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Aug 18, 2017

CFT Reaches Settlement With Accrediting Agency

Earlier this month the California Federation of Teachers (CFT) reached an agreement with the Accrediting Commission for Community and Junior Colleges (ACCJC) to settle its long-standing lawsuit against the agency and move toward fairer accreditation practices in California’s community colleges. Originally filed in September 2013, following the ACCJC’s decision to terminate the accreditation of City College of San Francisco, the…

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Aug 3, 2017

California health care under attack by Congressional Republicans

Last week, thanks to a sustained effort by many people and organizations throughout the South Bay and the United States, we succeeded in our collective work to get Congress to pull back from the brink and vote down a series of Senate bills which would have taken health insurance from tens of millions of Americans, including many millions of Americans…

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Jul 31, 2017

Policy Watch: Week of 7/31

City of San Jose Deferred to 8/22: Disposition and Development Agreement, Lease Amendment, and related actions for Insight Realty’s Museum Place mixed-use project Staff are recommending deferral of this item to August 22, 2017, pending Council approval. Staff are recommending that Council take multiple actions related to development activity at West San Carlos Street and South Market Street at 180…

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Jul 28, 2017

New report reveals San Jose building projects employ large out-of-town temporary workforce, offer few opportunities for under-represented communities

Earlier this week, Working Partnerships USA, released a report with new data revealing that City of San Jose building projects are employing a largely out-of-town temporary workforce and offering few opportunities for historically under-represented communities. Over the next five years, the City of San Jose is projected to spend $1.42 billion on public construction projects. The report also addressed policy…

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Jul 25, 2017

Cafeteria Workers at Facebook Unionize

Yesterday, more than 500 food service workers at Facebook won union representation at the tech giant’s campus in Menlo Park, CA. The workers, who are employed by contractor Flagship Facility Services, are calling for increased wages to compete with skyrocketing rents and more affordable health benefits. These workers will join cafeteria workers at Intel, Cisco Systems, Agilent and Nvidia, who…

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Jul 25, 2017

As Bay 101 Prepares for its Move, its Employees went on Strike

Bay 101 workers went on strike in the early hours of Friday morning and maintained a constant picket line in front of the 24-hour casino. While Bay 101 is putting the final touches on its shiny new building, many of its loyal employees are being left behind. The card room, which is owned by members of the prominent Bumb family,…

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Jul 24, 2017

Policy Watch; Week of 7/24

Alum Rock Union Elementary School District Contract with Fagen Friedman & Fulfrost Law Firm for legal service in response to FCMAT audit report The agreement would support ARUESD in responding to an audit report that found the district to be susceptible to fraud and misappropriation of funds due to close ties with a particular construction contractor. Board President believes this…

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Jul 19, 2017

Santa Clara Unanimously Votes to Raise the Minimum Wage to $15 by 2019

Last night, the Santa Clara City Council voted unanimously to enact a $15 minimum wage by 2019, three years before mandated by the State of California. Santa Clara joins Cupertino, Los Altos, Milpitas, Mountain View, Palo Alto, San Jose and Sunnyvale in the first region-wide approach to raising the wage to $15 in the US, a concerted effort to ease…

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Jul 18, 2017

Santa Clara City Council to Vote on $15 by 2019

  Tonight, the Santa Clara City Council will vote on whether to raise the city’s minimum wage to $15 an hour by 2019. If passed, Santa Clara will become the latest city to join the regional effort in getting to a $15 minimum wage sooner than mandated by the State of California. The effort to increase the City’s wage to…

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Jul 17, 2017

Policy Watch: Week of 7/17

City of Santa Clara Raising minimum wage to reach $15 by 2019 – including economic triggers to delay implementation if major recession occurs Staff are recommending that the Council receive a report on community outreach results related to the proposed minimum wage increase and pass to print an amended ordinance establishing the City’s local minimum wage to reach $15 per…

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