Marilyn Bechtel

LATEST ARTICLES BY Marilyn Bechtel

• U.S.

  

  California governor issues statewide stay-at-home order to fight COVID-19

  March 20, 2020 By Marilyn Bechtel

  As the number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in California continued to rise sharply, Governor Gavin Newsom on March 19 ordered the state’s 40 million residents to remain at home.

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• Labor

  

  Kaiser Permanente mental health clinicians strike for patient care

  December 19, 2019 By Marilyn Bechtel

  Some 4,000 mental health clinicians began a one-week strike Dec. 16 demanding health care parity.

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• News

  

  Oaklanders march against homelessness and displacement

  November 27, 2019 By Marilyn Bechtel

  “Because the rent is too damned high!”

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• Labor

  

  University of California service & patient care workers strike over illegal outsourcing

  November 15, 2019 By Marilyn Bechtel

  The latest strike was the sixth since the contract expired.

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• U.S.

  

  Community outraged by brutal arrest of former Oakland City Councilmember

  October 25, 2019 By Marilyn Bechtel

  Community outrage is growing here after last week’s brutal arrest of former City Council member and longtime community leader Wilson Riles Jr.

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• U.S.

  

  Kaiser mental health clinicians step up their fight for patient care

  October 17, 2019 By Marilyn Bechtel

  Kaiser Permanente’s mental health clinicians throughout California are taking their years-long struggle to assure adequate care for their patients to a new level this week.

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• U.S.

  

  Emeryville workers demand a fair contract: ‘One Job Should Be Enough!’

  September 30, 2019 By Marilyn Bechtel

  Guests at the Hyatt House Hotel here got an early wakeup call Sept. 27, as the hotel’s workers were joined by union and community allies for a lively 6 a.m. picket line.

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• Labor

  

  Oakland city workers rally to fill vacancies, win fair pay, and uphold rights

  September 27, 2019 By Marilyn Bechtel

  The unions also noted that they have each filed Unfair Labor Practice charges against the city administration for sending retaliatory e-mails threatening layoffs, and for prematurely declaring impasse in the middle of bargaining.

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