Marilyn Bechtel
LATEST ARTICLES BY Marilyn Bechtel
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Labor
Campaign launched for mercado workers’ rights
December 4, 2009Labor, community and faith-based organizations announced a campaign for owners of ethnic grocery stores - often called "mercados" - to comply with state and federal laws.
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Peace
Rep. Barbara Lee: Exit Afghanistan, boost security at home
November 24, 2009Sending more troops to Afghanistan will inflame the insurgency, won't advance U.S. security, and will jeopardize domestic needs like jobs and health care, Rep. Barbara Lee, D-Calif., declared Nov. 23.
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Labor
Workers fight back vs. wage theft
November 23, 2009SAN FRANCISCO - "Wage theft" may not yet be a household word, but it's a constant, dismal reality for millions across the U.S.
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Labor
‘Health care or food?’
November 21, 2009"The company wants to make us pay $350 a month for our family health care; for me that would mean a 10 percent wage cut."
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U.S.
Students, faculty & workers protest U of Calif. hikes, cutbacks
November 19, 2009Thousands of students, faculty, campus workers and community supporters gathered Nov. 18 in historic Sproul Plaza to protest at proposed 32 percent fee hike.
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U.S.
Seeking time to plan for son, Army mother is arrested
November 16, 2009For now, U.S. Army Specialist Alexis Hutchinson has not been forced to deploy to Afghanistan, leaving her 11-month-old son, Kamani, in foster care.
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U.S.
ACORN sues U.S. gov’t over ban on funds
November 14, 2009"The problem for us is, this month it's ACORN, next month it's the NAACP, the month after that it's the ACLU," civil liberties attorney Bill Quigley said, explaining why the Center for Constituional Rights has filed...
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U.S.
Controversial CA water bills pass: opponents vow ballot fight
November 12, 2009Arnold Schwarzenegger has been making his way around California in the past week, signing the components of a controversial "water package" okayed by the legislature.
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