Marilyn Bechtel
LATEST ARTICLES BY Marilyn Bechtel
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U.S.
At Prop. 8 closer, marriage equality supporters keep up fight
June 18, 2010Marriage equality supporters rally outside courthouse as closing arguments are given, moving case one step closer to its probable destination: U.S. Supreme Court.
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Labor
Community supports Berkeley Bowl workers
June 16, 2010BERKELEY, Calif. - Workers at the popular Berkeley Bowl Marketplace supermarket here have fought hard to have a union, overcoming numerous unfair labor practices as well as efforts by pro-management employees to decertify the union.
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Labor
Hyatt workers protest in San Francisco
June 11, 2010Some 400 workers at the Hyatt Regency hotel here held a three-day strike June 8-10.
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U.S.
Marchers demand common sense taxes, not cuts
June 8, 2010SAN FRANCISCO - Their chants - "Arnold, Arnold get a clue, better raise some revenue!" and "Tax the oil, tax the booze, save the services we all use!"- reverberated off buildings along Market St as hundreds...
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U.S.
Jobs bill is ‘light at the end of the tunnel’
June 7, 2010Steve Lipton worked as a plumber for over 25 years - the last 16 with the same employer; the last eight as a general foreman. And then one day in January 2009, he was abruptly laid...
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World
Japan’s prime minister resigns over U.S. base on Okinawa
June 3, 2010The prime minister of Japan resigns because of solid opposition throughout Japan to relocating a U.S. military base on Okinawa.
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U.S.
Key health reform bills up for vote in California
June 3, 2010Health reform measures in California, with over 8 million uninsured residents, may be of special interest to other states as they, too, start to implement the new federal legislation.
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U.S.
Child care on the chopping block
May 28, 2010Angelina Padilla, a single mother of four, receives help with child care for her two youngest.
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