Comprehensive coverage of the day’s news with a focus on war and peace; social, environmental and economic justice. President Biden Calls for $33 Billion More for Ukraine Kyiv Attacked While U.N. Secretary General Visits BART Board Votes to Reinstate Mask Mandate CCSF Faculty and Students Rally Against Cuts California A.G. Subpoenas ExxonMobil Over Plastics Production … Continued
Today’s A Rude Awakening is about the CA Teachers Retirement Systems investment in the Line 3 Pipeline in Northern Minnesota. I’ll be speaking to an anonymous educator, two students and an organizer who are going to make the case for divestment. Listen to their fight to stop this environmentally dangerous project.
These are anxious times for all of us, but even more so for those whose labor is deemed essential during a pandemic: delivery drivers, grocery workers, those working in Amazon warehouses, and of course health care workers. Labor Notes writer Chris Brooks discusses the challenge for labor under these unprecedented circumstances — and how we … Continued
In a true win for California’s unionized teachers, the Appeals Court last week unanimously rejected another well-funded attempt to strip rights to due process in hiring and firing. We talk with David Bacon, about this and other labor news. AND: How has the Tenderloin, alone of S.F.’s neighborhoods, avoided gentrification? We talk with Randy Shaw. … Continued
