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.

LATEST ARTICLES BY Marilyn Bechtel

Labor

Hotel workers overwhelmingly authorize a strike
October 23, 2009 By Marilyn Bechtel
With an overwhelming strike authorization vote Oct. 22, workers are ratcheting up the pressure on the city's top hotels to end their stalling, drop demands for takeaways and agree to a fair contract. Many of the...
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U.S.

East Coast mayors support LA clean truck program
October 22, 2009 By Marilyn Bechtel
It's been an up-and-down week for environmentalists, port workers and residents of nearby communities trying to clean up the diesel pollution from trucks that contributes to soaring respiratory disease.
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U.S.

Federal judge halts in-home service cuts
October 20, 2009 By Marilyn Bechtel
Low-income seniors and people with disabilities won a round Oct. 19 in their long struggle against state funding cuts threatening services under California's In-Home Supportive Services (IHSS) program. The cuts were part of the revised state...
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U.S.

‘Harvey Milk Day’ proclaimed in Calif.
October 13, 2009 By Marilyn Bechtel
The country’s first-ever day of recognition for an openly gay person has been signed into law by California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, along with other rights and protections for gay and lesbian Californians.
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Labor

Quilt dramatizes housekeepers’ stories
October 9, 2009 By Marilyn Bechtel
Held aloft by hotel workers and community supporters, the Hope Quilt stretched down the block from the Grand Hyatt hotel’s entrance on a sunny October afternoon.
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Peace

Working for peace in Afghanistan
October 7, 2009 By Marilyn Bechtel
After eight years of U.S. war in Afghanistan, ferment is growing in the country and the Congress about Washington’s next steps.
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U.S.

Demand ‘citizens’ arrest’ of Blue Cross boss
October 6, 2009 By Marilyn Bechtel
In a scene right out of Michael Moore's latest film, "Capitalism: A Love Story," chanting, sign-bearing health care activists swarmed through lunch-hour crowds in this city's financial district Oct. 6, and into the office tower where...
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U.S.

Labor rejects Calif. tax proposals
October 5, 2009 By Marilyn Bechtel
Wall Street heaps praise on pro-business tax proposals.
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