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.

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California: la propuesta para single-payer healthcare llamado CalCare
January 19, 2022 By Marilyn Bechtel
20 legisladores de California encabezados por el asambleísta Ash Kalra, demócrata de San José, lanzaron una nueva campaña para obtener una cobertura de atención médica integral y universal de pagador único para todos los californianos.
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U.S.

California legislators launch new proposal for single-payer healthcare system called CalCare
January 18, 2022 By Marilyn Bechtel
With CalCare, all Californians would get comprehensive healthcare coverage, including primary and preventive care, hospital and outpatient, prescriptions, dental, vision, mental health treatment, and more.
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Labor

Nurses, mental health therapists and other Kaiser Permanente health workers strike to support stationary engineers
November 22, 2021 By Marilyn Bechtel
Over 60,000 members of other unions representing Kaiser Permanente workers throughout northern California held solidarity strikes Nov. 17 and 18.
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Labor

University of California lecturers win major gains in contract
November 19, 2021 By Marilyn Bechtel
Lecturers who teach a third of U of C undergrads win without even having to picket.
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Politics

Poor People’s Campaign tells Sen. Feinstein: Hold the line on Build Back Better!
November 12, 2021 By Marilyn Bechtel
In anticipation of the Senate taking it up, they demand no more cuts to the program.
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Environment

Nuclear weapons monitors demand environmental review of new bomb production plans
November 2, 2021 By Marilyn Bechtel
So far, the Biden administration’s request for $43.2 billion for the U.S. nuclear arsenal “modernization” follows the Trump administration’s spending patterns.
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Politics

Governor signs California’s Momnibus Act, to reduce racial disparities
October 15, 2021 By Marilyn Bechtel
Bill is designed to reduce glaring racial disparities in maternal and infant deaths in the state.
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Politics

Newsom signs eight new California laws targeting police violence
October 5, 2021 By Marilyn Bechtel
Big steps forward for police responsibility and accountability.
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