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Aug 8, 2016

Policy Watch

County of Santa Clara Policy direction on pay equity, wage theft & related issues Possible actions include: Provide direction relating to proposed amendments to Board of Supervisors’ Policy 5.5.5.4 relating to the Equal Opportunity/Nondiscrimination provision in County contracts.   Where: Santa Clara County Finance & Government Operations Committee When:  Aug. 11, 2016, 2 pm Link to item: http://sccgov.iqm2.com/Citizens/Detail_LegiFile.aspx?Frame=&MeetingID=7335&MediaPosition=&ID=82599&CssClass= Link to…

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Update: City of Milpitas Candidates

As of late last week, the City of Milpitas had eleven candidates running for office, five for Mayor and six for City Council. Those running for Mayor include Vice Mayor Carmen Montano and Council Member Debbie Indihar Giordano, both of whom are terming out of their current seats. Other candidates vying for the Mayor’s seat are Robert Marini, Voltaire Montemayor,…

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Aug 3, 2016

The Fickle Nature of Manh Nguyen

One year ago Manh Nguyen secured his spot in the San Jose City Council District 4 runoff election against Tim Orozco by a mere 13 votes. While the margin was extremely slim, Manh won fair and square and Lan Diep, who came in third, accepted defeated and moved on.  Fast forward to the 2016 primary election and, in the most serendipitous…

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Jul 29, 2016

Chamber Email Riddled With Misleading Information About Opportunity to Work Initiative

Earlier this month Victor Gomez, Director of Public Policy and Advocacy for the San Jose Silicon Valley Chamber of Commerce, sent out an email containing false information about the Opportunity to Work (OTW) initiative, which will be on the November ballot in San Jose. In fact, the Chamber deliberately mislead many of the email recipients who are not covered by…

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Jun 29, 2016

Scott Herhold, it is time for you to resign from the Mercury News

Scott Herhold The Mercury News   Dear Mr. Herhold, Your recent column urging Congressman Mike Honda to step down gave me the idea for this column. Scott, it is time for you to resign from the Mercury News. I know this goes against your deep seated yearnings to lavishly, inaccurately, and disingenuously support establishment political interests. But you need to face…

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May 24, 2016

Brownstein: San Jose rent control law still falls far short of the need

Special to The Mercury News By adopting only minimal improvements to San Jose’s rent control law, the City Council has allowed our affordable housing crisis to grow worse each year. Wildly escalating rents are the most damaging effect of the region’s housing problems. High rents displace seniors and low wage workers; they force multiple families to crowd into a single…

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May 18, 2016

Statement by AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka in response to new overtime rules unveiled by the Department of Labor

Below is the statement released by AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka in response to the new overtime rules: “New overtime protections mark a major victory for working people that will improve the lives of millions of families across America. The new rule more than doubles the salary threshold, ensuring workers who make less than $47,500 are eligible for overtime. We applaud…

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