutdowns!’
January 29, 2019“I’m afraid I’m going to be right back here in three weeks, protesting another shutdown."
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U.S.
Oakland women’s marchers demand end to bigotry, surge for equality
January 24, 2019Women’s marches brought together tens of thousands of women, men and children across northern California to insist on an end to hatred and bigotry, condemn the Trump administration’s extreme anti-immigrant and anti-LGBTQ attacks, and demand social...
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U.S.
New governor’s “California for All” budget centered on education and health
January 16, 2019Newsom blends fiscal caution with proposals to significantly expand funds for education, health and human services, and housing.
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Labor
Striking health workers demand parity for mental and physical healthcare
December 20, 2018“Don’t get me wrong—I would love to have more money, but what motivates me to show up on the picket line is that so many of our patients don’t get what they need, so many of...
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Labor
Kaiser Permanente mental health clinicians strike for better patient care
December 14, 2018Oakland’s picketers were among some 4,000 psychologists, therapists, social workers, psychiatric nurses and addiction medicine specialists throughout California.
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