Marilyn Bechtel
LATEST ARTICLES BY Marilyn Bechtel
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Labor
San Francisco hotel workers hold two-day ‘siege’
April 1, 2010SAN FRANCISCO - The giant hotel corporations that dominate this city's top hotels may think they can hide behind the current economic crisis to force workers to accept a contract full of takeaways.
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Community clinics rally for health care reform
March 18, 2010As the health care reform debate came down to the wire this week, supporters of community health clinics rallied March 17 in California.
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While golfers play, locked out workers picket
March 16, 2010PLEASANTON, Calif. - Bright spring grass, gentle breezes, a tree-lined country road. It should have been an idyllic setting for the golfers fanning out across the fairways at Castlewood Country Club on a sunny Sunday morning....
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New report cites “explosion” of radical right groups
March 12, 2010Last year saw an "explosion" of extremist groups and activism across the U.S., the Southern Poverty Law Center says in a new report, "Rage on the Right: The Year in Hate and Extremism."
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Labor
Closing NUMMI will harm both Toyota & community
March 8, 2010Toyota's decision to close the New United Motor Manufacturing Inc. (NUMMI) auto plant in Fremont, Calif. March 31 goes against the firm's business interests, and its devastating effects will ripple throughout California.
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U.S.
Thousands march to save public education
March 5, 2010Hundreds of thousands of students, parents, faculty, campus workers and community supporters demonstrated in California and around the country March 4 in a massive protest to save public education.
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Labor
Hotel workers to Hilton guests: ‘Check out!
March 4, 2010Hundreds of hotel workers reminded guests and passers-by March 2 that their union is urging a customer boycott of the prestigious Hilton San Francisco Union Square hotel.
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UC students protest racist incidents
March 3, 2010Students are demanding stronger action following a series of racist incidents, including parties with racist themes and a noose hanging in the campus library.
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