Marilyn Bechtel

Marilyn Bechtel writes from the San Francisco Bay Area. She joined the PW staff in 1986 and currently participates as a volunteer. Marilyn Bechtel escribe desde el Área de la Bahía de San Francisco. Se unió al personal de PW en 1986 y actualmente participa como voluntaria.

LATEST ARTICLES BY Marilyn Bechtel

World

Russian Communists make big gains in elections
December 6, 2011 By Marilyn Bechtel
Results of Russia's Dec. 4 parliamentary elections have upended the United Russia party's dominance of the government. They foreshadow new challenges to current Prime Minister Vladimir Putin
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Labor

New York City Opera contract talks in crisis
December 2, 2011 By Marilyn Bechtel
New York City Opera, one of the city's cultural treasures, stood at a crossroads this week, after contract talks broke down Nov. 30 between management and its two main unions.
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U.S.

Occupy movement takes up new challenges
November 22, 2011 By Marilyn Bechtel
The Oakland occupy movement is stepping up activities focused on national and local demands despite police evictions of its downtown tent encampments.
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U.S.

University faculty to chancellor: “We are not your ATM!”
November 18, 2011 By Marilyn Bechtel
In California State University faculty's first such action since collective bargaining began almost 30 years ago, two of the system's 23 campuses were idled in a one-day strike Nov. 17.
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U.S.

Police again evict Occupy Oakland’s tent city
November 14, 2011 By Marilyn Bechtel
Before dawn this morning, Nov. 14, police in riot gear moved in to evict Occupy Oakland campers from their tent city in a plaza in front of City Hall.
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U.S.

Health care reform law already helps uninsured
November 14, 2011 By Marilyn Bechtel
Advocates say nearly three-quarters of California's four million people with no health coverage are people of color, with Latinos making up nearly 60 percent of the total uninsured.
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U.S.

Thousands join largely peaceful Occupy Oakland protest
November 3, 2011 By Marilyn Bechtel
Nov. 2 in Oakland was packed with rallies, marches, gatherings of children and families, and a disability community action. Later a picket line of 5,000 shut down the Port of Oakland, the nation's fifth busiest port,...
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U.S.

Mass Day of Action gains broad support in Oakland
November 1, 2011 By Marilyn Bechtel
Occupy Oakland's Nov. 2 mass day of action is gaining broad support from unions, community organizations and faith groups.
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