Marilyn Bechtel
LATEST ARTICLES BY Marilyn Bechtel
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U.S.
Congressional Progressive Caucus presents jobs plan
September 14, 2011Following up on speak-outs it organized around the country during the summer the Congressional Progressive Caucus Sept. 13 unveiled a far-reaching Rebuild the American Dream Framework, focusing on six areas for immediate and long-term job creation.
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Opinion
Hyatt workers strike in four cities after two years without contract
September 9, 2011More than 90 percent of the unionized early shift in Chicago's Hyatt hotels showed up for picket duty instead of work this morning.
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Labor
Hotel workers animate San Francisco’s Labor Day
September 7, 2011Hundreds of hotel workers and their supporters thronged through the heart of downtown Sept. 5, marking Labor Day with a lively, noisy march.
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U.S.
Community forum targets “Secure Communities”
August 31, 2011Concern is rising rapidly among immigrant communities and civil liberties advocates as law enforcement agencies step up sharing of personal information.
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U.S.
Rally tells Sen. Feinstein: Fight for Social Security
August 19, 2011They came from all over northern California - by bus, by train, by carpool - to deliver a powerful message to Senator Dianne Feinstein: Stand up and be a champion for Social Security!
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U.S.
Bay Area community to Congress: good jobs now!
August 18, 2011A veritable rainbow of Oakland residents lined up at the microphones Aug. 16 to tell four members of Congress how the economic crisis affects them.
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U.S.
Protesters target BART for cell phone cutoff
August 16, 2011The rowdy but nonviolent roving protest was directed both at the BART's cell phone shutdown and BARTs police' fatal shooting of a homeless man last month.
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U.S.
Protests erupt over cell phone shutdown
August 15, 2011The San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit shut off cell phone access to commuters at train stations and protestors say the police violated their right to free expression.
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